DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 15 (MExN): The Nagaland State Government today notified on conditions for grant of notional promotion to a Government servant exonerated in a disciplinary proceeding after retirement.
In a notice issued through the DIPR, the government referred to the P&AR Department's OM dated January 25, 2016 which deals with the aforesaid issue.
The notice said that cases of Government servants who are found fit by review DPC after their retirement on account of revision of seniority list of the feeder cadre, upgradation of below benchmark APARs etc are not covered under the said OM. “These cases have now been examined, procedures has been laid down for dealing with such cases,” it added.
It informed that a government servant who is not recommended in the panel by the original/supplementary DPC but later on is recommended in the panel by a review DPC but has since retired may be given the benefit of notional promotion with effect from the date of promotion of his/her immediate junior in the reviewed panel and fixation of notional pay.
This however is subject to the fulfillment of the several conditions.
The government informed that notional promotion may be given to such cases provided the officer who is immediate junior to the retired government servant assumed charge of the higher post on or before the date of superannuation of the retired government servant.
It also requires that the said retired government servant is clear from vigilance angle on the date of promotion of his immediate junior.
The notice informed that a retired government servant who is considered for notional promotion from the date of promotion of his immediate junior on the recommendation of a review DPC would also be entitled to fixation of pension on the basis of such notional pay.
The notional promotion, notional pay fixation and revision of pension shall be further subject to extant rules on promotion, pay fixation and CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972. Actual increase in pension shall be given only from the date of approval of reviewed panel by the competent authority. No arrears shall be paid, it added.
The notice added that the provisions contained in this Office Memorandum become operational from the date of issue, and that past cases settled in accordance with the earlier provision shall not be reopened.
“In so far as persons serving in the Indian Audit & Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue after consultation with the Comptroller & Auditor General of India,” it added.
