Jammu and Kashmir Civil Service Regulations Volume I PDF

THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS VOLUME I RELATING TO : SALARY, LEAVE, PENSION AND TRAVELLING ALLOWANCES FIRST EDITION (9TH REPRINT 2006) Incorporating Corrections up to Ending August, 2006  THE JAMMU AND KASHM...

THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS VOLUME I RELATING TO : SALARY, LEAVE, PENSION AND TRAVELLING ALLOWANCES FIRST EDITION (9TH REPRINT 2006) Incorporating Corrections up to Ending August, 2006  THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS VOLUME I TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ———————————————————————————————————— PART I-PRELIMINARY CHAPTER I-EXTENT OF APPLICATION...... 1 Right of changing or interpreting rules...... 2-3 CHAPTER II-DEFINITIONS...... 4-15 PART II-RULES REGULATING PAY AND ALLOWANCES CHAPTER III-GENERAL RULES...... 16-50 Conditions of age and health...... 16 Conditions of employment...... 21 Lien on appointment...... 27 Date of reckoning allowances...... 30 Charge of office...... 31 Promotion during leave...... 31 Personal allowances...... 31 Local allowance (Article 41-A)...... 32 Advances and their recovery...... 40 Transfer on duty...... 41 Pay of officers undergoing training or instructions... 41 CHAPTER IV–ADDITIONS TO SALARY AND DEPUTATIONS...... 65-88 Increase of salary...... 65 Additions to salary...... 65 Permanent appointments...... 68 Pay of temporary posts and deputations...... 68 Grant of deputation allowance...... 71 Deputation from other State Governments etc....... 75 Epidemic duty...... 77  ( ii ) Page ———————————————————————————————————— CHAPTER IV-A-RENT OF GOVERNMENT RESIDENCES...... 78-88 Conditions for grant of rent-free houses...... 78 Capital cost of residence...... 79 Capital cost of residences occupied by Private persons...... 80 Standard rent and assessment thereof...... 80 Gardens attached to buildings...... 85 General instructions for furnishing of residential buildings...... 86 CHAPTER V-OFFICIATING ALLOWANCES- GENERAL RULES...... 89-90 Section I-Definitions and Limitations...... 89 Charge Allowances (Deleted) Section II-Privilege Leave Vacancies...... 90 CHAPTER VI-OFFICIATING ALLOWANCE...... 91-95 Rules for calculation...... 91 Officer with a substantive appointment...... 91 Sub-Divisional allowance (Deleted) CHAPTER VII-REGULATION OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES IN APPOINTMENT ON PROGRESSIVE OR TIME-SCALE OF PAY...... 96-123 Limitation...... 96 Accrual of increment...... 96 Regulation in case of reduction...... 104 Initial Pay...... 108 Service and pay counting for increment...... 119 Officers under training...... 122 CHAPTER VIII-COMBINATION OF APPOINTMENTS AND SALARIES...... 124-127 Charge of current duties...... 124  ( iii ) Page ———————————————————————————————————— Temporary arrangements (Deleted)...... Appointments on the same establishment (Deleted)...... CHAPTER IX-JOINING TIME...... 128-134 Extent of application...... 128 Period admissible...... 128 Extension...... 131 When leave intervenes...... 132 Appointment changed...... 132 Allowances...... 133 Exceeding joining times...... 133 CHAPTER X-OFFICERS DISMISSED OR SUSPENDED OR IMPRISONED...... 135-146 Officers dismissed or suspended...... 135 Committals to prisons...... 141 Leave while under suspension...... 142 PART III-LEAVE RULES CHAPTER XI-GENERAL CONDITIONS OF LEAVE...... 147-156 Section I-General rules...... 147 Extent of application...... 147 Discretion of Government...... 148 Maximum leave admissible...... 149 Recall from leave...... 149 Section II-Service qualifying for leave...... 149-150 Temporary service...... 149 Non-qualifying service...... 149 Press servants...... 150 Probationers...... 150 Officers under training...... 150  ( iv ) Page ———————————————————————————————————— Section III-Deleted Section IV –Commencement and end of leave...... 151-153 Section V-Return to duty...... 153-155 Permission to return...... 153 Report of return...... 153 Overstaying leave...... 154 Section VI-Combination, extension and Commutation of leave...... 155-156 General rules...... 155 Combined leave...... 155 Extension of leave...... 156 Commutation of leave...... 156 CHAPTER XII-SHORT LEAVE...... 157-169 Section I-Casual leave...... 157 Quarantine leave...... 160 Section II-Privilege Leave- Ordinary Rules...... 162-165 Temporary service...... 162 Amount earned...... 162 Calculation...... 163 Qualifying service...... 163 Limit...... 163 Amount due...... 163 Interruption of duty caused by absence...... 163 Condition of grant...... 163 Leave allowance...... 164 Local and other allowances how affected...... 164 Section III-Privilege leave in case of regular vacations...... 165-168 Commutation of half-pay leave...... 167  ( v ) Page ———————————————————————————————————— Section IV-Deleted Section V-Maternity leave...... 168-169 CHAPTER XIII-LONG LEAVE...... 170-181 Section I-Extent of application...... 170 Section II-Long leave...... 170 Leave on medical certificate...... 170 Leave on private affairs...... 171 Furlough...... 171 Study leave...... 172 Disability leave...... 172 Leave without allowances...... 173 Leave allowances...... 175 Leave allowances to Government servants suffering from Tuberculosis or Cancer...... 175 Leave after 55 years of age...... 176 PART IV-PENSION RULES CHAPTER XIV-GENERAL RULES...... 182-194 Section I-Extent of application...... 182 Section II-Cases in which claims are inadmissible Specification of cases...... 193 Misconduct or inefficiency...... 193 Claims of widows...... 194 Limitations...... 194 CHAPTER XV-CONDITIONS OF QUALIFYING SERVICE...... 195-215 Section I-Definitions of qualifying service Beginning of service...... 195 Conditions of qualification...... 195 Section II-First condition Service under Government...... 195  ( vi ) Page ———————————————————————————————————— Section III-Second condition General principles...... 195 Apprentices...... 197 Probationers...... 197 Permanent officer deputed...... 197 Officers lent to other employers...... 198 Permanent absorption under the foreign employer...... 205 A-Cases of Autonomous/Statutory Bodies excluding Public Sector Undertakings...... 208 B-Cases of Public Sector Undertakings...... 211 Permanent absorption under the Central Government...... 213 Substantive office abolished...... 214 Settlement Department...... 214 Section IV-Third condition Sources of remuneration...... 215 Section V-Deleted CHAPTER XVI-RULES FOR RECKONING SERVICE... 216-220 Section I-Periods of leave...... 216 Section II-Suspension, resignations, breaks and deficiencies in service Period of suspension...... 217 Resignation and dismissals...... 218 Interruptions...... 218 Condonation of interruption and deficiencies...... 219 Addition to qualifying service when a Government servant is declared surplus...... 219 CHAPTER XVII-CONDITIONS OF GRANT OF PENSION...... 221-236 Section I-Classification of pension...... 221  ( vii ) Page ———————————————————————————————————— Section II-Compensation pension Explanation...... 221 Selection of discharge...... 221 Restrictions...... 222 Section III-Invalid Pensions Conditions of grant...... 222 Rules of medical certificates...... 222 Form of medical certificate...... 223 Restrictions...... 223 Applicant to be discharged...... 224 Section IV-Superannuation and special pension Explanation...... 224 Section V-Retiring pension...... 234 CHAPTER XVIII-AMOUNT OF PENSION...... 237-274 Section I-General Rules Amount how regulated...... 237 Award of full pension...... 237 Limitation...... 239 Section II-Amount of superior and inferior pension Amount admissible...... 239 Section III-Amount of Pension (Revised)...... 242 Section III-A-Death-cum-Retirement Gratuity...... 254 Section III-B-Procedure for payment of Death cum-Retirement Gratuity...... 258 Section IV-Allowances reckoned for pension Emoluments and average emoluments...... 262 Allowances which do not count...... 273 Net emoluments taken...... 273  ( viii ) Page ———————————————————————————————————— Section V-Commuted value of pension...... 274 CHAPTER XIX-Section I-Special rules for purely Commercial Departments...... 275 CHAPTER XIX-A-WOUND AND OTHER EXTRAORDINARY PENSIONS...... 276-283 Section I-General rules...... 276 Section II-Wounds, injuries or other disabilities sustained otherwise than on service with a military force...... 276 Pension Award to families of Government Servants who die as a result of action against hostiles/Terrorists/Dacoits etc. etc....... 281 Actual operation...... 283 CHAPTER XIX-B-EX-GRATIA PAYMENTS FOR TRAVELLING BY SERVICE AIRCRAFTS ON DUTY...... 284-285 Ex-gratia payment of relief to the beneficiaries of the Government servants reported missing...... 284 CHAPTER XX—RE-EMPLOYMENT OF PENSIONERS...... 286-296 Section I-Civil pensioners Notice of re-employment...... 286 After compensation gratuity...... 286 After compensation pension...... 286 After invalid pension...... 288 After superannuation and retiring pensions...... 288 Fixation of Pay of Re-employed Pensioners...... 288 Section II-Other pensioners...... 292 Military pensioners...... 292 Section III-Pension for new service When admissible...... 296 When gratuity is not refunded...... 296  ( ix ) Page ———————————————————————————————————— PART V-RECORD OF SERVICE CHAPTER XXI-GENERAL RULES...... 297-299 Section I-Gazetted officers...... 297 Section II-Non-Gazetted officers Service books and service rolls...... 297 Responsibilities for entries...... 298 PART VI-PROCEDURE RELATING TO LEAVE CHAPTER XXII-APPLICATION FOR AND GRANT OF LEAVE...... 300-302 Section I-Application...... 300 Privilege leave...... 300 Medical certificate...... 300 Section II-Grant of leave General rules...... 301 Gazetted officers...... 301 Non-Gazetted officers...... 302 Government servants in foreign services...... 302 CHAPTER XXIII-PAYMENT OF LEAVE ALLOWANCES...... 303-305 Place of payment...... 303 Leave outside India...... 305 PART VII-PROCEDURE RELATING TO PENSIONS CHAPTER XXIV-APPLICATION FOR AND GRANT OF PENSIONS...... 306-323 Section I-General...... 306 Section II-Application A. Gazetted Government Servants...... 311 B. Non-Gazetted Government Servants...... 313 Form of ‘No Demand Certificate’(Deleted) Form A-To be signed by a retiring Govt. servant...... 321  ( x ) Page ———————————————————————————————————— Form B-To be signed by the legal heirs or members of the family of a deceased pensioner...... 322 CHAPTER XXV-PAYMENT OF PENSION...... 324-335 Anticipatory pension to Gazetted Officers...... 324 Anticipatory pension to Non-Gazetted Govt. servants...... 325 Assumptive pension...... 325 Commercial employment after retirement...... 327 Transfer of pension from one State Treasury to another...... 328 Renewal of pension payment order...... 328 Lapses and forfeitures...... 329 Attachment of pension by process of Court...... 329 PART VIII-RULES RELATING TO TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE CHAPTER XXVI-DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL RULES...... 336-341 Section I-Principles of calculation...... 336 Definitions...... 336 Route for calculation of travelling allowance...... 336 Free means of locomotion...... 337 Section II-Classification of Officers...... 339 General classifications...... 339 Temporary employees...... 341 Combination of appointments (Deleted) CHAPTER XXVII-MILEAGE ALLOWANCES...... 342-351 Explanation...... 342 Section I-Travelling by Railway...... 342  ( xi ) Page ———————————————————————————————————— Section II-Travelling by Road Definition...... 345 Mileage rates...... 345 Special conveyance...... 347 CHAPTER XXVII-A-Section III-Journeys by air/ Journeys on tour...... 348-351 Travelling allowance...... 349 CHAPTER XXVIII-TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE FOR JOURNEYS ON TOURS...... 352-376 Section I-General Rules Title to allowance...... 352 Tents and tentage allowance...... 358 Section II-Permanent allowance Condition of grant...... 359 Conditions under which exchangeable...... 359 Not drawn during leave, etc....... 359 Section III-Conveyance and horse allowance...... 360 Section IV-Daily allowance-Conditions Conditions of grant...... 367 Halts during tour...... 369 Headquarters...... 370 Section V-Daily allowance-Rates...... 371 Military officers...... 373 Daily allowance during trainings...... 373 Section VI-Mileage in lieu of daily allowance When daily allowance is exchangeable...... 373 Section VII-Actual expenses in lieu of travelling allowance and halting allowance...... 375 CHAPTER XXIX-OTHER JOURNEYS...... 377-397 Section I-Joining first appointment...... 377  ( xii ) Page ———————————————————————————————————— Section II-Journeys on Transfer General rules...... 377 Transfer not on public grounds...... 384 Exceptions...... 384 Appointment changed in transit...... 384 When leave intervenes...... 384 Section III-Journey to hill stations Travelling allowance rules for special localities...... 385 Section IV-Journeys to attend examination Departmental examination...... 385 Section V-Journeys occasioned by leave or retirement...... 386 Leave Travel Concession...... 388 Recall from leave...... 388 Section VI-Journeys to attend Courts to give evidence...... 389 Journey during suspension...... 392 Section VII-Journeys on other occasions to attend Pasteur Institute...... 393 Rules governing grant of Travelling Allowance to Members of All India Service...... 394 Journeys to attend Technical Conferences and Departmental meetings in India etc....... 394 Journeys outside India...... 395 T. A. to Non-Official Members of Committees constituted by Government...... 395 CHAPTER XXX-SPECIAL RULES FOR ANNUAL MOVE OF GOVERNMENT...... 398-400 Journeys between Jammu and Kashmir...... 398 General rules...... 398 Annual move of Government...... 398  ( xiii ) Page ———————————————————————————————————— CHAPTER XXX-A-RULES REGULATING THE GRANT OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE TO GOVERNMENT SERVANTS WITH HEADQUARTERS AT JAMMU OR SRINAGAR FOR JOURNEYS TO THE HEADQUARTERS OF GOVERNMENT... 401-403 CHAPTER XXXI-RULES OF PROCEDURE...... 404-408 Countersignature...... 404 Controlling and Audit Officers duties...... 405 Incidence of charge...... 407 Note :—For Schedules See Volume II. ————