Department: Finance
Subject:
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
PENSION BRANCH,
WRITERS’ BUILDINGS,
BLOCK NO. – IV, 2nd FLOOR,
KOLKATA – 700 001
No. 224-F(Pen) Date: 03.06.2016
MEMORANDUM
Sub: Grant of Interim Relief to the State Government Pensioners/ Family Pensioners and others with effect from 1st July, 2016.
The Governor has been pleased to grant an Interim Relief (I.R.) @ 8% of the Basic Pension with effect from 01.07.2016 to the Pensioners/ Family Pensioners of the State Government and Government Sponsored or aided non-Government educational institutions, local bodies, statutory bodies, boards, corporations, undertakings etc., covered under Finance Department Resolution No. 8071-F(P) dt. 27.11.2015, pending implementation of the recommendation of the 6th Pay Commission constituted under Finance Department Resolution No. 8070- F(P) dt. 27.11.2015 on observance of the following conditions-
- The Interim Relief shall remain as a separate fixed element.
- No Dearness Relief will be admissible on the Interim Relief.
- In such cases where a person is in receipt of more than one pension, Interim Relief shall be admissible on any one of the pensions.
- Interim Relief is not admissible to special categories of pensioners such as:
- a) Pensioners who have migrated from Pakistan;
- b) Political pensioners;
- c) Special pensioners;
- d) War Risk pensioners;
- e) Pensioners guided by Bihar Pension Rules;
- f) Pensioners guided by All India Pension Rules.
2. Such Interim Relief shall also be admissible to the re-employed/ contractually engaged pensioners but not to the employed family pensioners/ pensioners.
3. For the purpose of payment of Interim Relief sanctioned herein, the Principal Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal, will issue authority to the Public Sector Banks in Kolkata and the Accountant General of other States.
4. The Treasury/Sub-Treasury Offices in this State will give effect to this order without the authority of the Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal.
Sd/- B.C. Ranjan
Joint Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal
No. 224-F dated 03.06.2016, Source
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