Child Care Leave for a maximum period of 730 days during entire service, for taking care of two eldest surviving children.

Latest DoPT Orders 2023

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING
NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 28th July, 2023

G.S.R. 562(E).– In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the All India Services Act, 1951 (61 of 1951), the Central Government, after consultation with the Governments of the States concerned, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the All India Services (Leave) Rules, 1955, namely:

1. Short title and commencement. – (1) These rules may be called the All India Services (Leave) Amendment, Rules, 2023.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the All India Services (Leave) Rules, 1955, in rule 18 (D), –

(i) for sub-rules (1) and (2) the following sub-rules shall be substituted, namely: –

“18 (D) Child Care Leave. – (1) Subject to the provisions of this rule, a female member of the Service and single male member of the Service may be granted child care leave by an authority competent to sanction leave for a maximum period of seven hundred and thirty days during entire service, for taking care of two eldest surviving children, up-to the age of eighteen years, on the grounds of rearing or for looking after any of their needs, such as education, sickness and the like.

(2) During the period of child care leave, member of the Service shall be paid hundred percent of leave salary equal to pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave for the first three hundred and sixty five days and eighty percent of the pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave for the next three hundred and sixty five days”;

(ii) for sub-rules (5) and (6), the following sub-rules shall be substituted, namely: –

‘(5) Child care leave shall not be granted for more than three spells in a calendar year and in case of a single female member of the Service, the child care leave may be granted for up-to six spells in a calendar year:

Provided that child care leave may not be granted for a period less than five days in a spell.

(6) A separate leave account shall be maintained for child care leave and it shall not be debited against the other leave accounts of the member of the Service.

(7) Child care leave shall not ordinarily be granted during the probation period except in case of certain extreme situations where the leave sanctioning authority is satisfied about the need of child care leave to the probationer, provided that the period for which such leave is sanctioned is minimal.

Explanation – For the purpose of this rule, “single male” refers to an unmarried or widower or divorcee male member of the Service’.

[F. No. 11019/04/ 2020-AIS-III]
KAVITA CHAUHAN, Under Secy

Note:- The principal rules were published vide notification No. 5/2/53 -AIS(III), dated the 12th September, 1955, in the Gazette of India, vide number S.R.O. 1979, dated 12th September, 1955, and last amended vide :-

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Latest DoPT Orders 2020

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(Department of Personnel and Training)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 23rd December, 2020

G.S.R.793(E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 59 read with clauses (g) and (h) of sub-section (2) of section 59 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 (1 of 2014) and section 40 and sub-section (1) of section 42 of the said Act, the Central Government in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India hereby makes the following rules to provide the form and time for preparing of Accounts in each financial year and the budget for subsequent financial year(s), showing the estimated receipts and expenditure of the Lokpal and the form for maintaining the accounts and other relevant records and the form of annual statement of accounts of the Lokpal, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement- (1) These rules may be called the Lokpal (Finance and Account) Rules, 2020.
2. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Definitions – (1)In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) ’Act’ means the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 (1 of 2014);

(b) ’Annual Statement’ means Statements of Finance Accounts, Statement of Central Transactions (SCTs) and other materials as applicable in the case of Civil Ministries or Departments of Government of India and in such form as prescribed in the Civil Accounts Manual or any applicable rules;

(c) ’Audit Officer’ means the Comptroller and Auditor General of India or any person appointed by him in this behalf;

(d) ’Budget’ means the budget as referred under rule 43(1) of the General Financial Rules, 2017 read with provisions of the article 112 of the Constitution;

(e) ’financial year’ means the financial year as defined under clause (xiv)of rule 2 of the General Financial Rules, 2017 read with rule 42 of the General Financial Rules, 2017;

(f) ’section’ means the section of the Act.

(2) words and expression used herein and not defined but defined in the Act shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Act.

3. Preparation, formulation and submission of the Budget. – The formulation of budget shall be regulated in accordance with the provisions of sub-rule (3) of rule 43 of General Financial Rules, 2017 read with article 112 to 116 of the Constitution;

Explanation. For the purpose of these rules,-

(a) for the preparation of budget estimates, the Lokpal shall adhere to the guidelines as may be issued from time to time by the Ministry of Finance, Budget Division in terms of provisions of sub-rule (4) of rule 43 of General Financial Rules, 2017.

(b) the forms and manner of drawing up the proposed budgetary provision will be regulated in terms of rules 44, 45 and 50 of General Financial Rules, 2017 and the estimate will be reflected in the Demand for Grants of the Ministry in Department of Personnel and Training.

(c) the Lokpal shall also adhere to,-

• (i) the Government Accounting Rules, 1990;
• (ii) the Central Government Accounts (Receipts and Payments) Rules 1983;
• (iii) the Civil Account Manual;
• (iv) the General Financial Rules, 2017.

[F.No. 407/03/2015-AVD-IV(B)]
RASHMI CHOWDHARY, Addl. Secy

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MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
(DIRECTORATE OF ESTATES)
NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 30th July, 2020

G.S.R. 489(E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution, the President hereby makes the following further amendments to the Central Government General Pool Residential Accommodation CGGPRA Rules, 2017, namely :-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Central Government General Pool Residential Accommodation (Amendment) Rules, 2020.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Central Government General Pool Residential Accommodation Rules, 2017, in rule 33, –

(i) in clause (a), in sub-clause (i), for the word “four”, the word “seven” shall be substituted;
(ii) in the second proviso, for the word “eleven”, the word “eight” shall be substituted.

[F.No.12035/22/2000-Pol.II(Vol.II)]
D.THARA, Jt. Secy.

Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide notification number G.S.R. 598(E), dated the 16th June, 2017 and subsequently amended vide notification number G.S.R 99(E), dated the 4th February, 2019 and G.S.R 883(E), dated the 27th November, 2019.

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MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(Department of Personnel and Training)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 29th April, 2020

G.S.R. 267(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 18 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 (13 of 1985), the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendment in the Notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Personnel and Training, Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances and Pensions vide number G.S.R. 610(E) dated the 26th July, 1985, namely :-

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2. In the said Notification, for the Table, the following Table shall be substituted, namely.-

TABLE

NOTE : The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India vide notification number G.S.R. 610(E), dated 26th July, 1985 and subsequently amended vide:

(i) G.S.R. No. 824(E) dated 31.10.1985,
(ii) G.S.R. No. 308(E) dated 20.02.1986,
(iii) G.S.R. No. 908(E) dated 25.06.1986,
(iv) G.S.R. No. 921(E) dated 27.06.1986,
(v) G.S.R. No. 897(E) dated 01.09.1988,
(vi) G.S.R. No. 525(E) dated 12.08.1991,
(vii) G.S.R. No. 631(E) dated 15.10.1991,
(viii) G.S.R. No. 418(E) dated 09.04.1992,
(ix) G.S.R. No. 646(E) dated 18.08.1994,
(x) G.S.R. No. 890(E) dated 23.11.2000, and
(xi)G.S.R. No. 683(E) dated 23.09.2014

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THE GAZETTE OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(Department of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Affairs)

ORDER

New Delhi, the 3rdApril, 2020

S.O. 1245(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 96 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 (34 of 2019), and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, the Central Government hereby makes the following Order in respect of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, namely:-

1. (1)This Order may be called the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of State Laws) Second Order, 2020.

(2) It shall come into force with immediate effect.

2. The General Clauses Act, 1897 applies for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of laws in force in the territory of India.

3.With immediate effect, the Act mentioned in the Schedule to this Order shall, until repealed or amended by a competent Legislature or other competent authority, have effect, subject to the adaptations and modifications directed by the Schedule to this Order.

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1. THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR CIVIL SERVICES (DECENTRALIZATION AND RECRUITMENT) ACT

(Act No.XVI of 2010)

Section 3A.-

(i) In sub-section (1): –

(a) omit “deemed to be” and “carrying a pay scale of not more than Level-4 (25500)”, and

(ii) in sub-section (2) :-

(a) omit “deemed to be”; and
(b) in clause (a), for ―have served” substitute “shall have served

“Section 5A.- for “a post carrying a pay scale of not more than Level-4 (25500)” substitute “any post”

Section 8.- before clause (ii), add:-

“(i) is a domicile of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir”

Also read: Pay Matrix Table for Jammu & Kashmir Government Employees

[F.No. 11014/05/2014-KI]
AJAY KUMAR BHALLA, Home Secy

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Employees pension scheme latest news 2020

MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 20th February, 2020

G.S.R.132 (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 6A read with sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (19 of 1952), the Central Government hereby makes the following Scheme further to amend the Employees Pension Scheme, 1995, namely:-

(1) This Scheme may be called the Employees’ Pension (Amendment) Scheme, 2020.
(2) It shall come into effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

In the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995, after paragraph 12, the following paragraph shall be inserted, namely:–

“12B. Restoration to normal pension in cases of grant of commutation. – The normal pension in respect of those members who availed the benefit of commutation of pension under the erstwhile paragraph 12A of this Scheme, on or before the 25th day of September, 2008, shall be restored after completion of fifteen years from the date of such commutation.”.

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[F. No. R-15011/01/2019-SS-II (Pt.)]
R.K. GUPTA, Jt. Secy.

Note : The Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i) vide notification number G.S.R. 748(E), dated the 16th November, 1995 and was last amended vide notification number G.S.R. 285(E), dated the 4th April, 2019.

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NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 12th December, 2019

G.S.R. 920(E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3A of the Government Savings Promotion Act, 1873 (5 of 1873), the Central Government hereby makes the following Scheme, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement.-

(1) This Scheme may be called the Kisan Vikas Patra Scheme, 2019.

(2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Definitions.-

(1) In this Scheme, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) “account” means an account opened under this Scheme;
(b) “account holder” means an individual in whose name the account is held;
(c) “Act” means The Government Savings Promotion Act, 1873 (5 of 1873);
(d) “Form” means forms appended to this Scheme;
(e) “General Rules” means the Government Savings Promotion General Rules, 2018;
(f) “year” means a period of twelve months commencing from the date of deposit in the account.

(2) Words and expressions used herein but not defined shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act and the General Rules.

3. Type of accounts.– (1) On an application to the accounts office in Form-1, the following types of accounts can be opened under the Scheme, namely :-

(a) Single Holder Type Account;
(b) Joint A- Type Account; and
(c) Joint B- Type Account.

(2) (a) A Single Holder Type Account may be opened by an adult for himself, or on behalf of a minor or a person of unsound mind of whom he is the guardian, or by a minor who has attained the age of ten years;

(b) Joint A –Type Account may be opened jointly in the names of upto three adults payable to all the account holders jointly or to the survivors;

(c) Joint B –Type Account may be opened jointly in the name of upto three adults payable to any of the account holders or to the survivor or survivors.

4. Deposits.-

(1) A minimum of one thousand rupees and any sum in multiples of one hundred rupees may be deposited in an account.

(2) There shall be no maximum limit for deposit in an account or in accounts held by an account holder.

(3) An individual may open any number of accounts.

5. Payment on maturity.-

(1) Deposits made in the account shall double on maturity. Maturity period of an account shall be nine years and five months commencing on the date of deposit. Amount of maturity may be repaid to the account holder on an application in Form-2 submitted to the accounts office.

(2) The maturity period of the deposit under this Scheme shall be determined on the rate of interest applicable at the time of opening the account.

6. Premature closure of account.-

(1) The account may be prematurely closed by the account holder by making an application in Form-3 to the accounts office, at any time before maturity under the following circumstances, namely:-

(a) on the death of the account holder in a single account, or any or all the account holders in a joint account;
(b) on forfeiture by a pledgee, being a Gazetted Officer;
(c) when ordered by a court.

(2) On the closure of the account under sub-paragraph (1), principal amount along with simple interest calculated at the rate applicable from time to time to Post Office Savings Account for the complete months for which the account has been held, shall be payable.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-paragraph (2), if an account is closed any time after the expiry of two years and six months from the date of opening of the account, the amount, inclusive of interest shall be payable as specified in the table below:-

(Table showing premature closure value of account opened on or after date of notification with 1,000 rupees)

TABLE

7. Pledging of account.-

(1) An account may be pledged or transferred as security, on an application made by the depositor in Form-4 supported with acceptance letter from the pledgee.

(2) Transfer of an account under this Scheme may be made to-

(a) the President of India or the Governor of a State in his official capacity;

(b) the Reserve Bank of India or a Scheduled Bank or a Cooperative Society, including a Co-operative Bank;

(c) a public or private corporation or a Government company;

(d) a local authority; or

(e) a housing finance company approved by the National Housing Bank and notified by the Central Government: Provided that the transfer of an account opened on behalf of a minor or a person of unsound mind shall not be permitted under this Scheme unless the guardian of the minor or the person of unsound mind, as the case may be, certifies in writing that the minor or the person of unsound mind, as the case may be, is alive and that the transfer is for the benefit of the minor or the person of unsound mind.

(3) When any account is transferred as security under sub-paragraph (1), the authorised officer shall make the following endorsement in the record of the Account, including the Savings Certificate, namely:-

“Transferred as security to …..” .

(4) Except as otherwise provided in this Scheme, the transfer of an account under this paragraph shall, until it is re-transferred back under sub-paragraph (5), be deemed to be the depositor.

(5) An account transferred under this Scheme may, on written authority of the transferee, be re- transferred back with the previous sanction in writing of the authorised officer and when any such retransfer is made, the authorised officer of the accounts office shall make the following endorsement in the record of the account, including certificate, namely:-

“Re-transferred to……”.

(6) A blind person or a person with physical infirmity making him incapable of operating the account may pledge his deposit through any literate individual whom he authorises for this purpose.

8. Transfer of account.– An account may be transferred from one individual to another, subject to the condition that the transferee is eligible to open an account under this Scheme, in the following cases, namely:-

(i) on the death of the account holder in case of a single account or on the death of all the account holders in a joint account, the amount shall be transferred to the legal heirs or the nominees, as the case may be;

(ii) on the order of the court, the account shall be transferred from the account holder to the court or to any other individual as per the orders of the court;

(i) on pledging, account shall be transferred in accordance with paragraph 7;

(ii) in the event of the death of any of the account holders in a joint account, the account shall be transferred in the name of the surviving account holder or account holders, as the case may be.

9. Payment on the death of account holder.-

(1) In the event of death of the depositor of a single account or of all the depositors in a joint account, the deposit shall be payable to the nominee if a nomination exists or to the legal heir(s).

(2) Where there are not more than three surviving nominees or legal heirs, they may, at their option continue the account and receive the amount of deposit along with interest on maturity in the manner provided for in this scheme, as if they had opened the account themselves.

(3) Where the account is not continued under sub-paragraph (2), it shall be closed and the amount of deposit along with interest as provided in paragraph 6 shall be repaid.

(4) On the death of one or two of the account holders in a joint account, the surviving account holder or holders, if any, shall be treated as the owner or owners of the account and such account holder or holders may continue the account under sub-paragraph (2) or close the account under sub-paragraph (3).

10. Application of General Rules.-

The provisions of the General Rules shall, so far as may be, apply to this Scheme in relation to the matters for which no provisions have been made herein.

11. Power to relax.-

Where the Central Government is satisfied that the operation of any of the provisions of this Scheme causes undue hardship to the amount holder, it may be by order, for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax the requirements of that provision in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of the Act or the rules made there under.

[F.No.2/2/2018 NS (Pt.I)]
RAJAT KUMAR MISHRA, Jt. Secy

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PPF Scheme 2019

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 12th December, 2019

G.S.R. 915(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3A of the Government Savings Promotion Act, 1873 (5 of 1873), the Central Government hereby makes the following Scheme, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement.-

(1) This Scheme may be called the Public Provident Fund Scheme, 2019.

(2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Definitions.-

(1) In this Scheme, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) “account” means an account under this scheme;

(b) “account holder” means an individual in whose name the account is held;

(c) “Act” means the Government Savings Promotion Act, 1873 (5 of 1873);

(d) “Form” means forms appended to this Scheme;

(e) “General Rules” means the Government Savings Promotion General Rules, 2018;

(f) “year” means the financial year.

(2) Words and expressions used herein but not defined shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act and in the General Rules.

3. Limits of number of accounts.-

(1) An individual may open an account by making an application in Form-1.

(2) An individual may also open one account on behalf of each minor or a person of unsound mind of whom he is the guardian:

Provided that only one account shall be opened in the name of a minor or a person of unsound mind by any of the guardian.

(3) Joint account shall not be opened under this Scheme.

4. Limits of subscription.-

(1) A deposit which shall not be less than five hundred rupees and not more than one lakh fifty thousand rupees in multiple of fifty rupees may be made in an account in a year.

(2) Maximum limit of one lakh fifty thousand rupees as specified in sub-paragraph (1) by an individual shall be inclusive of the deposits made in his own account and in the account opened on behalf of the minor.

5. Manner of making deposit.-

(1) The account shall be opened with a minimum initial deposit of five hundred rupees and thereafter deposit of any sum in multiples of fifty rupees shall be made.

(2) The deposit in the account subject to the limits mentioned in paragraph 4 may be made in the account in one lump sum or in instalments.

6. Discontinuation of account.-

(1) Any account in which the account holder, having deposited five hundred rupees in the initial year, fails to deposit the minimum amount in the following years, shall be treated as discontinued.

(2) An account treated as discontinued under sub-paragraph (1), may be revived during its maturity period on payment of a fee of fifty rupees along with arrears of minimum deposit of five hundred rupees for each year of default:

Provided that the balance in a discontinued account not revived by the account holder before its maturity shall continue to earn interest at the rate applicable to the Scheme from time to time.

(3) The account holder of a discontinued account shall not be eligible to open a new account before closure of such discontinued account after maturity:
Provided that the facility of loan and partial withdrawal shall not be allowed in such an account and the account holder shall be prohibited from opening another account in his name under this Scheme till final closure of such account.

(4) Facility of loan and partial withdrawal shall be allowed to regular accounts only as per the provisions of this Scheme.

(5) The total deposit in a year as specified in paragraph 4, shall be inclusive of deposits made in respect of years of default of the preceding years but excluding the default fee.

7. Interest.-

(1) Interest at 7.9 per cent. per annum shall be eligible for a calendar month on the lowest balance at the credit of an account between the close of the fifth day and the end of the month.

(2) Interest shall be credited to the account at the end of each year.

(3) Interest shall be credited at the end of the year irrespective of the change of the account office due to transfer of the account during the year.

8. Loans.-

(1) At any time after the expiry of one year from the end of the year in which the initial subscription was made but before expiry of five years from the end of the year in which the initial subscription was made, the account holder may, apply in Form-2, to the accounts office for obtaining a loan consisting of a sum of whole rupees not exceeding twenty-five per cent. of the amount that stood to his credit at the end of the second year immediately preceding the year in which the loan is applied for.

(2) In case of an account opened on behalf of a minor or a person of unsound mind, the guardian may apply for the loan for the benefit of the minor or the person of unsound mind by submitting the following certificate to the accounts office, namely:-

“Certified that the amount sought to be withdrawn is required for the use and welfare of Shri/ Smt./ Master/ Kumari ……. who is a minor/ a person of unsound mind/ a person incapable of operating his account due to physical infirmity and is alive on this ……. the day of ……. (month), ……….(year).”

(3) An account holder shall not be entitled to get a fresh loan so long as earlier loan has not been repaid in full together with interest thereon.

(4) An account holder shall be entitled for only one loan in a year.

9. Repayment of loan and interest.-

(1) The principal amount of a loan shall be repaid by the account holder before the expiry of thirty-six months from the first day of the month following the month in which the loan is sanctioned:

Provided that the repayment may be made either in one lump sum or in instalments.

(2) After the principal amount of the loan is fully repaid, the account holder shall pay interest thereon in not more than two monthly instalments at the rate of one per cent. per annum of the principal for the period commencing from the first day of the month following the month in which the loan is drawn upto the last day of the month in which the last instalment of the loan is repaid:

Provided that where the loan is not repaid, or is repaid only in part, within a period of thirty-six months, interest on the amount of loan outstanding shall be charged at six per cent. per annum instead of at one per cent. per annum with effect from the first day of the month following the month in which the loan was obtained, to the last day of the month in which the loan is finally repaid.

32 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II -SEC. 3(i)]

(3) The interest on the amount of loan outstanding under the proviso to sub-paragraph (2) and any portion of interest payable, but not paid, on any loan, the principal amount of which has already been repaid within the period of thirty-six months, may, on becoming due, be debited to the holder’s account.

(4) The interest recoverable shall accrue to the Central Government.

(5) The interest on outstanding loans which are not paid before the expiry of thirty-six months or paid partly shall be debited to the holder’s account at the end of each year.

(6) In case of death of the account holder, the nominee or legal heir shall be liable to pay interest on the loan availed by the account holder but not repaid before his death. Such amount of due interest shall be adjusted at the time of final closure of the account.

10. Withdrawal from account.-

(1) Any time after the expiry of five years from the end of the year in which the account was opened, the account holder may, avail withdrawal by applying in Form-2, from the balance to his credit, an amount not exceeding fifty per cent. of the amount that stood to his credit at the end of the fourth year immediately preceding the year of withdrawal or at the end of the preceding year, whichever is lower:

Provided that the amount of loan outstanding, if any, along with interest shall be paid by the account holder before availing the facility of withdrawal under this paragraph:

Provided further that the facility of withdrawal may be availed only once in a year only from the accounts which have not become discontinued.

(2) In case of an account opened on behalf of a minor, or a person of unsound mind, the guardian may apply for the withdrawal for the benefit of the minor or a person of unsound mind by submitting the following certificate to the accounts office, namely:-

“Certified that the amount sought to be withdrawn is required for the use and welfare of Shri/Smt./Master/ Kumari……………………………. who is a minor/ a person of unsound mind/ a person incapable of operating his account due to physical infirmity and is alive on this……the day of…………..(month), ……….(year).”.

11. Closure of account or continuation of account without deposits after maturity.-

(1) Any time after the expiry of fifteen years from the end of the year in which the account was opened, the account holder may apply in Form-3 to the accounts office for the closure of his account. The accounts office shall allow the withdrawal of the entire balance along with due interest up to the last day of the month preceding the month in which the account is closed.

(2) The account holder may retain his account after maturity without making any further deposits for any period and the balance in the account will continue to earn interest at the rate applicable to the Scheme:

Provided that the account holder may make one withdrawal, in each year, of any amount within the balance.

(3) Once the account is continued without deposits for more than a year, the account holder shall not have the option again to continue the account with deposits.

12. Extension of account with deposits after maturity.-

(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph 11, the account holder on the expiry of fifteen years from the end of the year in which the account was opened, may extend his account and continue to make deposit under paragraph 4 for a further block period of five years by applying to the accounts office in Form-4.

(2) The option of extension of account under sub-paragraph (1) shall be made by the account holder before expiry of one year from the maturity of the account:

Provided that an account opened on behalf of a minor or a person of unsound mind may be extended at the request of the guardian.

(3) No deposits can be made in the account, if the account holder fails to give his option to continue the account within one year from the date of maturity. Any deposit made in such account shall be treated as irregular and refunded by the accounts office immediately without any interest:

Provided that the balance in the account on the date of maturity shall continue to earn interest upto the end of the month preceeding the month of closure.

(4) Facility of partial withdrawal under paragraph 10 of the Scheme shall be available to the account extended under sub-paragraph (1), subject to the condition that the total withdrawal during the block period of five years shall not exceed sixty per cent. of the balance at credit at the commencement of the block period:

Provided that the withdrawal, subject to the ceiling as specified above may be made either in a single or in yearly instalments.

(5) Provisions of sub-paragraphs (1) to (4) shall also apply on accounts after maturity on expiry of the each extended block period of five years.

(6) If the account is continued with deposits for one or more five block periods, the account holder may leave the account without deposits on completion of any block period and the account shall continue to earn interest till it is closed and the account holder may make one withdrawal every year from the account.

(7) An account holder who has given his option for the extension of the account for a period of five years shall not have the option to withdraw his request at a later stage.

13. Premature closure of account.-

(1) An account holder shall be allowed premature closure of his account or the account of a minor or person of unsound mind of whom is the guardian on an application to the accounts office in Form-5, on any of the following grounds, namely:-

(a) treatment of life threatening disease of the account holder, his spouse or dependent children or parents, on production of supporting documents and medical reports confirming such disease from treating medical authority;

(b) higher education of the account holder, or dependent children on production of documents and fee bills in confirmation of admission in a recognised institute of higher education in India or abroad;

(c) on change in residency status of the account holder on production of copy of Passport and visa or Income- tax return:

Provided that an account under this Scheme shall not be closed before the expiry of five years from the end of the year in which the account was opened:

Provided further that on such premature closure, interest in the account shall be allowed at a rate which shall be lower by one per cent. than the rate at which interest has been credited in the account from time to time since the date of opening of the account, or the date of extension of the account, as the case may be.

14. Closure of account on death of the account holder.-

(1) In the event of the death of the account holder, the account shall be closed and the nominee or the legal heir shall not be allowed to continue the account.

(2) The balance in the account of the deceased account holder shall earn interest till the end of the month preceeding the month in which the eligible balance is paid to the nominee or the legal heir, as the case may be.

15. Protection of credit balance from attachment.–

Amount standing to the credit of any account holder shall not be liable to attachment under any order or decree of any court in respect of any debt or liability incurred by the account holder.

16. Application of General Rules.-

Provisions of the General Rules shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to the matters for which no provisions have been made in this Scheme.

17. Power to relax.-

Where the Central Government is satisfied that the operation of any of the provisions of this Scheme causes undue hardship to an account holder, it may, by order for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax the requirements of that provision or provisions in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of the Act.

[F. No. 2/2/2018-NS (Pt. I)]
RAJAT KUMAR MISHRA, Jt. Secy

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04 SEP 2019

The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2019 was notified on 9th August, 2019. Sub-Section 2 of Section 1 of the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2019 provides as under:-

“(2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, it shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.”

The Central Government by exercising powers conferred under sub-section 1 of the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2019, appoints the 30th August, 2019, for enforcement of the following Sections of the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2019:-

(i) Section 1;

(ii) Section 4 to 9 [both inclusive];

(iii) Section 11 to Section 13 [both inclusive];

(iv) Section 15.

Necessary Gazette Notification in this regard has been issued by the Central Government. In pursuance of the above notification, the section 17, 23,29A, 34, 37, 45 and 50 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (the Act) stand amended. Also three new sections namely 42A, 42B, and 87 stand inserted in the Act. The insertion of section 87 is with retrospective effect i.e. 23rd October, 2015, with a view to clarify the applicability of the said cut-off date on arbitration and related court proceedings.

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No.301(45)/2019/PA Admn.III /336 to 396
Government of India,
Ministry of Communications,
Department of Posts, Postal Accounts Wing,
Dak Bhavan, New Delhi.

Dated: 29th May, 2019.

Office Memorandum

Sub: Representations/ Grievances/ complaints etc. received against the Gazette Notification/ Examination Notification relating to RRs/ LDCE-2018.

The case relates to recruitment to Assistant Accounts Officer cadre of IP& TAFS Group ‘B’, as per Gazette RR Notification dated 2.4.2018, Examination Notification dated 19.4.2018 and subsequent instructions/ notification thereupon.

2. As per the background of the case, due to implementation of the recommendations of 6th CPC, JAO and AAO cadre was merged into a single cadre namely AAO Group B’ (Gazetted) and amalgamation of Group ‘B’ cadre of Accounts and Finance of DoP and DoT consisting of AAO, AO and Sr. AO with the nomenclature ‘IP&T AFS Group B’ cadre with Member (Finance) Telecom Commission as Cadre Controlling Authority the new RRs of Assistant Accounts Officer (AAO) cadre were formulated, after obtaining the approval of the concerned authorities were notified vide gazette notification dated 02.04.2018, followed by issue of syllabus for the Limited Departmental Examination vide letter dated 4.4.2018. The examination notification dated 19.4.2018 was issued, in accordance with the new RRs-2018 of AAO, containing all the modalities for conduct the LDCE – 2018 w.e.f. 5th to r July 2018. While the conduct of examination process in progress, addendum, modifications, corrigendum as required were also issued from time to time to facilitate the examination process.

3. After the conducting of the ibid Examination from 5th to 8th July 2018, nearly 500 representations/grievances etc. have been received in the matter, throughout the period till date, on the various issues relating to RR notification, syllabus, Examination notification etc. of AAO cadre of IP&TAFS Group ‘3’. The details of the representations/grievances etc. is placed in the file. It may also be highlighted here that most of the issues flagged in the representations etc. are already subjudice as many of the individuals, group of individuals, staff association have filed court cases, Pan India.

4. These representations can be categorized into two categories viz. a) individuals b) Staff Associations. The main area of concerns/suggestions/views can be summarized as follows:-

• Ambiguity in recruitment rules and examination notification of LDCE-2018,
• Filling up of un-filled vacancies of LDCE-2018 on account of non-joining of candidates appointed for the same
• Eligibility criteria in respect of individual appeared in the LDCE-2018,
• 4 Filling of vacancies reserved for SC/ST (Backlog vacancies of LDCE-2018) by giving grace marks,6 Scoring maximum marks ,
• in some paper/papers by individual(s) in the LDCE-2018,Supply of paper wise marks,Providing of answer scripts of LDCE-2018,
• Scoring maximum marks in some paper/papers by individual(s) in the LDCE-2018.
• Supply of paper wise marks.
• Providing of answer scripts of LDCE-2018.
• Obtaining minimum cut-off marks by the individual(s) candidates appeared in the LDCE-2018 but name was not included in the final merit list of selected candidates.
• Rounding off of marks obtained in the LDCE-2018
• Irregularities pointed out in conducting the LDCE-2018

5. These representations/ contentions/ points brought out by individuals/ staff association can be further sub-divided into two parts (i) challenging the RRs-2018 (ii) Challenging the examination notification vis-ir-vis merit list OMs. All the representations etc. have been examined as per the RRs-2018, Examination Notification, GoI instructions/orders on the subject

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