Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 27: The Finance Department of the Jammu and Kashmir Government today issued a clarification regarding admissibility of charge allowance to Government servants, holding additional charge of another identical or equivalent post.
A circular issued in this regard by the Financial Commissioner, Finance Department, said that the Department has been receiving references seeking clarification regarding the admissibility of charge allowance in cases where a Government servant is assigned the additional charge of another identical or equivalent post along with his / her own duties.
The matter has been examined in light of the relevant provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services Regulations (CSR), 1956. While clarifying the, the circular said, a Government servant may be assigned the additional charge of an identical post in the same or a different office merely to discharge to discharge its current duties in terms of Article 85(2)(i) of the J&K CSR-1956.
It further said that a Government servant may also be assigned the additional charge of another identical or equivalent post, either within the same office or in a different one, involving the full duties and responsibilities of the post in terms of Article 85(2) (ii) and 85(2) (iii)of the J&K CSR-1956.
In terms of Article 86 (1) of the J&K CSR-1956, its is mandatory that the appointing authority while assigning the addl charge of a post, shall clearly specify whether the Govt servant is being assigned only the current routine / routine duties of the post or the full/ plenary responsibilities of the post. However, it has been observed that in a number iof cases addl charge is assigned without specifying the nature of duty. Consequently, the Govt servant performs all functions of the post, however, charge allowance is not paid due to lack of clarity in the assigned order.
The admissibility of charge allowance to officers holding addl charge iof another identifical or equivalent post shall regulated as -“where a Govt servant servant is assigned addl charge under sub -clauses (ii) and (iii) or Art 85(2) , involving full duties and responsibilities of the post, charge allowance shall be admissible in terms of Art 87(a) of the J&K CSR-1956. The rate of charge allowance shall be 1/10th of the minimum pay of the post in the pre-revised scale ( 6th Pay Comm) of the post for which the addl charge is held. The amount of charge allowance shall remain constant unless the minimum pay of the post is revised.”
Second, ” where a Govt servant is assigned the addl charge of an identical post merely to discharge its current/ routine duties whether in the same of a different office, no charge allowance shall be admissible in terms of Art 86 read with Art 87-A (iii) of the J&K CSR-1956.”
It further said that article 87-A of the J&K CSR-1956 specify the cases where charge allowance shall not be admissible. They are- where the addl or independent charge is held for less than 40 days in one spell; where the addl charge held is of a lower post; where a Govt servant is appointed to hold only the current/ routine duties of a post , either in addition to or independent of his own charge; and where a Govt servant on transfer retains the charge of his / her earlier office due to non-posting of a substitute or for any other reasons. The circle directed all the Adm/Secy s and HODs to ensure strict compliance to these provisions.
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