GOVERNMENT OF
SINDH FINANCE DEPARTMENT
No.
FD/(SR-I)1-(51)/2001
Karachi, the 6th November 2001.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:- REVISION OF BASIC PAY SCALES AND
BENEFITS OF CIVIL EMPLOYEES (BPS - 1 TO 22) OF THE SINDH GOVERNMENT
(2001)
The Governor of Sindh
has been pleased to sanction, with effect from 1st December 2001, a Scheme,
as detailed below, of Basic Pay Scales, Allowances and Pensions, 2001 for the
Employees of Government of Sindh in BPS-1 to BPS-22 as detailed below:
PART I - BASIC SCALES
AND ALLIED MATTERS
1. Basic
Pay Scales.
The existing basic pay scales and the revised basic pay scales are shown in
Annexure-I to this O. M. The Revised Basic Pay Scales shall replace the
existing Basic Pay Scales, 1994, and shall be effective from 1st December 2001.
2.
Discontinuation of Allowances.
The following allowances shall cease to be payable on the introduction of the
revised pay scales w. e. f. 01-12-2001: -
(i) Cost of Living Allowance to BS 1 to BS 22 @ 7%
of Basic Pay.
(ii) Adhoc relief of Rs. 300/- p. m. and Rs. 100/-
p. m. to BS-1 to 16 (inclusive of BPS-17 by virtue of Move Over).
(iii) Secretariat/Personal Allowance.
3.
Special Additional Allowance.
Special Additional Allowance shall be frozen at the level drawn as on the date of
issue of this O, M.
4.
Initial Fixation of Pay. -
Pay of the employees in service on 30-11-2001 shall be fixed at the stage in
the revised pay scales which is as many stages above the minimum as the stage
occupied by him above the minimum of the 1994 Basic PayScale.
5. Pay
Fixation on Promotion. -
The existing provisions regulating the fixation of pay in case of promotion
from lower to a higher post shall continue to apply.
6.
Selection Grade and Move Over. -
Selection Grade in the
scheme of Basic Pay Scales and Move Over scheme shall stand discontinued effect from the date of issue of this O. M.
7. Pay
Fixation of employees in Selection Grade and those who have Moved Over to
higher scale. -
Pay of an existing employee drawing pay by move over shall be fixed with
reference to the pay scale of the post for the time being held by him. In
case the employee was drawing pay in a Selection Grade, his pay will be fixed
in the Selection Grade pay scale. The stage of fixation will be arrived at
after allowing increments on the notional basis in the original scale of the post
or the Selection Grade, in 1994 Basic Pay Scales, up to the point of existing
pay. Pay of the employees will then be fixed at the relevant stage in the
revised pay scales 2001.
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Example-I Assistant, BS-11 Selection Grade, BS-15, Moved
Over BS-16 and in receipt of pay of Rs. 5490/- Pay will be fixed in BS-15 i.
e. Selection Grade pay scale at Rs. 8320/- as under:
Scale
|
Stage 15
|
Stage 16
|
Stage 17
|
Stage 18
|
Stage 19
|
1994 Scale
|
4845
|
5022
|
5199
|
5376
|
5553
|
2001 Scale
|
7260
|
7525
|
7790
|
8055
|
8320
|
Example-II
Pay fixation of an employee in BS-11 who has
moved over to BS-14 and is in receipt of basic pay of Rs. 4480/- will be
fixed after allowing notional increments in Bs-11 of 1994 Basic Pay Scales up to the stage of the basic pay drawn. Pay in revised BPS-11 will be fixed at the
corresponding stage of Rs. 6790/- as under:
BS-11
1994 Pay Scale
|
Stg.
15
3465
|
Stg.
16
3581
|
Stg.
17
3697
|
Stg.
18
3813
|
Stg.
19
3929
|
Stg.
20
4045
|
Stg.
21
4161
|
Stg.
22
4277
|
Stg.
23
4393
|
Stg.
24
4509
|
BS-11
2001 Pay Scales
|
5215
|
5390
|
5565
|
5470
|
5915
|
6090
|
6265
|
6440
|
6615
|
6790
|
Example-III
Pay fixation of an employee in BS-5 who has
moved over to BS-11 and is in receipt of basic pay of Rs. 3465/- will be
fixed after allowing notional increments in BS-5 of 1994 BPS up to the stage
of the basic pay drawn. Since basic pay of Rs. 3465/- is beyond the 30 stages in
notional BS-5, (1994 BPS), & resultantly more than the 30 stages of BPS
2001, therefore, his pay will be fixed at the notional 32nd stage i. e. at
Rs. 5300/-. The difference of Rs. 200/- (Rs. 5300-5100) will be personal to
him as under: -
BS-5 1994
|
Stage-30
3380
|
Stage-31
3446
|
Stage-32
3512
|
BS-5 2001
|
5100
|
5200
|
5300
|
In such cases, future
increments up to a maximum of 3 years will also be allowed as personal to such
employees.
8. Date
of Increment. -
Annual increment shall continue to be admissible subject to the existing
conditions, on the 1st December each year.
9.
Special Pays/ Allowances for Offices.
The Special Pay/Allowances sanctioned to the offices as a percentage of pay
shall be discontinued on the introduction of revised pay scales w. e. f.
01-12-2001 and adjusted in future increments.
10. Advance
Increments. -
The existing scheme of advance increments is discontinued w. e. f.
01-12-2001. A fresh scheme, if any will be introduced in due course.
PART II - ALLOWANCES
11. Conveyance
Allowance.
The rates of Conveyance Allowance and Motorcycle/Motor car maintenance
allowance presently fixed with reference to pay drawn shall be increased and
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Sr. No.
|
Existing
|
Revised
|
(i)
|
Government servants
drawing pay in BS-16 (Gazetted) and above and maintaining motor car not
registered for commercial purpose Rs. 355/- p. m.
|
BS-16 (Gazetted) & above Rs. 620/-p. m.
|
(ii)
|
Government servants
drawing pay of Rs. 3240/- per month and above other than those at (i)
above. Rs. 193/-p. m.
|
BS-11 and above Rs. 340/- p. m.
|
(iii)
|
Government servants
drawing pay of Rs. 1688/- p. m. and above but less than Rs. 3240/- p. m.
and maintaining Motorcycle/ Scooter. Rs. 130/- p. m.
|
BS 1-10 maintaining Motor Cycle/ Scooter Rs. 230/-p.m.
|
(iv)
|
Others. Rs. 96/- per
month.
|
BS 1-10 Rs. 170/-p. m
|
12. Daily Allowance. - Daily Allowance rules presently fixed with reference to pay
drawn shall be increased and related to Basic Pay Scales as under: -
BPS
|
Special Rates per day (Rs. )
|
Ordinary Rates Per day (Rs. )
|
1-4
|
110
|
80
|
5-11
|
120
|
100
|
12-16
|
200
|
180
|
17-18
|
350
|
320
|
19-20
|
450
|
400
|
21-22
|
550
|
450
|
13. Medical
Allowance.
Medical Allowance to employees in BS 1-15 shall be increased from Rs. 90/- p.
m. to Rs. 160/- p. m.
14. Computer
Allowance.
The Computer Allowance shall be increased subject to the existing conditions
of admissibility as under;
Existing
Rate
Revised Rate
Rs.
300/- p.
m.
Rs. 750/- p. m.
Rs.
1000/-p.
m.
Rs. 1500/- p. m.
15. Special Pays/Allowances.
All the Special Pays and Allowances admissible on
certain posts as a percentage of the Pay are revised subject to the following
limits:
Revised
(a)
Special Pays/Allowances On
existing rates
sanctioned @ 20%
and subject
to a maximum
above of
Pay.
of Rs. 2000/- p. m.
(b) Special
Pays/Allowances On
existing rates
sanctioned @ 10% - 19%
Pay
subject to a maximum
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of
Rs. 1500/- p. m.
(c)
Special
Pays/Allowances On
existing rates
sanctioned @ 5% -
9%
subject to a maximum
of Pay. of Rs. 1000/- p. m.
PART III - PENSION AND
COMMUTATION
16. Pension.
The Government has made the following reforms in pension/commutation scheme
w. e. f. 01-12-2001 in respect of civil pensioners of Sindh Government.
(a) Commutation Table shall be replaced by the new
Commutation Table at Annexure-II to this Office Memorandum.
(b) Commutation up to 40% of gross pension shall be admissible at
the option of the pensioner.
(c) The additional benefit of 2% - 10% for extra years of
service after completion of 30 years of qualifying service in respect of
Civil Pensioners shall be discontinued.
(d) The increase in pension @ 20% -25% to Civil Pensioners
allowed vide letter No. FD (SR-III)3/74-99, dated 5th October 1999 shall be
discontinued.
(e) The benefit of restoration of a surrendered portion of pension
in lieu of commutation/gratuity shall be withdrawn.
(f) In the future, the increase in pension to the pensioners
shall be allowed on net pension instead of a gross pension.
(g) All the pensioners shall be allowed an increase in net
pension (inclusive of dearness increases allowed in the past) as follows:
Increase
in net pension
(i) Pensioners who
retired prior to the
15%
introduction of 1991 Basic Pay Scales.
(ii) Pensioners who
retired prior to the
10%
introduction of 1994 Basic Pay Scales
but on or after the introduction of 1991
Pay Scales.
(iii) Pensioners who
retired on
or 5%
after the introduction of 1994
Basic Pay Scales and up to the
date of introduction of revised
Basic Pay Scales i. e. 01-12-2001.
17. Option.
(a) All the existing civil employees (BPS 1 to 22) of the Provincial
Government shall within 45 days from the date of issue of this office
memorandum, exercise an option in writing, addressed to the Audit Office
concerned in the case of employees in BPS-16 and above and to the DDO
concerned in the case of employees in BPS-15 and below, either to draw pay in
the existing Basic Pay Scales of 1994 or in the Revised Basic Pay Scales and
pension/commutation scheme 2001 as specified in O. M. Option once exercised
shall be final.
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(b) An existing
employee as aforesaid, who does not exercise and communicate such an option
within the specified time limit, shall be deemed to have opted to continue to
draw salary in basic pay scales of 1994 and Pension/Commutation as per
existing formula.
18. The
government servant who will retire w. e. f. 01-07-2001 shall be given the
benefit of revised pay scales on a presumptive basis discounted by 5% increase
in pension if availed, subject to the condition that all those who may like
to avail this benefit should opt for the entire package i. e. revised schemes
of Basic Pay Scales as contained in Part-I and revised package of pension as
contained in Part-III of this O. M.
19. All
existing rules/orders on the subject shall be deemed to have been modified to
the extent indicated above. All existing rules/orders not so modified shall
continue in force under this scheme.
20. Anomalies.
An Anomaly Committee shall be set up in the Finance Department (Regulations
Wing) Government of Sindh, to resolve the anomalies if any, arising in the
implementation of Office Memorandum,
ANNEXURE-I
F. D. O. M. No. FD (SR-I)1-(51)
/ 2001, dated 6th Nov. 2001
EXISTING AND REVISED PAY SCALES
PAYSCALE OF 1994
|
PAYSCALE OF 2001
|
Scale
|
Min
|
Incr
|
Max
|
Stages.
|
Scale
|
Min
|
Incr
|
Max
|
Stags
|
1
|
1245
|
35
|
1770
|
15
|
1
|
1870
|
55
|
3520
|
30
|
2
|
1275
|
44
|
1935
|
15
|
2
|
1915
|
65
|
3865
|
30
|
3
|
1320
|
50
|
2070
|
15
|
3
|
1980
|
75
|
4230
|
30
|
4
|
1360
|
58
|
2230
|
15
|
4
|
2040
|
85
|
4590
|
30
|
5
|
1400
|
66
|
2390
|
15
|
5
|
2100
|
100
|
5100
|
30
|
6
|
1440
|
73
|
2535
|
15
|
6
|
2160
|
110
|
5460
|
30
|
7
|
1480
|
81
|
2695
|
15
|
7
|
2220
|
120
|
5820
|
30
|
8
|
1540
|
88
|
2860
|
15
|
8
|
2310
|
130
|
6210
|
30
|
9
|
1605
|
97
|
3060
|
15
|
9
|
2410
|
145
|
6760
|
30
|
10
|
1660
|
107
|
3265
|
15
|
10
|
2490
|
160
|
7290
|
30
|
11
|
1725
|
116
|
3465
|
15
|
11
|
2590
|
175
|
7840
|
30
|
12
|
1830
|
130
|
3780
|
15
|
12
|
2745
|
195
|
8595
|
30
|
13
|
1950
|
144
|
4110
|
15
|
13
|
2925
|
215
|
9375
|
30
|
14
|
2065
|
161
|
4480
|
15
|
14
|
3100
|
240
|
10300
|
30
|
15
|
2190
|
177
|
4845
|
15
|
15
|
3285
|
265
|
11235
|
30
|
16
|
2535
|
197
|
5490
|
15
|
16
|
3805
|
|
12655
|
30
|
17
|
3880
|
290
|
7360
|
12
|
17
|
6210
|
465
|
15510
|
20
|
18
|
5085
|
366
|
8745
|
10
|
18
|
8135
|
585
|
19835
|
20
|
19
|
7750
|
385
|
11600
|
10
|
19
|
12400
|
615
|
24700
|
20
|
20
|
9195
|
440
|
13595
|
10
|
20
|
14710
|
950
|
28010
|
14
|
21
|
10190
|
545
|
15640
|
10
|
21
|
16305
|
1070
|
31285
|
14
|
22
|
10900
|
610
|
17000
|
10
|
22
|
17440
|
1250
|
34940
|
14
|
|
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