Good news for Central Government Employees . UT Administrator Banwarilal Purohit has notified the Central Service Rules applicable in Chandigarh.
According to the information, after the issue of this notification, the retirement age (Central Government Employees Retirement Age) will now be 60 years. Teachers will get traveling allowance, up to about Rs 4000 per month, with pay-scale and DA center employees. Schools will now have the post of Deputy Principal, appointment will be done on the basis of seniority. Women employees will get two years leave for child care. Parents of two children till class-12 will get education allowance.
This notification will also change the pay scale and service conditions of UT employees. The notification specifies the pay tables for the various grades prepared. As the Ministry of Home Affairs had notified the Chandigarh Employees (Conditions of Service) Rules, 2022 on March 29 last year and the Punjab Service Rules were replaced with the Central Service Rules with effect from April 1, 2022, according to the notification the employees would be entitled to arrears.
Will also get Not only this, with the adoption of Central Service Rules, the retirement age has also been increased from 58 years to 60 years from 2022.
With the coming into force of the Central Service Rules, the pay scales of the employees will be in line with the Central Government Rules, which at present were in line with the respective categories of Punjab Government employees. Now these will be similar to the conditions of service of persons appointed to related services and posts in the Central Civil Services of the President and will be governed by the same rules and orders.
These rules will not apply to members of All India Services working in the affairs of the Union Territory of Chandigarh, employees of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, persons not in full time employment of UT Chandigarh, persons paid from contingencies
. Electrical Wing of Engineering Department whose pay scale is currently governed by the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited Regulations, 2021. It was informed that a separate notification will be issued in respect of Electrical Wing of Engineering Department, Chandigarh.
Significantly, about 14 days after the formation of the AAP government in Punjab, Home Minister Amit Shah had announced the implementation of the Central Service Rule in Chandigarh by the central government. Although it was strongly opposed in Punjab. In the Lok Sabha, many MPs from Punjab had demanded not to issue the notification.
