NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI

A-28, KAILASH COLONY

NEW DELHI - 110048

F.No. 2-72/99-NVS(Estt.)                                                                            Dated: 20.8.2008

ORDERS

The matter regarding drawal of Special (Duty) Allowance by the employees of NVS posted in North-East Region is to be decided in the light of Memorandum No. 11(5)/97-E-II(B) dated 29.05.2002 issued by Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India (issued after the Supreme Court order in the Civil appeal No.7000 of 2001 arising out of SLP 5455 of 1999).  The queries/doubts raised by various Regional Offices have been duly examined and the following clarifications are issued:

i)       Admissibility: To all employees of the Samiti having All India Transfer Liability on posting to any station in the North-Eastern Region, Viz. States of Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura from outside the region.

     However, those belonging to North- Eastern Region and posted to out of the Region, will not be entitled for SDA on their subsequent transfer to North- Eastern Region whether it is on administrative ground or on request.

ii)      Rate-admissible: The Special (Duty) Allowance @ 12.5% of Basic Pay plus Stagnation Increment plus DP, will be admissible.  This will be in addition to Special Pay and /or Deputation (Duty) Allowance, if any drawn.

iii)    Non-admissibility: The Special (Duty) Allowance will not be admissible during employees leave/training beyond 15 days at a time and beyond 30 days in a year and during Suspension/Joining time.

iv)   Special (Duty) Allowance will not be treated as “Pay” for any purpose but will be taxable under I.T. Act.

v)    There is no stipulation that those employees (from outside the North- Eastern Region) who express their willingness to go to these stations/UTs will not be entitled of the allowances.

vi)   The staff recruited by RO, Shillong/JNVs located in North-Eastern Region, locally on the basis of their local address or sponsored by the Employment Exchange is not admissible for the SDA even if they belong to outside the region.

vii) The amount paid on account of Special (Duty) Allowance to ineligible persons after 05.10.2001, will be recovered.

viii)      These orders will be applicable mutatis mutandis for regulating the claims of Islands Special (Duty) Allowance which is payable on the analogy of Special (Duty) Allowance to Central Government Civilian employees serving in the Andaman & Nicobar, and Lakshadweep Groups of Islands.

This is issued with the concurrence of F&A Wing of the Samiti and approval of Joint Commissioner (P). 

Sd/- 

(S.B. Sharma)

Assistant Commissioner (Estt.)

Copy to:

i)                   All Deputy Commissioners of NVS, Regional Offices.

ii)                  All Officers in NVS, Hqrs.

iii)                All Principals in JNVs.

iv)                 All NLIs of NVS.