(Circular Memo. No. 29730-A/458/A2/FRII/94, Fin. & Plg., Dt. 15-9-1994)
Ref: 1. Circular Memo.No.
13431/160-A/FR.II/93, Dt. 1-4-1993 of the Fin, & Plg. (PW) Deptt.
2. Recommendation of the High-Power
Committee Headed by Sri A.V.S. Reddy, I.AS.
ORDER:
In the Circular Memo. 1st cited detailed instructions were issued for prompt payment of subsistence allowance to the employees who were placed under suspension. The Joint Action Committee of Employees, Teachers and Workers of Andhra Pradesh, however, represented to the High-Power Committee of Secretaries to Government that the employees who were placed under suspension were not being paid subsistence allowance and were subjected to much difficulty and harassment. The High-Power Committee in their Report submitted to Government made the following observations:
According to the existing instructions, there is no bar or restriction limiting payment of subsistence allowance up to a period of six months. Subsistance Allowance is to be paid as long as a person is continued under suspension, even if the period is extended. The review envisaged for every six months during the period of suspension is only to ensure that the suspensions are not continued indefinitely without justification. There is, therefore, no need for with-holding the subsistence allowance pending review.
The High-Power Committee also recommended that instructions already issued by the Finance Department in Circular Memo. 1st cited may be reiterated and that disciplinary action may be taken against the officials who fail to comply with these instructions.
All the Departments of Secretariat and the Heads of Department are therefore requested to follow the instructions issued in the Circular Memo first cited scrupulously and ensure prompt payment of subsistence allowance to the employees who are placed under suspension. They are also informed that any failure to comply with these instructions will attract disciplinary action against the officers concerned.
All the Departments of Secretariat and the Heads of Departments are also requested to bring these instructions to the notice of all the concerned under their administrative control for strict compliance.
