Payment of Dearness Allowance to State Government employees – revised rate effective from 1.1.2014 & 1.7.2014
Government of Jammu and Kashmir,
Civil Secretariat, Finance Department.
Subject- Payment of Dearness Allowance to State Government employees – revised rate effective from 1.1.2014 & 1.7.2014
Government Order No.53-F of 2015
Dated 06 – 04 – 2015
In continuation to Government Order No.24-F of 2014, dated 05.02.2014, it is hereby ordered that the State Government employees including Work Charged and Whole Time Contingent Paid employees, working in regular pay bands /scale, shall be paid Dearness Allowance as under:-
S.No |
Existing Rate of DA |
Revised Rate of DA |
Date from which applicable |
1 |
90% |
100% |
01.01.2014 |
2 |
100% |
107% |
01.07.2014 |
(i) Both the instalments of Dearness Allowance shall be paid to State Government employees through GPF route upto March, 2015 and thereafter in cash.
(ii) In respect of Class IV employees, the arrears of both the instalments upto 31.3.2015 shall be paid in cash in the month of April, 2015 and thereafter enhanced instalments of Dearness Allowance shall form part of monthly salary.
(iii) State Government employees who are governed under New Pension Scheme, the arrears of both the installments upto 31.03.2015 shall be paid in cash in the month of April, 2015 and the employee’s share @ 10% shall be deducted at source and credited to their respective PRAN numbers alongwith the matching share by the employer. From April, 2015 onwards the enhanced installments of Dearness Allowance shall form part of monthly salary.
(iv) The basic pay for the purpose of this order shall mean the basic pay as defined in Note below Article 27(aa) of the J&K Civil Sewice Regulations.
(v) The payment of Dearness Allowance involving a fraction of SO paisa and above shall be rounded to the next higher rupee and the fraction of less than SO paisa shall be ignored.
(vi) The provisions of this order shall also apply, mutatis-mutandis to the All India Service Officers, serving in connection with affairs of the State.
By order of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.
Sd/-
[B.B.Vyas)
Principal Secretary to the Government
Finance Department
Source: Original Order Click here