Dearness Relief to pensioners with effect from 01-07-2019
GOVERNMENT OF TELANGANA
ABSTRACT
ALLOWANCES – Dearness Relief to Pensioners with effect from 01-07-2019-Revised-Orders-Issued
FINANCE (HRM.V) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No.70
Dated: 23-10-2020
Read the following:-
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22. G.O.Ms.No.69, Finance (HRM.IV) Department, dated: 23.10.2020.
ORDER:
Government hereby order revision of Dearness Relief to State Government Pensioners sanctioned vide reference 21st read above from 33.536% of the pension to 38.776% of the pension from 1st of July,2019. The revision shall be applicable to;
i. The employees who retired from service on or after 01-07-2013 and are drawing pension as per the Revised Pay Scales,2015.
ii. The employees who retired on or before 01-07-2013 and the pension was consolidated as per the orders issued vide G.O. 3rd read above.
2. Government also hereby order revision of the Dearness Relief from 118.128% of the pension to 126.688% of the pension from 1st of July, 2019 to the state government pensioners who are drawing their pension as per the Revised pay scales,2010 and not consolidated in terms of the orders issued vide reference 3rd read above.
3. Government also hereby order revision of the Dearness Relief from 12% of pension to 17% of pension to the pensioners who retired while drawing UGC Pay Scales 2016 w.e.f. 1st of July, 2019.
4. Government also hereby order revision of the Dearness Relief to the pensioners who retired while drawing UGC Pay Scales 2006 and not consolidated the pension as per UGC Pay Scales, 2016, from 154% of pension to 164% of pension from 1st of July, 2019
5. Government also hereby order revision of the rate of Dearness Relief to the pensioners/family pensioners whose pension was consolidated as per orders issued vide G.O.Ms.No.54, Higher Education(UE.II)Department, dated: 08.06.2011 and G.O.Ms.No.31, Higher Education(UE.II)Department, dated:24.05.2013 from 154% of pension to 164% of pension, from 1st of July, 2019.
6. Government also hereby order revision of the rate of Dearness Relief sanctioned vide G.O.Ms.No.4, Law (Law & J-SC.F) Department, dated.06.01.2011 to the Pensioners who are drawing pension as per Justice E.Padmanabhan Committee report from 154% to 164% with effect from 1st of July,2019.
7. These orders shall be applicable to;
1. a) All Government Pensioners in receipt of Service Pensions, Family Pensions under Revised Pension Rules,1951, Andhra Pradesh Liberalised Pension Rules, 1961 and Andhra Pradesh Government Servants (Family Pension) Rules, 1964.
b) Teaching and Non – Teaching pensioners of Municipalities, Panchayat Raj Institutions and Aided Educational Institutions, in receipt of pensions under the Andhra Pradesh Liberalised Pension Rules, 1961 and Andhra Pradesh Government Servants (Family Pension) Rules, 1964.
c) Teaching and Non – Teaching staff in Aided Educational Institutions in receipt of pensions under the Contributory Provident Fund – cum – pension and Gratuity Rules,1961 and Andhra Pradesh Liberalised Pension Rules, 1961.
d) Those drawing family pensions under G.O.Ms.No.22 Finance & Planning (FW-Pen.I) Department dt.16.11.1971, G.O.Ms.No.104 Finance & Planning (FW-Pen.I) Department dt. 13.04.1973 and G.O.Ms.No.25 Finance & Planning (FW-Pen.I) Department dt.02.02.1974.
e) Pensioners in receipt of compassionate pension under the rules for Compassionate Pensions and Gratuities in the Hyderabad Civil Services Rules;
f) Those in receipt of Pensions under the Wound and the Extraordinary Pension Rules.
2. Jagir and Estate pensioners and
3. Pensioners governed by the Telangana Revised Pension Rules, 1980.
8. These orders are not applicable to Financial Assistance grantees and others who are not entitled to Dearness Relief.
9. The amount of Dearness Relief shall be rounded off to the next rupee.
10. The Revised Dearness Relief shall be paid along with the pension of November, 2020 payable in the month of December, 2020. However, the arrears of revised Dearness Relief to the pensioners from 01-07-2019 to 31-10-2020 shall be claimed and paid in four equated instalments starting from December, 2020.
11. All the Treasury Officers/Pension Payment Officers shall workout and make payments of the Dearness Relief on Pension sanctioned in this order without waiting for further authorization/instructions from the Accountant General(A&E), Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, in terms of the orders issued in the G.O.Ms.No.270, Finance &Planning (FW:PSC.I) Department dt.07.10.1986.
12. All the Treasury Officers/Pension Payment Officers shall workout and make payments of the Dearness Relief on Pension sanctioned in this order in terms of orders issued in G.O.Ms.No.122 Finance (Pen.I)Department, dt.22.05.2014.
13. The expenditure is allocable among the various States in accordance with provisions of Rule 24 of the Incidence of Pension Rules in Appendix III-B of the Telangana Accounts Code, Volume-I.
14. In respect of the categories of employees who are not covered for payment through the Treasuries, the expenditure shall be debited to the Pension Funds of Zilla Parishads and Pension Funds of the respective Municipal Councils.
15. In respect of the Pensioners of the Universities the expenditure on account of the Dearness Relief now sanctioned above shall be met from the Block Grants allotted to them.
16. The G.O is available on Internet and can be accessed at the address http://goir.telangana.gov.in.
(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNER OF TELANGANA)
K.RAMAKRISHNA RAO
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT