Pongal Bonus 2019

Pongal Bonus 2019

Pongal Festival 2019 – Grant of Pongal Prize to ‘C’ and ‘D’ Group Pensioners / All Family Pensioners

Government of Tamil Nadu 2019

FINANCE (PENSION) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No.6, Dated 8th January 2019

ABSTRACT

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Pongal Festival, 2019 – Grant of Pongal Prize to ‘C’ and ‘D’ Group Pensioners / All Family Pensioners – Orders – Issued.

Read the following:-
1. G.O.Ms.No.07, Finance (Pension) Department, dated: 08-01-2018.
2. G.O.Ms.No.5, Finance (Allowances) Department, dated : 08-01-2019.

ORDER:

The Government sanction a lumpsum Pongal Prize amount of Rs.500/- (Rupees Five Hundred only) to all Government Pensioners those who retired from the categories of ‘C’ and ‘D’ Group (‘C’ and ‘D’ Group of Scales of Pay (Ordinary Grade) is annexed to this order) including all ‘C’ and ‘D’ Group of Pensioners of Aided Educational Institutions, Local Bodies, Ex-Village Establishment (Ex-Village Officers and Village Servants / Assistants), ad-hoc Pensioners of all categories (Pensioners those who are drawing special pension of Rs.2,000/- with effect from 1-10-2017 i.e. Noon Meal Organisers, Anganwadi Workers, Mini Anganwadi Workers, Cooks, Cook Assistants, Anganwadi Helpers, Panchayat Secretaries, Village Librarian, Sweepers / Sanitary Workers / Scavengers, Plot Watchers, Anti-poaching Watchers, Police Station Cleaners, Ayah) and to all Family Pensioners irrespective of the Groups from which the Pensioners / Deceased Government employee had retired / died while in service.

2. This order shall also be applicable to all ‘C’ and ‘D’ Group provisional pensioners. The Pongal Prize amount shall not be admissible to those employees who retire on or after 08-01-2019 and to the families of those employees who die in harness on or after 08-01-2019.

3. Those who have retired / died in harness during the period from 01-10-2017 to 07-01-2019 are not eligible for the Pongal Prize amount if they are paid Adhoc Bonus as per the orders issued in the Government Order second read above. For this purpose, the Pension Disbursing Officers shall obtain non-drawal certificates from the departments concerned before making payment to these Pensioners.

4. This order is not applicable to the following categories of pensioners:-
(i) Special Pensioners such as Ulema Pensioners, State Freedom Fighters Pensioners and Social Pension for Scholars and Eminent persons, etc.
(ii) Family Pensioners who are appointed on compassionate grounds if adhoc bonus / special adhoc bonus is paid to them as applicable to the employees in service.
(iii) All Pensioners who retired from Group ‘A’ and ‘B’ posts including All India Service Officers and Officers governed by University Grants Commission (UGC) / All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) / Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Regulations.

5. The Government also direct that the procedure indicated below shall be followed for disbursement of Pongal Prize amount in respect of Pensioners / Family Pensioners coming under the Pension Pilot Scheme.
(i) In respect of those Pensioners / Family Pensioners to whom pension / family pension is sent by Money order at Government cost, the Pongal prize amount also shall be sent by Money Order at the Government cost.
(ii) In respect of Pensioners / Family Pensioners to whom pension / family pension is paid through Banks,
(a) In Pension Pay Office, Chennai and District Treasuries / Sub-Treasuries where the cheque system of payment of bills / Electronic Clearing System is in vogue, the Pension Pay Officer, Chennai and District Treasury Officers / Sub Treasury Officers are permitted to issue cheques and send the cheques to the respective paying branches of the bank with a covering list of Pensioners / Family Pensioners for crediting the amount to the pensioners’ / family pensioners’ savings bank account.
(b) As regards Banking Sub-Treasuries where the cheque system
of payment of bills / Electronic Clearing System is not in vogue, the Sub-Treasury Officers are permitted to get Banker’s cheque / Bank draft and send them to the respective Pensioners for crediting the amount to the pensioners’ / family pensioners’ savings bank account.

6. In respect of Pensioners / Family Pensioners coming under the Public Sector Bank Scheme, all Public Sector Banks are authorised to credit the lumpsum amount to the C & D pensioners to the pensioners’ / family pensioners’ account.

7. In respect of Pensioners / Family Pensioners for whom expenditure is met from State Consolidated Fund, the expenditure shall be debited to the following Head of Account:
”2071. Pensions and Other Retirement Benefits – 01. Civil – 800.
Other Expenditure – State’s Expenditure – AF. Pongal Prize to Pensioners and Family Pensioners – 27. Pensions – 09. Others (D.P.C. 2071 01 800 AF 2799)”.
In respect of payment of Pongal Prize to Ex-Village Officers, the expenditure shall be debited to the following Head of Account:-
“2071. Pensions and Other Retirement Benefits – 01. Civil – 800.
Other Expenditure – State’s Expenditure – AK. Other Expenditure – Pongal Prize to Ex-Village Officers – 27. Pensions – 09. Others (D.P.C. 2071 01 800 AK 2799)”

8. In respect of Pensioners (‘C’ and ‘D’ Group) / Family Pensioners of Local Bodies for whom expenditure is met from the fund maintained by the Director of Local Fund Audit or Municipal Funds, as the case may be, the expenditure shall be met from the respective funds. In respect of Special Pensioners of Noon Meal Organisers, Anganwadi Workers, Mini Anganwadi Workers, Cooks, Cook Assistants and Anganwadi Helpers, the Block Development Officers / Child Development Project Officer concerned shall debit the expenditure under the head of account mentioned in para-7 above.

9. The Pongal Prize amount sanctioned above shall be paid to the eligible Pensioners / Family Pensioners and Ex-Village Officers immediately.

10. Necessary provisions have been made under the relevant head of account in Budget Estimate 2018-2019.

(BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR)

K.SHANMUGAM
ADITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

ANNEXURE
[G.O.Ms.No.6, Finance (Pension) Department, Dated: 08-01-2019]

‘C’ and ‘D’ Group Employees’ Scales of Pay (Ordinary Grade)

Pre-revised Scale of Pay w.e.f. 1-1-2006
Revised Pay Level of the Pay Matrix w.e.f. 1-1-2016 (notional) mbf 1-10-2017

Group	Pre-revised Scale of Pay w.e.f. 1-6-1988	Pre-revised Scale of Pay w.e.f. 1-1-1996	Pay Band +	Grade Pay	Level	Minimum	Maximum
D	750-12-870-15-945	2550-55-2660-60-3200	PB-1A Rs.4800-10000	1300	1	15700 –	50000
C	775-12-835-15-1030	2610-60-3150-65-3540	PB-1A Rs.4800-10000	1400	2	15900 –	50400
C	800-15-1010-20-1150	2650-65-3300-70-4000	PB-1A Rs.4800-10000	1650	3	16600 –	52400
C	825-15-900-20-1200	2750-70-3800-75-4400	PB-1 Rs.5200-20200	1800	4	18000 –	56900
C	950-20-1150-25-1500	3050-75-3950-80-4590	PB-1 Rs.5200-20200	1900	5	18200 –	57900
C	975-25-1150-30-1660	3200-85-4900	PB-1 Rs.5200-20200	2000	6	18500 –	58600
C	1100-25-1150-30-1660	3625-85-4900	PB-1 Rs.5200-20200	2200	7	19000 –	60300
C	1200-30-1560-40-2040	4000-100-6000	PB-1 Rs.5200-20200	2400	8	19500 –	62000
C	1320-30-1560-40-2040	4300-100-6000	PB-1 Rs.5200-20200	2600	9	20000 –	63600
C	1350-30-1440-40­ 1800-50-2200	4500-125-7000	PB-1 Rs.5200-20200	2800	10	20600 –	65500
C	1400-40-1600-50­2300-60-2600	5000-150-8000	PB-2 Rs.9300-34800	4200	11	35400 –	112400
C	1600-50-2300-60-2660	5300-150-8300	PB-2 Rs.9300-34800	4300	12	35600 –	112800

Explanation:—For the purpose of classification (i.e. Groups) of Government Servants, persons holding posts in the Selection Grade or Special Grade before 1.6.2009 shall be deemed to be under the respective groups in which such posts in the ordinary grades are classified. [FR 9-A].

Source: http://cms.tn.gov.in