Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Leave Encashment by e-transfer before retirement
Government mulling e-transfer of leave encashment
PTI Oct 29, 2013, 07.44PM IST
NEW DELHI: Soon, central government employees will get disbursal of leave encashment in their bank accounts before retirement.
A proposal in this regard is being worked out in consultation with pay and accounts officers of the departments concerned.
All central government departments have also been told to keep a check
on employees' leaves and to ensure they do not exceed the maximum limit
of 315 days to avoid any litigation or legal proceedings for want of
extra payment in lieu of them.
It has been brought to the notice of the Ministry of Personnel that the
administrative authorities concerned are not ensuring that dues, as
admissible to a government servant retiring on attaining the age of
superannuation, are promptly paid.
"This has led to avoidable litigation where courts have been directing payment
of interest on such delayed payments. It has been observed... that the
delays in such payments are predominantly due to avoidable
administrative reasons related to the processing of such cases," a Ministry of Personnel order said. [click here to see]
However, delays in reckoning the leave accumulation at the credit
of government servant at any stage, particularly at the time of his
retirement on superannuation, cannot be acceptable and can be construed
as being an administrative lapse.
"All cases of delay may be looked into and delays in disbursement of
dues to government servants retiring on attaining the age of
superannuation be avoided," it said in a missive issued recently to all
central government departments.
Administrative authorities may consider putting in place a mechanism to check such delays and define various processing
parameters and timelines, viz. issuance of orders in respect of such
retiring government servants who have 300+15 days earned leave at their credit
on the 20th of the month in which they are retiring as any leave
availed by such government servants shall not impact the maximum ceiling
of encashment, it said.
The possibility of e-transfer of dues can also be worked out in
consultation with respective Pay and Accounts officers, according to the
missive.
All departments have been directed that the dues of leave encashment in
respect of government servants retiring on attaining the age of
superannuation are discharged with due promptness.
It may be ensured that sanction orders in this regard are issued timely,
so that dues admissible to the government servants on attaining the age
of superannuation, on account of encashment of leave, are discharged as
soon as possible, preferably on the next working day following the date
of their retirement on superannuation.
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