No.2/8/97-Estt.(Pay II)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & pensions
Department of Personnel & Training

New Delhi the 11thMarch.,1998

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject :-   Revision of Central Sectt. (Deputation on Tenure) Allowance (CDTA) to officers of organised Group A Services on their appointment as Under Secy, Deputy Secy and Director in the Central Sectt. under the Central Staffing Scheme – Recommendations of the Fifth Central Pay Commission –

The undersigned is directed to say that the Central Sectt. (Deputation on Tenure) Allowance (CDTA) to the officers of organised Group A Services appointed as Under Secretary, Deputy Secretary/Director under the Central Staffing Scheme is governed by the orders contained in this Departments OM No. 6/30/86-Estt(Pay II) dt. 23rd Sept.,1987 and No. 4/7/87-Estt(Pay II) dt. 1st March, 1989. Consequent upon the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Vth Central Pay Commission contained in para 110.6 of their Report, the President is pleased to decide that on their posting as Under Secy/Deputy Secy/Director in the Sectt. under the Central Staffing Scheme the officers of the organised Group A services will be entitled either to get their pay fixed in the scale of pay attached to the post or to draw their grade pay plus CDTA on the following terms and conditions:-

The officers of the organised Group A services posted in the Central Sect. Under the Central Staffing Scheme as Under Secretaries/Deputy Secretaries/Director will be treated as on deputation outside their cadre i.e to ex-cadre post ;

Their posting is subject to a prescribed tenure on the expiry of which they will be revert to their cadre post in their parent Departments;

During the tenure they will be paid a fixed sum of Rs. 800/- p.m. as CDTA in the case of under Secy and Rs.1000/-p.m. in the case of Deputy Secretary/ Director;

Their grade pay plus CDTA will be further subject to a ceiling of Rs.15,200/- in the case of Under Secretaries and Rs.18,300/- in the case of Deputy Secretaries/Directors;

The allowance will not be paid beyond the normal tenure of three years for Under Secretaries, four years for Deputy Secretaries and five years for Directors;

No allowance will be admissible to offices of these Services posted as Joint Secretaries and above in the Central Sectt.; and

This allowance shall not be admissible to those Under Secretaries/Deputy Secretaries/ Directors who are given extension or re-employment after superannuation.

Notes

If the grade pay plus CDTA of an officer working in the Sectt. exceeds Rs.15,200/- in the case of an Under Secretary or Rs.18,300/- in the case of Deputy Secretary/Director it will be limited to the prescribed ceiling as above by suitably adjusting the CDTA. The officers shall have the option to revert to their parent cadre when the quantum of allowance is reduced.

When the grade pay of the officer exceed Rs.15,200 in the case of Under Secretaries and Rs.18,300/- in the case of Deputy Secretaries/ Directors the officers shall revert to his parent cadre within a period of 6 months from such date.

2. These orders shall take effect from 1st August, 1997. The terms of deputation’s prior to this date shall be governed by the orders dt. 1st March 1989 refer to in para 1 above.

3. In so far as application of these orders to the officers of the Indian Audit and Accounts Deptt. is concerned, these orders issue in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

4. As regards the revised rate of special pay admissible to Central Group A Services officers on their posting in their Headquarters, orders will be issued separately.

Hindi version will follow.

Sd /- (J.Wilson)

Deputy Secretary to the Govt of India

To

All Ministries/Departments (As per standard list attached.)