Counting of emoluments drawn by officers while on deputation from State to Centre. -

(1) Counting of emoluments drawn by officers while on deputation from State to Centre. - When a State Government employee comes on deputation to the Central Government, he is generally granted a deputation special pay in addition to his usual pay. Till lately the question whether any part of this deputation special pay could be reckoned as `emoluments' for calculating pension used to be decided by the Central Government with reference to their rules on the subject. Recently this practice was reviewed by the Government of India in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General and the State Governments. It was held that since a State Government employee, while on temporary deputation to the Central Government, did not become subject to the rules and orders or the latter Government, and his pension was otherwise calculated under the rules of the State Government of which he was permanent employee, the practice of applying Central Government rules to determine the quantum of deputation special pay which should count for pension was incongruous. It has, therefore, been decided that henceforth in cases of deputation of State Government employees to the Central Government, the question whether any part of the deputation special pay received by such an employee will count for pension will be decided by the State Government concerned with reference to their own rules on the subject. If for proper application of the State 1/30/2019 CHAPTER http://persmin.nic.in/pension/rules/pencomp4.htm#Emoluments 4/14 Government rules any question arises regarding the exact nature and classification of the deputation special pay, the State Government will consult the Central Government who alone would be aware of the precise reasons for which the additional remuneration was granted. Similarly when a State Government employee on deputation to the Central Government holds a temporary or officiating appointment on a regular time-scale, the question whether any part of the difference between the pay, which he actually draws while on deputation and that which he would have drawn from the State Government but for his deputation, should count for pension will be decided by the State Government with reference to their pension rules. The same arrangement will apply in reverse in the case of Central Government employees who are sent on deputation to State Governments. The above instructions will not apply in cases of officers on deputation to the Central Government from the State of Jammu and Kashmir or vice versa. The Jammu and Kashmir Government's arrangement in cases of deputation from and to that Government is different from that of other Governments. They pay or recover leave and pension contributions monthly, as the case may be, and thus the pensionary liability of the borrowing Government is discharged concurrently. [G.I., M.F., O.M. No. F. 8 (5)-E. V (C)/61, dated the 2nd July, 1962 and O.M. No. F. 2 (6)-E. V (A)/72, dated the 10th January, 1974 and M.H.A., Dept. of Per. & A.R., O.M. No. 27/4/81-Pension Unit, dated the 22nd May, 1982, extending the scope to the States of Punjab and Haryana respectively.]