Update for Goa State Govt Employees.

The Finance Department today issued the orders on the implementation of Sixth Pay Commission recommendations from the November salary but made it clear that the upgradation in pay scales given to some 1500-odd employees in around 21 departments, will be rolled back.
“All revisions, upgradations of pay scales done for Secretariat and non-Secretariat staff (excluding part B scales given to teachers) subsequent to the implementation of the Fifth Pay Commission shall be ignored, without protecting the basic pay in the upgraded scale, for the purpose of fixation of replacement pay scales under the Sixth Pay Commission pay bands and grade pay,” the order says adding “The cases of such revision or up gradations of pay scales including those effected pursuant to the court order shall be reviewed by the Finance Department on case to case basis for appropriate decision by the government”, the order says.
Regarding the arrears which was the major focus of discussion among employees, the order states that the arrears for the September and October would be paid after making necessary budgetary provision.
“The arrears from January 1, 2006 to August, 31, 2008 shall be credited to Government Employees Provident Fund account in three installments with a lock in period of three years,” the order states.
“In respect of employees covered under the new defined pension contribution scheme it is proposed to open a separate account under the public account of the State to deposit their arrears n three installments with a lock in period of three years,” order states.
What could disappoint one and all government employees is that the Finance Department has withdrawn the wide notification No. 6/5/87-PER dated 30-3-207 on the leave encashment facility extended to the employees with immediate effect.
While the employees would be benefited from November, the pensioners would have to wait for some more time as the order states that the same would implemented after the Directorate of Accounts fixes the pension under revised structure.
Also the corporation and the municipal employees will have to wait for their turn as the decision regarding implementation would be taken by the corporations and the municipalities themselves, said a source in the Finance Department.