The governor’s administration Thursday accorded sanction to the payment of one-month additional salary to employees who were deployed for the conduct of municipal and panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir.
According to an order issued by the general administration department, the drawing and disbursing officers shall draw one-month additional salary, wages, remuneration, as the case may be, in respect of employees deployed for the conduct of municipal and panchayat elections, 2018, or both.
“A DDO shall draw one-month additional salary/wages/remuneration in respect of an employee, borne on the establishment of his office, only after obtaining a certificate to be issued by deputy commissioner concerned, certifying that the employee posted in his/her district, was actually deployed for conduct of municipal/panchayat elections 2018 or both, under a proper authorisation/order and performed such duty without any break,” the order reads.
Similarly, the district election officer/deputy commissioner concerned will certify the same in respect of returning officers, assistant returning officers, presiding officers, polling officers, micro-observers, zonal sector magistrates and nodal officers.
“Likewise, the chief electoral officer, J&K, will certify in respect of divisional commissioners, deputy commissioners, general observers, expenditure observers and the staff posted in the office of chief electoral officer, J&K, that they performed election-related duties during municipal/panchayat elections, 2018 or both,” the order reads.
Divisional commissioners will certify in respect of employees posted in his office that they were actually deployed for conduct of municipal/panchayat elections, 2018 or both and performed such duty.
“In case any employee was deployed for conduct of either municipal or panchayat elections or both, he shall be entitled to only one-month additional salary/wages/ remuneration,” the order reads.