No. 17-31/2016-GDS (lO/PO/DA) Government of India Ministry of Communications Department of Posts (GDS Section) Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi-1 10 001 Dated: 02.01.2025
Subject: Revision of amount of honorarium to IO/PO in connection
with Inquiry under Rule-10 GDS (C&E), Rules, 2020- draft proposal.
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The matter regarding revision ofhonorarium to |O/PO in connection with inquiries under Rule 10 of the GDS (Conduct and Engagement) Rules, 2020 is under consideration. Considering the overall efforts needed to carry out inquiries in the matters of GDS, it is proposed to revise the honorarium to be given to the lO/PO as under:
(a) The amount of honorarium may not be given to the IO/PO in all
cases where the delinquent GDS unconditionally admits all the charges in first
sitting of the case. However, if the same are admitted at later stage, then IO
and PO [retired as well as serving] both the may be allowed an Honorarium of
Rs. 3,000/- and Rs. 2,000 respectively.
(b) In other cases, where full fledged inquiry is conducted, the amount of honorarium for retired/serving officers is proposed as under:
i) Retired Officers:
The amount of Honorarium in respect of retired officers is proposed
as under:
No. of Witnesses cited in the Amount of Honorarium Proposed for
charge sheet retired officers/officials
More than 10 90% of the Monthly Pension or 45% of the last pay drawn
Between 6-10 40% of the monthly pension or 35% of the last pay drawn
Less than 6 60% of the monthly pension or 30% of the last pay drawn.
ii) Serving Officers
The amount of honorarium proposed for serving officers is as under:
IO- 15% of Basic Pay
PO-10% of Basic Pay
(c) In addition to the Honorarium, retired Government servants, who are appointed as Inquiry officer will be entitled to TA/DA as per their entitlements in accordance with rules/instructions. The TA claim would be settled by the office from where the govt. servant had retired. The retired officers will not be given any secretarial assistant. The charges for the same are included in the proposed honorarium.
(d) The serving govt. servants will also be entitled to TA/DA as per
their entitlements in accordance with instructions issued from time to time.
2. All the Circles/stakeholders are requested to furnish their
comments on the above proposal within a fortnight, i.e, latest by 15.01.2025.
Circles are also requested to furnish data in respect of inquiries conducted in
the matters of GDS in the last three years to calculate the financial
implication in implementing the proposal in the following format:
Year No. of Inquiries Amount of Average no. of conducted as IOs
Honorarium paid to | witnesses cited in lOs each case Retired Serving Retired
Serving
Govt. Govt. Govt. Govt. Servant Servant Servant | Servant
Yours sincerely,
Signed by
Ravi Pahwa
Pre PPAR 09:56:40
Director (GDS)
Tel. No. 011-23096629
Email : adggds426@gmail.com
