REVISED REWARD PROPOSALS APPROVED BY BOARD

Dear Sir/friend,

                            The Board has published revised reward guidelines which were approved in a full Board meeting. The major contents of the reward guidelines are as under:

1. The reward amount for the officers posted in Adjudication, Legal or Prosecution Cells of the Commissionerates has been raised to Rs. 50,000 in each case from the present limit of Rs. 5,000;

2. The reward amount for the officers engaged in Audit/Special Audit of the Commissionerates has also been raised to Rs. 50,000 in each case;

3. The Joint/Additional Commissioners have been made eligible to get reward with the ceiling of Rs. 50,000 in each case;

4. The existing reward ceiling for a government officer in a case has been increased to Rs. 2 lakh from Rs. 1 lakh in each case;

5. The ceiling of total reward during the entire career of an officer has also been raised to Rs. 20 lakh from the existing ceiling of Rs. 15 lakh;

6. On a proposal received from Member (L&J), the DRs working in CDR's office have been made eligible to get reward up to Rs. 50,000 in each case (except where issue is already settled by S.C. or H.C.'s judgment);

7. The reward amount of Rs. 25,000 in each case can be sanctioned by jurisdictional JC/ADC; Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 50,000 by the Commissioner/ADG; and above Rs. 50,000 by the Committee consisted therefore.

All officers up to the rank of Additional Commissioners working in field formations may enjoy the new reward policy.

Received from

Com.Ravindra Mallik, SG, AIACEGEO