SPECIAL COMPENSATORY (REMOTE LOCALITY) ALLOWANCE

1.  Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance is admissible to employees borne on the regular establishment of the Corporation and trainees drawing pay in regular pay scale other than muster roll, work charged, daily rated casual labour.

2.  Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance w.e.f. 1.8.97 shall be admissible as under:-

Areas included in Part A, B, C, & D are as under

1. In a place where Special Compensatory Allowance, Special Compensatory (hill area) Allowance and Special Compensatory (remote area) Allowance are admissible, employee can draw only one of these Allowances, which is more beneficial to him.

2. Pay Ranges for CDA Pattern shall be same as notified by GOI from time to time

3.  They payment of Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance in different situations like leave, training, suspension etc. is to be regulated in the following manner:

1. The allowance will not be admissible during the period of transfer outside the place of posting exceeding two months or during leave for a period exceeding two months provided that the allowance may be paid for another period not exceeding two months if the extended period of leave is on medical certificate.

2. During the period of training of the employees away from the headquarters, they would be allowed to draw the allowance at the admissible rate for a period upto two months until the headquarters have been changed during such period. For the period beyond two months during training, the payment of the allowance would be continued by the employees furnishing certificate to the effect that their family continued to reside at the headquarters for the period for which the allowance is claimed.

3. During the period of suspension, the allowance would be admissible only so long as the headquarters of the employee under suspension continues to be located in a place which qualifies for payment of this allowance subject to the employee furnishing certificate to the effect that he or his family members continued to reside at the headquarters for the period for which the allowance is claimed.

4. Family for the above purpose would mean the employee’s wife/husband, children and other persons residing with and wholly dependant upon him/her. The husband/wife/children/person having an independent source of income would not be treated as a member belonging to the family of the employee except when such income including pension (exclusive of temporary increase in pension) and pension equivalent of death cum retirement benefits does not exceed Rs. 2500/-.