Administration Manual - B.E.S.T. Undertaking.

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Maternity leave period
11 Typing Allowance To all Typists & Stenographers according
to the rates approved by the Management.
@ Rs.80/- p.m. on passing the prescribed
test upto 5 years of service,
@ Rs.100/- p.m. on completion of 5 years
of service and upto 10 years of service,
@ Rs.120/- p.m. on completion of 10
years of service.
In case of absence /without pay of Typist/Stenographer,
proportionate typing/stenography allowance with Basic & D.A
should be recovered for the absent days - Instruction No. 26 –
STK/1033/706/96 dated 22/07/96
No recovery in Typing allowance should be made in respect of
female members of staff during their Maternity leave period.
(Instruction No. 8 issued vide note SrSTK/1033/435/05 dated
04/08/2005).
12 Meal Allowance A staff is entitled for Meal allowance
when he is called for duties which involve
loss in respect of his Mid-day meals @
prescribed from time to time.
Meal Allowance is admissible in the following cases to ‘A’ & ‘B’
Grade Officers whose duties are not essentially of an outdoor
nature :-(i) to those attending Court cases or / on behalf of the
Undertaking , requiring their absence from their normal place of
work during their normal recess when such attendance does not
form a part of their duties.
(ii) to those who are required to work away from their normal
place of work. Provided that (a) the allowance is not paid for more
than three consecutive days in one instance, and (b) the new place
of work is more than 5 kilometres from their normal place of
work;
(iii) to employees engaged in payment of salaries, wages and/ or
advances against salaries/ wages, at depots or sites of work other
than their own;
(iv) to those on shift duties who are required without prior
arrangement or intimation to work two complete consecutive
shifts;
(v) to employees in receipt of overtime, when they work for more
than 5 hours.
However, no meal allowance will be payable for more than 3
consecutive days and if the employee has been given 3 days prior