THE FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF THE TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT

Tamil Nadu Animal Husbandry Service—Director of Animal Husbandry.Dean, Madras Veterinary College.Note-1.—(i) The term “active foreign service” used in the table is intended to include the period ofjoining time which may be allowed to an officer both on the occasion of his proceeding to andreverting from foreign service and accordingly contributions are leviable in respect of such period.(ii) In the case of a temporary Government servant who is transferred to foreign service, pensioncontribution shall be calculated with reference to his length of service in the following manner:—(a) If he is on a time-scale of pay on the maximum of time-scale; and(b) If he is on fixed rate of pay, on that pay.Note 2.—(i) The length of service of a Government servant shall, for the purpose of calculation ofpension contribution, be reckoned from the actual or probable date of commencement of servicecounting for pension. All leave including leave on loss of pay, period of overstayal and of suspensionshall be taken into account in calculating the length of service.(ii) In cases where certain periods of war service have been allowed to count for pension, suchperiods of war service shall be added to the normal length of service.(iii) Under Article 358 (a) of Civil Service Regulations an Officer’s service does not qualify forpension until he has completed 18 years of age. All services rendered before completing 18 years ofage shall be excluded in reckoning length of service for the assessment of contribution for pension.(iv) In the case of Government servants who are promoted from a lower to a higher service, thelength of service shall in all cases be taken as the total service, reckoning from the date ofcommencement of pensionable service under Government and contribution shall be levied inaccordance with the table appropriate to the service to which the particular Government servant onforeign service at the time belongs.RULINGS.(1) In the case of members of the State and Subordinate Services pension contribution on theamount of special pay should be levied in accordance with the procedure prescribed in connectionwith establishment falling under Rule 127 (i.e.) the average of the percentage rates of these servicesshould be levied on the amount of special pay.The procedure indicated below should be adopted for recovering pension contribution on thespecial pay granted to members of superior service. Suppose the officer holding a post belongs tothe 21st to 25th year of service, take the rates of pay for those years and add the amount of specialpay to the rate of pay for each year. Then take the average of the amount thus arrived at Let it be “x”.Next take the rates of contribution prescribed for the 21st to 25th year of service and find out theaverage of those rates. Let it be “y”.The contribution to be levied on the special pay will be y/x amount of special pay.(2) In the case of contract Officers who are governed by leave terms contained in GovernmentOrder (Finance) No.423, dated 5th July 1935, as amended from time to time and who are transferredto foreign service the leave-salary contribution should be recovered at the rate prescribed forGovernment servants who are subject to the Tamil Nadu Leave Rules, 1933.[G.O.Ms.No.412 (M), Finance, dated 16th April 1943.]Note.— In classifying contract officers, the authorities competent to sanction transfer to foreignservice should determine for the contract officer concerned after taking into consideration the terms ofthe contract or if these are not conclusive the pay and status in Government service, the rate of leavesalarycontribution appropriate to the officer from among the three rates prescribed under F.R.116.The rate of leave-salary contribution should also be specified in the orders transferring such a contractofficer to foreign service.(3) Contribution towards leave and pensionary charges for service rendered by the staff of the PortDepartment to the other departments of Government may be paid from State Fund to the Minor PortFund at the rates mentioned in Rule 116.(G.O. No. 2339, P.W., dated 18th August 1944.)171