THE FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF THE TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT

(b) Honoraria.—Government may grant or permit a Government servant to receive anhonorarium as remuneration for work performed which is occasional or intermittent incharacter and either so laborious or of such special merit as to justify a special reward.Except when special reasons which should be recorded in writing exist for a departure fromthis provision, sanction to the grant or acceptance of an honorarium should not be givenunless the work has been undertaken with the prior consent of Government and its amounthas been settled in advance.(c) Fees and Honoraria.—In the case of both fees and honoraria, the sanctioningauthority shall record in writing that due regard has been paid to the general principleenunciated in Fundamental Rule 11, and shall record also the reasons which in his opinionjustify the grant of the extra remuneration.(d) Unless the Government, by special order or otherwise direct, one-third of any fee inexcess of Rs.400 or, if a recurring fee, of Rs.250 a year, paid to a Government servant, shall becredited to general revenues.[G.O. Ms. No. 1186, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (F.R.III) Department, dated 25thNovember 1981.](with effect from 25th November 1981.)RULINGSGrant of Honoraria or fees.(1) The rule requires that the reasons for the grant should be recorded in writing, so that thehonorarium or fee should be subject to departmental and audit scrutiny. Audit officers may, therefore,require that the reasons for the grant of an honorarium or fee should be communicated to them ineach case.Grant of honoraria for conferences and overtime work.(2) Temporary increase in work to the staff of an office due to the holding of special conferencesunder the auspices of a department or subordinate authority or of inter-departmental committees arenormal incidents of Government service and form part of the legitimate duties of the Governmentservants employed on the work within the meaning of Rule 11. The Government servants soemployed have, therefore, no claim to extra remuneration under Rule 46.(G.O. No. 669, Finance, dated 17th October 1930.)Grant of honorarium or fees for arbitration work.(3) (i) When a Government servant is appointed to act as arbitrator in a dispute between thedepartment of the Government in which he is working and a private party, he should not be grantedany honorarium.(ii) If, however, he is appointed as an arbitrator in a dispute between a private party and adepartment of the Government other than the one in which he is working, or other Governments orUnion Territories, he may undertake such work and receive honorarium therefor on the followingconditions:—(a) Before undertaking the work, the officer shall, as required under Rule 46 (b), obtain priorapproval of the competent authority, who shall decide whether, consistently with his official duties, hemay be allowed to undertake the work and receive honorarium for it; and(b) The honorarium payable will be decided by the Government.(iii) In either of the above two cases, when any costs on account of arbitration are awarded againsta private party, the entire amount, on recovery by the department concerned, shall be credited togovernment and shall not be paid to the arbitrator.(4) A Government servant may, with the prior permissions of the competent authority asrequired under Rule 46(a), accept the appointment as an arbitrator in a dispute between privateparties. At the time of giving such permission, the competent authority, who shall decide whether,consistently with his official duties, he may undertake the arbitration work and also whether he mayaccept any fee for it from the parties to the dispute.(Memo. No.44019/FR/61-3, dated 11th July 1961.)83