THE FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF THE TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT

Note.-The “Compensation Allowance” granted to the technical workers of the Government Presswill be treated as ‘Pay’ for the purpose of calculating leave salary.RULING.P a y .(1) The following are not allowed to count as pay. (The list is not necessarily exhaustive):—(i) Fees paid to Law Officers in addition to their pay, unless the Government declares them tobe pay.(ii) Hill allowance.(2) Additional pay drawn under F.R. 49 shall be allowed to count as pay.(22) Permanent Post means a post carrying a definite rate of pay sanctioned without limit of time.(23) Personal Pay means additional pay granted to a Government servant—(a) to save him from loss of substantive pay in respect of a permanent post other than a tenurepost due to a revision of pay or to any reduction of such substantive pay otherwise than as adisciplinary measure; or(b) in exceptional circumstances, on other personal considerations.(24) Presumptive Pay of a Post, when used with reference to any particular Government servant,means the pay to which he would be entitled if he held the post substantively and were performing itsduties; but it does not include special pay unless the Government servant performs or discharges thework or responsibility or is exposed to the unhealthy conditions, in consideration of which the specialpay was sanctioned.RULING.The first part of the Definition is intended to facilitate the use of the term in relation to aGovernment servant who has been absent from a post for some time but still retains a lien on it.(25) Special pay means an addition, of the nature of pay, to the emoluments of a post or of aGovernment servant, granted in consideration of—(a) the specially arduous nature of the duties; or(b) a specific addition to the work or responsibility; or(c) the unhealthiness of the locality in which the work is performed.RULINGS.Special pay for X-ray work.(1) In support of the claim for special pay drawn for Government servants doing part-time X-raywork in medical institutions, a certificate in the following form should be attached to the pay bill:-“Certified that the Government servants for whom the special pay has been drawn have done X-ray work ““Certified that the Government servants for whom the special pay has been drawn have done X-ray work and have undergone the requisite training at the X-ray Institute or elsewhere”.(G.O.Ms.No.656.P.H.(L.S.G.) dated the 18 th August 1924)(2) Typists-clerks and typists of the vacation department may draw special pay during the vacationperiod.(3) Provided sanctioning authorities limit the allowances for the unhealthiness of a locality to casesin which the locality is likely to cause illness or impair vitality, it is reasonable that the allowanceshould be taken into account in calculating leave salary and pension. This limitation is inherent in the9