ANDHRA PRADESH STATE ROAR TRANSPORT CORPORATION

Office the Managing Director,

Mushirabad, Hyderabad - 20.

   No. P5/14(2)/97-PO-IV

CIRCULAR NO.PD-14/1997 - DATE 19.03.1997

Sub:-   ALLOWANCES - Dearness Allowance - Payment of Dearness Allowance to the Employees including Officer with effect from 1 JANUARY 1997 in Revised Scales of Pay 1993 - Orders - Issued.

Ref :- 1)   Board Resolution No. 65/1994. Dt. 27.04.1994

          2)   Board Resolution No. 100/1994. Dt. 06.06.1994   

          3)  Board Resolution No. 174/1994. Dt. 20.10.1994

          4)  Circular No. PD-77/1996. Dt.10.09.1996.

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1.    The Board through the Resolutions 1st and 2nd cited has accorded approval to calculate the Dearness Allowance rates based on the percentage increase of Index Number (Moving Average for       preceding  12 months) as on  1 JANUARY and 1 JULY of every year with the base Index at 1168 (All India Index Number).

2.    Based on the percentage of  increase of Index Numbers (Moving Average for the preceding 12 months ie., from  JANUARY 1996 TO DECEMBER 1996) and in terms of Board Resolution 3rd cited, the VC & MD has, with the concurrence of Chief Accounts Officer, accorded sanction for enhancement of  Dearness Allowance in respect of APSRTC Employees including Officers, whose Pay has been fixed in Revised Pay Scales 1993, as under to be effective from 1 JANUARY 1997.

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Pay  Range                                                                          Rate of  Dearness Allowance

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                                                                                      Existing W.e.f.                             Revised w.e.f

                                                                                        1 July 1996                                1 January 1997

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a) Pay upto Rs. 6700/-                                                  34.9% of Pay                                40.8% of Pay

b) Pay above Rs.6700/-                                                26.2% of Pay                                30.6% of Pay

    and upto Rs. 9950/-                                                   sub. to min.                                   sub. to min.    

                                                                                      of Rs.2338/-                                 of Rs. 2734/-

c) Pay above Rs. 9950/-                                                22.7% of pay                                 26.5% of Pay  

                                                                                     sub. to min.                                     sub. to min.

                                                                                     of Rs. 2607/-                                  of Rs. 3045/-

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NOTE: i)    "PAY" means Basic Pay fixed in RPS 1993 and changes that come about from time to time on account of increment/promotion/reversion/reduction in Pay etc., and shall include Special Pay and Personal Pay.  It does not include Special Allowance.

            ii)    The Dearness Allowance shall be calculated on "PAY" of RPS 1993 and will be rounded off to the nearest rupee.

    3.    The revised Dearness Allowance at the above rates shall be drawn and paid through the regular Salary Bill of March 1997 and onwards.

    4.    Arrears of Dearness Allowance for the period from 1 January 1997 to 28 February 1997 shall also be drawn and paid along with the regular Salary Bill of March 1997.

    5.    The above rates of Dearness Allowance shall not be applicable to Ex-TTD employees who have not opted to the Service conditions of APSRTC and also to the employees on Deputation to APSRTC .   

Sd/- D.P. SASTRY,

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (ADMN.) 

To

All Officers of the Corporation.