ANDHRA PRADESH STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION

 

O/o the Managing Director,

Bus Bhavan, Hyderabad-624.

No.P2/741(1)/2010-PO.IV

 

CIRCULAR No. PD- 23/2010, DATED  07.05.2010

 

Sub:  PAY SCALES – Revision of Pay Scales of the Employees and Officers of the Corporation w.e.f 01.04.2009 – Payment of arrears due on the RPS 2009 to the Employees and Officers – Reg. 

Ref: 1. Memorandum of Settlement dated 22.01.2010 reached with the Recognised APSRTC NMU.

        2. Circular No.PD-04/2010, dated 10.02.2010.

        3. Circular No.PD-10/2010, dated 02.03.2010.

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In accordance with the Memorandum of Settlement 1st cited, the Pay Scales in respect of the Employees of the Corporation in Class-II, III and IV services have been revised w.e.f  01.04.2009.  It has also been agreed in the Memorandum of Settlement that the arrears arising out of fixation of pay in the RPS 2009 w.e.f 01.04.2009 would be released in TWO installments in the months of May and December 2010.

 

 Instructions were issued through Circular 2nd cited for implementation of RPS 2009 in respect of the Employees in Class-II, III & IV services in the Salary Bill of March 2010.  Instructions were also issued through Circular 3rd cited on implementation of RPS 2009 in respect of the Officers of the Corporation in the Salary Bill of March 2010.  It was stipulated at item No.15.1 of Circular 2nd cited that instructions with regard to drawal of arrears from 01.04.2009 or from the date of Option  to February 2010 will be issued separately.

 

It is decided to pay the 1st Installment of the arrears, i.e. 50% of the arrears on account of RPS 2009 through Supplementary Salary Bill.  The arrears bills should be prepared, get audited and kept ready by 22nd May 2010.  Instructions on the date of payment of arrears will be issued in due course. 

The working instructions for drawal of arrears on RPS 2009 are given hereunder:

1.      Software for generation of “As Drawn Particulars with facility for data entry and corrections” was already issued to all the Regions on 28.04.2010.  Software for generation of “As Drawn, As Due and Arrears payable“ will be made ready and ported in RTCWAN by 15th May 2010 by IT Department. 

2.      Arrears of Dearness Allowance drawn on RPS 2005 for the period from July 2009 to February 2010 shall also be included in the “As-drawn” particulars of the Employees while computing the arrears on RPS 2009.

3.      The “As-drawn” particulars of the Employees and Officers shall be generated using the software already supplied by the Pay Roll Processing Centers.  This should be verified with the audited Salary Bills to incorporate the particulars of Cash Retrenchments and Supplementary Salary Bills which might not have been entered into Computer from time to time and also for verification of information relating to increments, leave, punishments etc.  After verification of the “As Drawn” sheets in all respects, the Unit Officers should get data entry corrections carried out in Computer. 

4.      After carrying out corrections, the “As Due” sheets must be printed along with 1st Installment Arrears Supplementary Salary Bill.  The Unit Officers shall once again verify the “As Drawn” and “As Due” sheets to ensure that all the corrections required were carried out.  After verification, the “As Drawn” and “As Due” sheets along with 1st Installment Arrears Supplementary Salary Bill, Audited Pay Fixation Forms and the Option Forms must be sent to Audit. 

5.      The total amount of pre-revised reimbursable allowances of Refreshments, News Paper and Bearer paid to the Officers in the cadre of Executive Director for the period from April 2009 to January 2010 shall be recovered in two installments in the arrears payment during May & December 2010 and sent to Audit, since the minimum basic pay in the Revised Scales of Pay 2009 in respect of EDs was arrived duly merging the amount of these three reimbursable allowances. 

6.      The 1st installment of arrears has to be drawn at the Unit where the revised pay in the RPS 2009 was implemented to the Employee/Officer.  For example, the revised pay in RPS 2009 of an Employee/Officer was implemented at Unit-A through the Salary Bill of March 2010 or any subsequent date, the 1st installment shall also be drawn at Unit-A only.  If any Employee/Officer of Unit-A has subsequently been transferred to another Unit-B, Unit-A should issue a Credit Advice to Unit-B. 

7.      In respect of the Employees and Officers who have been transferred from one Unit to another Unit between 01.04.2009 and 28.02.2010, the “As Drawn” Salary particulars duly audited for the period they worked from April, 2009 to the date they have been transferred to another Unit may be sent to the present Unit Officer concerned (1st Installment Arrears Drawing Officer) immediately,  so as to take necessary action for drawal of arrears of Employees/Officers  by the present Drawing Officer along with the Employees/Officers of that Unit. 

8.      The Audit Wings of the Regions/Zones should audit the Arrears Calculation Sheets with 1st Installment Arrears Supplementary Salary Bills and return them to the Units for arranging payments. 

9.      The arrears payable in this regard shall be debited to A.H.1163. 

10.   The present payment of 1st Installment of arrears shall be taken into account for assessing Income Tax for the financial year 2010-11. 

11.   The following employees/Officers  are not eligible for the above arrears:-

 

a)      Employees/Officers who are on deputation with APSRTC.

 

b)      The employees/Officers of APSRTC who are on deputation to other Organizations/ Government for the period they are on deputation.

 

c)      Ex-TTD employees who have not opted to the service conditions of APSRTC.

 

d)      Employees/Officers under Suspension/Long Leave/Absenteeism as on the date of payment.  However, they can be paid the above arrears after they resume duty and after performing a day’s duty.

 

12.   An entry to the effect of payment of 1st Installment of Arrears of RPS 2009 shall be made in the Service Register of the Employee/Officer by the Unit Officer concerned. 

13.   100% arrears of RPS 2009 in respect of Employees/Officers who resigned, retired, removed and died while in service may be released as and when bills are prepared and audited. 

14.   The Unit Officers are responsible for completion of all activities involved in payment of 1st Installment of Arrears and they shall be able to pay arrears on receipt of instructions communicating the date of payment of arrears. 

15.   This has the approval of VC&MD with the concurrence of Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer.

                                                       

Sd/- B.S.R.MURTHY          

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (A&P)

To

All Officer of the Corporation. 

//ATTESTED//

DY.CHIEF PERSONNEL MANAGER (IR&W)

 

Copy to: Sr.RAO/AG:RTC Branch, Bus Bhavan, Hyderabad.

Copy to: Secretary to Chairman/ PS to VC & MD.

Copy to: Dy.CAO(TA&INS) --- (10 Copies).

Copy to: PRO/HO for translation into Telugu.

Copy to: PO(Trg.)/HO for inclusion in the Monthly Index of Circulars (4 Copies).

Copy to: General Secretary, APSRTC National Mazdoor Union, 20/1, Vigyanpuri, Vidyanagar, Hyderabad.

Copy to: General Secretary, APSRTC Employees’ Union, Satyanarayanareddy Marg, Azamabad, Hyderabad.

Copy to: General Secretary, APSRTC Staff & Workers Federation (State Office), Nanduri Prasada Rao Bhavan, 1-7-130/5, Risala Khursheed Jahi, Zamistanpur,  Hyderabad.

Copy to: General Secretary, APSRTC Class-II Supervisors Association, Flat No.102,  H.No.16-1-30/A/36, Star Balasai Nest, Lokayuktha Colony, Saidabad, Hyd.

Copy to: General Secretary, APSRTC Security Staff Welfare Association, Hyderabad,

Copy to: Notice Board & Incharge, Record Room.