Punjab annuls market-based salaries of govt servants

The notification will come into effect from July 1, 2018

LAHORE: The Punjab government issued the notification for the discontinuation of the special financial benefits or market-based salaries being given to the government servants.

According to the notification, all types of programmes, project allowances, pay packages, market-based salaries and other special dispensation as a part of the regular pay presently admissible in all organisations shall be discontinued with effect from July 1, 2018.

The notification also said that all the previous notifications orders, procedures, guidelines in this behalf including operations of Review and Rationalization Committee shall stand obviated.

It further said that the officers, officials so posted or appointed shall only be entitled to draw pay and such allowances as are admissible to them in their own pay scales in their own Organisations/ Departments/Secretariat plus deputation allowance, where application at 20 per cent of the basic pay scale subject to a maximum of Rs12,000 per month or as revised from time to time.

Moreover, the Additional Charge Allowance at 20 per cent of the basic pay scale, subject to a maximum of Rs12,000 per month, or as revised from time to time, shall be admissible to government servants, assigned additional charge of post(s) in the subject entities/ organisations.



However, the officer’s/officials under reference would be considered for grant of reward/honoraria under Provincial Governments existing policy on the subject.

Administrative Secretary of the entities under his/her administrative control will review performance of the said entities against their stated objectives and advise the government about the future pay structure of the public servant working in such entities so that a unified and well-thought framework can be developed in view of the business model of the entity.

However, this policy would not extend to the contract employees from the private sector.

According to the Punjab government, the decision has been taken in the light of court instructions.

They said that the notification will apply from July 1, meaning by the market-based salary structure would apply to the government officers for the month of July.



It is pertinent to mention here that the Chief Justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar hearing a suo motu notice over alleged corruption in 56 companies directed all the public servants working as heads of public sector companies to return the money received by them over and above their regular salaries to the government within one month.

The CJP ordered the heads of public sector companies to draw salaries as per their pay scales and return the excessive amounts, observing that no one would be allowed to plunder or misuse of taxpayers’ money with impunity.

He remarked that these companies were constituted to dole out heavy reward to relatives.