7th Central Pay Commission (7th CPC) Cash Handling and Treasury
Allowance - DoPT Order 2019
F. No. 4/6/2017-Estt.(Pay-II)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
North Block, New Delhi
Date: 18.01.2019
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: -
Implementation of the recommendations of Seventh Central
Pay Commission - Cash Handling and Treasury Allowance -reg.
Consequent
upon the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations of
the
Seventh Central Pay Commission vide Department of Expenditure's
Resolution No. 11-1/2016-IC dated 06.07.2017, Cash Handling Allowance
and Treasury Allowance have been subsumed in '
Cash Handling
and Treasury Allowance'.
The President is now pleased to decide that Cash Handling and
Treasury
Allowance shall be admissible to Central Government employees at the
following rates subject to conditions mentioned in subsequent paras:
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2.
The powers to grant Cash Handling and Treasury Allowance remain
delegated to the Ministries and Head of Departments who, at their
discretion, may appoint Junior Secretariat Assistants / Senior
Secretariat Assistants / Assistant Section Officers / officials
holding
substantive post up to level 7 of Pay Matrix, to perform the duties of
Cashiers. The grant of Cash Handling and Treasury Allowance shall be
subject to the following conditions:-
(i) The amount
of Cash Handling and Treasury Allowance to be granted will depend on
the
average amount of monthly Cash disbursed, excluding payment by
cheques/
drafts/ECS/online payments/other modes where cash handling in
physical
form is not involved.
(ii) The Ministry or Head of the Department
concerned should certify, on the basis of the previous financial
year's
average, the amount of Cash disbursed and sanction the rate of Cash
Handling and Treasury Allowance appropriate to that quantum. The
average
amount of Cash disbursed should be arrived at by taking the total
amount shown as disbursed in the Cash Book reduced by the items
disbursed in the form of cheques/R.T.Rs/Drafts/ECS/online
payments/other
modes where cash handling in physical form is not involved, etc.
(iii) The Cash Handling and Treasury Allowance granted to the official
should be reviewed every financial year.
(iv) Every official, who is appointed to work as Cashier, unless he is
exempted by the competent authority , should furnish security in
accordance with the provisions contained in Rule 306 (1) to 306 (4) in
Chapter 12 of the General Financial Rules, 2017 as amended from time
to
time.
(v) The Cash Handling and Treasury Allowance is to be granted
from the date of issue of order of appointment as Cashier or from the
date of furnishing security, whichever is later.
(vi) Not more than one official should be allowed the Cash Handling
and Treasury Allowance in an office/Department.
(vii) Sanction in each case should invariably be issued in the name of
the person who is appointed to do the Cash work and for whom the Cash
Handling and Treasury Allowance is sanctioned.
(viii) In cases of
Cashier appointed on direct recruitment /promotion to such a post in
terms of provision of RRs, no Cash Handling and Treasury Allowance
will
be admissible. Further, where there are sufficient number of Cashiers
in
various Grades to constitute a viable cadre in a Deptt./Organisation,
then the post of Cashiers would not carry any Cash Handling and
Treasury
Allowance.
(ix) The Cash Handling and Treasury Allowance will not
be admissible to Senior Secretariat Assistants cum Cashiers as Cash
Handling is part and parcel of the duties of this post.
3.
In the case of a newly created office, where it is not possible to
observe all the conditions quoted above, Ministries and Heads of
Departments may themselves grant Cash Handling and Treasury Allowance
to
cashiers during the first year of existence on the basis of the
estimated average monthly cash disbursements. The other conditions
quoted in para ( 2) above will, however apply.
4. Any relaxation
of the above terms and conditions will require the prior concurrence
of
the Department of Personnel & Training.
5. These orders shall be effective from 01.07.20 17.
6.
In so far as persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts
Department are concerned, these orders are being issued after
consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
(Rajeev Bahree)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Telephone No. : 011-23040489
To
All Ministries / Departments of the Government of India as per
standard list
Source:
DoPT
