A number of Government employees of different establishments have submitted their option in Schedule-IV to come under the West Bengal Services (Revision of Pay and Allowances) Rules, 2019.
Governor has been pleased to allow the State Government employees who have earlier exercised their option in violation of rule 5 of the W.B.S (ROPA) Rules, 2019.
After careful consideration of the cases, it is felt necessary to modify Illustration I of clarification at Sl. No. 3 of Finance Department Memorandum No. 6471-F(P2) dated 02.12.2019.
Governor is pleased to accord sanction to the implementation of the recommendation of the Second National Judicial Pay Commission in regard to the revised pay structure of the Judicial Officers of West Bengal Judicial Service.
Certain instances of irregularity in fixation of pay on promotion to a post within the period of probation in the respective lower post have come to the notice of the Government.
Pension of the pre-01.01.2016 pensioners, in no case, shall be lower than 50% of the corresponding minimum of the revised pay structure under W.B.S. (ROPA) Rules, 2019.
Minimum qualifying service for eligibility of pension is 10 years. Full Pension is applicable for qualifying service of 20 years or more. Maximum ceiling of pension = Rs. 1,00,500/- and Minimum amount of pension = Rs. 8,500/- as per ROPA, 2019.
Governor to replace the existing contents of Level 10C as contained in Schedule II to the WBS (ROPA) Rules, 2019 by the following:
An employee on promotion from a post in Level-09 to a post in Level-10C is getting his pay fixed at lower amount than the pay being fixed for an employee having same basic pay in the post in Level-09 on his promotion to the post in Level-10 inspite of the fact that the post in Level-10C is higher than the post in Level-10.
How the pay of an employee drawing stagnation increment shall be fixed on promotion to higher post or to higher Level (Functional or non-functional).