The functions of the Finance Department are performed through 5 (five) branches, namely, Audit, Budget, Revenue, Internal Audit and Institutional Finance.
Bills pertaining to 1st instalment of arrear Pay and Allowances in respect of Govt employees may be released by Kolkata PAO/ Treasuries in anticipation of allotment of fund in case there is any shortfall of allotment.
Pay Scale of Grade – I posts of Fire Operator and Leader under the Department of Fire and Emergency Services have been upgraded from Scale No. 5 to Scale No. 6 and from Scale No. 7 to Scale No. 8.
Chief Secretary/ Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal – No Limit. Principal Secretary/ Secretary to the Government of West Bengal – Rs. 1,500 p.m. Officers in the rank of Special Secretary or equivalent, Chief Engineers – Rs. 1,200 p.m.
Before reporting vacancies in all Group B, C and D posts for filling up by direct recruitment through the Public Service Commission, West Bengal, approval of the Appointment Committee of the cabinet will have to be obtained.
Pay of the part-time Group – D employees paid out of the contingencies may be fixed in the following manner w.e.f. 01.06.2009: For doing duties more than three hours per day – More than Rs. 1500/- but not more than Rs. 2000/- p.m.
The 10/20 years service for CAS-90 and 8/16/25 years service for MCAS-01 should be counted from the date of initial appointment as Pharmacist Grade III as the said revision of scale(s) is not upgradation but substitution of scale(s).
Governor is pleased to make the following amendments in the West Bengal Services Recruitment of English Typists (Basic Grade) Rules, 2008 issued with this Department notification No. 8135-F dated 03.11.2008.
Governor is pleased to decide that the condition of rendering three years’ service for admissibility of the benefit of family pension in case of death while in service be reduced to one year service.
The deputationists who are drawing pay in their respective cadre post i.e. who have opted to draw grade pay of their parent department’s scale, may opt to come under the revised pay structure and their parent department will accordingly fix their pay under ROPA ’09.
The touring officials, may please check availability of discounted air-tickets, while booking their air tickets for official journeys or check the same from the internet directly for the airlines concerned in case of direct booking.
In such cases the overdrawal for the period from 01-01-2008 to 31-03-2008 shall be recovered with reference to unrevised pay drawn prior to 01-04-2008 as in the said period pay under W.B.S. (ROPA) Rules, 2009 is notional.
Decentralisation of the work relating to fixation of pay of the officers of the erstwhile West Bengal Junior Audit & Accounts Service which has since been merged with the West Bengal Audit & Accounts Service w.e.f. 01.04.1981.
The Revenue inspector who was in service as such on 31.12.1995 may exercise option to come under revised scale as is allowed vide F.D. Memo No. 766-F, dated 27.01.2009 w.e.f. any date between 01.01.1996 and 01.01.1997.
All proposals for re-employment, where special reasons exist, have to be sent with detailed justification, to the Cabinet Secretariat at least three months in advance.