Vacancy will be in recruitment, promotion, annual increment on vacant posts
State government departments, offices including corporations, boards, commissions, authorities, universities and grant-making self-governing institutions will be equally applicable
Finance Department issued order: will remain in force till 31 March 2021
Raipur 27 May 2020.Revenue receipts of the state government have been adversely affected due to the nationwide lockdown implemented to prevent corona infection (COVID-19). Along with this, arrangements for additional resources for prevention of epidemics are to be made immediately, in view of which the Government of Chhattisgarh has taken a number of austerity decisions to rationalize government expenditure and ensure optimum utilization of available resources for developmental activities. Under which restrictions have been placed on the creation of new posts, transfer, meetings in expensive hotels, travel abroad and purchase of new vehicles, instructions have been issued regarding recruitment, promotion and austerity in annual increments on vacant posts.
According to the instructions issued by the Finance Department of the State Government, permission of the Finance Department will be taken before filling the vacant posts of direct recruitment and other vacant posts of compassionate appointment to be filled by the Public Service Commission. For the posts for which permission has been received from the Finance Department, but the appointment remains, the permission of the Finance Department will also be obtained. While sending such a proposal to the Finance Department, the annual financial burden on the fulfillment of these posts and the necessity of filling the posts will be shown.
The Finance Department has said that the procedures followed in the regular promotions should be followed by the departments, but in order to prevent the transfer occurring as a result of the promotion, the post may be temporarily upgraded at that place till further orders. . As a result of promotions and promotions, the payment of the arrears amount should be delayed until further orders of the Finance Department. With a view to control the increase in the establishment expenditure of the departments, creation of new posts in all government departments, public sector undertakings, bodies has been banned with immediate effect. In special circumstances new posts can be created only with the consent of the Finance Department.
Transfer is prohibited according to the transfer policy issued by the General Administration Department. Transfer will be done only after approval in coordination. Keeping in mind the additional expenditure burden on transfer, departments have been expected to make minimum transfers even in coordination and if necessary, transfer should be given priority over own expenditure. There will be a complete ban on foreign travel at the expense of state government, except for the desired exception in public interest. There will be a ban on air travel from business class of government officials and rail travel in first class. Government travel restrictions will be unnecessary and without competent approval.
Departments have been asked to minimize the meetings. Instructions have been given to keep austerity in the conference, seminar, government function and to organize the most important meeting program in government buildings instead of expensive hotels. Meetings as possible should be conducted through video conferences and webinars. It has been said in the order that the action-proposals for starting the most important new schemes should be sent by the departments in the current year and the schemes already run should be reviewed separately. Schemes which are unusable in the present perspective. Action should be taken to eliminate them. During the financial year 2020-21, the purchase of new vehicles will be completely restricted. Only vehicles required for urgent services can be purchased with the permission of Finance Department.
The annual increments payable to the government servants of the state on July 1, 2020 and January 1, 2021 have been delayed until further orders. But this will not be applicable in the case of government servants retiring before January 1, 2021 and July 1, 2021. Instructions have been given to immediately close the Personal Deposit Account (PD Account) operated by various departments, which is not in circulation for a period of one year, and deposit the amount deposited in the account through the challan. The amount provisioned under the state funded scheme, which has been withdrawn from the accumulated fund till 31 March 2020 and kept in bank accounts, will be credited back to the state government account by 15 June 2020 along with the interest earned.
In the directive issued by the Finance Department, it is said that in some central schemes, the amount is received through the budget. In such schemes, against the amount provisioned in the budget, by March 31, 2020, by withdrawing the advance, the committed expenditures in the bank account, which are likely to be made immediately, balance the entire amount including interest earned in the main head 8443-of-deposit. It has been asked to submit mandatory by 15 June 2020. Deposits in K-deposit can be released by the departments in future with the permission of Finance Department as per the requirement.
This order issued by the Finance Department will be equally applicable to all the government departments, offices of the state as well as all corporations, boards, commissions, authorities, universities and grant-making autonomous institutions. These instructions will remain in force till 31 March 2021. In this regard, the Finance Department today has all the departments including the Chairman, Revenue Board, Divisional Commissioners, Heads of Departments and the Ministry.
