[1]THE PUNJAB SECRETARIAT ALLOWANCE
(WITHDRAWAL) ACT 1997
( I of
1998)
[19th January, 1998]
An
Act
to provide for the
withdrawal of the Secretariat Allowance.
Preamble.— Whereas the Government of Punjab had made provisions for the
payment of an allowance called Secretariat Allowance to all Secretariat
employees;
And whereas it is expedient to withdraw
the said allowance to remove discrimination among employees;
It is hereby enacted as follows:-
1.
Short title
and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called Punjab Secretariat Allowance
(Withdrawal) Act 1997.
(2)
It shall come into force at once.
2.
Withdrawal
of Secretariat Allowance.— (1) Government of Punjab Finance Department’s
letter No.FD.PC-2-1/88 dated 08-08-1988 hereinafter referred to as the “said
letter” which provided for the payment of an allowance called Secretariat
Allowance @ 20% of the basic pay to all employees in the Punjab Government
Secretariat, Governor’s Secretariat, Chief Minister’s Secretariat and Punjab
Provincial Assembly Secretariat being discriminatory shall be deemed never to
have been issued.
(2)
The said letter shall be deemed not to have created any
right in favour of any person and the Government was not liable to pay
Secretariat Allowance on the basis of the said letter.
(3)
Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-sections (1) and
(2), the allowance already paid to any person under the said letter shall be
deemed to have been validly paid and shall not be recovered from him by the
Government.
3.
Repeal.—
The Punjab Secretariat Allowance (Withdrawal) Ordinance 1997 (XXXIV of
1997) is hereby repealed.
[1]
This Act was passed by the Punjab Assembly on 29th December, 1997; assented to
by the Governor of the Punjab on 14th January, 1998; and, was published in the
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 19th January, 1998, page 125.
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