The Government of the Punjab Finance Department has issued a notification No.FD.SR.V.4-1/2021 dated 12-07-2021 regarding the Grant of Ad-Hoc Relief Allowance-2021 @10% Of Basic Pay to the Civil Servants of the Punjab Government.

In the said notification, the Governor of Punjab has been pleased to sanction Ad-hoc Relief Allowance-2021 @10% of Basic Pay with effect from 1 July 2021 and till further orders to all the Civil Servants of the Punjab Government and contract employees employed against civil posts in Basic Pay Scales on standard terms and conditions of contract appointment as per details below:

i)                    Be subject to income Tax.

ii)                  ii) Be admissible during leave and the entire period of LPR except during extraordinary leave.

iii)                Not be treated as part of emoluments for the purpose of calculation of pension/gratuity and recovery of House Rent.

iv)                Not be admissible to the employees during the tenure of their posting/deputation abroad. Be subject to income Tax. Be admissible during leave and the entire period of LPR except during extraordinary leave.

v)                  Be admissible to the employees on their repatriation from posting/deputation abroad at the rate and amount which would have been admissible to them had they not been posted abroad.

2. The term "Basic Pay" for the purpose of Ad-hoc Relief Allowance-2021 will also include the amount of the personal pay granted on account of annual increments(s).

3. The above Ad-hoc Relief Allowance-2021 shall be accommodated within the budgetary allocation for the Financial Year 2021-2022 by the respective departments and no supplementary grant would be given on this account.