Pongal Bonus for Tamil Nadu Govt Employees 2022
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BONUS – Payment of Ad-hoc Bonus and Special Ad-hoc Bonus for the Accounting Year 2020–2021
The State Government of Tamil Nadu issued orders for granting Pongal Bonus for its regular employees, employees of Local Bodies and Aided Educational Institutions including teachers on regular time scales of pay, and Special Adhoc Bonus of Rs.1000 to full-time and Part-time employees paid from contingencies employees paid from Special time scale of pay for the accounting year 2020-2021.
Accordingly, the Government directs that all “C and D” Group regular and temporary employees who are on regular time scales of pay, employees of Local Bodies and Aided Educational Institutions including Teachers on regular time scales of pay in C and D Group be paid ad-hoc bonus equivalent to 30 days emoluments subject to a ceiling of Rs.3,000 for the accounting year 2020-2021.
The government also directs that a Special Ad hoc Bonus of Rs.1,000 be paid to full-time and part-time employees paid from contingencies at fixed monthly rates, employees on consolidated pay/special time scale of pay including employees in Nutritious Meal Programme/ Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) Scheme (Anganwadi Workers /Mini Anganwadi Workers), Village Assistants, employees on daily wages and the employees partly worked on daily wages and subsequently brought under regular establishment and worked continuously for at least 240 days or more during the accounting year 2020-2021.
The Ad-hoc Bonus shall be computed on the basis of actual emoluments as on 31st March 2021. The amount of the ad-hoc bonus shall be calculated as if monthly emoluments were Rs.3,000 per month. In respect of that drawing pay in the pre-revised / revised scales of pay, the calculation of the Ad-hoc bonus shall be based on the emoluments drawn subject to the upper ceiling limit of Rs.3,000 per month.
(i) The emoluments for purposes of Ad-hoc Bonus under these orders shall be worked out on the basis of basic pay/ personal pay and dearness allowance as on 31st March 2021. The eligible Government servants of C and D Group shall be as ordered in G.O.Ms.No.21, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (A) Department, Dated: 05-03-2019.
(ii) The employees who were in service on 31st March 2021 and have rendered a full year of service from 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021 shall be eligible for the full amount of Ad-hoc Bonus sanctioned in this Order at the rate of 30/30 days of emoluments.
(iii) The employees who have rendered service of six months and above, but less than a year during 2020-2021 shall be eligible for a proportionate amount of Ad-hoc Bonus. For the purpose of this rule, a period less than 15 days shall be ignored, and fifteen days and above shall be treated as a full month of service.
(iv) The Ad-hoc Bonus shall be rounded to the nearest rupee, i.e., a fraction of 50 paise and above shall be rounded to the next higher rupee and a fraction below 50 paise shall be ignored.
(v) The period of service for the purpose of computing the Ad-hoc Bonus shall include all leave other than the extraordinary leave without Allowances. In the case of employees who were on extraordinary leave without allowances / Half Pay / Study Leave without pay during the month of March 2021, the Ad-hoc Bonus shall be determined based on the emoluments last drawn before proceeding on leave.
(vi) In the case of employees under suspension at any time, during 2020 – 2021 Subsistence allowances paid during suspension shall not be treated as emoluments. Such an employee may be paid an Ad-hoc Bonus, or Special Ad-hoc Bonus as and when the period of suspension is treated as duty. In other cases, the period of suspension shall be excluded for the purpose of an Ad-hoc Bonus/Special Ad-hoc bonus. In the case of suspension, if any, after 31st March 2021 there shall be no bar for the payment of Ad-hoc Bonus, Special Ad-hoc Bonus.
(vii) Employees who retired on superannuation, Voluntary retirement, died in harness, invalidated from service, etc., prior to 31st March 2021 are eligible for Ad-hoc Bonus / Special Ad-hoc Bonus on the basis of actual service, subject to the provision in para (iii) above.
(viii) Superannuated employees who were re-employed are eligible for Ad-hoc Bonus, Special Ad-hoc Bonus provided the period of service prior to and after re-employment taken together is not less than six months, subject to the provision in para (ii) and (iii) above. In such cases, the eligibility period has to be worked out separately for the period prior to and after re-employment. The total amount admissible, for the period prior to superannuation and for the period after re-employment shall be restricted to the maximum admissible Ad-hoc Bonus / Special Ad-hoc Bonus; and
(ix) Employees who have rendered service of six months and above in Group “C‟ are eligible for proportionate Ad-hoc Bonuses only. If an employee rendered less than six months of service in Group “C‟ and more than six months in Group “B‟, he shall not be eligible for Ad-hoc Bonus.