Appointment of retired central govt officials on contract basis: FM

The expenditure department has framed draft regulations for salary payments in case of appointment of retired central government employees and has invited comments of ministries/departments within 10 days.

There would be a pre-determined uniform salary structure for retired central government officials raises apprehensions of an incentive for officials to work towards that contractual appointment while in government service. For contractual appointment of central government officials on nomination basis, the remuneration would be fixed after deducting pension from the last-drawn salary at the time of retirement, while for open-market appointments, remuneration will be regulated as per the terms and conditions of the contract with no deduction of pension.

Having a pre-determined uniform salary structure for retired central government officials raises apprehensions of an incentive for officials to work towards that contractual appointment while in government service, along with impinging on the chances of officials employed at a lower scale. The existing instructions of Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) state that re-employment beyond the superannuation age of 60 years is not permitted and if re-employment happens, then as per modified Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016, the pay plus gross pension upon re-employment will not be over Rs 2.25 lakh per month, which is the pay level 17 applicable to the level of secretary to the government.

It has been felt that there is a need to have uniformity to regulate the salary of such contractual appointment of retired central government employees, the memorandum stated.