Clarifications on Telangana Increment and Interim Relief (IR)

 

📌 Telangana Increment

1. Not payable to employees appointed after 13‑08‑2014
   → As per Government Orders (GO Ms. No. 95, Finance Dept., 2015), the special Telangana Increment was sanctioned only to employees in service as of 02‑06‑2014.
2. Not payable during all kinds of leave, surrender leave, and earned leave encashment (retirement/death)
   → GO Ms. No. 95, Finance Dept., 2015 clarifies that increment is admissible only during duty periods.
3. Not payable during suspension (subsistence allowance)
   → Rule 9 of Telangana Leave Rules and Finance clarifications exclude increments during suspension.
4. Not payable in full additional charge allowance
   → GO Ms. No. 95, Finance Dept., 2015 excludes increments from additional charge allowances.
5. Annual Grade Increments not sanctioned during suspension
   → Fundamental Rules (FR 26) and clarifications from Finance Dept. confirm increments are withheld during suspension.
6. Stagnation increments counted as “pay” for DA/HRA/CCA and pensionary benefits
   → As per FRs and Pension Rules, stagnation increments are treated as part of pay.
7. Personal Pay not reckoned as “pay” for DA/HRA/CCA and not counted for earned leave encashment
   → GO Ms. No. 95, Finance Dept., 2015 and FR clarifications.

📌 Interim Relief (IR)

1. Not payable in surrender leave and earned leave encashment
   → GO Ms. No. 95, Finance Dept., 2015 explicitly excludes IR from encashment benefits.
2. Not payable during suspension (subsistence allowance)
   → Finance Dept. clarifications exclude IR during suspension.
3. Not payable in additional charge allowance
   → IR is linked to substantive pay, not allowances.
4. Not payable in additional quantum of pension
   → GO Ms. No. 95, Finance Dept., 2015 clarifies IR is excluded from additional pension increments.
5. Not payable if pensioner is re‑employed under State/Central Govt.
   → Pension Rules and Finance Dept. clarifications exclude IR during re‑employment.
6. Encashment of earned leave is not a pensionary benefit
   → Pension Rules, 1980 and Finance clarifications.
7. IR is payable during all sanctioned leave (EL, HPL, commuted, maternity, paternity, child care leave, etc.)
   → GO Ms. No. 95, Finance Dept., 2015 allows IR during sanctioned leave periods.
8. IR calculated on both pensions (service pension and family pension)
   → Pension Rules and Finance clarifications.

✅ Summary for Staff Use:

• Exclude Telangana Increment and IR from surrender leave and earned leave encashment bills.
• Exclude both during suspension and additional charge allowance.
• Apply IR during sanctioned leave periods, but not during encashment or re‑employment.
• Treat stagnation increments as pay, but exclude personal pay from DA/HRA/CCA and encashment