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IR payment pending implementation of pay scales to be examined Minister says no PRC has submitted recommendations within a year HYDERABAD: Finance Minister K. Rosaiah on Monday turned down the demand for advancing the deadline for submission of recommendations by the Pay Revision Commission (PRC) from one year to six months. He informed the Legislative Council during Question Hour that the PRC, headed by retired IAS officer C.S. Rao, would be asked to stick to the one year deadline, expiring July next, in submitting its report. He refused to concede the demand to cut short the term by six months on the ground that the commission needed to undertake the elaborate process of data collection. Mr. Rosaiah assured examining by the government of payment of interim relief (IR) to the staff pending implementation of pay scales suggested by the Commission. He, however, did not give a commitment on the percentage of IR that would be paid. The IR was paid at the rate of 16.5 per cent of basic pay although only 10 per cent was recommended in the last PRC. Some arrangement of the sort would be made this time also after taking into account the financial soundness of the government, he said. The Finance Minister said none of the PRCs in the State had submitted recommendations within one year in the past. In fact, the third PRC took almost two years. State’s recordHe also said the government had created a record by constituting the PRC seven months ahead of the recommendations by the previous Commission were supposed to expire. It was done in view of the price rise. Otherwise, there was a gap of five to seven years between each PRC. Mr. Rosaiah clarified that the Commission would not deal with government colleges, government-aided private colleges and officers of AP State Higher Judicial Service and AP State Judicial Service. B. Mohan Reddy (Teachers) felt the character of recommendations by the PRC would be entirely different if they were made before the elections. They would largely benefit the ten lakh staff.
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