Officers entitled to Rs 20L car on post-retirement appointment in Haryana

Pradeep Sharma

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 5

Retired government employees, including IAS and IPS officers, rehabilitated on several commissions and other government bodies by the BJP-JJP government, will be entitled to Rs 20-lakh car.

“Whenever any officer after retirement is re-employed/appointed to any statutory, non-statutory, constitutional body, commission and authority under the Haryana Government, he shall be entitled to a staff car, the cost of which shall be up to 10 times his last basic pay subject to a maximum ceiling of Rs 20 lakh (excluding taxes),” stated a government order.

Wither austerity measures?

At a time when the state is facing resource crunch due to the pandemic, and employees and pensioners are waiting for the enhanced DA instalments since January 2020, the order on staff car defies logic and mocks the austerity measures announced by the government. — Subhash Lamba, SKS president

Surprisingly, the order has come at a time when the state government is facing economic downturn in view of the ongoing Covid pandemic. More than 5 lakh state government employees and pensioners are awaiting their enhanced DA instalments since January 2020.

However, any officer not availing the staff car would get a monthly allowance of up to Rs 90,000. A road mileage allowance at the rate of Rs 18 per km shall be admissible for the journey undertaken by such officers up a limit of 5,000 km.

Meanwhile, the Sarv Karamchari Sangh (SKS), an apex body of state government employees, has reacted sharply to state government’s order, which it termed as “ill-conceived”.

“At a time when the state is facing resource crunch due to the pandemic, and employees and pensioners are waiting for the enhanced DA instalments since January 2020, the order on staff car defies logic and mocks the austerity measures announced by the state government,” said Subhash Lamba, SKS president.