The circular from the Office of the Controller of Defence Accounts Guwahati addresses the issue of the admissibility of Night Duty Allowance to Field Engineer Duty (FED) personnel who have been re-designated as Station Officers. It refers to a letter from PCDA(WC) Chandigarh dated 23.06.2023, which provides clarification on the matter.
Clarification regarding admissibility of Night Duty Allowance to FED re-designated to Station Officer
Office of the Controller of Defence Accounts Guwahati
Udayan Vihar, Guwahati – 781171
CIRCULAR
No : PAY/ORDER/CIRCULAR/VOL-II
Date : 12.07.2023
To
l. Area Accbunts Office
Bivar Régad,
Shillong-793001
- All LAOs
Subject: Clarification regarding admissibility of Night Duty Allowance to FED re-designated to Station Officer.
Please find enclosed a copy of PCDA(WC) Chandigarh letter No. Pay/II/Tech/94 dated 23.06.2023, which is self explanatory.
It is therefore requested that practice followed/adopted as regards payment of Night Duty Allowance to Station Officers (erstwhile FED ‘B’) may be intimated at the earliest for onward submission of the same to PCDA(WC) Chandigarh.
Further, a list of designation/category/level of employees, who were made eligible by the MoD for receipt of Night Duty Allowance under your audit jurisdiction, may be obtained and provided to this office for further necessary action please.
Sr. Accounts Officer (Pay-Tech)