Implementation of the recommendation of the 5th (Fifth) Punjab Pay Commission Grant of Mobile Phone Allowance

I am directed to invite a reference to the subject cited above and to say that after careful consideration of the recommendations of the Fifth Punjab Pay Commission, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to decide that the employees of the State Government shall be entitled to a fixed Mobile Phone Allowance at the rates mentioned below:~

Sr. No.     Category of Employees     Rate per month (in Rupees)

1.             Group- A                                 500

2.             Group- B                                 300

3.             Group- C                                 150

4.             Group- D                                 100

2. The grant of Mobile Phone allowance shall be subject to the following conditions

(a) The employees will have to provide mobile numbers on which their superior or general public can contact them for official work. These numbers can also be hosted on any Government website.

(b) Those employees who are already entitled to Mobile Phone Facility may elect to retain the same. In the case of such employees, the unutilized amount, if any, on their residential telephone will be allowed to be adjusted against their higher utilization of the mobile phone services.

(c) The payment shall be made along with the salary of the employees.

3. These orders shall be effective from the 1st October, 2011.

Finance Personnel 2 Branch, Department of Finance, Government of Punjab

Letter No. 3/28/2011-4FPII/612 Dated 03-10-2011