Saturday, September 26, 2009

ISDA to teachers during Summer Vacation

To

The Chief Secretary,
Andaman and Nicobar Administration,
Port Blair.

Dated 17.07.2009

Sub: ISDA to teachers during summer vacation - regarding.
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Sir,

I am to state that the vacation staff working in the Education Department of the Administration have not been paid the Island Special Duty Allowance during summer vacation-2009. While in some of the schools, the ISDA has been paid to teachers for one month viz. May, 2009 or 15 days only, but in some other schools the same has not been at all drawn and paid to the teachers. ISDA has been granted to the employees with the condition that the same will not be admissible during their absence on Leave/Training beyond 15 days at a time and beyond 30 days in a year and during suspension/joining time, but there is no mention about the summer vacation specifically in the orders of the Govt. of India.

In this connection, your kind attention is invited to FR 82 (b) under which the summer vacation for teaching staff is deemed as duty. This was re-iterated in the Govt. of India’s decision 3 below rule 28 of CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972 wherein Ministry of Finance in consultation with the Ministry of Home Affairs, have clarified the position. It is, thus, clear that the summer vacation for the teachers is not leave and as such denial of ISDA to teachers during summer vacation on the misconception of being on leave is illegal, arbitrary and unjustified.

I would, therefore, request you kindly to look into this matter and issue necessary instructions to the Education Department and Director of Accounts and Budget to allow ISDA to all the vacation staff of the Education Department during summer vacation and, thus, render justice to thousands of teachers and other vacation staff.

Yours faithfully,


(D. Ayyappan)
General Secretary
Cell: 9434260430.
Copy to:
1. The Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India, North Block, New Delhi – 110 001.
2. Com K.K.N. Kutty, Secretary General, Confederation of Central Govt. Employees & Workers, New Delhi, for necessary action.
3. The Principal Secretary (Education), A & N Administration, for necessary action.


General Secretary

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