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/- Subject:- fixation of pay in respect of Technical Staffs - Audit Objections

regarding.
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Referencenotes at pre-page.

2. The pay scalesof certaincategoriesof employeesin Prasar Bharati

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were'upwardlyrevised vide MinistryOr~B~Sletter no. 310/173/97-8(D)
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dated 25.02.1999.The very firstparag~aphof,the letter reads as under:- .
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.~~he employees belongipg to cert3in cadres in All India Radio
'I.~and' Doordarshan . (particularly, "subordinate engineering and
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, :' .~.Commissionand'accepted vide Governmentof India Resolution
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. '; considered bv the Government and it has been decided to
;' further uDorade 'the scales of Day of (he categories of
~ees- ef All India Radio and Doordarshan of Pfasar Bharati
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"_.~,..- (Broadcastino CorporatIon of India) as indiC3ted against each
" Cat~gory in Annexure=1.11
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,.. 3., The upgradation of the pay scale was in continuation of the
recommendations made by the' Vth Pay Commission. These
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recommenoations were made only after consultation with DOP&T and"
Ministry of Finance. As such, the contention ..J the audit that the pay
scales given to the employees vide a.M. dated :.~.02.1999 are apart from
the recommendations of Vth Pay Commissionis mtenable.

4. Wemayaccordingly clarifyto prasarBh,"r,.ti

that the upgradedpay
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recommendations only as the pay scales recol1"':ended and accepted by
the Government vide.Resolution dated 30.09.19.;7 stand amended in the
lightof the O.f\-1.
dated 25.02.1999in respect Cithe employeesof Prasar
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Bharati. Accordingly, the revised pay grarL.d to the employees in
accordance with O.t..,.dated 25.02.1999 has w be fixed as provided in
CCS(RP)Rules 1997 as indicated in the above 'st;~ed a.M.
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