Simplification of the process of release of regular salary to the newly appointed Government employees – Assam G.O

Simplification of the process of release of regular salary to the newly appointed Government employees

No.FS1.72/2017/Pt/17
GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM
FINANCE (SIU) DEPARTMENT
DISPUR, GUWAHATI-06 

Dated Dispur the 26th August, 2021 

OFFICE MEMORANDUM 

Subject:- Simplification of the process of release of regular salary to the newly appointed Government employees. 

In order to simplify the process of release of salary to the newly appointed Government employees, the following guidelines are issued in supersession of earlier D.M. No.FSI.71/2017/5 dated 5th December, 2017: 

i. Any new employee joining the State Government will be provided with a Provisional Salary, as admissible, for a maximum period of six months, from the first month of his/ her joining Government service. 

ii.The Heads of Office/ DDOs will submit the First Salary Bills (for provisional salary) only through the online portal finassam.in using a separate Bill. 

iii.Immediately on the joining of a new employee, the regular salary proposal will be initiated through the online portal finassam.in by the concerned Head of Office/ 000 to the Head of Department for onward submission to the Administrative Department. The proposal will be compulsorily processed and decided (either approved/ rejected) within a maximum period of two months from the date of joining of the new employee. 

iv. Due diligence is to be exercised by the entrusted officials of Administrative Departments, while verifying the essential documents for release of regular salary to the new appointees, as follows:-

a. Appointment letter of the incumbent containing the reference of the approval of the Administrative Department to fill up the post. 

b.Post creation letter/ permanent retention orders. 

c. Permission to fill up the post by Finance Department in case of Elementary teachers, Drivers, Grade-IV and all newly created Non-Gazetted posts. 

d. State Level Committee recommendation in case of compassionate appointment. 

e. Court order in case of appointment in connection with court cases. 

f. New Pension Scheme Undertaking. 

g. Joining report. 

h. Medical fitness certificate issued by Government medical authority. 

v. Once the Senior Most Secretary of the Administrative Department is fully satisfied that an appointment is genuine vis-a-vis the aforesaid documents, and it has been made against a corresponding vacant sanctioned post, then instruction will be given by the Administrative Department through finassam.in portal, directly to the concerned Treasury to release the regular salary. 

vi. The timeline for processing the regular salary proposal at different level is indicated as below: 

This 0.M. will come into force with immediate effect. 

(Samir K. Sinha, IAS)
Principal Secretary to the govt. of Assam
Finance Department

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