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CCS(Joining Time) Rules 1979 Questions
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1. These Rules are called C.C.S. (Joining Time) Rules, 1979 and are effective from 8.5.1979. [Rule.1]
2. Joining time means time allowed to a Govt. Servant in which to join a new post or to travel to a station to which he is posted. [FR.9 (10) & Rule 3(e)]
3. Joining Time is admissible to all Govt. Servants on transfer in public interest. [Rule 4(1)]
4. Joining Time is not admissible in cases of temporary transfer not exceeding 180 days. [Rule 4(1)]
5. Joining Time shall commence from the date of relinquishment of charge of the old post. i.e. :
If charge is made over on Forenoon then same day
If charge is made over on Afternoon then next day
[Rule 5 (1)]
6. Not more than one day Joining Time is allowed in case the transfer doesn’t involve change of residence. [Rule 5(3)]
7. When holidays follow(s) Joining Time, the normal Joining Time may be allowed to have been extended to cover such. [Rule 5(4)]
8. Joining Time admissible in cases of transfers involving change of residence as per following schedule:
| Distance (in Kms) | JT admissible (in days) | JT admissible (in days) (Where journey involves continuous travel by road for more than 200 Kms) |
| 1000 or less | 10 | 12 |
| More than 1000 | 12 | 15 |
| More than 2000 | 15* | 15 |
| *12 days in cases of travel by air. |
9. Distance from old headquarters to new headquarters means distance by direct route and ordinary mode(s) of travel [Rule 5(4)]
10. Joining Time can be extended, in contrary to Rule 5(4), upto a maximum of 30 days by Head of the Department and beyond 30 days by the Department [Rule.5(5)]
11. Un-availed Joining Time can be added to Earned Leave account provided that such addition doesn’t exceed 300 days and the un-availed Joining Time is due to:
a) the reasons that Govt. Servant is ordered to join without availing full JT
b) the reason that the Govt. Servant proceeds alone to the new station and joins the post without availing full JT and takes his family later within the permissible period of time for claiming TA for the family
[Rule.6(1)]
12. Joining Time can be combined with vacation and/or regular leave except casual leave. [Rule.6(2)]
13. If a Govt. Servant in transit is directed to proceed to a different place, he shall be entitled to a fresh spell of Joining Time from that place to his new destination, from the date following the date of receipt of revised orders [Rule.6(3)]
14. During Joining Time, the Govt. Servant is entitled to Pay and allowances equal to Pay and Allowances drawn by him immediately before relinquishment of charge [Rule.7]
15. During Joining Time, the Govt. Servant is entitled to CCA, HRA, Spl. Pay (if any) etc. equal to a rate applicable at old station [Rule.7]
16. During Joining Time, the Govt. Servant is not entitled to conveyance allowance, permanent Travelling Allowance [Rule.7]
17. As per Rule.4(1), JT is admissible in transfers of Public interest only. Therefore no JT is admissible for transfers on own request. Regular leave can be granted this situation. Further, no leave is required to avail intervening holidays during this situation. Pay for such leave/holidays will be borne by the Department where Govt. servant joins after his transfer [GiO.6 below CCS (JT) Rules]
18. Central Govt. Employees are entitled for Joining Time for appointment to posts under the Central Government on the results of a competitive examination(s) and/or interview open to Govt. Servants and others. However temporary Govt. Servants of Central Govt. who have not completed 3 years of regular continuous service, though entitled to JT would not be entitled to JT pay [Rule.4(4)]
19. Increment accruing while on JT will be released on the date on which it accrues, notionally. The benefit of the increment will however be admissible only from the date on which he reports to duty at new station [GIO.12 below FR.26]
20. Joining Time counts for increment [FR.26(e)]
21. Overstayal of JT attracts the provisions of unbecoming of Govt. Servant. Hence it attracts FR.15(a)(1). Further, the period of such overstayal of JT should be regularised by grant of leave, if the leave sanctioning authority agrees to do so. Otherwise, it attracts FR.17.A readwith G.I.D.(1) below FR.18 and the period will be treated as diesnon
22. The surplus staff transferred from one post to another shall be eligible for joining time. [Rule.4(2)]
23. Government servants who are discharged due to reduction of establishment are entitled for joining time :
-if the orders of appointment to the new post were received by them while working in the old post.
-if the orders of appointment were received after their discharge from the old post, the break period may be converted into joining time without pay by the Head of the Department, provided that the break does not exceed 30 days and the Government servant had rendered not less than 3 years continuous service on the date of his discharge
24. A Government servant proceeding on leave from/to a place in the remote locality or returning from leave to/from the said place shall be entitled, one in a calendar year, to transit time each way to cover the period spent in journey between the said remote locality and the specified station. [GIO.1 below JT Rules]
25. The above concession is also admissible to a Government servant, while on leave :
– who is domiciled in any part of India other than the remote locality concerned and has been specifically recruited from outside for service in remote locality;
26. Where the outward journey falls in one calendar year and the return journey falls in the succeeding year, the concession shall be counted against the calendar year in which the leave commences.
27. In calculating transit time, holidays falling before or at the end of it shall be excluded while those falling during the transit time shall be included
28. Joining time can be granted in case of transfer in? – Public interest
29. Joining time commences from ……………………. if relinquishment of charge was made on FN? – Same day
30. Joining time commences from ……………………..if relinquishment of charge was made on AN? – Immediate next day
31. In cases of transfer on own request, the pay and allowances for the intervening holidays/Leave shall be paid by the? – New headquarters
32. Pay and allowances during Joining Time shall be equal to the rates which the GS was drawing at …………….. Headquarters? – Old
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