CHAPTER XI-FOREIGN SERIVE
As per rule _______ of K.S.R. Part I no consent is necessary for the transfer of an officer to a company wholly or substantially owned by Government.
A:-146
B:-147
C:-140
D:-140(a)
Correct Answer:- Option-D
(b) A transfer to foreign service requires the sanction of the Government.
(c)The period of deputation to foreign service shall be initially for one year and may be extended year by year up to a continuous period of five years in the aggregate. The officer on foreign service shall be relieved of his duties on the date of expiry of the sanctioned period unless the competent authority has, with requisite approval, extended the period of deputation, in writing, prior to the date of its expiry. In the event of the officer overstaying he shall be liable to disciplinary action and the period of overstay shall not be counted for the purpose of pension and that any increment due during the period of overstay shall be deferred with cumulative effect, till the date on which the officer rejoins his parent cadre. No ex post facto approval for regularization of overstay on foreign service shall be allowed. The officer shall be precluded from drawing pay and allowances from the date on which the sanctioned term of foreign service expires:
The maximum period normally allowed to an officer to remain on deputation to foreign service continuously is :
A:-1 year
B:-5 years
C:-2 years
D:-4 years
Correct Answer:- Option-B
- A transfer to the foreign service is not admissible unless –
(a) the duties to be performed after the transfer are such as should; for public reasons, be rendered by an officer of Government, and
When an officer is transferred to foreign service the payment of joining time pay will be the liability of :
A:-Government
B:-Shared equally by Government and Foreign employer
C:-Foreign Employer
D:-Fixed by the authority sanctioning the transfer in consultation with the foreign employer
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Note 1.-When transfer to foreign service is sanctioned the pay which he shall receive in such service must be precisely specified in the order sanctioning the transfer. If it is intended that he shall receive any remuneration, or enjoy any concession of pecuniary value, in addition to his pay proper, the exact nature of such remuneration or concession must be similarly specified. No officer will be permitted to receive any remuneration or enjoy any concession which is not so specified, and if the order is silent as to any particular remuneration or concession, it must be assumed that the intention is that it shall not be enjoyed.
The maximum period of a Government servant may remain on Deputation to
Foreign Service continuously is:
(A) 15 years
(B) 10 years
(C) 7 years
(D) 5 years
💟Correct Answer- Option (D) 5 years
@ Provided further that such pay in foreign service shall not exceed the basic pay in Government service by more than 50 percent or 300 whichever is less.
This proviso shall apply also to cases of extension of deputation to foreign service sanctioned from 8th April 1965.
(i) Name of the Government servant
(ii) Date of Birth
(iii) To whom lent
(iv) Official designation (post held substantively before transfer)
(v) Scale of pay of the post in Government service held substantively by the officer
(vi) Head of account to which pay was debitable before transfer
(vii) Monthly rate of pay sanctioned in foreign service
(viii) Service rules applicable
(ix) Rate of monthly contributions provisionally fixed under rule:
(a) Leave salary
(b) Pension
(x) When lent
(xi) Where to be recovered
(xii) Whether creditable to State or Central
(xiii) Date of termination of foreign service.
A Transfer to the foreign service requires the sanction of the
A:-Accountant General
B:-Government
C:-Head of department
D:-Comptroller and auditor General
Correct Answer:- Option-B
- 152. An officer in foreign service may not be granted leave otherwise than in accordance with the rules applicable to the service of which he is a member and may not take leave or receive leave salary from Government unless he actually quits duty and goes on leave.
†Exception.- An officer on foreign service out of India may be granted leave by the foreign employer on such conditions as he may determine. In any individual case, the authority sanctioning the transfer may determine beforehand, in consultation with the foreign employer, the conditions on which leave will be granted by him. The leave salary in respect of leave granted by the foreign employer will be paid by him and the leave will not be debited against the officer’s leave account.
This exception shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from 1st March 1965.
Note.-An officer on foreign service is himself personally responsible for the observance of the rules regarding leave in foreign service, by accepting leave to which he is not entitled under the rules, he renders himself liable to refund leave salary irregularly drawn, and in the event of his refusing to refund, he forfeits his previous service under Government and ceases to have any claim on Government in respect of either pension or leave salary.
Government Decision No. 1
*[Deleted]
† [G O(P) No. 390/1966/Fin., Dated 20/08/1966]
* [G O(P) No. 477/1997/Fin., Dated 01/04/1997]
Government Decision No. 2
*[Deleted]
* Effective from 30th May 1996.
- An Officer in foreign service, if appointed to officiate in a post in Government service, will draw pay calculated on the pay of the post in Government service on which he holds a lien or would hold a lien had his lien not been suspended and that of the post in which he officiates. His pay in foreign service will not be taken into account in fixing his pay.
- An Officerreverts from foreign serviceto Government service on the date on which he takes charges of his post in Government service; provided that if he takes leave on the conclusion of foreign service before rejoining his post, his reversion shall take effect from such date as the Government may decide.
As and when an order transferring a non-gazetted employee to foreign service is issued by the competent authority, the head of the office where the employee is then working should make an entry in his Service Book regarding the transfer to foreign service. The head of office should simultaneously furnish to the Accountant General information regarding the date of relief of the transferred officer, his pay, date of his next increment, scale of pay of post held by him at the time of relief etc. Based on the sanction and particulars received from the head of office, the Accountant General will intimate the departmental officer concerned and the foreign employer the foreign service account number assigned to the transferred officer and the rate of foreign service contribution recoverable in his case. On receipt of the communication, the head of office should note in the Service Book the rate of contribution as fixed by the Accountant General.
At the time of reversion of the employee from foreign service, the head of the office to which he is posted should intimate the Accountant General the date of his rejoining State Service and the date of termination of his foreign service as fixed under Rule 154, Part I, Kerala Service Rules. On receipt of the sanction reverting the officer to State Service and the particulars about his rejoining duty, the Accountant General will check whether the foreign service contributions have been recovered in full. As and when the recovery is completed, the Accountant General will sent to the head of the office in which the Government servant is working at that time a communication showing the position about the recovery of contributions; a copy of it will be simultaneously endorsed to the employee also. On the strength of this communication, the head of the office should make an entry in the Service Book regarding the position about the recovery of foreign service contributions, giving reference to the communication received from the Accountant General. The letter received from the Accountant General in this regard should be kept in the Service Book itself for facilitating future reference. The head of the office and the employee concerned should acknowledge the receipt of the communication regarding recovery of contributions. Based on the entries in the Service Book made by the head of the office and copies of the Accountant General’s communications kept in the Service Book, the employee’s pension claims will be settled by the Accountant General at the time of his retirement. In the event of any dispute arising later about the recovery of contributions for want of necessary entries in the Service Books, the employee concerned may produce his copy of the communication received from the Accountant General as proof of recovery. On production of his copy of the communication, the Accountant General will verify the matter and settle his claims accordingly.
* While laying down the above procedure, Government would like to impress upon all departmental officers that the responsibility for making entries relating to foreign service in the Service Book of the Non-Gazetted Officers rests with them.
Effective from 1st June 1983.
- When an officer reverts from foreign service to Government service, his pay will cease to be paid by the foreign employer and his contributions will be discontinued with effect from the date of reversion.
- When an addition is made to a regular establishment on the condition that its cost or a definite portion of its cost, shall be recovered from the persons for whose benefit the additional establishment is created, recoveries shall be made under the following rules: ¬
- a) The amount to be recovered shall be the gross sanctioned cost of the service or of the portion of the service, as the case may be, and shall not vary with the actual expenditure of any month.
- b) The cost of the service shall include contribution at such rates as may be laid down under Rule 146 and the contributions shall be calculated on the sanctioned rates of pay of the members of the establishment.
- c) The Government may reduce the amount of recoveries or may entirely forgo them.
Note.-* “The term ‘gross sanctioned cost of service’ shall also include Dearness Allowance and other Compensatory Allowances, Bonus/ Special Festival Allowance, Interim Relief, Conveyance Allowance and all other allowances that the employee would have drawn had he been working in the Government Service at the same place”. The monthly compound of bonus/special festival allowance, shall be worked out at 1/12th of the last declared bonus/special festival allowance for effecting recovery on a monthly basis.
*[G O(P) No. 192/2002/Fin., Dated 01/04/2002]
Government Decision
The procedure for the recovery of the cost of an establishment will be as follows :
(i) Gross Sanctioned cost of the service.-This will include the “average cost” of the several posts included in the establishment together with the Dearness Pay, Dearness Allowance, Special Dearness Allowance, Personal Pay/Special Pay, **Bonus/Special Festival Allowance and other Compensatory Allowance admissible on the “average cost” for this purpose will be calculated according to the formula given under Rule 12 (35), Part I, Kerala Service Rules.
(ii) Pension and leave salary contribution.-This contribution in respect of a post will be worked out at one-fourth-of the total of the “average cost” plus Dearness Pay, Special Pay/Personal Pay **and Bonus/ Special Festival Allowance admissible on the average cost.
** Effective from 29th October 1992
(iii) †Calculation of average age at entry in the grade.-
(a) In grades where direct recruitment is generally made.-If the recruitment is generally made between 18 and 24/25 years, for example, the age of entry can with advantage be adopted uniformly as 21, instead of calculating it on the basis of age of entry of all persons in service on a date or recruited during a specified period which would involve unnecessary labour not yielding commensurate advantage. The average cost thus worked out on the above basis may hold good till there is a revision of scales or other conditions of service, e.g., age of retirement, etc.
(b) In grades where appointments are generally made by promotion but occasionally direct recruitment is also resorted to.-The factor of age of entry would in this case by depending on the incidence of promotion in individual establishment and no uniform age of entry can therefore be indicated. To get more accurate result the age of entry may be arrived at in these cases on the basis of the age of entry of all persons in service in that grade on 1st April of the year in which the occasion to calculate the average cost arises. As the basis of average cost itself is somewhat approximate, a change in the age of entry from year to year is of little consequence and therefore the age of entry thus arrived at and for that matter the average cost worked out on that basis, may hold good for a reasonable period, say 5 years, after which it may be reviewed, unless there is a general revision of the scales of pay or conditions of services in the meantime.
SERVICE UNDER LOCAL FUNDS
- Officers paid from Local Funds which are administered by Government are subject to the provisions of these service rules.
- The transfer of officers to service under Local Funds which are not administered by Government will be regulated by the rules in this chapter.
- Persons transferred to Government service from a Local Fund which is not administered by Government will be treated as joining a first post under Government and their previous service will not count as duty performed. The Government may, however, allow previous service in such cases to count as duty performed on such terms as it thinks fit.
Rule applicable in the pay fixation of an officer transferred from local fund institution to Government service is ________ part I K.SRs.
A:-28A
B:-159
C:-28
D:-157
Correct Answer:- Option-B
In the case of an appointment of an employee from local fund to Government Department by transfer, which rule is made applicable to the employee?
A:-Rule 157, Part I KSR
B:-Part 158 Part III KSR
C:-Rule 158 Part I KSR
D:-Ruling under 159 Part I KSR
Correct Answer:- Option-D:-Ruling under 159 Part I KSR
Ruling
The pay of an officer transferred from a Local Fund Institution not administered by Government to Government service will be fixed at the minimum of the scale of pay of the post in Government service if the pay he was drawing under the Local Fund is less than the minimum. In case he was drawing, under the Local Fund, pay above the minimum and equal to a stage in the scale of pay of the post in Government service, his pay will be fixed at that stage and if the pay he was drawing under the Local Fund is not a stage in the scale of pay of the post in Government service it will be fixed at the next lower stage, the difference being treated as personal pay to be absorbed in future increases in pay. His next increment will ordinarily be allowed only after the full incremental period of duty in Government service.
The service in which an officer receives his pay with the sanction of Government from any source other than consolidated fund of India or of a state is called
A:-Foreign service
B:-General service
C:-State a subordinate service
D:-Officiating service
Correct Answer:- Option-Foreign service
The Competent Authority to suspend an Officer on Foreign Service is
A:-The Government
B:-The Head of Department
C:-The Appointing Authority
D:-The Foreign Employer
Correct Answer:- Option-C:-The Appointing Authority
If an Officer is transferred to to Foreign Service while on leave,
(A) Continue to be in leave and the leaves salary paid by Government
(B) Continue to be in leave and the leave salary paid by foreign employer
(C) Continue to be in leave and join Foreign Service on expiry of leave without joining time
(D) Cease to be on leave from the date of such transfer
💟Correct Answer- Option :(D) Cease to be on leave from the date of such transfer
An officer was relieved from foreign service to Government service on the AN of 24th May and he took charges of his post in Government service on the 1st of June after availing joining time allowed by the competent authority. He is said to have reverted to foreign service on
A:-the AN of 31st May
B:-the FN of 1st June
C:-Both (1) and (2) are correct
D:-the AN of 24th May
Correct Answer:- Option-B
A State Government officer deputed to foreign service for a period of one year in a corporation of the Government of Kerala was relieved of his duties in foreign service and his foreign service ended on the AN of 10th January 2019. His pension contribution for the whole period of foreign service remained unpaid at the time of his relief from foreign service. What is the last date of remittance of his entire amount of pension contribution to a Government account without any interest?
A:-31st December 2018
B:-on 10th January 2019
C:-15th January 2019
D:-None
Correct Answer:- Option-C:-15th January 2019
A State Government officer deputed to foreign service for a period of one year in a corporation of the Government of Kerala was relieved of his duties in foreign service and his foreign service ended on the AN of 30th June 2019. His pension contribution for the period of foreign service commencing from 1st January 2019 remained unpaid at the time of his relief from foreign service. What is the last date of remittance of his unpaid amount of pension contribution to a Government account without any interest?
A:-31st December2019
B:-15th January 2020
C:-30th June 2019
D:-None
Correct Answer:- Option-C:-30th June 2019
Who is the authority competent to sanction all cases of deputation to foreign service and extension of the period of foreign service not involving variation in the terms of emoluments of deputation and relaxation of rules?
A:-Government in the Finance Department
B:-Government in the Administrative Department with the approval of the cabinet
C:-Government in the Administrative Department
D:-Government in the Administrative Department in consultation with the Finance Department
Correct Answer:- Option-
C:-Government in the Administrative Department
Service in which an officer receives his pay with sanction of government from any source other than consolidated fund of India or of a State :
A:-State service
B:-Foreign service
C:-Subordinate service
D:-None of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Maximum period allowed to an officer to remain on deputation to foreign service continuously under normal conditions
A:-20 years
B:-5 years
C:-10 years
D:-1 year
Correct Answer:- Option-B
The authority competent to permit an officer on foreign service to receive pension or gratuity from the foreign employer is A:-Head of the Department
B:-Government
C:-Foreign employer
D:-Accountant General
Correct Answer:- Option-B:-Government
In the case of an officer on deputation to foreign service, pension contribution to be remitted to govt. account is
A:-15% of the minimum of the scale of pay of the officer
B:-15% of the maximum of the scale of pay of the officer
C:-10% of the maximum of the scale of pay of the officer
D:-None of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-B
An officer in foreign service will be granted leave normally by
A:-Head of the parent department
B:-Foreign employer
C:-Government
D:-None of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-B:-Foreign employer
A Government servant can be transferred to foreign service only if he is __________.
A:-On probation
B:-Dismissed
C:-Suspended
D:-Willing
Correct Answer:- Option-D:-Willing