Government of the Punjab, Finance Department issued a Notification on 20-07-2022 in connection with Notification Special Allowance 2022 Punjab @ 15% of Running Basic Pay. The summary of the same is as under:
Special Allowance 2022 Punjab @ 15% of Running Basic Pay
The main features of Special Allowance 2022 are as under:
| Sr. No | Description of Special Allowance | Details of the Allowance |
| 1 | Province | Punjab |
| 2 | Name of Allowance | Special Allowance-2022 |
| 3 | Employees BPS | BPS-01 to bps-19 |
| 4 | Rate of Allowance | 15% of Running Basic Pay |
| 5 | Based on | 2017 Basic Pay Scales |
| 6 | Effective Date | 1st March 2022 |
| 7 | Employees Category | Regular and Contract Employees |
The employees who are getting cadre /service-specific allowance are not eligible for Special Allowance 2022 Punjab.
The employees who are getting these allowances will get this allowance but not cadre specific/service-specific allowance:
- House Rent Allowance (HRA)
- Conveyance Allowance (CA)
- Medical Allowance (MA)
- Adhoc Relief Allowances 2016, ARA-2017, ARA-2018, ARA-2019, and Adhoc Relief Allowance 2021 Punjab
Disparity Reduction Allowance 2022 Punjab or SA-2022
I am directed to state that the Governor of Punjab has been pleased to sanction SA -2022 with effect from March 1st, 2022 and till further orders to the Civil Servants of the Punjab Government in BS-1 to BS-19 @ 15% of Basic Pay Scales, 2017 and contract employees employed against the civil post in basic pay scale BS-1 to BS-19.
Revised Pay Scales 2022 Punjab
The employees of the Punjab province will also get the Revised Basic Pay Scales 2022. The government of Punjab has also finalized to merge five ad-hoc relief allowances into basic pay. In this way, the basic pay of the employees of Punjab will also increase about 1.5 times. However, they will get no more of these 5 Adhoc allowances. Finance Department Punjab may issue the Notification on 20-07-2022 or 21-07-2022.
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Special Thanks:
- Mr. Zahid Khan
- DLGCD Multan
- Mr. Nazir Ahmad Gill
The new special allowance 2022 @15% for Punjab Govt employees would be calculated as per intitial basic pay of Pay Scales 2007 and not to be calculated on running basic.
As per the approved summary, it is on the running basic pay of 2017 pay scales not on the initial pay of 2017.