'File 15/18 FOREIGN AND POLITICAL DEPARTMENT CIRCULARS RECEIVED FROM THE GOVT OF INDIA.' [‎162r] (323/370)

(Keceived under Govt.of India, S•▲•!>« endorseinent HO.3102-E/ 42
dated the 2nd December, 194 2«)«
Confidential .
Copy of an office memorandum no.SV-w(S)-. ( /42 dated
the 3rd -November 1942, from the Secretary to the Govt .of India in the
Finance Department, to All Departments of the Government of India.
Subject ; CompenBation to Central Government aervante for
personal kit loal in enemy occupied territory in
which they were on duty.
The undersigned is directed to convey the sanction of the Governor
General in Council to the grant to Central Government servunts under
his control who are paid from civil estimates, of compensation limited
to one month's pay or i <s.1,000/- whichever is lesb, for the loss of
their personal kit due to evacuation from any territory, since occupied
by the enemy, in which tney were employed in connection with the affaire
of the Central overnment. The grant of this compensation is subject tc
the proviso that, if after the war any general scheme for compensation
for loss of propeity through enemy action is sanctioned, the compensa
tion now granted will be treated as an advance payment under that
scheme, in addition the ovemment of India are prepared in deserving
«'ses to grant special advances of iay up to three monthB* pay, subject
«o a maximum of Rs.2,500/-, recoverable in not more than 36 monthly"
instalments, beginning from the salary of the month following that in
which the advance is drawn; such advances will he interest-free.
2. For the purpose of this aanction
(i) Personal kit* means the personal belongings neceesfcry for
the every-day life of the Government servant and the personal
equipment essential for his duties as a f overnment servant,
lii) "Pay 1 means the pay as defined in Fundamental Hule 9(21) that
the Government servant was drawing inrediately before the
e vac uat i on.
(iii) |central Government servants* include temporary and officiat
ing Government servants who were appointed in the ordinary
course; but claims from non-officials who become Goverrment
serv Lilts only for a short period before the evacuation, for
special reasons not arising in the normal course of administra
tion, will be considered on the merits of each case,
o. vompensation will not be paid to a Government servant who has
been removed or dismissed or is the subject of departmental enquiry
lor quitting his post. The authority competent to ^ass the claim
ll r howevei,take into consideration the result of the departmental
«r Jiry before reaching a decision.
A civilian Government servant who was serving in the armed
forces at the time of the evacuation may at his option claim compensa
tion either under the present aanction or under such orders as may
be applied to military oflicers, the optio once exercised being
final. If he chooses to claim under the present aanction, he should
certify on his c}a:m that he haa not claimed and will not claim
compenaation under the military orders, and vice versa.
5. ^ Applications for compensation ahould be addressed to the head
of the department, or if the De artment is not functioning, to the
administrative )epartment of the Governiuent of India concerned, and
ahould give a general description of the personal kit lost and of
the circumstances in which it was lost, together with a lump-sum
estimate o: its value; a detailed list of items lost, with the value
of each, is not required.
6. The expenditure will be charged to the head ^-Expenditure
connected with the war, 1939 1 under a separate minor head ^Compensa-
tion to Government servants for personal effects lost in enemy
)ccupied territory rt to be opened for thia purpoae. Any recoverable
dvajice that may be granted ahould be accounted for under the head
P-ilKjpMAi deposits and Advances - Advances not bearim interest -
dvances Hepayable*.