80. Salaries and allowances of the chairman, vice chairman or a member of a Tribunal.
(1) The salaries and allowances of the Chairman, Vice Chairman or a Member of a Tribunal , shall be as follows:
(a) If , he is a retired Judge of the High Court or a retired member of the Indian Administrative Service, or he is retired officer of the Department of Excise and Taxation, Punjab not below the rank of Additional Commissioner, he shall get the substantive pay drawn by him at the time of retirement , less the amount of gross monthly pension ,but his pay plus gross monthly pension, shall not exceed the substantive pay drawn by him at the time of retirement:
Provided that the State Government may in deserving cases, relax this condition and allow officiating pay drawn at the time of retirement instead of substantive pay:
Provided further that the salaries and allowances in case of the member being an Advocate or Chartered Accountant, shall be such as may be determined by the Government ; and
(b) If , he is a serving Judge of the High Court or a serving member of the Indian Administrative Service, or he is a serving officer of the Department of Excise and Taxation, Punjab not below the rank of Additional Commissioner, he shall get such salaries and allowances , as he would have drawn, had he not been appointed the Presiding Officer or a Member of a Tribunal:
Provided that if the person appointed as Presiding Officer or Member of a Tribunal retires during his tenure as such, his salaries and allowances immediately after the date of retirement , shall be such, as are provided in clause (a) above.
Explanation - The words ‘gross monthly pension’ as used in this rule, shall mean pension plus pension equivalent of death-cum-retirement gratuity and commuted pension.
The Chairman, Vice Chairman or a Member of a Tribunal, shall for journeys performed in connection with his official duties, be entitled to the traveling allowance at the rates for the time being admissible to the group ‘A’ officers of the State.
(2) The Chairman, Vice Chairman or a Member of a Tribunal, shall be entitled to such medical facilities as are admissible to the (Group. A) Officers of the State.
The Chairman, Vice Chairman or a Member of a Tribunal shall not accept any other assignment without the prior permission of the State Government.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rules (1) and (2), the chairman of a tribunal, if he is a retired Judge of the High Court, Shall be entitled to the following benefits admissible to a sitting Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, namely:-
(i) House Rent Allowance at the rate of Rs. 10,000 per mensem in lieu of rent free accommodation admissible to him as sitting Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court;
(ii) Medical reimbursement as admissible to a judge of the punjab and haryana high Court;
(iii) A staff car and 200 litres petrol every month or the actual consumption of petrol whichever is lower;
(iv) REimbursement of charges on account of water and electricity consumed at his residence, not exceeding 3600 kiloliters of water per annum and 10,000 units of power per annum;
(v) Leave travel concession twice in a year, as admissible to the sitting judge of the punjab and Haryana High Court;
(vi) 3500 free local calls per month at residential telephone;
(vii) The maximum value of furnishings (including electric appliances) provided free of rent, in case a residence is alloted to the chairman of the Tribunal by the Government, up to the value of Rs. 1,50,000 only; and
(viii) All the benefits, allowance including travelling allowance and daily allowance while on offical tour and other perquisites as are admissible to the sitting judge of the punjab and Haryana High Court from time to time.
(4) The Chairman of the Tribunal shall have to furnish an undertaking that he does not and shall not have any such financial or other interests as is likely to affect prejudicially his functions as such.
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