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1 FIRST REPORT OF THE PAY COMMITTEE SCALES OF PAY FOR OFFICERS AND STAFF OF RAJYA SABHA AND.LOK SABHA SECRETARIATS 1999 VV

2 CONTENTS CORR.IGENDA TO THE FIRST REPORT OF THE PARLIAMENTARY PAY COMMITTEE (19'9) Pue fur Appendix (S.No.)33 in colisultatioll' D.Rs Service both the 8e<:retariais in consultation' DRs Service 27 I\ppendix (S.No.) Appendix F/note(l) 29 Appendix F/noto(8) SP ofrs.400 p.m. + SP ofrs.400/ p.m. Assistant + Controller Assistant Conlroller ~ : to be codllidered IIIld finalised by the Committee later" 30 Appendix 10.5 Printing Service & PuliclltiOllll Printing Service & PubliclltiOllll 31 Appendix F/note(2) Does not exist in Lok Sabha, Secretariat '" Does oot exist in RlVya Sabha Secretariat 31 Appendix not exist in R~ya Sabha,@Does not exist in Lok Sabba Seccetarim Secretariat

3 FIRST REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF PARLIAMENT APPOINTED TO REPORT ON THE STRUCTURE OF PAY, ALLOWANCES, LEAVE AND PENSIONARY BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE RAJYA SABRA AND LOK SABRA SECRETARIATS (SCALES OF PAY) Presented to THE CHAIRMAN, RAJYA SABRA AND THE SPEAKER, LOK SABHA on 26th April, 1999 PARLIA1VIENTARY PAY COMMITTEE CELL April, 1999/Vaisakha, 1921 (Saka)

4 CONTENTS SUBJECT PAGE(S) THECOMMITIEE (iii) PREFACE. (v) 1. Introductory 1--4 II. Status of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariats 5-13 III. General Principles for determination of pay scales IV. Recommendations ApPENDIX: Statement showing revised scales of pay recommended for application to various posts in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariats LS F-I-A (i)

5 THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Shri Madhukar Sirpotdar, M.P. Chairman, Estimates Committee MEMBERS Shri Manoranjan Bhakta, M.P. Chairman, Public Accounts Committee Shri Yashwant Sinha, Minister of Finance Shri P.R. Kumaramangalam, * Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pranab Mukherjee, M.P. (Rajya Sabha) Shri Ram Gopal Yadav, M.P. (Rajya Sabha) Rajya Sabha Secretariat Shri s.c. Tripathi, Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha Secretariat Shri S. Gopalan, Secretary-General, Lok Sabha *Nominated as Mernberof the Committee with effect from 21st February, 1999 on his assumption of charge of the office of Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.vice Shri Madan La1 Khurana who relinquished the office of Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. (iii)

6 PREFACE I, the Chairman of the Committee of Parliament appointed to advise the Chairman of Rajya Sabha and Speaker of Lok Sabha on the changes that are considered desirable in the structure of pay, allowances, leave and pensionary benefits to the officers and all categories of staff of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariats in the context of decisions of the Government of India on the recommendations of the Fifth Central Pay Commission, having been authorised by the Committee tosubmit the First Report on their behalf hereby present this Report. 2. The present Committee was appointed by the Speaker in consultation with the Chairman Rajya Sabha on 20th November, The Committee concluded their deliberations in regard to the scales of pay applicable to the employees of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariats and finalised their report at their sitting held on 23rd April, The Committee will be presenting another report on matters other than pay scales. 4. The Committee appreciate the work initiated by the earlier Parliamentary Pay Committee constituted during the term of 11th Lok Sabha. 5. The Committee also wish to place on record their thanks to all those who helped them in their work. NEW DELHI; April 23, 1999 Vaisakha 3, 1921 (Saka) MADHUKAR SIRPOTDAR, Chairman. (v)

7 I INTRODUCTORY 1.1 In the context of the decisions of the Government of India on the / recommendations of the Fifth Central Pay Commission, the Speaker, Lok Sabha in consultation with the Chairman, Rajya Sabha, constituted a Parliamentary Pay Committee during the term of the l Ith Lok Sabha to advise the Chairman, Rajya Sabha and the Speaker, Lok Sabha on the changes that are considered desirable in the structure of scales of pay, allowances, leave and pensionary benefits to officers and all categories of employees of both the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariats. The Members of the Committee were :- 1. Chairman, Estimates Committee Chairman (Shri Rup Chand Pal) 2. Chairman, Public Accounts Committee Member (Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi) 3. Minister of Finance Member (Shri P. Chidambaram) 4. Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Member (Shri Srikant Jena) 5. Member of RajyaSabha Member (Shri Pranab Mukherjee) 6. Member of Rajya Sabha Member (Shri Ram Gopal Yadav) Both the Secretaries-General of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha were associated with the Committee. In this regard Rajya Sabha Parliamentary Bulletin Part-II (Para No ) and Lok Sabha Bulletin-Part II (Para No. 1513) dated 20th October, 1997 were issued. 1.2 The Parliamentary Pay Committee constituted during the II th Lok Sabha held only one sitting i.e., on 17th November, 1997 and recommended that the decisions and orders of Government of India in the context of implementation of the recommendations of the Fifth Central Pay Commission relating to revised pay scales, allowances, leave and pensionary benefits may be provisionally made applicable, as arsinterim

9 3 1.4 The Committee at their first sitting decided the following future course of work:- (a) Staff members/associations of both the Secretariats be given another opportunity to give representations/memoranda on additional points, if any. (b) The Secretariats may then process/scrutinise the representations/ memoranda received from the staff members/associations and circulate the same with their comments to the Members of the Committee in advance before the next sitting of the Committee. (c) The next sittings of the Committee be held on 8th and 9th January, 1999 to hear the views of the employees from various Services in both the Secretariats. (d) The Chairman may finalise the list of employees/associations etc. who may be asked to appear before the Committee for personal hearing at the sittings to be held on 8th and 9th January, In response to the Circulars mentioned above, a total number of 293 memoranda/representations were received from Officers and Staff of both the Secretariats-60 from Rajya Sabha Secretariat and 233 from Lok Sabha Secretariat including identical ones. All these documents were duly circulated to the Committee. 1.6 The Second, Third and Fourth sittings of the Committee were held on 8th January, 1999 (two sessions) and 9th January, 1999 to hear the views ofthe Officers and Staff in person on the structure oftheir scales of pay etc. A total number of 134 Officers and Staff belonging to various categories appeared before the Committee and gave evidence/presented their cases for better pay scales, improvement in conditions of service, better promotional opportunities, removing of anomalies within the Secretariat and 'between the Secretariats. The Committee heard the views of the Officers Forum of Rajya Sabha and representatives of Lok Sabha Employees Association in their Fifth sitting held on 25th January, The salient points made by the Officers/Staff in those sittings were circulated to the Members of the Committee. 1.7 Meanwhile, Shri Madan Lal Khurana ceased to be a Member of the Committee as he relinquished the Office of Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. In his place Shri P.R. Kumaramangalam was nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 21st February, 1999 on his assumption of the charge of the Office of Minister of Parliamentary Affairs LS F-2-A

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11 II STATUS OF RAJYA SABHA AND LOK SABHA SECRETARIATS 2.1 As early as in January, 1926, the Presiding Officers Conference adopted a resolution proposing the creation of a separate Office for the Central Legislative Assembly, independent of and unconnected with the Government. On 22nd September 1928 Pandit Motilal Nehru moved a resolution in the Central Legislative Assembly to the effect that a separate Assembly Department be constituted. The resolution was adopted unanimously. The Secretary of State for India, having accorded his approval (with certain modifications) to the scheme as embodied in the resolution, a separate self-contained department known as the 'Legislative Assembly Department' was created on 10th January, 1929 in the portfolio of the Governor-General with the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly as its de facto Head The recruitment and conditions of service of the employees of the Legislative Assembly Department were to be governed by separate Rules called 'The Legislative Assembly Department (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1929 made by the Secretary of State in Council on 7th August, Officers and staff of the Legislative Assembly Department thereafter began to be appointed in accordance with those Rules with the approval of the President (Speaker) of the Assembly. The position and authority of the Speaker in the matter of recruitment, terms and conditions of service of the Officers and staff of the Central Assembly Department (and its successor Secretariat) have ever since been recognised by statutory Rules and conventions and finally by the Constitution of India. 2.3 Under the provisions of the Indian Independence Act, 1947, the legislative functions of the Central Legislature were taken over by the Constituent Assembly of India. There was, however, no change in the nomenclature of the Legislative Assembly Department. With the coming into force of the Constitution and creation of a provisional Parliament on 26th January, 1950 the name of the Department was changed to 'Parliament Secretariat. ' 2.4 Article 98 of the Constitution of India reads: "98. (1) Each House of Parliament shall have a separate secretarial staff: Provided that nothing in this clause shall be construed as preventing the creation of posts common to both Houses of Parliament. 5

13 7 2.8 (i) In regard to 'Pay', the relevant provisions in the Lok Sabha Secretariat (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules are as follows: "8. Pay, Leave, Pension and Age of Compulsory Retirement- Subject to the provisions of Rule 11- (a) The payor scale of pay attached to each of the posts in the Secretariat shall be as set out against it in the Second Schedule; * * * (c) The Speaker may, from time to time, by general or special order, after consultation with the Ministry of Finance, amend any provision in the Second, Schedules. * * * 10. Relaxation in exceptional cases-where the Speaker is satisfied that the operation of any rule or provision in the matter of the conditions of service of an officer causes undue hardship in any particular case, the Speaker may, after consultation with the Ministry of Finance, by order dispense with, or relax the requirements of, that rule or provision to such extent and subject to such conditions as may be considered necessary for dealing with the case in a just and equitable manner. 11. Conditions of service of officers on deputation to the Secretariat- Subject to such conditions and to such extent as may be determined by the Speaker, after consultation with the Ministry of Finance, an officer while on deputation to the Secretariat, may be permitted to retain any terms and conditions of service to which he may be entitled immediately before his deputation to the Secretariat. " (ii) Similar provisions in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1957 are reproduced below:- "8. Pay, Leave, Pension and Age of Compulsory Retirement-Subject to the provisions of rules 11and 12- (a) the payor scale of pay attached to each of the posts specified in column 1of the Second Schedule shall be as set out against itin column 3 of that Schedule. * * * (d) the Chairman may, from time to time, by general or specialorder; after consultation with the Ministry of Finance, amend any provision in the Second, Schedules. * * *

9 unreasonably withhold its consent rather than the Speaker doing it himself. In fact, the specified provision of any consultation is unnecessary.

15 9 unreasonably withhold its consent rather than the Speaker doing it himself. In fact, the specified provision of any consultation is unnecessary. It is to be presumed that the Speaker will be functioning according to the previous practice and convention and will not be using his power or discretion in an arbitrary or oppressive manner. If this fundamental is borne in mind, there is no scope for any discussion about the phraseology. " 2.10 Matters regulating service conditions may form the subject matter of discussion with the Ministry of Finance in terms of the relevant provisions of the R & CS Rules and if a final settlement at Secretary-General's level is not reached, the matter is placed before the Chairman/Speaker, who records his opinion. As a rule, when the Chairman/Speaker is satisfied that certain conditions of service are necessary, his opinion prevails. It is, of course, always open to the Minister of Finance to request the Chairman/Speaker to reconsider his decision. In actual practice, such cases have been very rare and the experience of operation of the Rules during the last 43 years has shown that generally no major points of difference arose between the Secretariats and the Ministry of Finance Posts in the Secretariats of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha are excluded from the purview of UPSC under the provisions of UPSC (Exemption from Consultation) Regulations, The Administrative TribunalAct 1985 is also not applicable to persons appointed in the secretarial strength of the Secretariats. In 1948, while considering the recommendations of the Selection Board regarding appointments to secretarial and senior non-secretarial posts, Speaker "Mavalankar observed- "Every officer; subordinate or otherwise, serving in the Secretariat of the Legislature must be in a position to carry outhis duties without fear or favour of the Executive Government, and obviously this cannot be done if persons in the employ of the Legislature Secretariat have to look upon such bodies as Selection Board, consisting of the officers and nominees of the Executive Government, for their chances and career in the Secretariat of the Legislature. Even in the old regime when the Executive Government was not responsible to the Legislature and the entire power vested technically in the Governor-General, it was a wellestablished convention that the presiding authority (the Speaker) was the sole judge and controller in respect of appointments, promotions etc., in the Legislative Assembly Department. "..

17 11 by qualified, competent and devoted officers and is organised and conducted properly and smoothly, under his own overall responsibility. Senior functionaries at the level of Additional Secretary/Joint Secretary look after the work of the Service/Division of the Secretariat under their control. Their duties are not rigid and do not fall in water tight compartments. Their duties are, in fact, flexible and may be added to or changed under the orders of the Secretary -General. 2:1.1 In. 1974, on\..~h~,~e.co,~!p<~ndations of the Parli~mentar~ Pay Committee, (both the Secretanats were; restructured on functional basis mto different Services. Later, w.e.f 1st June, 1981, some of the Services were reorganised in Lok Sabha Secretariat. Presently there are 9 distinct Services on functional basis which cater to the specific needs of the House. The functions of each Service are supplementary to the other and their Officers and Staff are not freely interchangeable owing to nature of duties of each Services which are quite specific and distinct. These Services are: 1. The Legislative, Financial Committee, Executive and Administrative. Service. (LAFEAS) 2. The Library, Research, Reference, Documentation and Information Service. (LARRDIS) 3. The Verbatim Reporting, Private Secretaries and Stenographers Service. 4. The Simultaneous Interpretation Service. 5. The Printing and Publications Service. 6. The Editorial and Translation Service. 7. The Watch & Ward, Door Keeping and Sanitation Service In Rajya Sabha Secretariat some of the Services were re-organised 8. The Clerks, Typists, Record Sorters and Daftaries Service. 9. The Messengers Service. with effect from 13th June, At present there are 10 services formed on functional basis which are: 1. The Legislative, Executive and Administrative Service. 2. The Library, Research, Reference, Documentation and Information Service (LARRDIS). 3. The Verbatim ReportingService LS F-3-

19 Owing to the independent nature of the Secretariats, as enshrined in Article 98 of the Constitution, the question of revision of pay scales of Officers and Staff of the Secretariats was kept outside of the purview of the First Pay Commission in 1946, the Second Central Pay Commission in , the Third Central Pay Commission in 1973 and Fourth Central Pay Commission in The Fifth Central Pay Commission also excluded the employees of the Secretariats from their purview in view of the specific provisions of the Constitution. Till 1973, on the basis of recommendations made by the respective Central Pay Commissions, the pay scales of the Officers and Staff of the Secretariats were also suitably revised under orders issued by the Chairman/Speaker after consulting the Ministry of Finance. Thereafter, separate Parliamentary Pay Committees were constituted in the light of the recommendations of the Third and Fourth Central Pay Commission in 1973 and 1986 respectively for deciding pay, allowances etc. of the employees of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariats.

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21 15 Service Group A LARRDIS 83 Editorial & 87 Translation W&W.DK& 32 Sanitation Reporters & 59 Pvt. Secretaries 75 PTG. & PUB. 10 Interpreters 31 Messengers Group B Group C Group D Total Total * * [SG+AS+JS+JS(S)+Dir. (Spl. Grade)] = Keeping in view the status of the Secretariats and nature of the functions discharged by them, the.committee laid down the following General Principles for determination of scales of pay, career progression etc. of the employees in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariats:-.' \ (1) There should not be any compromise on the present level of \ qualifications, experience and skill prescribed for the incumbents to the jobs with a view to maintaining high standards of efficiency in Parliamentary Administration. (2) Some of the factors for determining pay scales to various categories of posts in the Secretariats could be as follows:- * Higher educational qualifications, skill, experience etc. prescribed as compared to posts in Government of India. * Specialised nature of job involving high responsibility. * Need for putting long hour of duties particularly during the Session periods. * Need for time bound disposal of work involving stress and strain. * * Arduousness of the job. Chances of career progression. *.Adequacy of the pay scales with reference to productivity. * Need to attract talents at reasonably good levels, to service in the Secretariats.

23 IV RECOMMENDATIONS 4.1 Keeping in view the General Principles outlined in the earlier Section, the Committee recommend that the revised pa)' scales with other changes as indicated in the Appendix may be adopted for implementation in the different Services in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariats. As a result of these recommendations, the number of pay scales will reduce. from 22 to 18 and 24 to 19 in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariats respectively. The revised scales of pay recommended are as follows:- (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) (xi) (xii) (xiii) (xiv) (xv) (xvi) (Not operative in Rajya Sabha Secretariat) (xvii) (xviii) (xix) 30000/- (Fixed) 4.2 The Committee recommend that the revised scales of pay as laid down in the Appendix may come into force with effect from 1st January, The revised pay of the employees in both the Secretariats may be fixed on the model of the provisions contained in the CCS (Revised Pay) Rules

25 APPENDIX STATEMENT SHOWING REVISED SCALES OF PAY RECOMMENDED FOR APPLICATION TO VARIOUS POSTS IN THE RAJYA SABHA AND LOK SABHA SECRETARIATS SI. Post Name of the Scale of pay Revised scales Revised Remarks No. Service (as on of pay recom- Designation ) mended (w.e.f. recommended ) (in case of change) Attendant Grade-IV Messengers Service Cleaner-cum-helper (Cleaner-cum-helper)" 2. Attendant Grade-IV -do Attendant Grade-lII (Messenger) 3. Attendant Grade-IV Watch & Ward, Door Farrash (Farrash) Keeping & Sanitation Service 4. Attendant Grade-IV -do Sanitary Attendant (Safaiwala) Grade-lII 5. Attendant Grade-lII Messengers Service Attendant Grade-II (Jamadar)@ Attendant Grade-III Clerks, Typists, Record Attendant Grade-II IPart of Messengers (Daftry)@ Sorter & Daftries Service' Service in RSS. 7. Attendant Grade-III -do Attendant Grade-II -do- (Record Sorter)@ *Does not exist in Rajya Sabha grade of Attendant Grade-III (RS/SJIDF) in Rajya Sabha Secretariat.

30 Assistant LEA/LAFEA Service (RSS)/(LSS) 47. Hindi Assistant* Editorial & Translation Service 48. Printing Assistant Printing and Publications Service 49. Production Assistant!! 50. Security Assistant Grade-l Watch and Ward, Door Keeping and Sanitation Service 51. Senior Library Assistant* LARRDI Service Legislative/Committee! ProtocollExecutive Assistant 7!! New post. recommended in the Plw:1c.~okYVl"'- LLok Sabha Secretariat. As recommended at the end of the Appendix. 52. Stenographer Verbatim Reporting Private Secretaries and Stenographers Service# Personal Assistant # Part of Private Secretaries & Stenographic Service in RSS 53. Senior Security Assistant Watch & Ward, Door Keeping & Sanitation Service 54. Senior Printing Printing & Publications Assistant Service.

32 62. Executive Officer (LARRDlS)* 63. Research Officer LARRDI Service 22()()' 75~ ResearchlReference Officer L edm.wcj~t" -to s c CUtAAt) IS) ++Newpost.n:rommended fvl L.S.~cn in the LARRDI Service in Rajya Sabha SecttJ.!.n view of functional requirements without increasing the total strength of the Service. 64. LegislativelExecutivei LEAlLAFEA Service 22()()' ()()' CommitteelProtocol (RSS)/(LSS) Officer 65. Manager of Printing Printing & Publications 22()()' IOO Service 66. Marshal/Security Officer Watch & Ward. Door ()()'1()()' Keeping & Sanitation Service 67. Private Secretary Verbatim Reporting, ()()' Private Secretary Grade-III Private Secretaries & Stenographers Service# 68. Junior Parliamentary #Part of PSS Service in in both the Secretariats in view of functional requirements without increasing the total strength of the Verbatim Reporting Service(s).- ry\ ~ 'Ie.. ScJ,~ f 1.0 I( So>Jol.-A.. Se~-ttp

34 Private Secretary Grade-II Verbatim Reporting, 3~100-35~125-45oo OO סס 1 Senior Private Secretary #Part of PSS Service in Pri vate Secretaries & RSS Stenographers Service# 79. Deputy Director LARRDI Service 35~ (LARRDlS) 80. Deputy Director Watch & Ward, Door (Security) Keeping & Sanitation Service 81. Private Secretary Grade-I Verbatim Reporting, Principal Private #Part of PSS Service in Pri vate Secretaries & Secretary RSS Stenographers Service# 82. Senior Editor Editorial & Translation Service 83. Senior Parliamentary Simultaneous IV 00 Interpreter Interpretation Service 84. Senior Parliamentary Verbatim Reporting, #Part of Verbatim Reporter Private Secretaries and +SP of Rs. 400 pm Reporting Service in Stenographers RSS Service# 85. Assistant Controller of Printing & Printing and Publications 86. Under Secretary LEAlLAFEA Service *** (RSSILSS) 87. Under Secretary do (Pay & Accounts Officer) 88. Under Secretary ** Printing & Assistant Controller of (Printing & Publications) Publications Service Printing & Publications

35 89. Chief Editor Editorial & Translation Service 90. Chief Parliamentary Verbatim Reporting & Reporter# Private Secretaries and 5000+SP of Rs.4001-p.m. Stenographers Service 91. Secretary to Speaker do- 395OCI Chief Parliamentary Simultaneous Interpreter Interpretation Service 93. Joint Director LARRDl Service (LARRDlS) 94. Joint Director Watch & Ward. Door (Security) Keeping & Sanitation Service 95. Senior Principal Private Verbatim Reporting & Secretary (Officer on Private Secretaries and Special Duty)* Stenographers Service 96. Controller of Printing and Printing & Publications Publications ++ Service 97. Deputy Secretary LEAlLAFEA Service :;00 (RSS)f(LSS) 98. Deputy Secretary Printing & 395OC (Printing & Publications Service **Exists in Rajya Sabha Secretariat as Assistant+controller of Printing and Publications. ***To be considered and finalised by the Committee later. in Lot Sabha Secretariat as US (Printing and Publications) +++Does not exist in Rajya Sabha Secretariat. *Exists in Rajya Sabha Secretariat as Private Secretary Special Grade in PSS Service ++Exists in Lot Sabha Secretariat as DS (Printing & in Rajya Sabha Secretariat as Controller of Printing and Publications. ***To be considered and finalised by the Committee later. *** Controller of Printing & Publications #Part of Verbatim Reporting Service in RSS This post which already exist in LSS is also recommended for introduction in RSS

37 110. Director (Security)* Watch & Ward, Door OQ OOסס Keeping & Sanitation (Selection grade of lp.s. Service allowed to D.1.G. Police)+ Special Payor allowance III. Director Special Gfllde* OQ.6700 I84OQ.5OO-224OO 112. Joint Secretary Additional Secretary OQ Secretary-General 9000/- (Fixed) (Fixed) $ Exists in Lok Sabha Secretariat as Senior Principal Secretary (O.S.D.) in Verbatim Reporting, Private Secretaries and Stenographic Service. * Does not exist in Lok Sabha, Does not exist in Rajya Sabha, As per the present hierarchical structure. the Supervisor (Bindery) is one of the feeder grades for promotion to the post of Printing Assistant in the Printing and Publications Service of the Lok Sabha Secretariat. It is recommended that the Bindery Section may be separated from the common Printing and Publications Service due to functional reasons. The separation may be effected by working out a proper ratio for deployment of personnel at posts mentioned at SI. Nos. 45, 49 and 69 without increasing the total existing strength of the Printing and Publications Service. Abbreviations Used: LARRDI Service: Library. Research. Reference. Documentation and Information Service LAFEA Service: Legislative. Financial Committee, Executive & Administrative Service LEA Service: Legislative, Executive and Administrative Service PSg Service: Private Secretaries and Stenographic Service C. T. SCDs & DRs. Service: Clerks, Typists. Staff Car Drivers and Despatch Riders Service RSS: Rajya Sabha Secretariat LSS: Lok Sabha Secretariat

39 33 I have gone throush the First Report of the Pay Committee which was appointed by the Chairman: of Rajya Sabha and me on 2U h November, J 998 to make recommendations on the structure of pay, allowances etc. for the officers and staff of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariats. This Report of the Committee pertains to scales of pay and the Committee will present another report on other matters. The Committee have done very useful work and have considered all necessary aspects objectively and judiciously. They also had given full opportunity to the staff lind officers to represent their view-point both in writing and in person to the Committee. The Committee have had the added advantage of the Minister of Finance, being a Member of the Committee. I congratulate the Committeefor the very good work thex have done. I accept the recommendations made in the Report and direct that these scales of pay may be implemented immediately. J~~ The Report may be given effect to simultaneously in the Rajya Sahha and Lok Sabha Secretariats after obtaining concurrence from Chairman, Rajya Sabha. ~~---. (KRISHA~ K-\;\T) Chairman, Rajya Sabha ~~11. f.,~4--::~t: (G.nCOALAVOCIV Speaker, Lok Sabha

CHAPTER II SECRETARIAT ORGANISATION

CHAPTER II SECRETARIAT ORGANISATION 2.1 Secretariat- Article 98 of the Constitution of India provides as follows: Secretariat of the Council (1) Each House of Parliament shall have a separate secretarial