Finance Department

Audit Branch
No. 9008-F (P) Kolkata, the 16th September, 2011

MEMORANDUM

In the order to provide security of tenure, appropriate emoluments and certain terminal benefits
subject to fulfilment of certain conditions to the casual/daily rated/contractual workers who have
remained engaged in various Government Establishments for a considerable period of more than 10
years in connection with implementation of various schemes / projects of various Departments of
the government two Memorandums vide No. 2966-F(P) dt. 23-04-2010 and No. 11794-F(P) dt. 22-
12-2010 was issued by the Government in Finance Department.

The question of making the provisions of the two aforesaid orders more effective and suitable to
the convenience of the Government Establishments / Organization has been under active
consideration of the Government for some time past.

After careful consideration of the matter and in supersession of the aforesaid orders and all other
orders issued by other Departments in the matter, the undersigned is directed by order of the
Governor to say that the Governor, has now been pleased to order that the casual/daily rated/
contractual workers, who are remaining attached to the various Establishments of the Government
Departments/Directories/Regional Offices/other Organizations for not less than 10 years
continuously as on 01-08-2011 and have rendered service for at least 240 days each year will be
allowed the following benefits:

(i) The casual/daily rated/contractual workers who have rendered 10 years of service
continuously with at least 240 days attendance each year may remain engaged in the
same status and capacity till their attaining the age of 60 years.

The continuity of service shall have to be certified by a competent officer not below
the rank of Assistant Secretary in the case of a Secretariat Department, Director in the
case of Directorate and Assistant Engineers/S.D.O./B.D.O. in the case of Regional offices.
The concerned officer, who certifies may be advised to exercise extreme precautions
and take assistance of an office of WBA & AS, if necessary.

(ii) An entry point basic pay in PBI-I i.e. Rs. 6600/- (Rs. 4900 + 1700) p.m. will be admissible to
casual/daily rated/contractual Group ‘D’ workers as consolidated remuneration, similar
entry point pay (entry point pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Pay) will be admissible to
casual/daily rated/contractual Group ‘C’ workers and employee of any other category, if
he/she fulfils the required condition will be entitled to a monthly remuneration which
will be minimum entry level Pay Band and Grade Pay corresponding to his/her category
and the remuneration may be determined in consultation with the Finance Department
in the same manner as mentioned above.

(iii) When such casual/daily rated/contractual workers are allowed the entry point basis pay,
they will not get any other allowances like dearness allowance, house rent allowance
etc. However their basic pay will be enhanced by 5% after every three years and the
three years will be counted by treating the period from 1 st, August 2011 to 1st, July 2012
as completed year for giving effect to 5 percent increase in basic pay.
(iv) The remuneration of casual/daily rated/contractual workers who have not yet completed
10-year service will be equivalent to 75% of the remunerations admissible under sub –
para ( ii) above subject to a minimum of Rs. 5000/-p.m.

(v) Those casual/daily rated/contractual workers who will complete 10 year service on 1st July
every year will come under the purview of this Order provide no such worker if engaged
after 01-04-2010 will come under the purview of this Order

(vi) A casual/daily rated/contractual workers who will fulfil the conditions as laid down in sub
– para (i) above will continue to be engaged in such a manner till he/she attains the age
of 60 years when he/ she will be paid an amount of Rs. 1 lakh as one time cessation of
engagement benefit.

(vii) A casual/daily rated/contractual worker may be allowed 30 (thirty) off days a year and
female such worker may be allowed Maternity leave of 180 (one hundred eighty) days in
addition to 30 days in addition off as mentioned herein before.

(viii) A casual/daily rated/contractual worker who is engaged in two different Government

(ix) It is reiterated that Officer/Officers responsible for any further engagement of such
casual/daily rated /contractual worker will be personally liable for violation of this
Order. However, having regard to the exigencies of situation and in order to facilitate
smooth running of any project/administration or for serving academic interest where it
is absolutely necessary contractual engagement may be made for a very limited period
not exceeding 1 (one) year. This engagement shall be made on strict observance of
recruitment rules and against sanctioned vacancies. Advertisement shall be published in
newspaper and applications shall be invited from eligible candidates to fill up those
temporary vacancies. Simultaneously steps should be taken to fill up the vacancies on
regular basis following recruitment rules. Such contractual engagement may be renewed
from time to time, but not exceeding a total period of 6 (six) years. No claim to
regularization of this contractual service in terms of G.O. No.8305-F dt. 26-09-2005 read
with G.O. No.642-F dt. 24-01-06 shall lie.

(x) The provisions of this Order will not be applicable where contractual engagement has been
made without any sanctioned post and specific project for a very temporary period upto
a maximum 6 (six) years or winding up of the project whichever is earlier. Thus in such
cases steps will not be required to be initiated for filling up the post through regular
appointment as per the recruitment Rules, since the post are temporary by nature.

(xi) During the period of engagement, the service of a casual/daily rated/contractual worker
may be terminated because of involvement in criminal
case/misconduct/delinquency/incapacitation etc. or if the concerned worker intends to
opt out of the engagement on his/her own.

(xii) The benefit of this Memo will be applicable mutatis mutandis to the Panchayat
Bodies/ULBs/Statutory Bodies.

(xiii) The casual /daily rated/contractual workers who have already got the befit with
reference to 1st April, 2010 as cut off date will continue to get the befit in terms of F.D.
 Memo No. 2966-F(P) dt. 23-04-2010 and No.11974-F(P) dt. 22-12-2010, while the others
will be covered in terms of provisions of this Memo.

The undersigned is further directed to reiterate that henceforth no further

(xiv) The final approval will be given by the ACS/Principal Secretary/Secretary as the case may
be, of the concerned Department, after exercising necessary checks & balance &
ensuring that any ineligible person does not get the benefits of this order.

(xv) A proforma statement is hereby annexed for supplying information by the respective
appointing authority to the Administrative Department.

Sd/-S.K. Chattopadhyay
OSD & E.O. Special Secretary
to the Government of West Bengal