Government of West Bengal
School Education Department
Secondary Branch
Bikash Bhavan, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 700 091
School Education Department
Secondary Branch
Bikash Bhavan, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 700 091
No.
37-SE/ES(S)/5P-37/2010
Dated : 05-01-2012
From:
Shri N.N. Dutta
Joint Secretary to the Govt. of West Bengal.
Joint Secretary to the Govt. of West Bengal.
To:
The Director of School Education, West Bengal,
Bikash Bhavan, 7th Floor, Slat Lake, Kolkata – 700 091.
Bikash Bhavan, 7th Floor, Slat Lake, Kolkata – 700 091.
Sub: Granting
of 2 (two) additional increments in favour of teacher(s) working in
non-Government aided Secondary Schools having Ph.D Degree.
With
reference to above, the undersigned is directed to say that it has come to the
notice of this Department that 2 (two) additional increments are not being
granted to some teachers who entered into service in the Secondary Schools (s)
despite their having Ph.D Degree in the relevant subject taught in the
school(s) and, as such, the question of granting such benefit to a number of
teachers appointed either through SSC or on the basis of rules prescribed
before coming into effect of the Control of Expenditure Act, 2005 had been
under consideration of the State Government for some time past. In this
connection, attention is invited to Clause 5 of Rule 16 dealing with Career
Advancement Scheme laid down in ROPA Rules, ’98 which provides that all
secondary teachers / Headmasters / Headmistress with Doctorate Degree in the
subject taught or in an allied subject shall get two additional increments from
the date of the convocation on which such degree is / was awarded.
In view
of this provision and in order to accord opportunity to all such teachers /
Headmasters / Headmistress in the academic interest without any privilege and
prejudice to any one of them, Government in the School Education Department has
decided that the teachers acquiring Post Graduate Degree after having had the
basic qualification of Honours Degree in the relevant subject and subsequently
improving their qualification by acquisition of Ph.D Degree in the relevant
subject or those who are appointed with such higher degree in the above noted
subject in their possession after having acquired Honours Degree in the regular
course and then P.G. Degree in the relevant subject shall get 2 (two)
additional increments from the date of convocation on which such degree is /
was awarded. This benefit in terms of Rule 12(5) of G.O. No.
25-SE(B)/1M-102/98, dated 12.02.1999 under ROPA Rules, ’98 is extended up to
18th August, 2005 as a cut-off date, i.e. till before the publication of the
Control of Expenditure Act, 2005. All such pending cases can be disposed of
accordingly.
This
order issues with the concurrence of F.D. vide their U.O. No.
3426-Gr.P(Service), dated 07.12.2011.
Sd/-
N.N. Dutta
Joint Secretary
N.N. Dutta
Joint Secretary
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