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BALOCHISTAN CIVIL SERVANTS AND EMPLOYEES BENEFITS AND DEATH COMPENSATION POLICY, 2020 BALOCHISTAN CIVIL SERVANTS AND EMPLOYEES BENEFITS AND DEATH COMPENSATION POLICY, 2020 [Gazette of Balochistan Extraordinary, 11th August, 2020] No. S.O.FD (R-II)/VII-II/2020/344-443, dated 11.8.2020.---With the prior approval of the Provincial Cabinet, the Government of Balochistan is pleased to make the following Policy:- PART I GENERAL 1. Short title, application and commencement.---(1) This Policy may be called the Balochistan Civil Servants and Employees Benefits and Death Compensation Policy, 2020. (2) This shall be applicable to a Civil Servant and Employee or legal heirs of : (a) in service or died Personnel of Law Enforcement Agencies (i.e. Police, Levies and Balochistan Constabulary); (b) all in service or died Civil Servants of the Government of Balochistan; and (c) all in service or died employees of Government of Balochistan; (3) It shall come into force at once. 2. Definitions.---(1) In this Policy, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (a) Administrative Secretary means the Secretary or Acting Secretary to the Government in charge of a Department and includes, Additional Chief Secretary, Senior Member Board of Revenue and Chairman Chief Minister s Inspection Team; (b) Attached Department means a Department mentioned in column 3 of Schedule II of Balochistan Government Rules of Business, 2012; (c) Basic Pay Scale means a Basic Pay Scale of pay sanctioned by Government in which a post or group of posts is placed; (d) Bereaved Family means members of the family of a deceased employee, who have been wholly dependent and residing with him permanently. (e) Compensation means monetary benefits(s) granted as an aid to the bereaved families. (f) Chief Secretary means the Chief Secretary Balochistan; (g) Civil Servant means as defined in Section 2 (b) of the Balochistan Civil Servants Act, 1974; (h) Compensation package means a monetary benefit granted to the Families of Civil Servants and Employees who dies or injured while in Service as a result of terrorist activity. (i) Competent Authority means the authority competent to sanction compensation as defined in Section 17 of this policy; (j) Death Compensation means an amount approved by the Government, to be paid to the family of a deceased civil servant on his death during service; (k) Department means a self-contained administrative unit in the Secretariat shown in Column 2 of Schedule II of the Balochistan Government Rules of Business, 2012: provided that Services and General Administration Department shall, for the purpose of Secretariat employees, be deemed as a Department; (l) Deputy Commissioner means a District Head of the Administration appointed by the Government. (m) District Compensation Committee means a Committee constituted under Section 13 of this Policy. (n) Divisional Commissioner means the Commissioner of a Division appointed under Section 8 of the West Pakistan Land Revenue Act, 1967 (Act No.XVII of 1967). (o) Employee means, (i) any person who is a member of a civil service of the Province, or who holds a civil post in connection with the affairs of the Province; (ii) any person appointed to the secretarial staff of the Provincial Assembly whose terms and conditions of service are governed by rules or Law made under the Constitution; (iii) Any employee of such Department, Body Corporate, Institution, Organization or Autonomous Body, as the Provincial Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify, and includes any such person, officer, servant or member of the staff who is: (a) On deputation elsewhere or on foreign service within the meanings of the Fundamental Rules, (b) Undergoing study or training in or outside Province/Pakistan, (c) On duty or on leave within or outside the Province/Pakistan, or (d) Under orders of suspension, but does not include any person who: (i) has attained the age of sixty years and retired; or (ii) the contract, ad-hoc and contingent paid employees; (p) Family means and includes the persons entitled to the pensionary benefits of the civil servant under the Pension Rules for the time being in force; (q) Financial Assistance package means one time Financial Assistance to the bereaved families of all the employees of Government of Balochistan who expire during service due to natural death. (r) Foreign Service means service where a member of the Service receives pay with the sanction of the Government from any source other than the Consolidated Fund of Pakistan or the Consolidated Fund of any Province; (s) Government means the Government of Balochistan as defined in Article 129 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973. (t) Head of Attached Department means an officer shown in column 4 of Schedule II of the Balochistan Government Rules of Business, 2012; (u) Civilian Victim means a person, not being a terrorist or a personnel of a law enforcement agency on duty, who suffers harm to body or property due to any terrorist act and, in the event of death of the person, includes the spouse of the victim or, in absence of a spouse but in order of precedence, a child, mother, father, minor sibling or other legal heirs of the victim; (v) Natural Death means a death occurring in the course of nature and from natural causes as diseases, old age or an accident, rather than from a result of violence, terrorist activity such as ethnic, sectarian or any other subversive activity. (w) Provincial Law and Enforcement Agencies (i.e. Police, Levies and Balochistan Constabulary, which includes both Uniformed and Non-Uniformed employees) (x) Retired Civil Servant means and includes a civil servant who opt to retire after completing twenty five (25) years qualifying service or retired on attaining the age of superannuation i.e. sixty (60) years or retired on medical grounds or compulsory retired and receives the pension; (y) Shaheed means a Civil Servant of Government of Balochistan and Personnel of Law Enforcement Agencies (i.e. Police, Levies and Balochistan Constabulary) killed in encounters including death in bomb blasts, riots, watch and ward duties or terrorist activities, including targeted killing, but not death in accident and declared by the Home and Tribal Affairs Department on the recommendations of the District Compensation Committee; The families of the Shaheed victims not in government service, whose bullet riddled/decomposed bodies are recovered or killed in terrorist activities shall be entitled for grant of compensation as applicable to the private individuals as prescribed in the Balochistan Civilian Victims of Terrorism (Relief and Rehabilitation) Act, 2014. (z) Legal Heirs of a deceased person means a person/persons who established the legitimacy of the heirs and give him/them the power to inherit shares, securities, debts, other assets and emolument etc of the deceased through a Succession Certificate duly issued by the competent Court of Law. 3. Claim to benefits and death compensation.---Notwithstanding any claim made or right accrued by a civil servant after the commencement of this policy, for the payment of any amount on account of benefits and death compensation, shall be dealt in accordance with section 4 of this policy. 4. Payment of benefits and death compensation.---(1) At the time of death of civil servant/employee, the amount shall be paid to him. (2) A civil servant, dies while in service, his family shall be paid full amount as prescribed for his grade of pay irrespective of length of service rendered. (3) The amount shall be paid to the civil servant in case of injuries otherwise to his family at the time of death according to his last Basic Pay Scale. The category wise amount of benefit/compensation in respect of civil servants or legal heirs of those employees of Government of Balochistan who embrace Shahadat due to acts of terrorism or died due to natural death shall be admissible on substantive/regular grade instead of time scale etc. irrespective of length of service rendered. In case a civil servant is given promotion from retrospective effect after his death the differential amount shall be paid according to the revised grade or pay, subject to payment of difference in monthly contribution for the uncovered period; and (4) The family of the deceased civil servant shall submit the application on the form prescribed for the grant of benefit. 5. Financial Assistance to the Families of Government Employees who dies while in Service.---(1) On a sudden and premature natural death of a civil servant, the following one time financial assistance package in respect of bereaved families of all the employees of the Government of Balochistan who expire during service shall be paid irrespective of length of service rendered:- S.No. Basic Pay Scale Rates 1 BPS-1 - BPS-4 Rs. 0,600,000 2 BPS-5 - BPS-10 Rs. 0,900,000 3 BPS-11 - BPS-15 Rs. 1,200,000 4 BPS-16 - BPS-17 Rs. 1,500,000 5 BPS-18 - BPS-19 Rs. 2,400,000 6 BPS-20 and above Rs. 3,000,000 (2) The Civil Servants who go missing during service and are not recovered within a period of twelve months from the date of disappearance, and where there is a reasonable presumption of their having died, shall be treated at par with Provincial government employees who died during service to the extent of payment of compensation and benefits etc., subject to the condition that where such employee is recovered alive, before or after the date of superannuation, the part of compensation linked to the presumption of death during service shall be paid back to the government or adjusted against pension payments of the employee. (3) This will be in addition to other benefits to the family of deceased Civil Servants as admissible under any other law/rules. (4) The Administrative Departments or the Appointing Authorities will issue sanction orders for such compensation in individual cases. (5) Expenditures involved will be met out of the existing budget grants of the Administrative Departments concerned. However, in case additional funds are required, the case shall be referred to Finance Department for provision of funds and Finance Department shall provide funds under the relevant object for the purpose. 6. Compensation package to the Families of Civil Servants Employees who dies or injured while in Service as a result of terrorist activity.---(1) The following Compensation Package shall be paid to the families/legal heirs of the Shaheed whose death take place as a result of sectarian violence or fall victim to any type of terrorist activity such as ethnic, sectarian or any other subversive activity irrespective of either during the performance of their respective official duties or otherwise irrespective of the length of service rendered:- S. No. Description of Items Compensation Package 1 Pay and Allowance The bereaved families/legal Heirs of the Shaheed shall be paid full pay and allowances as was drawing at the time of Shahadat with future increments and with full benefits of the revised rates of all pay and allowances, special/Adhoc Relief etc, less conveyance allowance, till the date of attaining the age of superannuation as had he not died. For the purpose, the Department concerned shall refer the case to the Finance Department for creation of a post of Shaheed of that Basic Pay Scale in which Shaheed was serving and drawing pay. Order for creation of post of Shaheed must mention name of eligible family member/legal heir in whose favour post is created, Basic Pay Scale of the posts and time period for which post of Shaheed is created (beginning date is date of death and ending date is date of superannuation). Pay against the post of Shaheed shall be drawn by the legal heir through his/her Bank Account under his/her own name. 2 Calculation of date of super-annuation. The date of superannuation needs to be calculated from the date of birth as mentioned in the Service Book in case of Non-Gazetted Civil servants and in case of Gazetted Officers from the date mentioned in the Form of the BPSC. In case of discrepancy in calculation of age of superannuation from the date of birth from CNIC and date of entry in service in Service Book, the date on Service Book will be taken for calculation of age of superannuation as per Rule 3 of the Balochistan Government Initial Appointment to Civil Service Posts (Age and Relaxation of Upper Age Limit), Rules, 2012. 3 Pension on attaining the age of the superannuation of Shaheed or legal heir can opts to get retiring pension after completion 25 years qualifying service. On attaining the age of the superannuation of Shaheed, his/her legal heirs shall be entitled to full pension as allowed by the Government superannuating officials as he had not died. Further Shaheed s Legal heir who intends to get retiring pension after completing 25 years qualifying service before attaining the age of superannuation shall at least three months before the date on which he intends to get retiring pension, submit a written intimation to the Competent Authority, indicating the date on which he intends to get retiring pension. Such an intimation, once submitted, shall be final and shall not be allowed to be modified or withdrawn. 4 Accommodation The bereaved family of Shaheed employee shall be allowed to continue residing in the official accommodation as per prescribed government policy till the Shaheed would have reached the age of superannuation, had he not died with usual terms and conditions and no deduction of House Rent shall be made. In case the Shaheed s family has not been allotted official residence: (a) the bereaved family shall either be allotted so or allowed to hire a private house as per prescribed rates of Requisition as the case may be; or (b) paid a monthly House Rent/House Requisition as was admissible in monthly salary of Shaheed employee, had he not died. 5. Employment. Whenever an employee embark Shahdat while in service, his/her spouse or a child or a blood related nominee of spouse shall be appointed by the appointing authority against a post in BPS-1 to 15 in the department in which deceased Government Servant was working, without observing the condition of open advertisement: Provided that the spouse or child or nominee as the case may be, shall possess the qualification prescribed for the post as under:- If Married: Either Spouse or one child shall be given employment against a vacant post in BPS-1 to BPS-15 in the respective department provided he/she qualifies for the post. If Not Married: Blood related nominee of Parent(s) of Shaheed employee may be given employment against a vacant post in BPS-01 to BPS-15 in the respective department provided he/she qualifies for the post. If vacant post of that category (BPS-1 to BPS-15) is not available of which he/she qualifies then the Department concerned shall move a case to Finance Department. The Finance Department shall create a post for employment of one nominated family member of the Shaheed employee. 6 Financial Assistance: (a) Cash Compensation A special lump sum grant ranging from Rs. 3.000 Million to Rs. 10.000 Million as per Ranks/Basic Pay Scales given below:- S. No. Rank/Basic Pay Scale of the Shaheed Cash amount of Compensation 1 (a) Constable, HC, ASI, SI and Inspector (BPS-05 to B-16) (b) Civil Servants (BPS-01 to BPS-16) Rs. 3.00 Million 2 (a) ASP/DSP (BPS-17) (b) Civil Servants (BPS-17) Rs. 5.00 Million 3 (a) SP/SSP and AIG (BPS-18 and BPS-19) (b) Civil Servants (BPS-18 and BPS-19) Rs. 9.00 Million 4 (a) DIG, Additional IG and IG (BPS-20 to BPS-22) (b) Civil Servants (BPS-20 to BPS-22) Rs. 10.00 Million (b) Cash payment in lieu of Plot or Land Payment or lump sum grant in lieu of plot subject to the condition that no plot had been allotted in the past, as per Ranks/Basic Pay Scales given below:- S. No. Rank/Basic Pay Scale of the Shaheed Amount to be paid 1 (a) Constable and Head Constable (Lower subordinates) (BPS-01 to B-08) (b) Civil Servants (BPS-01 to BPS-08) Rs. 1.00 Million 2 (a) ASI/SIs and Inspector (BPS- 09 to BPS-16) (b) Civil Servants (BPS- 09 to BPS-16) Rs. 2.00 Million 3 (a) DSP/ASP and above (BPS-17 and above) (b) Civil Servants (BPS-17 and above) Rs. 5.00 Million (c) One time compensation for government employees and employees of Law Enforcement Agencies who sustains Major/Serious Injury (physically impaired) irrespective of during performance of Official duty or otherwise shall be allowed Rs.1,000,000/- (Rupees Ten Lac Only) as per Medical Board Report showing clearly that he/she is physically impaired; (d) One time compensation for government employees and employees of Law Enforcement Agencies who sustains Minor Injury sustained by the employee shall be paid Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand Only) as per medical report. (e) Regular/suitable monthly special allowance Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand Only) shall be allowed for permanently bedridden civil servants and employees of Law Enforcement Agencies for their medical treatment and nursing care. However, they will ceased to draw the Medical reimbursement charges allowed by virtue of Medical Attendance Rules. 7 Health facilities The family of Shaheed shall be provided free medical treatment as per their entitlement during service as prescribed in Medical Attendance Rules/Policy issued from time to time. 8 Education facilities All the enrolled (in any educational institution) children of Shaheed employee would be provided monthly educational scholarship from primary to post-graduation at the following rates:- (a) Primary to Secondary level: Rs.2,000/- (per child) (b) Higher Secondary to Under-graduation or equivalent degree. Rs.3,000/- (per child) (c) Master/ Professional/ equivalent degree Rs.5,000/- (per child) For claim of above monthly educational scholarships, provision of the following documents will be necessary: (a) CNIC copy of Shaheed and alive parent. (b) B-Form/CNIC of the student concerned. (c) Certificate of enrollment from registered educational institute concerned. (d) Attestation of the relevant documents from B-17 or above Officer. 9 Prerequisite for facilitation of family of deceased Government Employees. In the case of Shahadat of a government employee, the following pre-requisites must immediately be fulfilled by the concerned Department so that the family of the deceased government employee may be facilitated without any delay:- a. Immediate submission of timely pension case. b. Option form for Direct Credit Scheme (online payment of pension) c. Application for Anticipatory Pension (65% the total pension). Besides as a pro-active approach each Department must observe the following practices regarding their employees:- (a) Up to date list of family members of each employee for pension purpose be maintained before hand. (b) Nomination for General Provident Fund must be ensured for each employee in his/her life. 10 General Provident Fund Only payable amount from the Credit of GP Fund shall be paid to the deceased family/legal heirs and thereafter no deduction is carried out. 11 Deduction of Benevolent Fund and Group Insurance. No deduction shall be made from the salaries of a legal heir of Shaheed Family till he draw salaries and attains the age of superannuation. 7. Financial Assistance for burial/transportation of Dead Bodies to the Families of Government Employees, who dies while in Service or embark Shahadat.---(1) A lump sum payment shall be made by the Government of Balochistan as Burial Charges to the bereaved family on the death of an employee, if he/she dies while in service as expenses on the local burial or the cost of transportation of dead body of a Civil Servant (BPS-1 to BPS-15) or his wife (only one wife) to the extent indicated below:- (a) Cases in which the dead body of the deceased Government Servant in BPS-1 to 15 is buried locally: The maximum limit for reimbursement of the amount for local burial charges shall be Rs.15,000/-. (b) Charges of Crating (Wooden Box): The maximum rate shall be Rs.4,800/-. (2) Cases in which the dead body of deceased Civil Servant (BPS-1 and above) is transported to Home Town,- (a) Charges of Crating (Wooden Box) at the maximum rate as allowed at (1) (b) above, shall be paid by the Government. (b) If the dead body is transported by Rail: Actual cost of transportation of the Dead Body of the deceased from his last station of duty to his home town shall be met by the Government. (c) If the dead body is transported by road: Actual cost of such transportation shall be met by Government, as per personal Taxi engagement charges @ Rs.10/- per Kilometer or as the rate may be fixed by the Government are allowed. The distance shall be calculated from the residence of the deceased in his last station of duty to his Home Town. (d) Transportation of the dead body by Air: Such transportation will be permissible only in cases where transportation by rail or road would involve a trip exceeding twelve hours; in such a contingency actual cost of transportation by air shall be admissible. For journey from such an Air Port Dead Body shall be transported by road at the rate prescribed at (2) (c) above. If the dead body is transported by air, one single fare by economy class will also be allowed for the attendant, if any, accompanying the dead body. This concession shall, however, be availed only by a member of the family of the deceased Civil Servant and the air fare claimed on this account shall be in lieu of the attendant s normal entitlement. (3) Financial assistance for burial/transportation of dead bodies should in all cases be afforded on the application of the family of deceased Government servant and only to the extent applied for, subject to the maximum limits indicated above. 8. Procedure for payments of those who were on deputation and had died due to natural death or embarked Shahadat.---On the death of a Civil Servant, who was on deputation with Federal Government or other provinces or an autonomous body, he/she would be considered repatriated to his/her parent Department/lending organization where all the of his post death financial matters shall be processed and finalized. (All deductions, shall be stopped except Income Tax). The borrowing organization/autonomous body concerned shall make necessary payments of pension contribution to the parent Department of the deceased Civil servant of the period he/she remained on deputation with the borrowing organization. 9. Payment of the sum assured.---On the death of an employee, the Sum Assured shall be paid under Section 14 of the Balochistan Provincial Employees Group Insurance Act, 2009 to legal heirs in addition to payments made under this policy. 10. Payment of Benevolent Grant.---On the death of an employee, the amount of Benevolent Grant payable shall be paid under Section 12 of the Balochistan Government Employees Benevolent Fund Act, 2018 to legal heirs in addition to payments made under this policy. 11. Mode of payments.---All payments to the family/legal heirs shall be made through their respective Bank Accounts. No payment shall be made through DDOs or any other channel except of Bank Accounts. 12. Fraudulent payments.---(1) If, within three years of any payment made under this Policy, it transpires to the Department or the Deputy Commissioner that payment has been made under the Policy on the basis of any fraud or misrepresentation, the Department or the Deputy Commissioner may, apart from taking any other action under any law, recover the amount paid to the person who was not entitled to receive it after affording the person an opportunity of hearing. (2) Any person, aggrieved from the decision of the Department or the Deputy Commissioner under subsection (1), may, within thirty days from the date of communication of the decision prefer an appeal to the Chief Secretary whose decision on such appeal shall be final. (3) If an appeal preferred under sub-Section (2), the Chief Secretary or his nominee shall afford an opportunity of hearing to any interested person and shall, through a speaking order, decide the appeal within thirty days from the date of filing the appeal 13. Declaration of Shaheed on the recommendations of the District Compensation Committee.---There shall be District Compensation Committee headed by a Deputy Commissioner, as under:- a. Deputy Commissioner concerned Chairman b. Superintendent of Police (CTD) Member c. Superintendent of Police concerned Member d. Medical Superintendent of concerned Hospital Member e. Police Surgeon (Optional) Member f. Representative of Municipal Corporation (Optional) Member g. Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Member h. Executive Engineer, C&W Department Member i. Representative of Livestock Stock/ Agriculture (Optional) Member j. Assistant Commissioner concerned Member/ Secretary 14. The recommendations of the District Compensation Committees shall be forwarded within 15-days to the Home and Tribal Affairs Department for scrutiny/authentication and declaration of Shaheed . 15. If there is no adult legal heir (i.e. grand father/mother, Father and real brothers/sisters) or minor(s) dependents to be eligible for compensation, the amount of compensation shall be invested by the Department concerned in a better profitable scheme (preferably Government based scheme) for a period of 10 years or till eligible person should reach to the age of 18 years, whichever less. On attaining the age of maturity (18 years), the amount/share shall be released along with profit earned to the eligible person subject to production of 1st Class Magistrate Certificate regarding correctness of his legal claim as well as release of compensation amount and computerized valid C.N.I.C. 16. In addition to above, the following facilities shall also be permissible for the welfare of bereaved families of Employees:- (a) Writing off the balance full amount outstanding on account of House Building, Motor Car and Motor Cycle Advances. (b) Writing off the balance amount of medical treatment maximum upto Rs.300,000/- outstanding on account of any type of advances to employees. 17. The authority competent to declare Shaheed and sanction Compensation and other Emoluments in respect of various class of employees shall be as follows:- S. No. Description Class of Employees in Basic Pay Scale Authority Authority for Revenue employees in Division and District 1 Declaration of Shaheed BPS-1 and above of Civil Servants and Employees and all employees of Provincial Law and Enforcement Agencies. Additional Chief Secretary, Home and Tribal Affairs Department on the recommendations of the District Compensation Committees --- 2. Compensation package to the Families of Civil Servants and Employees who dies or injured while in Service as a result of terrorist activity. BPS-1 to BPS-15 Civil Servants, and Employees and all employees of Provincial Law and Enforcement Agencies. On declaration of Shaheed by the Home and Tribal Affairs Department: Heads of Attached Departments. In case of Secretariat employees by the Secretary, S&GAD. Divisional Commissioners BPS-16 and above Civil Servants and Employees and all employees of Provincial Law and Enforcement Agencies. On declaration of Shaheed by the Home and Tribal Affairs Department: Administrative Secretary. Senior Member Board of Revenue 3 Financial Assistance to the Families of Government Employees who dies while in Service due to Natural Death BPS-1 to BPS-15 Civil Servants and Employees and all employees of Provincial Law and Enforcement Agencies. Heads of Attached Departments Divisional Commissioners concerned. BPS-16 and above Civil Servants and Employees and all employees of Provincial Law and Enforcement Agencies. Administrative Secretary --- 4 Financial Assistance for burial/ transportation of Dead bodies to the Families of Government Employees who dies while in Service or embark Shahadat. BPS-1 to BPS-15 Civil Servants and Employees and all employees of Provincial Law and Enforcement Agencies. Heads of Attached Departments Divisional Commissioners concerned. 5 Write off of advances of employees who died while in service. BPS-1 to BPS-15 Civil Servants and Employees and all employees of Provincial Law and Enforcement Agencies. Heads of Attached Departments Divisional Commissioners concerned. BPS-16 and above Civil Servants and Employees and all employees of Provincial Law and Enforcement Agencies. Administrative Secretary --- 6 Payment of the sum assured under the relevant rules. And Payment of Benevolent Grant, under the relevant rules. BPS-1 to BPS-15 Civil Servants and Employees and all employees of Provincial Law and Enforcement Agencies. As per prescribed procedure of Finance Department. --- BPS-16 and above Civil Servants and Employees and all employees of Provincial Law and Enforcement Agencies. As per prescribed procedure of Finance Department. ---- 7 All other emoluments, grants etc. mentioned in this policy. BPS-1 to BPS-15 Civil Servants and Employees and all employees of Provincial Law and Enforcement Agencies. Heads of Attached Departments Divisional Commissioners concerned. BPS-16 and above Civil Servants and Employees and all employees of Provincial Law and Enforcement Agencies. Administrative Secretary ---- 18. Conferring of Powers on subordinate authorities.---On the recommendations of the Administrative Department, the Finance Department may by Notification confer Powers upon officers or authorities subordinate to the Administrative Department not mentioned in Section 17. 19. Removal of difficulties.---(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to any of the provisions of this policy, Chief Minister Balochistan may make such orders, not inconsistent with the provisions of this policy, as may appear to him to be necessary for the purpose of removing the difficulty. 20. Relaxation of Policy.---The Chief Minister may, in a case of hardship, relax all or any of the provision of this policy: Provided that such relaxation shall not be less favourable to any benefit available to a Civil Servant or employee under this policy. 21. Repeal.---All existing Policies or rules or order shall be deemed to have been rescinded or modified to the extent indicated in this policy and the existing rules, Policies and orders are hereby repealed.