ALLOWANCES

House Rent Allowances

The existing scheme of House Rent Allowance followed in the State with revised slab rates and present classification of cities and towns shall be continued. However, the existing slab rates shall be doubled. The revised rates of House Rent Allowance in the revised pay scales shall be as indicated in the Statements (I) and (II) in Appendix—II of G.O (given below). The revised rates of House Rent Allowance shall take effect from 1st June, 2009.

Pay Range (Pay +GP) Grade 1(a) Chennai City and places not exceeding 32 KMs Grade 1(b) Cities of Coimbatore and Madurai and places not exceeding 16 KMs Places in Grade II and places around 8 KMs from town limits Places in Grade II Unclassified Places
1) Upto 5299 500 300 240 160 120
2) 5300-6699 560 400 300 200 140
3) 6700-8189 680 500 360 240 160
4) 8190-9299 800 600 440 300 180
5) 9300-10599 1000 720 540 380 200
6) 10600-11899 1200 840 640 460 220
7) 11900-13769 1400 960 760 560 240
8) 13770-14509 1600 1100 880 60 260
9) 14510-15999 1800 1240 1000 760 280
10) 16000-17299 2000 1380 1120 860 300
11) 17300-19529 2200 1480 1240 900 320
12) 19530-20069 2400 1600 1360 1000 340
13) 20090-21019 2600 1700 1400 1000 360
14) 21020-21579 2800 1800 1400 1000 380
15) 21580-22139 2900 1800 1400 1000 400
16) 22140-24999 3000 1800 1400 1000 400
17) 25000 and above 3200 1800 1400 1000 400
CITY COMPENSATORY ALLOWANCE: The present rates of city compensatory allowance shall be doubled with effect from 1st June, 2009. The revised rates of City Compensatory Allowance are as indicated in Appendix—III.

SPECIAL PAY : The existing quantum of special pay drawn by the employees shall be continued as such in the revised pay structure including the employees of Tamil Nadu House, New Delhi who are presently drawing special pay at the rate of 20% of the existing basic pay.

SPECIAL ALLOWANCE: As the Official Committee has recommended higher scales of pay to the posts of Section Officers / Private Secretaries in Secretariat / High Court, Deputy Collector, Tahsildars and Deputy Tahsildars in Revenue Department, the Government direct that the existing quantum of Special Allowance granted to these categories of posts shall be continued at the same rates in the revised pay structure.

PERSONAL PAY : The benefit of 5% personal pay granted to certain categories and adhoc personal pay granted to Office Assistants and Hospital Workers shall be dispensed with in the revised pay structure. However in order to avoid monetary loss to the incumbents who have already enjoyed the benefit of personal pay, Government direct that the personal pay drawn by such employees including the personal pay granted while moving on to Selection Grade / Special Grade shall be absorbed while fixing the pay in the revised pay structure.

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