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MOST IMMEDIATE

NO.2/10/80-JCA
Government of India
Department of Personnel and Training
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New Delhi, the 31ST JAN,1994

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

ubject:Procedure for verification of membership of

Associations for the purpose of recognition
under the Central Civil Services ( Recognition
of Service Associations ) Rules, 1993.
This is in continuation of this Department's
M.of even number dated 9th November, 1993 forwarding a
copy of the CCS ( Recognition of Service Association -)
tiles, 1993 for recognition of Service Associations of
Central Government employees.
In terms of Rule 7 of the above mentioned Rules,
the verification of membership for the purpose of
recognition of a Service Association shall be done by the
Check-off system in pay-rolls.

2.2 Check-off System is a means to verify. the

.membership of an Association on the basis of deduction of
:

:subscription from the pay-rolls. Under this system each

Government employee, who is a member df an association is
required to apply, in writing, to the DDO or any other
designated authority, his consent, for the deduction of
annual subscription, for the financial year, from the pay-
roll in favour of a particular Association. A specimen of
the application is enclosed at Annexure-I. On receipt of
the application, the Association is required to confirm the
membership, and thereafter pass on the application to the
DDO for effecting recoveries.

Consent for deduction of annual subscription shall

remain valid till altered or withdrawn. The revised option
fOr deduction , if any, can be exercised only in the month
of April each year to be effective from July of, that year.

Under the Check7off system a Government servant

subscribe to only ONE Association. For the purpose of
:,a:y
fulfillment of the requirement of minimum membership under
Rule 5(d)(i) of the CCS (RSA) Rules, 1993 only such of the
members who have paid the subscription through the Check-off
System shall be taken into account.

2.5 Recoveries of annual subscription from pay roll in

favour of a particular_Association shall be made - by the DDO
once a year in the month of July.
 Broad guidelines for the conduct of the
3. _ tem
verification of Membership to be completed by 30th Se is t
ber, 1994 is enclosed as Annexure II. This procedure
be adopted for recognition of Associations at the initial
stage. The guidelines are by no means exhaustive and Minis=',
fit
tries / Departments may make such changes as they deem
provided the changes do not infringe any of the provision
of CCS (RSA) Rules, 1993
of
Detailed procedure regulating recovery
4.1 accounting and the consoli4
subscription from the pay-rolls, accountingby the Controller
dation of accounts, has been p TA dat ed
General of Accounts vide their O.M.No. 9(4)/93/ re ad y
copy of which is enclosed for
2.12.93 a Doubts regarding the above men
reference.(Annexure.III) . to Shri Jai Dayal, ASstt.,
.
/ tioned 0.M. may be address ed s, Lok Nayak Bhavan, New Delhi
troller General of Account
110003.
The procedure for crediting the subscription;
5. ac ount may be
deducted by the DDO to the Association'sconsultation wit h-
finalised by each Ministry / Department in
the concerned Association.
wide
Each Ministry /,Department should give
6. / schedule
publicity to all the instructions / information
hip so that the entire
regarding the verification of members anner
exercise is carried out in a smooth m.

The receipt of this O.M. may please

acknowledged. Hindi've• sion follows.

( BIR DATT )
DIRECTOR(JCA)

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