(1) An employee under suspension shall be entitled to draw during the period of suspension, a subsistence allowance equal to 50 per cent of his basic pay provided the disciplinary authority is satisfied that the employee is not engaged in any other employment or business or profession or vacation. A certificate to that effect is to be furnished by the suspended employee in the format prescribed under the section. In addition, he shall be entitled to dearness allowance admissible on such subsistence allowance, the other allowances such as City Compensatory Allowance, House Rent Allowance and reimbursement of tuition fee of which he is in receipt of on the day of suspension and any other benefits such as accommodation, telephone, transport, any medical facilities provided the Disciplinary Authority is satisfied that the employee continues to meet the expenditure for which the allowance or reimbursement was granted and benefits are required to be extended during the period of suspension. These allowances will be granted subject to fulfillment of other conditions laid down for the drawal of these allowances. An employee under suspension will not be required to vacate the accommodation provided by the Authority. Recoveries towards these, however, will continue to be made on the basis of last drawn basic pay.
(2) Where the period of suspension exceeds three months, the authority which made or is deemed to have made the order of suspension shall be competent to vary the amount to subsistence allowance for any period subsequent to the period of first three months, as follows :-
(i) the amount of subsistence allowance may be increased to seventy five percent of the basic pay plus Dearness Allowance thereon, and allowances if in the opinion of the said authority, the period of suspension has been prolonged for reasons to be recorded in writing, not directly attributable to the employee under suspension; and
(ii) the amount of subsistence allowance may be reduced to twenty five percent of the basic pay plus Dearness Allowance thereon, and allowances if in the opinion of the said authority, the period of suspension has been prolonged due to the reasons to be recorded in writing, directly attributable to the employee under suspension.
(3) If an employee is arrested by the police on a criminal charge and bail is not granted, no subsistence allowance is payable. If the bail is granted and the competent authority decides to continue the suspension, the employee shall be entitled to subsistence allowance from the date he is granted bail.