(1) These rules may be called the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity Salary, Allowances and other Conditions of Service of the Officers and Employees (Amendment) Rules, 2017.
(2) They shall come into force from the date of their notification in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity Salary, Allowances and other Conditions of Service of the Officers and Employees Rules, 2004, -
(a) for the word “Schedule” wherever it occurs, the word and figure “Schedule I” shall be substituted;
(b) for rule 8, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:- “8 Other conditions of service.— (1) Officers and employees of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity shall be entitled to the medical facilities as specified in Schedule II annexed to these rules.
(2) Other conditions of service of the officers and employees of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, for which no specific provisions have been provided, shall be regulated in accordance with such rules as are, from time to time, applicable to officers and employees of the Central Government drawing the pay and allowances in corresponding pay scales”;
(c) the Schedule shall be numbered as Schedule I and after Schedule I as so numbered, the following Schedule shall be inserted, namely:- “SCHEDULE II [see rule 8(1)] MEDICAL FACILITIES 8 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
1. Definitions.— In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires-
(a) “competent authority” means the Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal and includes any other officer so designated by him in this behalf;
(b) “employee” means any person appointed in accordance with these rules who is on the rolls of the Appellate Tribunal and also includes the employees who have superannuated from the said Tribunal after rendering not less than five years of regular service, having been permanently absorbed in the said Tribunal;
(c) “empanelled hospital and diagnostic centre” means the Government hospitals or diagnostic centers including all recognised private hospitals or diagnostic centers under the Central Government Health Scheme for specialised and general purpose treatment and diagnostic procedures recognised vide Ministry of Health and Family Welfare O.M. No. 24/2001/JD(M)/CGHS/Delhi/CGHS(P), dated 7 th September, 2001 as amended from time to time, or any private hospital or diagnostic centre notified or authorised by the Appellate Tribunal;
(d) “family” shall have the same meaning as assigned to in the Central Services (Medical Attendance) Rules, 1944:
Provided that the members of the family shall be treated as dependents only if their income from all sources including pension and pension equivalent to gratuity is less than three thousand five hundred rupees per month:
Provided further that the members of the family shall be entitled to medical attendance and treatment even if they do not stay with the employee;
(e) “pay” means basic pay plus non-practicing allowance plus stagnation increment, if any:
Provided that for employees who have superannuated and are eligible for medical facilities, “pay” means the last pay drawn before the superannuation;
(f) “Authorised or Notified Medical Practitioner” means a registered medical practitioner having a degree recognised under the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956), or a registered Medical Practitioner holding Degree or Diploma in Ayurveda or Unani or Siddha or Homoeopathy of not less than four years duration from a University or Statutory Board or Council or Faculty of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy, included in the Schedules to the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 (48 of 1970) and the Homoeopathy Central Council Act, 1973 (59 of 1973), as the case may be;
(g) words and expressions used in these rules but not defined, and defined in the Act, shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Act.