(1) The minimum rate of monthly subscription payable by a subscriber shall be fixed at the rate of 4 percent of the mean of the Time Scale of Pay of the post held by him or her as indicated in the table below.
TABLE Sl.No. Scale of Pay Amount of minimum monthly subscription (in Rs.)
1. 9600-14550 480
2. 10400-16400 540
3. 11000-19000 600
4. 11600-21000 650
5. 12500-24000 730
6. 13600-26000 790
7. 14550-26700 820
8. 16000-29600 910
9. 17650-32000 990
10. 19000-34500 1070
11. 20000-36300 1130
12. 21600-40050 1230
13. 22800-43200 1320
14. 24000-45300 1390
15. 26000-47700 1470
16. 28100-50100 1560
17. 30400-51300 1630
18. 32800-52500 1710
19. 36300-53850 1800
20. 38100-55200 1870
21. 40050-56550 1930
22. 44250-60600 2100
23. 48900-63600 2250
24. 52500-73000 2510
25. 56550-79800 2730
(2) A subscriber may at his option, propose subscription higher than the minimum subject to maximum of basic pay of the post held by him.
(3) Where a subscriber is promoted or appointed to a post carrying a scale of pay higher than that held by him and there is no likelihood of his reversion to his original post he shall enhance the subscription as will make the total subscription to an amount of the basic pay for the scale of pay applicable to the post to which he is promoted or appointed.
(4) A subscriber who is granted selection time scale of pay or senior scale of pay assigned to the post held by him, in accordance with the provision of the Karnataka Civil Services (Time bound Advancement) Rules, 1983 or the Karnataka Civil Services (Automatic Grant of Special Promotion to Senior Scale of pay) Rules, 1991 shall so effect such further subscription as will make the total subscription equal to amount which shall not be less than the minimum amount of the monthly subscription prescribed for the said selection time scale of pay or senior scale of pay, as the case may be.
(5) The amount of subscription shall be expressed in whole rupees.
(6) For the purposes of sub-rule (1) the average pay of a subscriber shall be-
(a) In the case of a subscriber who was in Government service on the 31st March of the preceding year the average pay to which he was entitled on that date:
Provided that:-
(i) if the subscriber was on leave on the said date and elected not to subscribe during such leave or was under suspension on the said date, his average pay shall be the average pay to which he was entitled on the first day after his return to duty.
(ii) if the subscriber was on deputation out of India on the said date or was on leave on the said date and continues to be on leave and has elected to subscribe during such leave, his average pay shall be the average pay to which he would have been entitled had he been on duty in Indi a;
(iii) if the subscriber joined the Fund for the first time under the operation of rule 5, on a day subsequent to the said date, his average pay shall be the emoluments to which he was entitled on such subsequent date;
(b) In the case of a subscriber who was not in Government service on the 31st March of the preceding year the average pay to which he was entitled on the first day of his service or, if he joined the Fund for the first time under operation of rule 5, on a date subsequent to the first day of his service, the average pay to which he was entitled on such subsequent date.
(7) The subscriber shall intimate the fixation of the amount of his monthly subscription in each year in the following manner:-
(a) If he was on duty on the 31st March of the preceding year, by the deduction which he makes in this behalf from his pay bill for that month;
(b) If he was on leave on the 31st March of the preceding year and elected not to subscribe during such leave, or was under suspension on that date, by the deduction which he makes in this behalf from his pay bill for after his return to duty;
(c) If he has entered Government service for the first time during the year or if he is compulsorily required to join the Fund from a particular date under rule 5 or joins the Fund for the first time by the deduction which he makes in this behalf from his pay bill for the month during which he joins the Fund;
(d) If he was on leave on the 31st March of the preceding year and continues to be on leave and has elected to subscribe during such leave by the deduction which he causes to be made in this behalf from his salary bill for that month;
(e) If he was on foreign service on the 31st March of the preceding year by the amount credited by him into the treasury on account of subscription for the month of April in the current year.
(8) Government servants are permitted to enhance or reduce the rate of subscription to the General Provident Fund once at any time during the course of the year and the amount of subscription so fixed shall remain unchanged during that year.
(9) (i) Subscription to General Provident Fund shall be stopped six months prior to the date of retirement of subscriber;
(ii) All the Controlling Officers should obtain and send the final withdrawal applications, complete in all respects, two months prior to retirement after recovery is stopped to enable the Accountant General to arrange authorization on the dates of retirement of the subscribers;
(iii) No temporary advance under these rules shall be sanctioned during the last six months of service of subscribers;
(iv) While sanctioning any temporary advance to subscribers at any time prior to the period of stoppage of subscriptions, the authority competent to sanction the advance shall fix the number of installments of recovery of the advance in such a manner that the advance is recovered fully six months prior to the date on which subscribers to the fund attain the age of superannuation; and