The Pay of the Establishment of a Municipality shall be drawn and paid on the last working day of the month during which it has been earned:
Provided that when the last working day happens to be a Sunday or a public holiday, the pay of the establishment may be drawn and paid on the previous working day.
95. Monthly Pay Bills cum Acquittance Rolls— (1) Pay bills shall be prepared in KMF NO.50 and an abstract of pay bill shall be prepared in KMF No 50A. Both forms shall be signed by the Municipal Commissioner or Chief Officer or other Officer 58 authorised by the Municipal Commissioner or Chief Officer. Pay bills shall be prepared function wise. They shall also be totalled and allocated to separate funds as per guidelines issued from time to time.
(2) The details of names shall invariably be given in the pay bill.
(3) While preparing the pay bill the following shall also be observed:—
(i) When salary is drawn for a broken period of the month, the reasons why this has been done, the period for and the rate, at which it is drawn, shall be distinctly entered in the pay bill.
(ii) Officers absent on leave or on deputation or under suspension shall be clearly shown as such in the monthly pay bills and officiating arrangements that may have been made shall be noted.
(iii) The pay of all temporary establishments shall be billed for separately in the same form, the sanction being quoted.
(iv) The wages of labourers, workmen, etc., working on daily wage or not on regular pay shall not be drawn in the regular pay bill form but only on nominal muster rolls.
(v) Fixed travelling and conveyance allowances shall be drawn in the pay bill of the Officer or employee concerned and not on travelling allowance bills.
(vi) To the first pay bill in which a periodical increment is drawn an increment certificate in KMF NO. 51 59 signed by the Competent Authority shall be appended.
(vii) The total amount of income-tax deducted from pay bills shall be credited to the Income Tax Department of the Central Government.
(viii) In claiming pay of new employees for the first month, the Municipal Commissioner or Chief Officer as the case may be, shall certify that the physical fitness certificate issued by a Medical Officer has been produced by the employee.
(ix) The Combined Pay Bills cum Acquittance Rolls shall be in bound books.
(x) Pay, officiating pay, leave salary and other emoluments may be drawn for the day of an official's death; the hour at which death takes place does not affect the claim.