(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in regulation 17, the authority suspending the Sansthan employee may withhold the payment of dearness allowance and compensatory allowances to the Sansthan employee under suspension and appropriate the same towards the payment of any amount which may be due to the Sansthan.
(2) The following provisions shall apply to the recovery of dues from the subsistence allowance:- oF
(a) Compulsory deductions.-The following deductions shall be enforced from the subsistence allowance:-
(i) Income tax and Profession Tax;
(ii) License fee and allied charges Le.
electricity, water, furniture etc.;
fii) Repayment of advances taken from the Sansthan at such rates as the Executive Officer deems it right to fix;
(t) Subscription to Provident Fund;
fiv) Recovery of any amount due to the Sansthan for which a _ Sansthan employee is responsible;
(b) Optional deductions.- The following deductions shall not be made except with the Sansthan employee’s written consent:-
(i) Premia due on Postal Life Assurance Policies;
(i) Amount due and monthly contribution of the Sansthan Employee Credit Co-operative Society Ltd;
(iii) Refund of advances taken from Provident Fund;
_fiv) Amounts due on Court attachments;
(3) No payment under regulation 17 shall be made unless Go the sansthan employee furnishes a certificate to the following effect before payment is made every month:- “I certify that I did not accept any private employment or engage myself in trade or business during the period in question.” If the authority has any reasons to doubt this certificate;
it may ask any officer of the Sansthan to verify the certificate and if the Sansthan employee is found to have given a false certificate that shall be construed as an act of misconduct and made an additional charge against him.
(4) The compensatory local allowance and house rent allowance sanctioned at the discretion of the suspending authority under regulation 17, can be drawn only if the sansthan employee under suspension certifies that he or his family or both resided for the period for which the allowance is claimed at the station where he was on duty at the time of suspension.