Para 3.10.16 — MSO (Audit)
Original Rule Text
3.10.16 If the period of deputation does not exceed two months, the Mission may make all payments other than salary to the Officer concerned on the basis of the sanction issued by the sponsoring department in consultation with the Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) without waiting for the Last Pay Certificate. The Mission will make the
necessary final adjustments on receipt of the Last Pay Certificate. Where the sanctioned period of deputation exceeds two months, the Mission may not make any payment to the Officer except on the authority of his Last Pay Certificate with the sanctioned deputation terms being entered therein. Missions may, however, pay advances of Daily Allowance and Travelling Allowance based on the Officer’s probable period of stay. The advances so paid should be adjusted at the end of the deputation if the period is less than one month or at the end of each month if it exceeds one month, the final adjustment being made at the end of the sanctioned deputation period.
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(b) Other payments
What This Means
For deputations of two months or less, missions can pay all entitlements except salary without waiting for the Last Pay Certificate, based solely on the department's sanction. For deputations over two months, no payments can be made without the LPC (except advances of DA and TA based on probable stay). All advances must be adjusted at deputation end (or monthly if over one month), with final settlement at the end of the sanctioned period.
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Key Points
- 1Deputations up to 2 months: all payments except salary without LPC
- 2Final adjustments made when LPC is received
- 3Deputations over 2 months: no payment without LPC (except DA/TA advances)
- 4DA/TA advances based on probable period of stay
- 5Monthly adjustment if deputation exceeds one month
- 6Final adjustment at end of sanctioned deputation period
Practical Example
An Under Secretary is deputed to Washington for 45 days for a World Bank meeting. The embassy pays his daily allowance and hotel reimbursement based on the deputation sanction from his ministry, without waiting for the LPC. When the LPC arrives after his return, the CAO makes final adjustments. Had the deputation been for four months, the embassy could only advance DA and TA until the LPC arrived.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why can salary not be paid without the LPC even for short deputations?▼
What happens if the LPC is delayed for a long deputation?▼
How are advances adjusted?▼
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