Instructions related to direct recruitment

Salary fixing rules for newly recruited employees have changed drastically from 15-01-2015. Prior to this date, newly recruited employees received full pay with allowance as per old service rules and other benefits such medical reimbursement was also admissible.But for appointment of employees to provide more and more employment opportunities to the educated and unemployed youth, keeping in view the financial crisis of the state, Govt. has made amendments in Punjab civil service rules volume-1 part-1 by its notification no. 7/204/2012-4FP1/60 dated 15-1-15. After this lots of instruction were issued regarding pay of newly appointed employees.
In this post we will discuss all the instructions step by step.
letter No.7/204/2012-4FP1/66 dated 15-1-15:-

                        We have already discuss about this letter in our previous post "Full pay(with allowances) after two years of probation period". So you can read that and can also download the instructions.
letter No.7/204/2012-4FP1/761 dated:28-08-15

Through this letter Finance department of the Punjab Government has clarified that if candidates, against the vacant post of direct recruitment are selected from same recruitment process and are from same batch, many of whom given appointment letter prior to instructions dated 15-01-15 and many later, they will receive full wages according to the old rules.

letter No.7/204/2012-4FP1/935 dated:15-10-15

In this letter Government of Punjab clarified if the recruitment process for filling up the vacancies started before the issuance of instructions dated 15-01-15, i.e the test or interview had been done even though the recruitment process completed after the issuance of above instructions or the attendance report is given later, in such cases the instructions of 15-1-15 will not apply means they will be entitled to full pay.
letter No.7/204/2012-4FP1/1049 dated:21-12-15
Finance department of the Punjab Government in this letter written that if wages of employees is less than the DC/labour rates during the period of probation then in that case their wages should be kept equal to DC/Labour rates.

letter No.7/100/2015-4FP1/247 dated:15-3-16:-

By referencing all of above letters in this letter Punjab Government clarified that employees recruited against the posts of direct recruitment on compassionate ground, who had applied prior to instructions dated 15-01-2015, will be entitled to full pay as per letter no.7/204/2012-4FP1/935 dated 15-10-15.
letter No.6/1/1995-1FP1/204 dated 27-03-17:-
In this letter Finance department of Punjab Government clarified that employees to whom minimum of pay band is given as per notification dated 15-01-15, shall also be paid interim relief @ 5% of minimum of pay band applicable to them and the amount so worked out shall be added to the pay already drawn by them at minimum of pay band or dc/labour rate, whichever is being drawn by them.
letter No.7/61/2017-3FP1/734 dated 29-08-17:-
In this letter Government of Punjab has decided that the newly recruited regular employees of the Government of Punjab, who are being paid salary @ basic pay (minimum of the pay band) or DC/Labour rate as per Finance Department's instructions dated 15.1.2015 and dated 21.12.2015, be allowed to avail government accommodation facility by deducting Licence fee @ S% of the basic pay plus percentage of House Rent Allowance as permissible to the confirmed employees at their station of posting.
letter No.7/72/2017-4FP1/775 dated 08-09-17:-
It is clarified by the Government that employees who have been recruited against the posts of direct quota after 15-01-15, to whom grade pay, annual increment or any other allowance except travelling allowance is not admissible during the period of probation as per finance department instructions, to those employees medical reimbursement is also not available during the period of probation.
letter No.7/17/2017-1FP2/627 dated 25-09-17:-
It has been written in this letter by the government that if any employee was employed in the Punjab government before the new appointment and his lien has also been kept on previous post, Then during the period of probation on new post he will draw pay which he was drawing on his previous post under the government and in no case he should not be paid more than the pay of his previous post.