The Haryana Legislative Assembly (Allowances and Pension of Members) Act, 1975

This Act may be called the Haryana Legislative Assembly [(Allowances and Pension) of Members] Act, 1975.

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—

1. (a) "Assembly" means the Haryana Legislative Assembly;
2. (b) "Committee" means a select committee or other committee of the Assembly and includes any committee appointed by the State Government for a purpose connected with the business of the Government;
3. (c) "Deputy Speaker" means the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly;
4. (cc) "Government Chief Whip" means that member who is Chief Whip for the time being in the Assembly of the party in Government having the greatest numerical strength in the Assembly;
5. (d) "Leader of the Opposition" means the member of the Assembly who is for the time being recognized, as such by the Speaker of the Assembly;
6. (e) "member" means a member of the Assembly other than a Minister or the Speaker, or the Deputy Speaker;
7. (f) "meeting" means a meeting of the Assembly or of a committee thereof;
8. (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
9. (gg) "Schedule" means a Schedule appended to this Act; and
10. (h) "Speaker" means the Speaker of the Assembly.

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A member shall be entitled to secretarial allowance at the rate of twenty thousand rupees per mensem which the Haryana Vidhan Sabha Secretariat may pay to the person to be notified by the member to the Secretariat to work as his Secretary: Provided that the person so notified by the member shall render assistance to the member at his pleasure: Provided further that no member who has been holding office of Chief Minister/Deputy Chief Minister/Minister/Deputy Minister/Speaker/Deputy Speaker/Chief Parliamentary Secretary/Parliamentary Secretary and retains Special Assistant (Personal) shall draw such allowance.

Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, there shall be paid to each member a constituency allowance of eight thousand rupees per mensem or as may be prescribed.

Explanation.— For the purposes of this section a member shall include the Chief Minister, a Minister, a Minister of State, a Deputy Minister, the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker, the Chief Parliamentary Secretary and a Parliamentary Secretary.

Sumptuary allowance.—There shall be paid to each member a sumptuary allowance of one thousand rupees per mensem or as may be prescribed from time to time.

There shall be paid to each member an office allowance of two thousand five hundred rupees per mensem or as may be prescribed : Provided that an office allowance to maintain office in his ConstituencyDistrict shall be paid to the Leader of Opposition at such rate as is admissible to a Minister under the Haryana Salaries and Allowances of ministers Act, 1970.

A member shall be entitled to driver allowance at the rate of twenty thousand rupees per month which the Haryana Vidhan Sabha Secretariat may directly credit to the account of person to be notified by the member to the Secretariat to work as his Driver:

Special Provision regarding Leader of opposition

1. (1) In addition to the allowances payable under this Act, the Leader of the Opposition shall be entitled to receive a salary of eleven thousand rupees per mensem and a sumptuary allowance at the rate as may be prescribed.
2. (2) He shall also be entitled without payment of rent to the use of a furnished residence at the headquarters of the State Government throughout his term of office and no charge shall fall on him personally in respect of the maintenance of such residence, or, in lieu of such residence shall be entitled to be paid such allowance not exceeding three hundred rupees per mensem as the State Government may determine. (2A) He shall also be entitled to a conveyance allowance at the rate of ten thousand rupees per mensem or in lieu thereof a State car, the expenses on the maintenance and propulsion of which shall be borne by the State Government subject to such restrictions as may be imposed by the State Government, from time to time, for the use of State cars by the Ministers: Provided that the maintenance and propulsion expenses of the State car in use by him shall not be subject to the limit of ten thousand rupees per mensem. (2B) He shall further be provided with a telephone at his residence at the headquarters of the State Government, at the expense of the State Government, subject to such restrictions as may be imposed by the State Government, from time to time, for the use of residential telephones by the Ministers. (2C) He shall further be entitled to stationery and stamps or incur expenditure thereon upto the value of not more than two thousand and four hundred rupees per annum. (2D) He shall also be entitled, while on tour, to daily allowance, as admissible to a Minister. (2E) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, the Leader of the Opposition shall not be entitled to daily allowance for attending meetings of the committees of the Haryana Legislative Assembly.
3. (3) He shall further be provided with the following staff, namely:-
   • (i) a personal assistant; and
   • (ii) a peon
4. (4) The salary and allowance referred to in sub-section (1),
5. (2) and (2A) respectively shall be exclusive of the tax payable in respect thereof under any law relating to income tax for the time being in force and such tax shall be borne by the State Government. Explanation.-For the purposes of this sub-section, the salary and allowance received by the Leader of the Opposition during any financial year shall be deemed to be his only income for that financial year.

1. (1) The Government Chief Whip shall be entitled without payment of rent to the use of a furnished residence at the headquarter of the State Government throughout his term of office and no charge shall fall on him personally in respect of the maintenance of such residence or in lieu of such residence shall be entitled to be paid such allowance not exceeding five thousand rupees per mensem as the State Government may determine.
2. (2) He shall also be entitled to a conveyance allowance at the rate of ten thousand rupees per mensum per car or in lieu thereof, two State cars, the expenses on the maintenance and propulsion of which shall be borne by the State Government subject to such restrictions, as may be imposed by the State Government, from time to time, for the use of State cars by the Ministers: Provided that the maintenance and propulsion expenses of the State cars in use by him shall not be subject to the limit of ten thousand rupees per mensem.
3. (3) He shall further be provided with the following staff, namely:-
   • (i) One Private Secretary;
   • (ii) One Assistant;
   • (iii) Two Drivers;
   • (iv) Four Personal Security Officers; and
   • (v) Two Peons. Explanation.- If any doubt arises as to which is or was at any material time the party in the Government having the greatest numerical strength in the Assembly or as to who is or was at any material time the Government Chief Whip in that Assembly of such a party, the question shall be decided by the Speaker and his decision in writing shall be final and conclusive.

1. (1) Subject to such conditions and limitations as may be imposed by rules made under this Act, there shall be paid-
   • (a) to the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker such travelling and halting allowances as admissible to a Minister ; and
   • (b) to each member-
     • (i) such travelling allowances as may be prescribed ;
     • (ii) a halting allowance at the rate of rupees five hundred per day or as may be prescribed for each day of attendance at a meeting of the Assembly or committee or in respect of journeys undertaken under the orders of the Speaker for any other business any where connected with his duties as a member : Provided further that if a member has been ordered to absent himself from a meeting or meetings of the Assembly under the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Haryana Legislative Assembly for the time being in force, he shall not be entitled for such period of absence to the allowance : provided further that a member shall also be entitled to halting allowance,-
2. (1) where he arrives for attending a meeting of the Assembly one or two days earlier to the date of such meeting, or departs from the place of such meeting one or two days immediately after the date on which the Assembly is adjourned sine die, for such one or two days, as the case may be, of arrival and departure; and
3. (2) where he arrives for attending a meeting of a committee one day earlier to the date of such meeting, or departs from the place of such meeting one day immediately after the conclusion of the business of the committee, for such one day of arrival and departure ;
   • (iii) an incidental allowance at the rate as may be prescribed for the day of departure from and incidental allowance at the rate as may be prescribed per day for the day of arrival at the usual place of residence of the member when he leaves his usual place of residence to attend a meeting and returns thereto after the meeting. Explanation.-A break of less than four days between two successive meetings of the Assembly or committee shall be deemed to be a day or days of attendance for a member who does not leave the place of the meeting during such break : Provided that nothing in this section shall entitle the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker or any member to any travelling or halting allowance if such person ordinarily resides or carries on business at any place within five miles of the place at which his attendance is required in connection with his duties as Speaker or Deputy Speaker or member, as the case may be.] [(2) Nothing in sub-section
4. (1) shall debar a member from claiming halting allowance under that sub-section for the day of the meeting merely on the ground that the meeting was adjourned for want of quorum or cancelled for any reason whatsoever, if the member came to know of such adjournment or cancellation after arriving at the place of the meeting.]

1. (1) A member shall be entitled to such residential accommodation on concessional rates at the place of sitting of the Assembly as may be prescribed.
2. (2) Every member shall, at the expense of the State Government, be provided with a telephone, at his option, either at his permanent place of residence or at Chandigarh or if for any reason such facility cannot be provided at such place, at any other place, specified by the member.] [(3) A member provided with a telephone under sub-section
3. (2) shall be paid an allowance of rupees ten thousand per mensem or as may be prescribed.] Explanation.-For the purposes of sub-sections
4. (2) and (3), a Member shall include the Chief Minister, Minister, a Minister of State, a Deputy Minister, the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker, the Chief Parliamentary Secretary and a Parliamentary Secretary.]

1. (1) Every member shall be provided with- [(a) the facility of free travel which shall entitle him (including members of his family), to travel to any place in India or outside India through any mode of transport. He shall be reimbursed the actual expenses incurred by him for undertaking such journey subject to a maximum of one lac and twenty-five thousand rupees per annum or as may be prescribed :] [(b)
   • (i) two free non-transferable passes which shall entitle him and his wife or any other person accompanying him to travel at any time by any public service vehicle of Haryana State Transport Undertaking, including deluxe coach; and
   • (ii) one free non-transferable pass which shall entitle him to travel at any time within the State of Haryana or the Union Territory of Delhi or the Union Territory of Chandigarh by any public service vehicle of the Pepsu Road Transport Corporation : Provided that if the journey is performed by him by an air-conditioned vehicle, he shall pay the difference between the fare of such vehicle and that of a deluxe vehicle.] Explanation.- For the purposes of clause (b), a journey shall be deemed to be a journey within the State of Haryana or the Union Territories of Delhi or Chandigarh, where the place of commencement of the journey and the destination thereof are situated in such State or any such Union Territory, or the place of commencement is situated in such State and the destination in any such Union Territory, or the place of commencement is situated in one such Union Territory and the destination in another such Union Territory, notwithstanding that the territory of any other State or Union Territory intervenes. [Explanation II.- For the purpose of this sub-section a member shall include the Chief Minister, a Minister, a Minister of State, a Deputy Minister, the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker, the Chief Parliamentary Secretary and a Parliamentary Secretary.]
2. (2) The free passes issued to a member under sub-section
3. (1) shall be valid for the term of his office and on the expiration of such term, such passes shall be surrendered by him to the Secretary of the Assembly.
4. (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as disentitling a member to any travelling allowance to which he is otherwise entitled under the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder.

1. (1) Every person shall be paid a pension of one thousand four hundred rupees per mensem if he has served as a Member upto a period of two years, two thousand five hundred rupees per mensem for a period exceeding two years but not exceeding five years and an additional pension of five hundred rupees per mensem for every additional year or part thereof exceeding a period of five years and family pension shall be admissible as may be prescribed to surviving spouse and after his or her death to the children (upto the age of 18 years) of members who had been drawing pension under the Act. (1-A) No pension shall be admissible under sub-section
2. (1) to a member in respect of the term and during the period for which he is disqualified under the Representation of the People Act, 1951, or any other law for the time being in force. (1AA) Every person, who draws pension or family pension or is entitled to draw the same shall, in addition to the pension or family pension, as the case may be, admissible under this Act, shall be paid dearness allowance on pension, as is admissible to other pensioners of the State Government.
3. (2) Where any person entitled to pension under sub-section (1)-
   • (i) is elected to the office of the President or Vice-President or is appointed to the office of the Governor of any State of the Administrator of any Union Territory ; or
   • (ii) becomes a member of the Council of States or the House of the People or any Legislative Assembly of a State or Union Territory or any Legislative Council of a State or the Metropolitan Council of Delhi constituted under section 3 of the Delhi Administration Act, 1966; or
   • (iii) is employed on a salary under the Central Government or any State Government or any corporation owned or controlled by the Central Government or any State Government, or any local authority or becomes otherwise entitled to any remuneration from such Government, corporation or local authority, such person shall not be entitled to any pension under sub-section
4. (1) for the period during which he continues to hold such office or as such member, or is so employed, or continues to be entitled to such remuneration : Provided that where the salary payable to such person for holding such office or being such member or so employed, or where the remuneration referred to in clause
   • (iii) payable to such person, is in either case, less than the pension payable to him under sub-section (1), such person shall be entitled only to receive the balance as pension under that sub-section.
5. (3) Where any person entitled to pension under sub-section
6. (1) is also entitled to any other pension, such person shall be entitled to receive the under sub-section
7. (1) in addition to such other pension.
8. (4) In this section a member means a person who, after the commencement of the Constitution of India,-
   • (a) has been a member of-
     • (i) the Haryana Legislative Assembly ; or
     • (ii) the Punjab Legislative Assembly ; or
     • (iii) the Punjab Legislative Council ; or
     • (iv) the Legislative Assembly of the erstwhile State of Patiala and east Punjab States Union ; or
     • (v) partly as member of the one and partly as a member of the other ; representing any of the territories of the State of Haryana as formed by section 3 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, and who is ordinarily resident of the said territories ;
   • (b) has served as Chief Minister, Minister, Speaker, Minister of State, Deputy Minister, Deputy Speaker, Chief Parliamentary Secretary or Parliamentary secretary.

Medical facilities to certain Persons [Section text not available in the official gazette publication.]

Every person who is entitled to pension under this Act shall be provided with-

1. (a) one free non-transferable pass which shall entitle him to travel at any time by any public service vehicle of the Haryana State Transport Undertaking including deluxe coach ;
2. (b) one free non-transferable pass which shall entitle him to travel at any time within the State of Haryana or the Union Territory of Delhi or the Union Territory of Chandigarh by any public service vehicle of the Pepsu Road Transport Corporation : Provided that if the journey is performed by him by an air conditioned vehicle, he shall pay the difference between the fare of such vehicle and that of a deluxe vehicle. Explanation.- For the purposes of clause (b), a journey shall be deemed to be a journey within the State of Haryana or the Union Territories of Delhi or Chandigarh, where the place of commencement of the journey and the destination thereof are situated in such State or any such Union Territory, or the place of commencement is situated in such State and the destination in any such Union Territory, or the place of commencement is situated in one such Union Territory and the destination in another such Union Territory, notwithstanding that the territory of any other State or Union Territory intervenes.

The member's allowances referred to in this Act, shall be exclusive of the tax payable in respect thereof under any law relating to income tax for the time being in force, and such tax shall be borne by the State Government Explanation.- For the purposes of this section, the allowances received by the Member and the salary and allowances received by him as a Minister as defined in section 2 of the Haryana Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act, 1970, during any financial year shall be deemed to be his only income for that year.

1. (1) The Speaker may make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
2. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, the Speaker may make rules in respect of the following matters, namely :-
   • (a) any matter which is required by this Act to be prescribed ;
   • (b) the rates on and circumstances under which travelling and halting allowances may be drawn and the circumstances under which such allowances may be withheld ;
   • (c) the manner in which distances between any two places should be calculated for the purposes of traveling allowance ;
   • (d) the shortest available route by which a journey can be performed :
   • (e) the form in which claims may be presented, the method of scrutiny of claims and the authorities by and the manner in which such claims may be certified and paid;
   • (f) provision for residential accommodation of members ;
   • (g) provision for travelling passes by Rail or Road Transport ; and
   • (gg) the form in which certificates, if any, shall be furnished by any person for the purpose of claiming any pension under this Act ;
   • (h) any other matter connected with or incidental to matters aforesaid.
3. (3) Until such rules come into force, all matters of detail not covered by this Act, shall be governed by the rules hitherto in force for the payment of allowances to members, so far as they are applicable.

If any question arises as to the interpretation of this Act or of the rules made thereunder, the matter shall be referred to the Speaker whose decision shall be final.

The Punjab Legislative Assembly (Allowances of Members) Act, 1942 (Punjab Act 4 of 1942), in its application to the State of Haryana, is hereby repealed.