The Government Employees of Punjab were given the entitlement to get a special allowance (Ph.D M.Phil and LL.M) in a previous notification back in 2011. The minimum criteria were to have 18 years of education in their academic career. Now so many government employees had already taken this allowance since then. Many of you still have confusion and were asking about the equivalent degree to M.Phil, MS. The questions were based mainly upon, are the people who have an equivalent degree will be eligible to get the Ph.D M.Phil and LL.M Allowance as per notification of 2019. So, now the government has issued another notification regarding this Ph.d, M.Phil, MS or LL.M allowance. This new notification has cleared the ambiguities in the previous Ph.D, M.Phil, MS and LL.M notification issued in 2011.
Basically, the main objective behind giving this allowance was financial help. It was given to those government servants who were working on lower scales but they have acquired higher education. It is an encouraging step by the way. Where this allowance was awarded to the government servants, there was also some kind of ambiguities arose. No doubt many of these were arose by the clerical staff who wants bribe from every government employee who required this allowance.
Previously, the Government of the Punjab Finance Department issued Notification no. FD.SR-I/9-21/2011 dated 30-06-2011 related to the notification of Grant of LL.M allowance at the rate of 50% of the Ph.D allowance. Any employee of the Punjab Government can take applications for the said allowance by fulfilling the requirement of his or her department.
So, that was the previous story of this allowance. Now let’s move forward to this new notification of 2019.
The government of Punjab has issued a notification no. FD.SR.I/9-21/2016 dated 22.08.2019 and in the below lines, you’ll find the complete and step by step guide/explanation of this new Ph.D, M.Phil, MS and LL.M allowance 2019.
Explanation of Ph.D, M.Phil, LL.M Allowance 2019
There is very good news for many of the government employees through this new notification of 2019 such as:
Minimum Eligibility Criteria
In the previous notification of 2011 regarding the higher education allowance, there was a rule that for example; if a person is recruited on a particular job (for example a lecturer) on basis of M.Phil, then he was not entitled to get this allowance. It was a rule of in the previous notification. But now with the issuance of this new notification in 2019 regarding Ph.D, M.Phil and LL.M allowances, the government of Punjab has superseded all the previous notifications by allowing all the employees with effect from 01.08.2019.
Now if a person is recruited on Ph.D, M.Phil, MS or LL.M he is totally entitled to get this allowance.
Allowance is Admissible Across the Board
The allowance notification of 2019 has clearly stated in his 1 point that this allowance is admissible to all of the employees working in any circumstances or any administrative units. Now the employees neither be assessed on the basis of their minimum required education for their current job nor about the nature of their work. All of the employees who are eligible for this are cleared to get this allowance without any trouble. Just grab your degree of Ph.D, M.Phil or LL.M.
Statutory Bodies / Semi-Autonomous Organizations
At the 2nd point of this notification, it is mentioned that all the employee working under Statutory Bodies / Semi-Autonomous Organizations and Corporations that have adopted the Government Pay Scale scheme to hire the new staff on various posts, they are also admissible to get this allowance. Now, there will be no question is left behind whether people working under such departments are admissible or not. All of them are now eligible to get the allowance.
Amount of Allowance
In the 3rd point of this notification, the amount of this allowance is settled as before. The Ph.D holder will get 10,000 Rupees and those who have M.Phil or LL.M degrees are admissible to get 50% of the Ph.D allowance. There is nothing new in this section to be explained more.
Date of Admissibility of Allowance
In the 4th point, the government clearly stated that the date of admissibility will the date of obtaining the degree. For example, if a person has obtained the M.Phil degree in December 2017 and then in May 2019 he got the Job of a Teacher or an Assistant in any government department. Now this person is admissible to get this allowance on his date of joining this department.
Those who are already in service and doing their degrees will be admissible to get this allowance on date of issuance of their respective degrees. For example, a person is on a government job since 2014 and now in 2019 he has obtained his M.Phil or degree then he is entitled to get this allowance in 2019 on the date of issuance of the M.Phil degree.
The Employee who has Already Taken this Allowance
Now at the 5th point, the government has stated that those employees who are currently taking this allowance from their respective departments and if they will go further to acquire the Ph.D degree then they are totally allowed to get the allowance as per their new degree (Ph.D degree). Further, they have discussed that when they got the new higher degree then the current allowance of M.Phil will be discontinued from the same date they have taken the new allowance of their Ph.D degree.
Higher Education Verification
6th point is related to verification of the degree. The government said all those government employees who want to get this allowance must verify that the university from which they got this degree must be an HEC verified university. Otherwise, they are not entitled to get the allowance. There is a complete way that I have explained how to apply for Ph.D, M.Phil, MS and LL.M allowance.
Degrees Equivalent to M.Phil, MS and LL.M
The last point of this notification stated that those who have done 18 years of education that is equal to M.Phil and MS are also eligible to withdraw this allowance. All they have to do is to acquire an equivalent certificate from the HEC and after that apply for this allowance. They will definitely get this allowance.
The government also directed the heads of department to ensure the implementation of this allowance with effect from 01.08.2019.
Note: If you want to know the procedure to apply then click here to know.
Notification for grant of the Ph.D, M.Phil, MS and LL.M allowances is hereby given below:
Grant of Ph.D, M.Phil, and LL.M allowance notification 2019
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Grant of Ph.D/D.Sc M.Phil and MS Allowances Notification 2011
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Grant of LL.M allowance @ 50% of Ph.D Allowance
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After downloading the notification you must verify your degree from HEC or apply for the Degree verification through your department. Both are the valid procedures that you can follow. In some department, the administration office will conduct the whole procedure whereas in many departments the employee himself go through the verification procedure and after that apply for the allowance in his department.
If you have any question regarding this Ph.D, M.Phil and LL.M allowance notification 2019 or want to know more about the procedure and way of getting this allowance then ask your question in the comment section below.
CAN U PLZ SHARE ANY HEC NOTIFICATION REGARDING MS EQUIVALENT TO MPHIL..KINDLY EMAIL IF POSSIBLE
is phd ms m.phil allowance for only teachers
AOA
IF A PERSON IS LECTURER IN POLITICAL SCIENCE BUT HIS M.PHIL IS IN URDU
CAN HE GET THIS QUALIFICATION ALLOWANCE.
Dear Saifullah, if you are higher on M.Phil level whether Urdu or Political Science you are totally eligible for the allowance; and for your kind information the Ph.D. person if hired in any university on a Ph.D. level he is also entitled to the Ph.D. allowance.
Very good explanation. thank you
I started as SV teacher on 6.5.1987
SST on 14.05.1988
Promoted SS on 13.05.2009
Promoted SSS BS 18 on 5. 1 .2016
Passed mphil on 28.08 2016
From which date I shall get Mphil allowance?.
Dear Iqbal, you will get the M.Phil allowance from the date you get the M.Phil Degree. In other words, the date mentioned on your M.Phil Degree/transcript.
I am employed in a private university as a lecturer am I eligible for tat allowance on MS degree? Is there any other criteria for private university employees
?
No brother MS M.Phil allowance is solely for Govt employees. The private sector has its own allowances for higher education.
Is MS degree holders still awaiting?
What is current status and situations about M Phil / MS allowance for MS degree holders of federal Govt… ?
Dear brother you can view this article to know and to get the notification about Federal employees. http://legalversity.com/eligibility-for-m-phil-allowance-clarification-for-federal-employees/
Seems no notification from Finance Division Government of Pakistan for Federal employees regarding Mphil allowance to MS degree holders , plz
Dear brother, you can find it by clicking this link. http://legalversity.com/eligibility-for-m-phil-allowance-clarification-for-federal-employees/ always use the search function on legalversity to find related notification and article. I hope it will help you a lot.
Letter dated 04.01.2017 does not allow equivalent degree holders for Mphil allowance, plz. If any other clarification is available plz up load so that MS degree holders may not be deprived. Thanks
Dear brother M.Phil is equal to 18 years of education same as LL.M and MS. so it is understood that people with equivalent education are also eligible. Same As on Job offered to BA candidates, those who have BSc. or equal degree are also eligible. There is not separate notification on MS allowance is available.
For Federal employees,. Finance Division Government of Pakistan will notify for Mphil allowance to equivalent degree holders which they still not notified, plz
Dear brother I have not come across any notification that specifically write about MS degree holders. When ever i found that notification I will sent you by email and by giving you notification here. But as of now I don’t think such notification is exist.
I am working in Punjab education department as a teacher.And our department is not accepting this notification and saying that this is only for finance department not apply for education department teachers,so please clarify it.
Dear Sister, there is clearly mentioned at 15 and 16 to whom they sent the copies of this notification stated that “All commissioners in Punjab and at 16 All the attached HEads of the department” since the education department is working under commissioners and it is also Head of Punjab government this notification is clearly applied on all teachers. Download the notification of 2019 from this article and show them the point no. 15 and 16 to whom they send the copies of this notification.
Sir i already applied for MPhil allowance with this notification 2 months before but they reject my case with the objection that i had already take the benefit of MPhil degree i.e during recruitment MPhil marks were added in my merit but in this notification it is clearly mentioned that there is no need to link it with recruitment rules even it was allowed where Mphil was a part of eligible criteria of a post and also saying that this notification is only for finance department.
Simply they are wrong. Previously it happened that when a person is recruited on M.Phil base they are not entitled to get the allowance. Now the professors who are recruiting on P.hD. the base they also eligible. Request them if they don’t understand proceed to your authorities.
Sir actually situation is that our department higher authority is totally blank and they also confirm these facts from clerical staff.And I personally visit our department office but they don’t understand.Two times they reject my case.Please suggest me any other way out.Thank u
In that case, Clerical Staff only requires some Money. But Its official notification I don’t know why they are not admitting it.
May be…thank u so much sir for clarification.
You are welcome, Sister.
Bro I just asked about the notification letter source ,kindly provide link of the finance department related to this notification ,after viewing this link ,then we can easily apply ,kindly try to understand my question, where is the link which bring us to this notification. On the website of the finance department. Plz reply
Dear brother such type of notification is not aired on the website of Finance department. If anyone wants to clarify this he can simply call the finance department and asked them. After the end of every year, the department issued its annual gazette of notification. But still, I don’t have that gazette in my possession. You carry on applying if some issue arises then your department can verify there is no issue.
i have applied but Finance Department Kpk replied with the comments that case is in progress in Supreme Court of Pakistan, also they clarify that Finance Department did not issue any notification regarding MS allowance.
IS THIS LETTER ORIGINAL ,WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF THIS LETTER >??????? MPHILL MS EQUIVALENCE ALLOWANCE ??????
Yes, brother, this is an original notification of the Finance Department. You can use this notification to get your MS and M.phil allowances.
Kindly clarify the last point about equivalence. Administrative head are refusing to allow allowance and linking it hec verification and only that verification is accepted that is done through department. But hec is not responded department latter regarding verification. On the Other hand department saying that candidate can not apply for verification. Now I get my equivalance verification from hec but education department pakpattan is not accepting . Now what to do
Dear brother the law is said that the Department will verify your degree before giving you the allowance. But if you want to do yourself then meet some person in your office separately as you know the ill method of official work then tell him you have done the verification from HEC simply verify the degree from your university if necessary, or else, proceed with your application. Surely, this is the simplest method you can adopt right now. I hope you have understood my point of view.
Iam working under Federal Ministry, am I eligible for Mphill allowance?
Yes, brother you are totally eligible for M.Phil allowance. But your allowance is 2500 and the Punjab Govt. allowance is 5000.
PhD allowance is admissible from the date of notification of PhD degree by university or issue of degree
Same question here
Kindly answer if I get cleared
Dear Sister, you will get the allowance from the date of issue Degree.
Dear brother you will get the allowance from the date of issue Degree.
Great Effort Sir
Very good explanation. The finance department should also give explanations like this in which everything is clear. Thanks dear.
Great and useful information.
This is Punjab notification .How fedral employee having qualification ms will get ms allowanace
They will also get this allowance but the amount rate is 50% (as of 2019) for all the Federal Employees. for Ph.D. it is 5,000 and for M.Phil it is 2500 Rupees. But nobody knows that when this rate will change.
Finance Department of Federal Government don’t accept the degree of MS (18 years) they say that the degree title should be M.Phil.
Dear brother you must get the equivalence certificate from HEC of MS for M.Phil.
Any notification for federal employees as federal government has only allowed 25% of PhD allowance to Mphil degree holders and MS degree holders having 18years education are still deprived with this allowance, plz any notification for federal government employeed may kindly be shared thanks
Dear brother, I have sent you an email containing the notifications. You can also read article on this by clicking his link http://legalversity.com/eligibility-for-m-phil-allowance-clarification-for-federal-employees/
A.O.A. plz share any notification of Finance Division, Government of Pakistan for Ms allowance because these notifications have been issued from Finance Division Government of the Punjab which are applicable for Punjab Government Employees and Federal Government Employees are still deprived who have MS degree (18) years qualifications, plz
Dear Shwan, Please note that MS and M.Phil are equal to 18 years degree but one this is that You have to get an equivalence certificate from HEC nothing else. for more information visit this link of legalversity.com http://legalversity.com/eligibility-for-m-phil-allowance-clarification-for-federal-employees/
Plz forward Finance Division Government of Pakistan current notification regarding MS allowance and equivalent degree holders, plz
Dear Aliyan, Please note that MS and M.Phil are equal to 18 years degree but one this is that You have to get an equivalence certificate from HEC nothing else. for more information visit this link of legalversity.com http://legalversity.com/eligibility-for-m-phil-allowance-clarification-for-federal-employees/
A.O.A. federal government do not consider equivalenc degree certificate issued by HEC, only they consider Mphil nomeclature..what should v do,plz
They Consider LL.M as equal to M.Phil then why not MS and also which is equal to M.Phil after taking Equivalence certificate from HEC. There is a judgment of Peshawar High Court you can refer to this in the text of this post. http://legalversity.com/eligibility-of-ms-m-phil-allowance-for-kpk-ms-degree-holders/.