On January 12, 2022, the Finance Department of Himachal Pradesh has issued an order to revise the emoluments of contract employees provided to the State Government employees appointed on contract basis and the same shall now be revised to a fixed amount, equal to 60% (sixty percent) of the first cell of the applicable level of the Pay Matrix of the corresponding cadre of employees, appointed working on a regular basis.
This revision of contractual salary would be applicable to all contractual appointments in the State Government, made on or after January 01, 2022. Contract employees already working on a consolidated contractual amount as per present formulation, may be given an option to shift to this revised formulation regarding revision of contractual emoluments, which will be effective from January 01, 2022 or alternatively, to continue with the existing formulation determining their contractual salary. In case, a contract employee already working on a consolidated amount as per the previous contract opts to shift to the revised formulation as per this order, a fresh contract may be entered into with the employee, by the department.