Coll 29/45(3) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf (Policy and Superior staff)' [‎251r] (501/669)

26. The terrr "gazetted officer" is ^appl’i^rd'^to all
officers of the All-India services ard to certain officers of
the Government of India Central Services. The neve is
derived from the fact that any change in the posting or
status of such a" officer has to be notified in the Gazette
of India. Gazetted Officers of the Central Services of India
are classified as Class I and Class II according to their
states and the travelling allowance, etc. to which they are
entitled varies according to the class to which they belong.
So far as the Gulf ministerial staff is concerned a" Class I
Gazetted officer might be roughly compared to an officer
promoted from the ranks to hold the appointment of quartermaster
and a Class II Gazetted Officer to c Currant Officer.
27. The average proportion of Gazetted ministerial
officers and clerks to each Indian political Service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. Officer
1 ^ the whole establishment under the presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. is : 3/5
ministerial gazetted officer, and 6 clerks to each Indian
Political Service Officer.
28. pensions : Under the special Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Rules,
the age for superannuation for the ministerial staff has been
fixed at 50 years and the full retiring pens!or is granted
after 25 years 1 service in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The amount of Pension is regulated as follows :
after permanent service of less than 10 years, a gratuity
not*exceeding one month*s emoluments for each completed
year of service is granted;
(b) after permanent service of more than 10 years and !«ss
than 25 years the pension is calculated at N/60 of
the monthly emoluments average of the last three years
(IT re presenting the number of years counting for
pension); and
£9.
ter completing 25 years service a ministerial Government
servant becomes entitled to full pension calculated at
30/60 of the monthly emoluments of the last three years.
allocation of pension cannot be made to dependants.
I am sending a copy of this letter to Crichton.
Donaldson. Esquire. C.^.G
External Denartmeno»
India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. ,
London.