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Coll 29/45(4) 'Conditions of service of ministerial staff' [‎79r] (155/275)

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The record is made up of 1 file (136 folios). It was created in 7 Feb 1947-13 Feb 1948. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: 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. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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OUTWARD TELEGRAM
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!?i*om Secretary of State for India
To Political Heaident in tbe Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bahrain
Repeated to
Despatched
Government of India, External Affairs &
Gosxnonwealth Relations Department
02 o 30 hours, 20th July 1947
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Reference my telegram No»9123 of July 16th, paragraph 5
(not repeated to Government of India),
2 0 Polloiring conditions of service for officers accepting
three year contracts have heen agreed*
All officers who have had service of 10 years or more
with Government of India shall be entitled during the currency
of their contract to 180 days absence (including both ordinary
leave and travelling time) from their post* They will be
entitled to full transportation costs of one passage to U.K.
and back by an approved route for themselves their wives and
their dependants ^as defined in the Foreign Service
regulations) once during the period of the contract, and the
cost of a passage to U„Ke at the termination of the contract*
Leave may be taken, at the discretion of the political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. ,
in instalments, subject to a maximum of 90 days absence at
any one time*, but no leave may in any case be taken before 1st
June 1948* Officers with less than 10 years service with
Government of India will have the total leave entitlement
referred to above abated by 35 days a Officers who have applied
for leave during the current hot-weather, e*g* FELLY* JACKSON
and HUDSON * may take leave up to a total of 2 months if due to
them under Indian rules* Question whether all or any of this
leave taken after August 15th should count against leave due
under contract is under consideration*
(b) Medical Expenses
Officers will be entitled to medical expenses on the
same lines as u.K* -baeed Foreign Service officers abroad,
l*eo, they may charge to public funds two-thirds of medical
expenses incurred abroad (l*o*not in IKK*) by themselves and
their families* For xKe time being medical staff attached
to Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. establishment will be expected to continue to
provide free treatment*
( c ) Travelling allowances on duty
Separate letter follows from Foreign office giving
aumfiiary of their rules applicable to payment of travelling
allowances and forwarding copies of appropriate claim forms*
Ministeria l staff
Please refer to w telegram No.9124 of 16th July*
/(a) Permanent
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The file concerns the conditions of service, pay rates, and terms of employment of Indian and Anglo-Indian ministerial staff employed at the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. after 1947.

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The file is composed of correspondence between the 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. , the Foreign Office, the Secretary of State for India, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Commonwealth Relations Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations of the Government of Pakistan, and the British Embassy at Tehran.

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1 file (136 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 138; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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