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The MAHARASHTRA MINISTERS' SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES ACT

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1956: Bom: XLVI] 
THE MAHARASHTRA MINISTERS’ SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES ACT 
CONTENTS 
PREAMBLE. 
SECTIONS. 
Short title and commencement. 
. 
Definitions. 
+ . Salaries of Ministers and Minister of State. 
* Residences of Ministers and Ministers of State. 
Conveyances for Ministers and Ministers of State. 
Salaries of Deputy Ministers. 
Residences of Deputy Ministers. 
OorInnp wo DO e 
Conveyances of Deputy Ministers. 
[Deleted]. | 
9. Travelling and daily allowances and residential accomodation at places other than headquarters. 
10: Medical attendance. _ | 
10A. Telephone facilities to Ministers. 
> 
10B. Free transit by railway, steamer. 
10C. Facilities of a personal assistant and a computer operator. | 
11. Sumptuary allowance to Chief Minister. 
12. Ministers, Ministers of State and Deputy Minister not entitled to salaries and allowances as 
members of State Legislature. 
13. Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers not disqualified. 
14. Power of State Government to make rules and orders. ts 
15. Repeal. 
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1956 
: Bom. 
XLVIIT] 
BOMBAY 
ACT 
No. 
XLVIII 
OF 
19561 
” 
[THE 
MAHARASHTRA 
MINISTERS’ 
SALARIES 
AND 
ALLOWANCES 
ACT. 
] 
(This 
Act 
received 
the 
assent 
of 
the 
Governor 
on 
the 
30th 
November 
1956; 
assent 
was 
first 
published 
in 
the 
Bombay 
Government 
Gazette, 
Part 
IV, 
on 
the 
30th 
N 
ovember 
1956.) 
Amended 
by 
the 
Bom. 
42 
of 
1958. 
Adapted 
and 
modified 
by 
the 
Maharashtra 
Adaptation 
of 
Laws 
(State 
and 
Concurrent 
Subjects) 
Order, 
1960. 
Amended 
by 
Mah. 
7 of 
1960. 
Amended 
by 
Mah. 
49 
of 
1983 
(1-4-1983)? 
>.” 
” 
16 
of 
1962. 
7” 
” 
1 of 
1965. 
"36 
of 
1969. 
” 
"4 
of 
19863 
( 1-8-1985)4 
>” 
” 
50 
of 
19698 
a 
- 
7” 
” 
Al 
of 
1975 
(8-9-1975).6 
7"? 
23 
of 
1987 
(1-8-1987)? 
— 
” 
 ” 
” 
17 
of 
1976 
(26-4-1976),® 
, 
7” 
” 
52 
of 
1976. 
: 
» 
” 
"9 
of 
1978 
(7+3-1978).9 
7" 
£of 
1989 
(1-7-1988) 
7” 
|” 
“15 
of 
1980, 
oe 
>” 
” 
96 
of 
1981 
(1-4-1981) 
7” 
“4 
of 
1991? 
(1-6-1990)# 
» 
"27 
of 
1981 
(1-4-1981)" 
7?” 
48 
of 
1981% 
: 
. 
7”? 
72 
of 
198138 
( 1-4-1981)” 
 ” 
"4 
of 
1994 
(1-8-1993)18 
7” 
* 
10 
of 
1982 
(1-2-1982) 
»—” 
19 
of 
1982 
(1-4-1982) 
oe 
"—” 
” 
10 
of 
1997 
(1-1-1997) 
” 
2 
- 
32 
of 
1999 
(1-5-1999) 
77” 
8 
of 
2001 
(8-1-2001) 
»—” 
-” 
. 25 
of 
2003 
(1-1-2003) 
7” 
” 
30 
of 
2005 
(1-4-2005) 
  
1 For 
Statement 
of 
Objects 
and 
Reasons, 
see 
Bombay 
Government 
Gazette, 
1956, 
Part 
V, 
Page 
350. 
? This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencemént 
of Act. 
force 
on 
‘the 
Ist 
August 
1985. 
Sections 
1, 
2 
and 
3 
came 
into 
force 
én 
the 
28th 
January 
1986. 
: 
, 
. 
4 This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencement 
of 
Act. 
. 
: 
5 Maharashtra 
Ordinance 
No. 
XV 
of 
1969 
was 
repealed 
by 
Mah. 
50 
of 
1969. 
® This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencement 
of Act. 
: 
? This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencement 
of 
Act. 
8 This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencemerit 
of 
Act. 
® This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencement 
of 
Act. 
1 
"This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencement 
of 
Act. 
_ 
11 
This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
cominencement 
of 
Act. 
. 
. 
: 
: 
2 
Mah. 
4 
of 
1991, 
except 
section 
4 came 
into 
force 
on 
the 
1* 
August 
1985. 
Sections 
1, 
2 
and 
3 
came 
into 
force 
on 
the 
28" 
January 
1986. 
13 
Phig 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencement 
of Act, 
, 
a 
4 
This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencement 
of 
Act, 
5 
Mah. 
48 
of 
1981, 
except 
sections 
5, 7 
and 
9 
came 
into 
force 
on 
the 
Ist 
April 1981. 
Sections 
5, 
7 
and 
9 
came 
inte 
force 
on 
the 
date 
of 
publication 
of 
the 
Act 
in 
the 
Official. 
Gazette 
i.e. 
on 
the 
18th 
September 
1981. 
‘6 
Mah. 
79 
of 
1981, 
except 
sections 
5 
and 
9 
came 
into 
force 
on 
1st 
April 
1981, 
Remaining 
section 
canie 
into 
force 
on 
the 
29th 
December 
1981. 
i.e. 
the 
date 
of 
publication 
of 
tha 
Act 
in 
the 
Official 
Gazette. 
" 
This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencement 
of 
Act. 
5 This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencement.of 
Act, 
® This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencement 
of 
Act. 
. 
° This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencement 
of Act, 
? This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencement 
of 
Act, 
? This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencement 
of 
Act. 
3 This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencement 
of 
Act. 
' This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencement 
of 
Act. 
’ This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencement 
of 
Act, 
G.C.P) 
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2 
- 
Maharashtra 
Ministers’ 
Salaries 
and 
Allowances 
Act 
[1956 
: Mah. 
XLVI 
» 
» 
» 
18 
of 
2009 
(1-7-2009) 
» 
» 
© 39 
of 
2010 
(1-4-2010) 
>» 
7 
* 
44 
of 
2013 
(1-4-2013)? 
> 
7 
» 
32 
of 
2016 
(24-8-2016)" 
>» 
» 
™ 
47 
of 
2017 
(24-8-2016)* 
An 
Act 
to 
provide 
for 
the 
salaries 
and 
allowances 
of 
the 
Ministers 
of 
‘[the 
Government 
of 
Maharashtra] 
and 
certain 
other 
matters. 
WHEREAS, 
it 
is 
expedient 
to 
provide 
for 
the 
determination 
of 
the 
salaries 
and 
allowances 
of 
the 
Ministers 
of 
“[the 
Government 
of 
Maharashtra] 
and 
certain 
other 
matters 
as 
hereinafter 
appearing; 
It 
is 
hereby 
enacted 
in 
the 
Seventh 
Year 
of 
the 
Republic 
of 
India 
as 
follows:-— 
1. 
Short 
title 
and 
commencement.— 
8[(1) 
This 
Act 
may 
be 
called 
the 
Maharashtra 
Ministers’ 
Salaries 
and 
Allowances 
Act.] 
(2) 
It 
shall 
be 
deemed 
to 
have 
come 
into 
force 
on 
the 
Ist 
day 
of 
November 
1956. 
2. 
Definitions.— 
In 
this 
Act, 
unless 
there 
is 
anything 
repugnant 
in 
the 
subject 
or 
context,— 
(a) 
“maintenance” 
in 
relation 
to 
a 
residence 
includes 
the 
payment 
of 
rates 
and 
taxes 
due 
to 
Government 
or 
. 
any 
local 
authority 
and 
the 
provision 
of 
electricity, 
gas 
and 
water 
; 
(B)9f 
‘Minister’, 
‘Minister 
of 
State’ 
and 
‘Deputy 
Minister’ 
means 
respectively 
a 
Minister, 
a 
Minister 
of 
State 
and 
a 
Deputy 
Minister] 
of 
the 
[Government 
of 
Maharashtra], 
and 
“Minister” 
includes 
the 
Chief 
Minister 
“[and 
the 
Deputy 
Chief 
Minister]; 
. 
(c).“ 
residence” 
includes 
the 
staff 
quarters 
and 
other 
buildings 
appurtenant 
thereto, 
and 
the 
gardens’ 
thereof 
; 
(d) 
“rules 
or 
orders” 
means 
rules 
or 
orders 
respectively 
made 
under 
this 
Act. 
213, 
Salaries 
of 
Ministers 
and 
Minister 
of 
State.— 
(1) 
Save 
as 
otherwise 
provided 
in 
this 
Act, 
there 
shall 
be 
paid 
to 
the 
Minister, 
during 
the 
term 
of 
his 
office, 
the 
salary 
equivalent 
to 
“ithe 
basic 
pay 
and 
dearness 
allowance] 
admissible 
to 
the 
Chief 
Secretary 
to 
the 
Government 
of 
Maharashtra 
and 
as 
revised, 
from 
time 
to 
time. 
. 
_ 
(2) 
Save 
as 
otherwise 
provided 
in 
this 
Act, 
there 
shall 
be 
paid 
to 
the 
Minister 
of 
State, 
during 
the 
term 
of 
his 
office, 
the 
salary 
equivalent 
to 
“(the 
basic 
pay 
and 
dearness 
allowance] 
admissible 
to 
the 
Additional 
Chief 
Secretary 
to 
the 
Government 
of 
Maharashtra 
and 
as 
revised, 
from 
time 
to 
time.] 
  
1 This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencement 
of 
Act. 
2 This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencement 
of 
Act. 
3 This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencement 
of 
Act. 
4 This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencement.of 
Act. 
5 
This 
indicates 
the 
date 
of 
commencement 
of 
Act. 
: 
a 
: 
8 These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“ the 
Government 
of 
Bombay 
” by 
Mah. 
15 
of 
1980, 
Schedule. 
7 These 
words 
were 
stibstituted 
for 
the 
words 
“ the 
Government 
of 
Bombay 
” by 
Mah. 
15 
of 
1980, 
Schedule. 
8 
Sub-section 
(1) 
was 
substituted, 
by 
Mah. 
15 
of 
1980, 
Schedule. 
. 
: 
9 
These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“ Minister” 
and 
“ 
Deputy 
Minister 
” 
means 
respectively 
a 
“Minister” 
and 
a 
“Deputy 
Minister” 
by 
Mah. 
50 
of 
1969, 
s. 
2. 
: 
: 
10 
‘These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for. 
the 
words 
“Government 
of 
Bombay” 
by 
the 
Maharashtra 
Adaptation 
of 
Laws 
(State 
and 
Concurrent 
Subjects) 
Order, 
1960. 
: 
: 
. 
/ 
: 
il 
These 
words 
were 
inserted 
by 
Mah. 
9 
of 
1978, 
s. 
2. 
12 
Mig 
section 
was 
substituted 
by 
Mah. 
32 
of 
2016, 
s. 6. 
. 
13 
These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“the 
basic 
pay 
and.dearness 
allowances 
and 
other 
allowances” 
by 
Mah. 
17 
of 
2017, 
s. 
@(1), 
w.e.f. 
24.08.2016. 
uO 
. 
. 
: 
. 
14 
These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the.words. 
“the 
basic 
pay 
and 
dearness 
allowances 
and 
other 
allowances” 
by 
Mah. 
17 
of 
2017, 
s.° 
6(2), 
wef, 
24,08,2016. 
: 
    
   
  
  
1956 : Born. XLVIIN] _. Maharashtra Ministers’ Salaries and Allowances Act 3 
4.. Residences of \[Ministers and Ministers of State].— (7) Each {Minister and Minister of State] 
shall be entitled, without payment of rent, to the use of furnished residence in Bombay throughout his term 
of office and for a period of fifteen days immediately thereafter, or in lieu of such residence a house 
allowance at the rate of *[‘[Rs. 10,000] per month and in addition a sum equal to the electricity charges and 
water charges, if any, paid by him for his place of residence in Bombay (being a place other than.the place of 
residence provided under this Act by State Government).] 
(2) No charge shall fall on the ‘(Minister and Minister of State] personally in respect of the maintenance 
of any residence provided under this section. 
(3). The expenditure on furnishing the residence provided under this section shall be on such scale as the 
State Government may by rules or orders determine. 
®((4) Where a house allowance and other sum are payable under sub-section (1) to the Minister or 
Minister: of State, then, save as otherwise provided by or under this Act, the State Government shall not 
incur any expenditure, or the Minister or Minister of State shall not be entitled to any payment, for 
additions, alterations, maintenance, repairs or for doing anything whatsoever in respect of his place of 
residence.] 
5. Conveyances for Ministers “[and Ministers of State.].— (1) The State Government may, from time 
to time, for the use of *[the Ministers and Ministers of State] purchase and provide motor cars and other 
suitable conveyances, upon such conditions as regards their maintenance and repairs as may be determined 
by rules or orders made in this behalf. {The State Government may also provide free of charge the services 
of a chauffeur for each motor car or conveyance so provided.] 
Ope *] 
6. Salaries of Deputy Ministers.—There shall be paid to each Deputy Minister  Mlof salary of 
Rs. 2 100} per month.] 
7. Residences of Deputy Ministers.— (1) Each Deputy Minister shall be entitled, without payment of 
rent, to the use of furnished residence in Bombay throughout his term of office and for a period of fifteen 
days immediately thereafter, or in lieu of such residence a house allowance at the rate of “[“[Rs. 10,000]per . 
month and in addition a sum equal to the electricity-charges and water charges, if any, paid by him for his 
place of residence i in Bombay (being-a place other than the place of residence provided under this Act by the 
_ State Government)]. 
(2) No charge shall fall on the Deputy Minister personally in-‘respect of the maintenance of any residence 
provided under this section. 
(3) The expenditure on furnishing the residence provided under this section shall be on such seale as the 
State Government may by rules or orders determine. 
  
1 These words were substituted for- the word “Minister” by Mah. 50 of 1969, s. 4 (2). 
? These words were substituted for the word “the Ministers” by Mah. 50 of 1969, 4(Z). 
3 This portion was substituted for the letters, figures and words “Rs, 250 per month” by Mah. 4 of 1989, s.6(a). 
4 These letters-and figures were substituted for the letters and figures “Rs..2500” by Mah. 32 of 2010, s.11. 
5 These words were substituted for the word “Minister” by Mah: 50-of 1969, 8.4(1). 
° Sub-section (4) was added by Mah. 4 of 1989, s.6(6). 
? These words weré added by Mah. 50 of 1969, 6..5(3). 
5 "These words were substituted for the word “the Ministers” by Mah. 50 of 1969, 5(1)(a). 
® These words were added by Mah. 50 of 1969; 5(1)(b). 
10 Sub-section (2) was deleted by Mah. 17 of 2017, s..7. 
U-This portion was substituted for the portion “a salary. of Rs. 750 per month” by Mah 50 of 1969, s. 6. 
® These letters and figures were substituted for the letters and figures “Rs. 1,600” by Mah. 32 of 1999, =: 6. 
13 ‘This portion was substituted for the letters, figures and words “Rs. 150 per month” by Mah. 4 of 1989. s. 7a). 
14 These letters and figures were substituted for the letters and figures" Rs. 2,500 ” by Mah. 32 of 2010, 8. 12. 
H 187-2a 
 
  
4 
oe 
Maharashtra 
Ministers’ 
Salaries 
and 
Allowances 
Act 
_ 
{1956 
: Mah. 
XLVIII 
1[(4) 
Where 
a 
house 
allowance 
and 
other 
sum 
are 
payable 
under 
sub-section 
(1) 
to 
the 
Deputy 
Minister, 
then 
save 
as 
otherwise 
provided 
by 
or 
under 
this 
Act, 
the 
State 
Government 
shall 
not 
incur 
any 
expenditure 
- 
or 
the 
Deputy 
Minister 
shall 
not 
be 
entitled 
to 
any 
payment, 
for 
additions, 
alterations, 
maintenance, 
repairs 
or 
for 
doing 
anything 
whatsoever 
i in 
respect 
of 
his 
place 
of 
residence.] 
278, 
Conveyance 
for 
Deputy 
Minister.— 
(2) 
The 
State 
Government 
may, 
from 
time 
to 
time, 
for 
use 
of 
the 
Deputy 
Ministers 
purchase 
and 
provide 
motor 
cars 
and 
other 
suitable 
conveyances, 
upon 
such 
conditions 
as 
regards 
their 
maintenance 
and 
repairs 
as 
may 
‘be 
determined 
by 
rules 
or 
orders 
made 
in 
this 
behalf. 
*[The 
State 
Government 
may 
also 
provide 
free 
of 
charge 
the 
services 
of 
a 
chauffeur 
for 
each 
motor 
car 
or 
conveyance 
so 
provided.] 
6 
4 
[* 
*] 
§ 
[* 
* 
“] 
. 
89, 
Travelling 
and 
daily 
allowances 
and 
residential 
accommodation 
at 
places 
other 
than 
. headquarters.—Subject 
to 
any 
rules 
made 
in 
this 
behalf 
by 
the 
State 
Government 
"la 
Minister 
or 
Minister 
of 
State 
or 
Deputy 
Minister] 
shall 
be 
entitled 
to— 
(a) 
travelling 
allowance 
for 
himself 
and 
members 
of 
his 
family 
and 
for 
the 
transport 
of 
his 
and 
his. 
family’s 
effects— 
@) 
in 
respect 
of 
the 
journey 
to 
Bombay 
from 
his 
usual 
place 
of 
residence 
outside 
Bombay 
for 
assuming 
office, 
and 
po 
(i) 
in 
respect 
of 
the 
journey. 
from 
Bombay 
to 
his 
usual 
place 
of 
residence 
outside 
Bombay 
on 
relinquishing 
office, 
and 
(6) 
travelling 
and 
daily 
allowance 
in 
respect 
of 
tours 
on 
public 
business 
undertaken 
by 
him 
and 
suitable 
residential 
accommodation 
at 
places 
visited 
by 
him 
on 
such 
business. 
. 
- Explanation.—The 
expression 
“Bombay” 
includes 
any 
other 
place 
appointed 
by 
the 
State 
Government 
for 
a 
“ 
10.. 
Medical 
attendance.—Subject 
to 
rules 
or 
orders 
made 
by 
the 
State 
Government 
*[a 
Minister, 
a 
Minister 
of 
State 
and 
a 
Deputy 
Minister] 
and 
the 
members 
or 
the 
family 
of 
[the 
Minister, 
the 
Minister 
of 
State] 
or 
the 
Deputy 
Minister, 
as 
the 
case 
may 
be, 
who 
are 
residing 
with 
and 
dependant 
on 
him, 
shall 
be 
entitled, 
free 
of 
charge, 
to 
accommodation 
in 
hospitals 
maintained 
by 
the 
State 
Government 
and 
to 
medical 
attendance 
and 
treatment. 
Explanation.—For 
the 
purposes 
of 
this 
section 
the 
expression 
“s 
member 
of 
the 
family” 
means 
the 
husband, 
wife, 
son, 
daughter, 
father, 
mother, 
brother 
or 
sister. 
  
1 Gub-section 
(4) 
was 
added 
by 
Mah. 
4 
of 
1989, 
8. 
7(6). 
2 Section 
8 was 
substituted 
for 
the 
original 
by 
Bom. 
16 
of 
1962, 
8. 
2. 
3 These 
words 
were 
added 
by 
Mah. 
50 
of 
1969,-s. 
7. 
4 Sub-section 
(2) 
was 
deleted 
by 
Mah. 
32 
of 
2016, 
s. 
7. 
5 Section 
BA 
was 
deleted 
by 
Mah. 
32 
of 
2016, 
s. 
8. 
§ Section 
9 
was 
substituted 
for 
the 
original 
by 
Mah. 
7-of 
1960, 
8.2. 
These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“a 
Minister 
or 
Deputy 
Minister” 
by 
Mah. 
50 
of 
1969, 
3.8. 
8 hese 
wotds 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“ a 
Minister 
and 
°a-Deputy 
“Minister” 
by 
Mah. 
50 
of 
1969, 
s.9. 
2 *These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“the 
Minister”, 
by 
Mah. 
50 
of 
1969, 
s. 
9. 
 
  
® 
“1956: 
Bom, 
ALVIIT] 
| 
- 
Maharashtra 
Ministers’ 
Salaries 
and 
Allowances 
Act 
5 
TIOA. 
Telephone 
facilities 
to 
Ministers.—(1 
) 
Every 
*[Minister, 
Minister 
of 
State 
and 
Deputy 
’ Minister] 
shall 
during 
the 
term 
of 
his 
office 
be 
entitled 
also 
to 
have 
a 
telephone 
installed 
at 
Government 
cost 
at 
the 
place 
of 
residence 
or 
at 
any 
place 
in 
his 
constituency 
selected 
by 
him 
(being 
a 
place 
other 
than 
the 
place 
of 
residence 
provided 
under 
this 
Act 
by 
the 
State 
Government). 
(2) 
No 
charge 
shall 
fall 
on 
the 
*{Minister, 
Minister 
of 
State 
or 
Deputy 
Minister] 
personally 
in 
respect 
of 
installation 
of, 
initial 
deposit 
for, 
rental: 
charges 
for, 
maintenance 
of 
and 
official 
calls 
made 
from, 
the 
telephone 
installed 
under 
sub-section 
(1 
). 
: 
(3) 
There 
shall 
also 
be 
paid 
to 
every 
‘[Minister, 
Minister 
of 
State 
and 
Deputy 
Minister] 
a 
sum.of 
*[Rs. 
12,000] 
per 
month 
from 
the 
month 
in 
which 
telephone 
facility 
has 
been 
provided 
under 
this 
section, 
§ 
[(4) 
Where 
a 
Minister, 
Minister 
of 
State 
or 
Deputy 
Minister 
has 
a 
telephone 
installed 
at 
any 
place 
referred 
to 
in 
sub-section 
(1) 
at 
his 
own 
cost, 
then—~ 
. (a) 
the 
rental 
charges 
in 
respect 
of 
such 
telephone 
shall 
be 
borne 
by 
the 
State 
Government 
; and 
there 
shall 
be 
paid 
to 
such 
Minister, 
Minister 
of 
State 
or 
Deputy. 
Minister, 
as 
the 
case 
may 
be, 
a. 
sum. 
of 
7 
Rs. 
12,000] 
per 
month 
in 
respect 
of 
such 
telephone 
; and 
(6) 
the 
charges 
in 
respect 
of 
official 
calls 
made 
from 
such 
telephone 
shall 
also 
be 
borne 
by 
the 
State 
Government, 
if 
such 
Minister, 
Minister 
of 
State 
or 
Deputy 
Minister, 
as 
the 
case 
maybe, 
resides. 
at 
such 
place 
as 
a 
residence 
and 
a 
separate 
telephone 
is 
not 
provided 
to 
him 
by 
or 
under 
the 
provisions 
of 
this 
Act 
_ by 
the 
State 
Government] 
] 
[10B. 
Free 
transit 
by 
railway, 
steamer.—(/) 
Every 
Minister, 
Minister 
of 
State 
and 
Deputy 
Minister 
shall 
,°** 
be 
provided 
with 
facilities, 
which 
shall 
entitle 
him 
at 
any 
time 
to 
travel 
singly 
by, 
![first 
class 
or 
as 
the 
case 
may 
be, 
by 
air-conditioned 
two-tier] 
by 
any 
railway 
in 
any 
part 
of 
India 
or 
by 
steamer 
in 
any 
part 
of 
the 
State 
of 
Maharashtra, 
in 
such 
manner, 
and 
subject 
to 
such 
conditions, 
as 
tnay 
by 
rules 
or 
orders 
be 
prescribed 
in 
that 
behalf: 
: 
: 
Provided 
that 
such 
travel 
by 
railway, 
in 
any 
part 
of 
India, 
whether 
within 
the 
State 
or 
outside 
the 
State, 
may 
be 
availed 
of 
by 
the 
Minister, 
Minister 
of 
State 
or 
Deputy 
Minister, 
as 
the 
case 
may 
be, 
either 
singly 
or 
Jointly 
with 
his 
spouse 
or 
with 
his 
minor 
children 
or 
jointly 
with 
his 
spouse 
and 
minor 
children 
“[or 
companion], 
so 
however, 
thatthe 
distance 
so 
travelled 
by 
the 
member 
outside 
the 
State, 
and 
by 
the 
members 
of 
his 
family 
“for 
companion] 
whether 
within 
or 
outside 
the 
State, 
in 
any 
financial 
year 
does 
not 
| 
in 
the 
aggregate 
exceeds 
™[fifty 
thousand 
kilometers.] 
    
   
   
      
    
    
    
    
   
   
   
    
    
Explanation.—For 
the 
purpose 
of 
calculating 
the 
maximum 
limit 
of 
“fifty: 
thousand 
kilometers] 
for 
travelling, 
the 
number 
of 
kilometers 
travelled 
by 
the 
Minister, 
Minister 
of 
State 
or 
Deputy 
Minister, 
as 
the 
case 
may 
be, 
outside 
the 
State 
and 
the 
number 
of 
kilometers 
travelled 
by 
the 
members 
of 
his 
family 
“for 
companion] 
from 
the 
place 
of 
their 
residence, 
whether 
within 
or 
outside 
the 
State, 
shall-be 
counted 
separately. 
: 
  
* Section 
10A 
was 
inserted 
by 
Mah. 
41 
of 
1975, 
s. 
3. 
. 
2 These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“Minister 
and 
Minister 
of 
State” 
by 
Mah. 
17 
of 
1974 
s. 
2(1). 
* These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“Minister 
or 
Minister 
of 
State” 
by 
Mah. 
17 
of 
1976 
212). 
* These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“Minister 
and 
Minister 
of State”, 
by 
Mah. 
17 
of 
1976s. 
2/9). 
° These 
letters 
and 
figures 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
letters 
and 
figures 
“Rs. 
8,000” 
by 
Mah. 
32 
of 
2010, 
8. 
14(a), 
§ Sub-secton 
(4) 
was 
substituted 
by 
Mah. 
4 of 
1989, 
s. 
8. 
: 
' These 
letters 
and 
figures 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
letters 
and 
figures. 
“Rs. 
8,000" 
by 
Mah. 
32 
of 
2010, 
s. 
44(8), 
8 Section 
10B 
was 
substituted 
by 
Mah. 
72 
of 
1981, 
s. 
5. 
° 
The 
words, 
figures 
and 
letters 
“with 
effect 
from 
the 
Ist 
April 
1981” 
were 
deleted 
by 
Mah. 
def 
1991, 
5.4 
faXi). 
10 
These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“first 
class” 
by 
Mah. 
4 
of 
1991, 
s. 
4a) 
(ii), 
41 
These 
words 
were 
inserted 
by 
Mah. 
8 of 
2001, 
s. 
3(a)ii), 
. 
22 
These 
words 
were 
inserted 
by 
Mah. 
8 
of 
2001, 
s. 
3a). 
18 
These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“thirty 
thousand 
kilometres” 
by 
Mah. 
82 
of 
2010, 
5. 
15. 
14 
These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“thirty 
thousand 
kilometres” 
by 
Mah. 
32 
of 
2010, 
s. 
5. 
These 
words 
were 
inserted 
by 
Mah. 
8 
of 
2001, 
s. 
8(a)(i). 
‘ 
  
 
  
6 
, . 
Maharashtra 
Ministers’ 
Salaries 
and 
Allowances 
Act 
. 
[1956 
: Mah. 
XLVI 
(2) 
(a) 
, Notwithstanding 
anything 
contained 
in 
this 
Act 
where 
a 
Minister, 
Minister 
of 
State 
or 
Deputy 
Minister, 
either 
singly 
or 
jointly 
with 
his 
spouse, 
or 
with 
his 
minor 
children 
or 
jointly 
with 
his 
spouse 
and 
minor 
children 
[or 
companion] 
undertakes 
a journey 
by 
air, 
in 
any 
part 
of 
India, 
whether 
within 
or 
outside 
the 
State 
instead 
of 
by 
railway 
as 
provided 
in 
this 
section 
he 
shall 
be 
entitled, 
subject 
to 
the 
maximum 
Limit 
  
of 
*Lfifty 
thousand 
kilometers] 
for 
travelling, 
to 
claim 
travelling 
allowance, 
as 
if 
he 
or 
both 
or-all 
of 
them, 
as 
the 
case 
may 
be, 
had 
undertaken 
the 
sfjourney 
by 
air-conditioned 
two-tier 
by 
railway]. 
In 
such 
cases, 
the 
  
difference 
between 
the 
fare 
for 
journey 
by 
air 
and 
the 
fare 
for 
‘[journey 
by 
air-conditioned 
two-tier 
by 
railway] 
will 
have 
to 
be 
borne 
by 
the 
Minister, 
Minister 
of 
State 
or 
Deputy 
‘Minister, 
as 
the 
case 
may 
be. 
, 
  
b) 
‘Where 
a 
Minister, 
Minister 
of 
State 
or 
Deputy 
Minister, 
either 
singly 
or 
jointly 
with 
the 
members 
of 
his 
family 
"for 
companion] 
as 
‘aforesaid 
undertakes 
a journey 
by 
steamer 
or 
road 
transport, 
in 
any 
part 
of 
India 
outside 
the 
State, 
he 
shall 
be 
entitled 
subject 
to 
the 
maximum 
limit 
of 
*[fifty 
thousand 
kilometers] 
for 
travelling 
to 
claim 
the 
fare 
for 
journey 
by 
steamer 
or 
road 
transport 
if 
it 
is 
less 
than 
fare 
for 
“[journey 
by 
air-conditioned 
two-tier 
by 
railway] 
for 
the 
same 
distance 
or, 
if 
the 
fare 
for 
journey 
by 
steamer 
or 
road 
_. transport 
is 
more 
than 
the 
fare 
for 
‘journey 
by 
air- 
conditioned 
two-tier 
by 
railway] 
for 
the 
same 
distance, 
| 
to 
claim 
the 
fare 
for 
*[journey 
by 
air-conditioned 
two-tier 
by 
railway] 
for 
the 
same 
distance, 
and 
he 
shall 
  
have 
to 
bear 
the 
difference 
between 
two 
fares. 
(3) 
In 
this 
section, 
where 
facilities 
are 
given 
to 
a 
Minister 
of 
State 
and 
Deputy 
Minister 
to 
travel 
jointly 
with 
the 
spouse 
(with 
or 
without 
minor. 
children) 
for 
companion], 
then 
in 
the 
case 
of 
a 
lady 
Minister, 
— / 
Minister 
of 
State 
or 
Deputy 
Minister 
she 
shall 
be 
entitled 
to 
have 
these 
facilities 
to 
travel, 
from 
time 
to 
time, 
jointly 
with 
her 
spouse 
or, 
instead, 
with 
any 
other 
member 
of 
her 
family 
as 
defined 
in 
the 
Explanation 
| 
to 
section 
10]. 
: 
  
uw 
[10C. 
Facilities 
of 
a 
personal 
assistant 
and 
computer 
operator]. 
—*()) 
Every 
Minister, 
Minister 
of 
State 
and 
Deputy 
Minister 
shall 
be 
entitled, 
free 
of 
charge, 
to 
the 
service 
of 
a 
personal 
assistant. 
For 
this 
purpose, 
the 
Minister, 
Minister 
of 
State 
or 
Deputy 
Minister, 
as 
the 
case 
may 
be, 
may 
appoint 
any 
person, 
possessing 
such 
qualifications 
as 
may 
be 
prescribed 
by 
rules 
or 
orders 
made 
under 
section 
14, 
as 
his 
personal 
assistant. 
Subject 
to 
such 
rules 
or 
orders 
as 
may 
be 
made 
in 
this 
behalf 
the 
assistant 
so 
appointed 
_ 
shall 
receive 
a 
fixed 
salary 
of 
“IRs. 
25 
000] 
per 
month 
from 
the 
State 
Government.] 
  
18[(2) 
There 
shall 
be 
paid 
to 
every 
Minister, 
Minister 
of 
State 
and 
Deputy 
Minister 
assum 
of 
Rs. 
10,000 
_ 
“per 
month 
for 
availing 
the 
services 
of 
computer 
operator.] 
  
1 These 
words 
were 
inserted 
by 
Mah. 
8 of 
2001, 
s. , 8M). 
2 
These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“thirty 
thousand 
kilometres” 
by 
Mah. 
32 
of 
2010, 
s. 
15. 
3 "These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“journey 
by 
first 
class 
by 
railway” 
by 
Mah. 
11 
of 
2013, 
s. 
Ati). 
4 These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“journey 
by 
first 
class 
by 
railway” 
by 
Mah. 
11 
of 
2013, 
s. 
4). 
5 ‘These 
words 
were 
inserted 
by 
Mah. 
8 
of 
2001, 
s. 
3()Wz). 
4 
§ These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“thirty 
thousand 
kilometres” 
by 
Mah. 
32 
of 
2010, 
8. 
15. 
a These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“journey 
by 
first 
class 
by 
railway” 
by 
Mah. 
11 
of 
2013, 
8. 
2(1 
i. 
8 These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“journey 
by 
first 
class 
by 
railway” 
by 
Mah. 
11 
of 
2013, 
s. 
(ii). 
2 These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“journey 
by 
first 
class 
by 
railway” 
by 
Mah. 
11 
of 
2018; 
s. + 2 
ti}. 
-- 
10 
These 
words 
were 
inserted 
by 
Mah. 
8 
of 
2001, 
s. 
3(c). 
U1 
Section 
10C 
was 
inserted 
by 
Mah. 
48 
of 
1981, 
s. 
7 which 
came 
into 
foree 
on 
the 
18th 
September 
1981. 
12 
These 
words 
were 
added 
by 
Mah. 
32 
of 
2016, 
s. 9(e). 
13 
Sootion 
10C 
was 
renumbered 
as 
sub-section 
(2) 
thereof 
by 
Mah. 
32 
of 
2016, 
5. 
9: 
- 
14 
hese 
letters 
arid 
figizes 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
jetters 
and 
figures 
“Rs. 
15,000" 
by 
Mah. 
32 
of 
2016, 
8. 
9(a). 
18 
Sub-section 
(2) 
was 
inserted 
by 
Mah. 
32 
of 
2016, 
8. 
9/0). 
    
 
    
HES 
  
  
  
      
1956: Bom. XLVHI) - Maharashira Ministers’ Salaries and Allowances Act 7 
11. 
Sumptuary 
allowance 
to 
Chief 
Minister.—There 
shall 
be 
placed 
at 
the 
disposal 
of 
the 
Chief 
Minister 
asum 
of 
‘[ten 
lakh 
rupees] 
per 
year 
as 
sumptuary 
allowance. 
. 
2[Ministers, 
Ministers 
of 
State 
and] 
Deputy 
Minister 
not 
entitled 
to 
salaries 
and 
alicwanccs 
as 
member 
of 
State 
Legislature.—Notwithstanding 
anything 
contained 
in 
any 
law 
for 
the 
time 
being 
in 
force, 
determining 
the 
salaries 
and 
allowances 
of 
the 
members 
of 
the 
State 
Legislature, 
"[a 
Minister 
or 
a 
Minister 
of 
State 
or 
a 
Deputy 
Minister] 
shall 
not 
be 
entitled 
to 
receive 
any 
salary 
or 
allowances 
under 
such 
law, 
although 
he 
is 
a 
member 
of 
the 
[Maharashtra 
Legislative 
Assembly] 
or 
the 
*{Maharashtra 
Legislative 
Council]. 
13. 
* [Ministers 
of 
State 
and 
Deputy 
Ministers] 
not 
disqualified 
—For 
t the 
avoidance 
of 
doubt, 
itis 
hereby 
declared 
that 
a 
person 
shall 
not 
be 
disqualified 
for 
being 
chosen 
as, 
or 
for 
being 
member 
of 
the 
[Maharashtra 
Legislative 
Assembly] 
or 
the 
*{[Maharashtra 
Legislative 
Council] 
merely 
by 
reason 
of 
the 
fact 
that 
he 
holds 
the 
“[office 
of 
a 
Minister 
of 
State 
or 
of 
a 
Deputy 
Minister]. 
14, 
Power 
of 
State 
Government 
to 
make 
rules 
and 
orders.— 
(1) 
The 
State 
Government 
may 
make 
rules 
or 
orders 
for 
carrying 
out 
the 
purposes 
of 
this 
Act. 
2 
(2) 
Any 
rule 
or 
order 
made 
under 
this 
section 
may 
be 
made 
so 
as 
to 
be 
restrospective 
to 
any 
date 
not 
earlier 
than 
the 
Ist 
day 
of 
November 
1956. 
(3) Rules or orders made under this section shall have effect as if enacted i in this Act. 
15.. 
Repeal.—The 
Bombay 
Ministers 
Salaries 
and 
Allowances 
Act, 
1952: 
(Bom. 
VIL 
of 
1952) 
Gn 
this. 
section 
referred 
to 
as 
“the 
said 
Act”) 
and 
any 
law 
corresponding 
to 
the 
provisions 
of 
this 
Act 
in 
force 
immediately 
before 
the 
1st 
day 
of 
November 
1956 
in 
or 
in 
relation 
to 
any 
territories 
which 
after 
that 
date 
- form 
part 
of 
the 
new 
'°State 
of 
Bombay, 
shall 
stand 
repealed 
: 
Provided 
that 
notwithstanding 
such 
repeal 
any 
rules 
or 
orders 
made 
under 
the 
said 
Act, 
shall 
so 
far. 
as 
they 
are 
not 
inconsistent 
with 
the 
provisions 
of 
this 
Act, 
continue 
in 
force 
and 
be 
deemed 
to 
have 
been 
made 
under 
the 
provisions 
of 
this 
Act, 
unless 
and 
until 
they 
: are 
superseded 
by 
any 
rules 
0 or 
orders 
made 
under 
that 
Act. 
  
1 These words were substituted for the letters and figures “Rs. 6,00,000” by Mah. 4 of 1989, s. 9. 
2 These words were substituted for the words.“Minister and” by Mah. 50 of 1969, 's. 10(2). 
3 These words were substituted for the words “ a Minister or 4 Deputy. Minister ” by Mah. 50 of 1969. s, 10(2). 
“These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“Bombay 
Legislative 
Assembly” 
by 
the 
Maharashtra 
Adaptation 
of 
Laws 
(State 
and 
Concurrent 
Subjects) 
Order, 
1960. 
® 
These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“Bombay 
Legislative 
Council’, 
by 
the 
Maharashtra 
Adaptation 
of 
Laws 
(State 
and 
Concurrent 
Subjects) 
Order, 
1960. 
__ 
§ These 
words 
were. 
substituted 
for 
words 
“Deputy 
Minister”, 
by 
Mah. 
50 
of 
1969, 
8. 
11(2) 
_ 
-7 
These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
wor 
ds“ 
a Minister 
or 
a 
Deputy 
Minister” 
by 
Mah. 
50 
of 
1969. 
s. 
10(7). 
® 
These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“Bombay 
Legislative 
Council’, 
by 
the 
Maharashtra 
Adaptation 
of 
Laws 
(State 
and 
Concurrent 
Subjects) 
Order, 
1960. 
° 
These 
words 
were 
substituted 
for 
the 
words 
“officer 
of 
a 
Deputy 
Minister”, 
by 
Mah. 
50 
of 
1969, 
s. 
112). 
. 
10 
The 
words 
“State 
of 
Bombay” 
shall 
stand 
unmodified 
vide 
the 
Maharashtra 
Adaptation 
of 
Laws 
(State 
and 
Concurrent 
Subjects) 
Order, 
1960. 
: 
 

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