Suspension of employees triggers subsistence allowance during enquiry and may be modified or revoked by competent authority.

An employee may be placed under suspension by the competent authority when disciplinary proceedings are contemplated or pending or when a criminal case is under investigation or trial; suspension is also deemed to arise from specified detention or conviction circumstances. Suspension continues where dismissal, removal or compulsory retirement is set aside and may be modified or revoked by the Competent Authority. During suspension the employee receives subsistence allowance at graded rates, with an enhanced rate contingent on absence of employee-attributable delay; refunds or non-refunds of differences between allowance and emoluments depend on whether a penalty is imposed. Suspension periods not ending in dismissal are treated as duty or leave as directed by the final competent order.

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