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Tribune News ServiceChandigarh, November 21The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has restrained the PGI and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare from making further recovery of hospital patient care allowance (HPCA) paid to the employees who proceeded on leave for a calendar month or more. The petitioners submitted that on October 4, the PGI released arrears to its eligible employees after issuing office orders on September 26. However, the authorities stopped the allowance of female employees on maternity and child care leave, which is more than one calendar month, and also male employees who proceeded on leave for one calendar month or more. On December 17, 2012, the allowance was revised under the 6th Central Pay Commission with effect from September 1, 2008. The clause of its non-admissibility during leave was inserted again but in view of the 2006 order, the HPCA was not stopped during leave of more than one calendar month..