Secretariat Allowance (Rescission of Orders, etc) Ordinance, 2000

This 2000 Ordinance retroactively cancelled a special "Secretariat Allowance" (and its later conversion into a "Personal Allowance") that had been granted to certain Federal Government employees working in the Federal Secretariat, the President's and Prime Minister's Secretariats, the National Assembly and Senate Secretariats, and other federal organizations.

Section 2(1) rescinds all the orders, office memorandums, and instructions that had granted or converted the Secretariat Allowance, treating them as having always been rescinded from 1 July 1988 onward -- meaning no further financial benefit accrues or is payable under those orders, regardless of any court decision (including from a High Court or the Supreme Court) to the contrary.

Section 2(2) provides a limited carve-out: any order, instruction, or court decision that had already been implemented before this Ordinance took effect is treated as validly made and implemented, and any Secretariat or Personal Allowance already paid under it is deemed validly paid and cannot be recovered back from the employees who received it.

Section 3 allows the Federal Government to issue orders to resolve any implementation difficulties, including providing recompense to affected employees who had been receiving the allowance.

This is a narrow, older administrative ordinance (2000) affecting a specific category of federal secretariat employees, and given its retroactive effect overriding even court decisions, anyone directly affected should verify the current status against subsequent government orders.