New Delhi, Mar 18: The government on Tuesday ruled out interim relief to its employees and pensioners, pending implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission report.

"No proposal is under consideration for grant of interim relief to Central Government employees and pensioners," Minister of State for Finance P K Bansal told Rajya Sabha in a written reply.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram in his budget speech said the sixth pay panel will submit its report by March 31, 2008. "I am confident that the report will meet the legitimate expectations of government employees" he had said.

The Railway Budget for 2008-09 had even kept aside Rs 5,000 crore for implementing the Sixth Pay Commission's recommendations