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STEPPING UP OF PAY-CONSOLIDATED GUIDELINES
No.4/3/20 17-Estt(Pay-I)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
North Block, New Delhi,
Dated the 26th October, 2018
Dated the 26th October, 2018
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:- Stepping up of pay-Consolidated
guidelines-reg.
The undersigned is directed to say that the
issue of anomaly relating to senior Government employees drawing less pay than
their juniors due to application of provisions of FR 22(I)(a)(1) is considered
on merits for allowing stepping up pay of the seniors so as to bring it at par
with that of the junior in accordance with the guidelines scattered in various
OMs noted in the margin. A need has been felt to consolidate guidelines on
stepping up of pay at one place keeping in view the provisions of the Central
Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016, [in short CCS(RP)Rules, 2016] as the
frequent references on such issues continue to be received in this Department.
2. Consequent upon implementation of CCS(RP)Rules,
2016, the President is pleased to decide the following:
(i) In order to remove the anomaly of a
Government servant promoted or appointed to a higher post on or after 1-1-2016
drawing lower pay in that post than another Government servant junior to him in
the lower grade and promoted or appointed subsequently to another identical
post, the pay of the senior Government servant in the higher post should be
stepped up to a figure equal to the pay as fixed for the junior Government
servant in that higher post. The stepping up should be done with effect from
the date of promotion or appointment of the junior Government servant and will
be subject to the following conditions, namely:
(a) both the junior and the senior Government
servants should belong to the same cadre and the posts in which they have been
promoted are identical in the same cadre;
(b) the Level in the Pay Matrix of the lower and higher posts in which they are entitled to draw pay should be identical;
(c) the anomaly is directly as a result of the application of the provisions of Fundamental Rule 22(I)(a)(1) read with Rule 13 of CCS(RP)Rules, 2016. For example, if the junior officer was drawing more pay in the existing pay structure than the senior by virtue of any advance increments granted to him, the provisions of this sub rule should not be invoked to step up the pay of the senior officer.
(ii) The order relating to re-fixation of the pay of the senior officer in accordance with clause (i) shall be issued under Fundamental Rule 27 and the senior officer shall be entitled to the next increment on completion of his required qualifying service with effect from the date of re-fixation of pay.
3. The following instances/events wherein
juniors draw more pay than seniors, do not constitute anomaly and, therefore,
stepping up of pay will not be admissible in such events:
(a) Where a senior proceeds on Extra Ordinary
Leave which results in postponement of his Date of Next Increment in the lower
post and consequently he starts drawing less pay than his junior in the lower
grade itself. He, therefore, cannot claim pay parity on promotion even though
he may be promoted earlier to the higher grade than his junior(s);(b) If a
senior forgoes/refuses promotion leading to his junior being promoted/appointed
to the higher post earlier and the junior draws higher pay than the senior.
(c) If the senior is on deputation while junior
avails of the ad-hoc promotion in the cadre, the increased pay drawn by the
junior due to ad-hoc/officiating and/or regular promotion following such adhoc
promotion in the higher posts vis-à-vis senior, is not an anomaly in strict
sense of the term;
(d) If a senior joins the higher post later
than the junior, for whatsoever reasons, whereby he starts drawing less pay
than the junior. In such cases, senior cannot claim stepping up of pay at par
with that of his junior.
(e) If a senior is appointed later than the
junior in the lower post itself whereby he is in receipt of lesser pay than the
junior, in such cases also the senior cannot claim pay parity in the higher
post if he draws less pay than his junior though he may have been promoted
earlier to the higher post
.(f) Where an employee is promoted from
lower post to a higher post, his pay is fixed with reference to the pay drawn
by him in the lower post under FR22(I)(a)(1) read with Rule 13 of CCS(RP)Rules,
2016 and due to his longer length of service in the lower grade, his pay may
get fixed at a higher stage than that of a senior direct recruit appointed to
the same higher grade and whose pay is fixed under different set of rules. For
example a Senior Secretariat Assistant (SSA) on promotion to the post of
Assistant Section Officer (ASO) gets his pay fixed under FR 22(I)(a)(1) with
reference to the pay drawn in the post of SSA, whereas the pay of ASO(DR) is
fixed under Rule 8 of CCS(RP)Rules, 2016 at the minimum pay or the first Cell
in the Level, applicable to ASO to which he is appointed. In such a case, the
senior ASO (DR) cannot claim pay parity with that of the promotee junior ASO.
(g) Where a senior is appointed in higher post
on ad-hoc basis and is drawing less pay than his junior who is appointed in the
same cadre and in same post on ad-hoc basis subsequently, the senior cannot
claim pay parity with reference to the pay of that junior since the ad-hoc
officiating service in higher post is reversible and also since full benefits
of FR22(I)(a)(I) are not available on ad-hoc promotion but only on regular
promotion following such ad-hoc promotion without break
.
(h) Where a junior gets more pay due to
additional increments earned on acquiring higher qualifications.
Note: The above instances/events are only
illustrative and not exhaustive
.
4. These orders shall be in supersession of D/o
Expenditure’s OM No.F.2(78)-E.III(A)63 dated 2nd February, 1966 and DOP&T’s
OM No.4/7/92-Estt(Pay-I) dated 4th November, 1993.
5. This OM is effective from 01.01.2016.
6 In so far as persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts
Department are concerned, these orders have been issued after consultation with
the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
7 Hindi version will follow.
sd/-
(Rajeev Bahree)
Under Secretary to the Government of India.
(Rajeev Bahree)
Under Secretary to the Government of India.
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