Option for Fixation of Pay on Promotion from the Date of Next Increment - MoD Orders dt.22.3.2018
Availability
of option for fixation of pay on promotion from the Date of Next
Increment (DNI) in the lower post and method of fixation of pay from
DNI, if opted for, in respect of Army Pay Rules 2017, Air Force Pay
Rules 2017 and Navy Pay Regulations 2017 in respect of Officers and
JCOs/ORequivalent
No.1(20)/2017/D(Pay/Services)
Ministry of Defence
D (Pay/Services)
Sena Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated 22nd, March 2018
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:
Availability of option for fixation of pay on promotion from the Date
of Next Increment (DNI) in the lower post and method of fixation of pay
from DNI, if opted for, in respect of Army Pay Rules 2017, Air Force Pay
Rules 2017 and Navy Pay Regulations 2017 in respect of Officers and
JCOs/OR equivalent.
Reference is invited to Special
Army Instructions (SAI-2008), Special Air Force Instructions
(SAFI-2008), Special Navy Instructions (SNI-2008) dated 11.10.2008 and
Army Pay Rules 2017, Air Force Pay Rules 2017 and Navy Pay Regulations
2017 dated 3.5.2017 in respect of Officers and JCOs/OR equivalent.
2.
In 6th CPC regime pay fixation on promotion in respect of Defence
Services Personnel was governed by provisions contained in SAI-2008,
SAFI-2008 and SNI-2008. These provisions regulates pay fixation on
promotion, wherein an Officer has an option to get his pay fixed in the
higher post either from the date of his promotion or from the date of
next increment. Similarly, consequent upon implementation of ih CPC, the
pay fixation on promotion from the date of promotion is regulated by
Rule 12 of the Army Pay Rules 2017, Air Force Pay Rules 2017 and Navy
Pay Regulations 2017 dated 3.5.2017 in respect of Officers and JCOs/OR
equivalent. This methodology of fixation of pay on promotion to a post
carrying duties and responsibilities of greater importance, of a Defence
Services Personnel in case he opts for pay fixation from the Date of
Next Increment (DNI) has been considered in this Department.
3. After due consideration in this matter, the following is decided as follows:
(i)
A Defence Personnel, who is promoted or upgraded from one rank to
another, subject to the fulfilment of the eligibility conditions as
prescribed in the relevant Recruitment Rules, to another post carrying
duties or responsibilities of greater importance than those attaching to
the post held by him/her. Such, Defence Personnel may opt to have
his/her pay fixed from the Date of his/her
Next Increment (either
1st July or 1st January, as the case may be) accruing in the Level of
the post from which he/she is promoted, except in cases of appointment
on deputation basis to an ex-cadre post or on direct recruitment basis
or appointment/promotion on ad-hoc basis, as applicable in the Defence
Services.
(ii) In case, consequent upon his/her promotion, the
Defence Personnel opts to have his/her pay fixed from the date of
his/her next increment (either 1st July or 1st January, as the case may
be) in the Level of the post from which Defence Personnel is promoted,
then, from the date of promotion till his/her DNI, the Defence
Personnel shall be placed at the next higher cell in the level of the
post to which he/she is promoted.
Illustration:
| 1. | Level in the revised pay structure: Level 4 | | Pay Band | 5200 - 20200 |
| 2. | Basic Pay in the revised structure: 29600 | Grade pay | 2000 | 2400 | 2800 |
| 3. | Granted promotion in Level 5. | Levels | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | 21700 | 25500 | 29200 |
| 2 | 22400 | 26300 | 30100 |
| 4. | Pay in the upgraded Level i.e., Level 5: 31000 (next higher
to 29600 in Level 5) | 3 | 23100 | 27100 | 31000 |
| 4 | 23800 | 27900 | 31900 |
| 5 | 24500 | 28700 | 32900 |
| 5. | Pay from the date of promotion till DNI: 30100 | 6 | 25200 | 29600 | 33900 |
| 7 | 26200 | 30500 | 34900 |
| 8 | 26800 | 31400 | 35900 |
| 9 | 27600 | 32300 | 37000 |
| 10 | 28400 | 33300 | 38100 |
(iii)
Subsequently, on DNI in the level of the post to which Defence
Personnel is promoted, his/her Pay will be re-fixed and two increments
(one accrued on account of annual increment and the second accrued on
account of promotion) may be granted in the Level from which the Defence
Personnel is promoted and he/she shall be placed, at a Cell equal to
the figure so arrived, in the Level of the post to which he/she is
promoted; and if no such Cell is available in the Level to which he/she
is promoted, he/she shall be placed at the next higher Cell in that
Level.
| 1. | Level in the revised pay structure: Level 4 | | Pay Band | 5200 - 20200 |
| 2. | Basic Pay in the revised structure: 29600 | Grade pay | 2000 | 2400 | 2800 |
| 3. | Granted promotion in Level 5. | Levels | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | 21700 | 25500 | 29200 |
| 2 | 22400 | 26300 | 30100 |
| 4. | Pay from the date of Promotion till DNI: 31000 | 3 | 23100 | 27100 | 31000 |
| 4 | 23800 | 27900 | 31900 |
| 5 | 24500 | 28700 | 32900 |
| 5. | Re-Fixation on DNI: Pay after giving two increment in Level 4: 31400 | 6 | 25200 | 29600 | 33900 |
| 7 | 26200 | 30500 | 34900 |
| 8 | 26800 | 31400 | 35900 |
| 9 | 27600 | 32300 | 37000 |
| 6. | Pay in the Upgraded Level i.e., Level 5: 31900 (either equal to or
next higher to 31400 in Level 5) | | 10 | 28400 | 33300 | 38100 |
Illustration:
(iv)
In such cases where Defence Personnel opts to have his/her pay fixed
from the date of his/her next increment in the Level of the post from
which he/she is promoted, the next increment as well as Date of Next
Increment (DNI) will be regulated accordingly.
- It
is further reiterated that in order to enable the officials to exercise
the option within the time limit prescribed, the option clause for pay
fixation on promotion with effect from date of promotion/ON I shall
invariably be incorporated in the promotion/appointment order, as per
applicability, so that there are no cases of delay in exercising the
options due to administrative lapse.
- This issues with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance vide their 1D No. 4-23/2017-IC/E.III (A) dated 22.3.2018.
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(Prashant Rastogi)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Source: https://mod.gov.in/
