No.10/02/2011.E.III/A
Government
of India
Ministry
of Finance
Department
of Expenditure
New Delhi,
the 7th January, 2013
OFFICE
MEMORANDUM
Subject:- Fixation of pay on
promotion to a post carrying higher duties and responsibilities but
carrying the same grade pay.
The undersigned is directed to
invite an attention to the provisions contained in Rule 13 of the CCS(RP)
Rules, 2008, which provides for the method of fixation of pay on
promotion on or after 1.1.2006 in case. inter-alia, of promotion from
one grade pay to another. The Rule provides for fixation of pay
by way of addition of one increment equal to 3% of the sum of the pay
in the pay band and the existing grade pay (rounded off to the next
multiple of 10)to the existing pay in the pay band and then fixing the pay
in the promotional post as per the procedure prescribed therein.
2. In terms of this Ministry’s OM
No. 169/2/2000-IC dated 24.11.2000, dealing with the situation whereby
both the feeder and the promotional grades were placed in the
identical revised pay scales based on the recommendations of the
5th Central Pay Commission, it was provided, inter-alia, that only in
cases where it was not found feasible to appropriately restructure cadres
in question on functional, operational and administrative considerations,
extension of the benefit of fixation of pay under FR 22(I)(a)(1) could be
considered on the merits of each case, provided all the conditions
precedent for the grant of this benefit were fully satisfied and promotion
to the post in question actually involved assumption of
higher responsibilities.
3. In view of the provisions which
existed prior to 1.12006., the matter has been considered and the President is
pleased to decide that in cases of promotion from one post to
another where the promotional post carries the same Grade Pay as the
feeder post, the fixation of pay in such cases will be done in the manner
as prescribed in Rule 13(i) of the CCS(RP) Rules, 2008, provided fixation
of pay in such cases was done prior to 1.1.2006 in terms of this
Ministry’s aforesaid OM No.169/2/2000-IC dated 24 11.2000.
4. In so far as the persons serving
the Indian Audit and Account Department are concerned, these orders are
issued in consultation with the Comptroller & Auditor General of
India.
5. The Hindi version of this OM will
follow.
sd/-
(Amar Nath
Singh)
Deputy Secretary to the Government
of India
