No. 1(20)/2017-D (Pay Services)-Part I
Ministry of Defence
Department of Military Affairs
D(Pay/Services)

New Delhi. the 18 August, 2023

To

The Chief of the Army Staff
The Chief of the Naval Staff
The Chief of the Air Statf

Sub: Date of next increment under Rule 10 of Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016 -Clarification regarding.

I am directed to invite attention to MoD fetter No. 1(20)/2017/ D(Pav/Services) -Part-1 dated 2.112020 and 1(4)/2021/D (Pay/ Services) dated 04.06.2021 on the above subject.

2. Enclosed herewith is the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure (E.III.A Branch) OM No 04-21/ 2017-IC/E.III.A dated 04 July 2023 and to say that the provisions therein, will be applicable mutatis-mutandis to the Defence Services Officers and JCO/OR and equivalent provided all the conditions and stipulations laid down therein are strictly fulfilled.

3. The employees to exercise; re-exercise option for pay fixation as allowed under MoF OM dated 28.11.2019 within three months from date of issue of this letter.

4. All other conditions of MoD Letter No. (20) / 2017/ D(Pay Services) Part-1 dated 2.11.2020 remain unchanged.

3. This issues with the concurrence of Ministry of Defence (Finance) vide their Dy. No. 1(8)/2017/ AG/125-PA dated 16.08.2023.

Yours faithfully,

Encl: As above.

(T Johnson)
Gp Capt
Director (Pay Services)

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)

PC-VII No. 208

RBE No: 84/2023

File No. PC-VIT/2017/R-I/7

New Delhi, dated: 13.07.2023

The General Manager/CAOs(R),
All India Railways & Production Units,
(As per standard mailing list)

Sub: Date of Next Increment under Rule 10 of Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016 – Clarification – regarding.

Please refer to Board’s letter No. PC-VII/2017/R-I/7 dated 18.12.2019 (RBE No. 212/2019) forwarding therewith Ministry of Finance/Department of Expenditure’s O.M. No. 4-21/2017 -IC/E.IIIA dated 28.11.2019 inter-alia providing clarification on Date of Next Increment under Rule 10 of Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016 for adoption of the same in Railways with respect to Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016. In para ‘7’ of the said O.M. dated 28.11.2019, the employees who have been regularly promoted or granted financial up-gradation on or after 01.01.2016 and desire to exercise / re-exercise option for pay fixation under FR 22(I)(a)(1) were given an opportunity to exercise or re-exercise of their option for pay fixation within one month of the date of issue of the said O.M. dated 28.11.2019.

2. Thereafter, another opportunity to exercise / re-exercise the option for pay fixation, as allowed under O.M. dated 28.11.2019, was provided for a period of 3 months vide Ministry of Finance/Department of Expenditure’s O.M. No. 04-21/2017- IC/E.IIA dated 15.04.2021 which was adopted in Ministry of Railways vide letter RBE No. 35/201 (F. No. PC-VII/2017/R-I/7) dated 24.05.2021.

3. Now, Ministry of Finance/ Department of Expenditure vide their O.M. No. 04-21/2017-IC/E.III.A dated 04.07.2023 (copy enclosed) partially modified para ‘7’ of their O.M. dated 28.11.2019 and approved for allowing another opportunity to Government employees to exercise/ re-exercise option for pay fixation as allowed under their O.M. dated 28.11.2019. Ministry of Finance also clarified that all other conditions of O.M. dated 28.11.2019 remains unchanged.

4. The aforesaid O.M. dated 04.07.2023 of Ministry of Finance/Department of Expenditure shall be applicable mutatis mutandis in Railways too with respect to Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016.

5. The ‘three months’ period mentioned in para 4 of aforesaid O.M. dated 04.07.2023 of Ministry of Finance/ Department of Expenditure shall be ‘three months’ from the date of issue of these instructions.

6. Hindi version will follow.

Encl.: As above

(Sundeep Pal)
Executive Director, Pay Commission
Railway Board

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Message on Website

Subject: Stepping up of Pay of Seniors in comparison to Pay of Juniors

Consequent to issue of Gol, MoF OM No 4-21/2017-IC/E.IIIA dated 28/11/2019, cases are coming to light wherein Junior Officer is drawing more pay than the Senior after earning Increment (after 6 months), in cases where Officers have exercised an option for fixation of pay on promotion from DNI in the lower rank.

2. The issue was referred to MoD, New Delhi for clarification. It has now been intimated vide DoE, vide MoD, DMA (Pay/Services)/D(Pay/Services) Part-1 dated 01/07/2022 that DoE, vide their ID No 03-27/2020-E.III A dated 27/06/2022 have clarified the above issue as follows :

“…….. Stepping up of pay in terms of the provisions contained in Sub-Rule 10(i) of Rule 7 of the CCS (RP) Rules, 2016 may be allowed to the Senior Govt Servants with reference to their Junior Govt Servants where such Junior Govt Servants accrued the next increment on the following 1st Jan or 1st July on completion of a period of 6 months qualifying service as per the OM dated 31/07/2018 provided the conditions laid down therein are strictly followed and the retired Govt Servants were in service on the date of effect of stepping up of pay and also it must be ensured that the junior is drawing the same pay six months before the Senior i.e. stepping up of pay is to be extended to the senior only when pay drawn by the Junior on 1st Jan/1st Jul is drawn by the Senior after 6 months on 1st Jan/1st Jul as the case may be”.

Accordingly, action is being taken to Step up the Pay of Senior Officers which have already been referred to the O/o the PCDA(QO), Pune. Other affected Army Officers (Serving and Retired) are requested to forward their case duly giving Personal Number, CDA A/c No., ‘Name of the Junior Officer of the same corps and same rank / Comparative Statement (format enclosed) to enable Office of the PCDA(O) to step up the Pay of the Officer with reference to the pay of Junior Officer.

Performa for claiming stepping up of Pay with Compare to Junior of Same Pay Level

Signature of claimant Officer

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The next raise will be given to those who had their promotion pay fixed on the annual increment date, which was this year’s first of January, on July 1, 2022.

On 31.7.2018, the Department of Expenditure first issued an order addressing this issue. According to CCS (Revised Pay) Rules 2016 Rule 10.

“It is clarified that in case an employee is promoted or granted financial upgradation including upgradation under the MACP scheme on 1st January or 1st July, where the pay is fixed in the Level applicable to the post on which promotion is made in accordance with the Rule 13 of the CCS(RP) Rules, 2016, the first increment in the Level applicable to the post on which promotion is made shall accrue on the following 1st July or 1st January, as the case may be, provided a period of 6 months’ qualifying service is strictly fulfilled. The next increment thereafter shall, however, accrue only after completion of one year.“

Date of Next Increment DNI after Promotion / Upgradation after completion of 6 months qualifying service i.e., on 1st Jan or 1st July

Next Increment after Promotion Under Rule 10 of CCS (Revised Pay) Rules 2016

However, due to the order’s ambiguity, many departments have struggled to implement it. Many departments requested clarification regarding the validity of the decree dated 31.7.2018. The DoE later offered clarification on November 28, 2019, stating that the first increase following a promotion must be given upon the completion of six months of service if pay fixation for a promotion is done on the annual increment date.

Therefore, this Clarification

1. Whether the date of the following increase will be January 1 or July 1 after a promotion on July 1 and the fixation of pay with two increments.
2. Accrual of next increment in the event that an employee receives a regular promotion or financial upgrade on a date other than the date of the yearly increment and exercises their right to pay fixing under FR 22(1)(a) (1).

In the above case he may be allowed the 1st increment in promotional grade on 1st January/ 1st July as the case may be after completion of 6 months’ qualifying service after such fixation on 1st July/1st January (i.e., the date of increment in lower grade) on the analogy of Department of Expenditure’s OM dated 31.07.2018. The next increment, thereafter, shall however, accrue only after the completion of one year.

Therefore, it should be ensured that the next increase is granted on July 1, 2022, if any government employee whose DNI was on January 1 had their Promotion pay fixed on that date in 2022.

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CGDA

Controller General of Defence Accounts
Ulan Batar Road, Palam, Delhi Cantt- 110010

No. AN-Pay-Tech/ 7th CPC/Corr /Vol-I

Dated: 17/09/2021

To

All PCSDA/ CsDA/ PC of A (Fys.)
(through email)

Subject: Point of doubt related to date of next increment after pay fixation on regular Promotion granted subsequent to financial upgradation under MACP Scheme.

This HQrs. had taken up the subject case for clarification with Ministry of Finance, Dept. of Expenditure. The point of doubt and clarification received from the Dept. of Expenditure vide its ID No. 03-27/2020-E.IILA dated 16.08.2021 are as follows:-

Point of Doubt:-

An individual was granted 1st financial upgradation in Level-4 under MACP scheme on 04.05.2020, he opted for pay fixation w.e.f. 01.07.2020 and earned his first increment on 01.01.2021. Thereafter, he was regularly promoted in Level-5 on 01.01.2021 and opted for pay fixation from this date itself. Whether the individual would be entitled for first increment on 01.07.2021 in terms of Dept. of Expenditure OM No. 4-21/2017-IC/E.IA dated 28.11.2019.

Clarification:-

“….. Ministry of Defence is informed that the genesis of the OM dated 28.11.2019 is the OM issued on 31.07.2018 which clearly provides that benefit of increment after completion of 6 months of service is to be given where fixation of pay is done in accordance with Rule 13 of CCS(RP) Rules 2016 on account of promotion or financial upgradation. However, at the time of regular promotion of the Government servant, pay has been fixed as per the provisions contained in Department of Personnel & Training’s OM dated 22.10.2019 which provides that pay fixed in the higher level of the Pay Matrix on account of promotion taking place after grant of MACP is merely done by placing the pay at a Cell equal to the figure being currently drawn or to the immediate higher Cell, if equal Cell is not available. In other words, the pay at the time of promotion is not fixed in terms of Rule 13 of the CCS (RP) Rules, 2016 as no increment is being given on such promotion. Therefore, the benefit of this Department’s OM dated 31.07.2018 and 28.11.2019 is to be given where the pay fixation is done in accordance with Rule 13 of the CCS (RP) Rules 2016.”

2. All related cases (including the cases settled earlier) may be regulated accordingly.

(Rajeev Ranjan Kumar)
Dy. CGDA (AN)

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
Ministry of Railways (Rail Mantralaya)
(Railway Board)

PC-VII No. 169
File No. PC-VII/2017/R-I/7

RBE No. 35/2021
New Delhi, dated: 24/05/2021

The General Manager/CAOs(R),
All Indian Railways & Production Units,
(As per standard mailing list)

Sub: Date of next increment under Rule 10 of Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016 – regarding.

Please refer to Board’s letter No. PC-VIJ/2017/R-I/7 dated 18.12.2019 (RBE No. 212/2019) forwarding therewith Ministry of Finance/ Department of Expenditure’s O.M. No. 4-21/2017-IC/E.IIIA dated 28.11.2019 inter-alia providing clarification on Date of Next Increment under Rule 10 of Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016 for the adoption of the same in Railways with respect to Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016.

2. Ministry of Finance/ Department of Expenditure vide para 7 of their O.M. dated 28.11.2019 also approved that the employees who have been regularly promoted or granted financial upgradation on or after 01.01.2016 and desire to exercise/re-exercise option for pay fixation under FR22(I)(a)(1) shall be given an opportunity to exercise or re-exercise option there under and such an option shall be exercised within one month of issue of their O.M.

3. Now, Ministry of Finance/Department of Expenditure vide their another O.M. No. 04-21/2017-IC/E.IIIA dated 15.04.2021 (copy enclosed) partially modified para 7 of their O.M. dated 28.11.2019 and approved for allowing another opportunity to Government employees to exercise/re-exercise option for pay fixation as allowed under their O.M. dated 28.11.2019.

4. The aforesaid O.M. dated 15.04.2021 of Ministry of Finance/Department of Expenditure shall be applicable mutatis mutandis in Railways too with respect to Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016.

5. The “three months’ period mentioned in para 2 of aforesaid O.M. dated 15.04.2021 of Ministry of Finance/Department of Expenditure shall be three months from the date of issue of these instructions.

Encl.: As above

(Jaya Kumar G)
Dy. Director/Pay Commission-VII & HRMS
Railway Board

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Option for fixation of pay on promotion from the date of next increment: Employees who were regularly promoted or granted financial up-gradation on or after 01.01.2016 and decide to exercise or re-exercise their option for pay fixation under FR 22(1)(a)(I) were given one month from the date of issue to exercise or re-exercise their option for pay fixation.

No. 04-21/2017-IC/E.UIA
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
E.II.A Branch

North Block, New Delhi -110001
Dated the 15th April, 2021

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Date of next increment under Rule 10 of Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016 – Clarifications – regarding.

The undersigned is directed to invite attention to this Department’s O.M. of even No. dated 28th November 2019 on the subject noted above. In the said O.M. dated 28.11.2019, in para ‘7’, the employees who have been regularly promoted or granted financial up-gradation on or after 01.01.2016 and desire to exercise/re-exercise option for pay fixation under FR 22(1)(a)(I) were given an opportunity to exercise or re-exercise of their option for pay fixation within one month of the date of issue of the said O.M. dated 28.11.2019. However, a large number of references have been received in this Department seeking condonation of delay and allowing another opportunity to exercise/re-exercise the option for pay fixation as allowed under O.M, dated 28.11.2019 as the employees have faced time constraint, etc. in exercising their option for pay fixation thereunder.

Date of Next Increment DNI after Promotion / Upgradation after completion of 6 months qualifying service i.e., on 1st Jan or 1st July

2. The issue has been examined in this Department and the Competent Authority in partial modification of the conditions enumerated in para ‘7’ of the said O.M. has approved for allowing another opportunity to Government employees to exercise/re-exercise option for pay fixation as allowed under O.M. dated 28.11.2019 within three months from the date of issue of this Office Memorandum. No further request for extension of date or relaxation of condition in exercising of the option will be entertained under any circumstances.
3. All other conditions of O.M. dated 28.11.2019 remain unchanged.
4. In their application to the persons belonging to the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, these orders are issued under Article 148(5) of the Constitution and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India’.
5. The Hindi version of these orders is attached.

Sd/-
(B.K. Manthan)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

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Date of Next Increment after Promotion / Upgradation

MoD vide Para 2 of the OM No.1(20)/2017/ D(Pay/Services) – Part–I dated 02.11.2020 has stated that the provisions contained in Para 6 of MoF OM No.4- 21/2017-IC/E/IIIA dated 28.11.2019 will be mutatis – mutandis applicable to the Defence Service Officers also provided all the conditions and stipulations laid down therein are strictly fulfilled.

2. As per the provisions laid down in Para 6 of MoF letter dated 28/11/2019, “The opportunity to exercise of an option for pay fixation under FR 22(I)(a)(1) is available to employees in case of promotional/ financial upgradation. Therefore, the Central Govt Employee promoted on a regular basis/granted financial upgradation on any date other than the date of his/her annual increment in a lower grade and exercises the option under FR 22(I)(a)(1) read with DOPT’s OM No.13/02/2017-Estt.(Pay-I) dated 27/07/2017 for fixation of pay from the date of accrual of next increment in the scale of pay in a lower grade, he may be allowed the 1st increment in promotional grade on 1st January /1st July as the case may be after completion of 6 months qualifying service after such fixation on 1st July/1st January (i.e. the date of increment in lower grade) on the analogy of Deptt of Expenditure’s OM dated 31/07/2018. The next increment, thereafter, shall, however, accrue only after completion of one year”.

3. In light of the above provisions contained in Govt orders, this office is taking action to grant the first increment on completion of six months qualifying service in promotional grade, after fixation of pay on promotion from DNI, in respect of officers who have already exercised their option on promotion and also those who have re- exercised their option by 01/12/2020 as per ibid MoD letter. This work is being carried out in a phased manner.

4. This is put up for the kind information of the Army Officers, so that raising of queries on the above issue by the officers, may please be minimized/ avoided.

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No. 1(20)/2017/D (Pay/Services) – Part-1
Ministry of Defence
Department of Military Affairs
D (Pay/Services)

Sena Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated: 02 November, 2020

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Date of next increment – Rule 10 of Army Officers and Air Force Officers Pay Rules, 2017; Regulation 10 of Navy Officers – Pay Regulations, 2017; Rule 10 of Army, Air Force and Military Nursing Service Pay Rules, 2017; Regulation 10, of Navy Pay Regulations, 2017 and Rule 9 of the Non-Combatants (Enrolled) of Air Force Rules, 2017 – regarding.

The undersigned is directed to invite attention to MoD O.M.s No.: 1(20)2017/D (Pay/ Services) dated 22.3.2018 and 30.4.2019 and O.M. No. a PC-1(20)2017-D (Pay/ Services) Part- II dated 11.3.2019 on the issue of availability of option for fixation of pay on promotion/ Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPs) from the date of next increment (DNI) in the lower post and method of pay fixation from DNI, if opted for, in context of Army and Air Force Officers Pay Rules, 2017, Navy Officers Regulation, 2017, Army, Air Force and Military Nursing Service Pay Rules, 2017, Navy Pay Regulations, 2017 and Non-Combatants (Enrolled) of Air Force Rules, 2017.

Defence / Fixation of pay on promotion from the Date of Next Increment (DNI) in the lower post – Air Force and Navy Pay Regulations 2017

2. Enclosed herewith is the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure OM No. 421/2017-IC /E.IIIA dated 28.11.2019 and to say that the provisions contained therein of the said letter, will mutatis-mutandis be applicable to the Defence Services Officers and JCO/OR and equivalence – provided all the conditions and stipulations laid down therein are strictly fulfilled.

3. Since there is a material change, the personnel who have been regularly promoted or granted financial up-gradation on or after 1.1.2016 and desire to exercise/ re-exercise option for pay fixation shall be given opportunity to exercise or re-exercise of the option. Such an option shall be exercised within one month of issue of this O.M.

MACP Option for Fixation of Pay on Promotion from DNI – Clarification order

4. These instructions will be applicable with effect from 01.01.2016.

5. This issues with the concurrence of Finance Division of this Ministry vide their Dy. No. 1(8)/2017-AG/PA/101 dated 21.10.2020.

Pay Rules / Regulations 2017 for Army / Navy / Air force officers, MNS, JCOs / OR & Equivalent for revision of option to come over to revised pay structure

(T Johnson)
Gp Capt
Director (Pay / Services)

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7th Pay Commission Date of Next Increment after Promotion/ Upgradation: PCDA(O) Pune Message No. 17/2020

PCDA

Message No. 17/2020

Date of Next Increment after Promotion / Upgradation

In accordance with MoD OM No. 1(20)/2017/D (Pay/ Services) – Part -I dated 02.11.2020 read with MoF OM No.4-21/2017 -IC/E/IIIA dated 28.11.2019, the Officers who have been promoted/ upgraded on or after 01.01.2016 in 7thCPC and have opted for fixation of pay from the DNI in lower grade will be allowed Increment in promotional grade after completion of 6 months qualifying service i.e., on 1st Jan or 1st July as the case maybe.

Also read:

7th Pay Commission – Junior officer gets equal to that of his senior and senior office not being eligible for bunching benefits

Accordingly,

• Officers who have already exercised their option for fixation of pay on promotion from DNI will be granted increment in promotional grade on the following 1st Jan or 1st July suo-moto by PCDA(O).
• Officers who have been promoted or granted financial upgradation on or after 01.01.2016 and desire to exercise/ re-exercise option for pay fixation from DNI may opt within one month of issue of the OM. Options so exercised may also be sent through on mail id : ledger-pcdao@nic.in or through AWAN to APAC, PCDA (O) Pune.
• To enable this office to consider the case, the officers are requested to submit their option by 01.12.2020.

Last date of exercising option shall be 01.12.2020.

Also check: 7th Pay Commission Annual Increment

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