Monday, 25 September 2017

In Reply to many emails - a compilation of SAI/Pay Rules (Stagnation increments not stated)



Pay Fixation from 3 CPC to 7 CPC
For reference purposes only

 3rd to 4th CPC (Please refer to SAI 1/S/1987 dated 26th May 1987 for more details)

 Para 6 (a) (i)      An amount representing 20 per cent of the basic pay in the existing scale shall be added to the existing emoluments (Basic Pay) of the officer.

(ii) After the existing emoluments have been s0 increased, an amount equivalent to the rank pay if any shall be added (Order of the honourable Supreme Court dated 4th September 2012)…..

The minimum Basic pay for the rank held by the officer on 1st January 1986 is indicated as follows: - 
                                                                    
AMC, ADC, RVC         
Rank Pay            
Lieutenant                              Rs 2500                 Nil                       -
         
Captain                                   Rs 2800                200                    2800

Major                                     Rs 3400                600                    3400

Lt Colonel (Sel)                       Rs 3900               800                    3900

Colonel                                    Rs 4500             1000                    4500

Brigadier                                  Rs 4950             1200                    4950

4th to 5th CPC (Please refer to SAI 2/S/1998 for more details)


5.       Fixation of Initial Pay in the revised scale will be regulated as under :-

(a) (i) An amount representing 40% of the basic pay including stagnation increments, if any, and rank pay wherever applicable in the pre-revised scale, shall be added to the “emoluments” of the officer.

(ii) After the existing emoluments have been so increased, an amount equivalent to the rank pay, if any, appropriate to the rank held by the officer on 1.1.96 at the rates prescribed in Para 3(a)(ii) above shall be deducted (deleted after order of the honourable Supreme Court dated 4th September 2012). Thereafter the officer’s pay will be fixed in the revised scale at the stage next above the amount thus computed.

Note:- In case of officers holding acting rank as on 1.1.96, the pay shall be fixed at the stage in the revised scale appropriate to the acting rank held by him, provided the officer has completed the minimum number of years of qualifying service, prescribed under extant orders, for promotion to substantive rank. Otherwise, the pay shall be fixed in the revised scale appropriate to the substantive rank of the officer. However, on completion of prescribed minimum number of years of qualifying service for substantive promotion, the pay shall be fixed in the appropriate pay scale of the acting rank held. The officer shall draw the rank pay of acting rank actually held.

(iii) Officer who became substantive major on or after 1.1.96 shall be granted the scale of pay of Lt Col on their stagnation for one year in the revised scale of Major. Such officer will, however, continue to draw the rank pay for Major.

(iv) As a one time measure those who became Substantive Major before 1.1.96 will be granted the scale of Lt Col on completion of 21 years of commissioned service, i.e. in their 22nd year with the rank pay of Major.

(d) For the purpose of pay fixation, the terms, “existing emoluments” shall include:

(i) Basic Pay including rank pay and stagnation increment(s), if any in the pre-revised scale.

(ii) Dearness Allowance at the Index Average of 1510, (1960=100).

(iii) Amount of first and second instalments of Interim Relief.

The Basic Pay of 5th CPC in the SAI was as follows: -

          Lieutenant                    Rs 8250-300-10050              Nil Rank Pay

          Captain                         Rs 9600-300-11400              RP Rs 400

          Major                            Rs 11600-325-14850             RP Rs 1200

          Lt Col                            Rs 13500-400-17100             RP Rs 1600

          Colonel                          Rs 15100-450-17350             RP Rs 2000

          Brigadier                      Rs 16700-450-18050               RP 2400
         
5th to 6th CPC (Please refer to SAI 2/S/2008 & 3/S/2008 on placement of Lt Cols in PB-4 for more details)

Fixation of Initial Pay in the Revised Pay  Structure  

(a) The initial pay of an officer who elects, or is deemed to have elected under
para 6 to be governed by the revised pay structure on and from the 1st  day
January, 2006, shall be fixed in the following manner;-

(i) The pay in the relevant pay band / pay scale will be determined by multiplying the existing basic pay and rank pay as on 01 Jan 2006 by a factor of 1.86 and rounding off the resultant figure to the next multiple of 10. Illustration 1 in this regard is given at Appendix 'B' to this instruction.

(ii) If the minimum of the revised pay band / pay scale is more than the amount arrived at as per (i) above, the pay shall be fixed at the minimum of the revised pay band / pay scale.

9.      Rate of Increment in the Revised Pay Structure. The rate of increment in revised pay structure will be 3% of the sum of the pay in the pay band and grade applicable, which will be rounded off to the next multiple of 10, The amount of increment will be added to the existing pay in the pay band.  Illustration 3 in Appendix 'B' to this instruction refers.

10.     Date of Next Increment in the Revised Pay Structure. There will be a uniform date of annual increment, viz.July of every year.


Rank                    PIPB                    GP    Increment          MSP           Max PIOB

Lieutenant          15600                  5400          3%              6000                   31900

Captain               16860                  6100           3%              6000                   31900

Major                  19380                  6600          3%              6000                   31900

Lt Colonel            38530                  8000         3%              6000                   67000

Colonel                40890                 8700          3%              6000                   67000

Brigadier             43390                  8900          3%              6000                   67000

Maj General        50700                  10000        3%              Nil              67000

Lt Gen (HAG)     67000                 Nil              3%              Nil              79000

Lt Gen (HAG+)   75500                  Nil              3%              Nil              80000

Vice Chief/Army
Cdr                       80000                 Nil              Nil              Nil              Fixed                  

DGAFM               80000                0                 Nil              Nil              Nil              85000
Including NPA


[Note: - Pension will be 50% or average of 10 months prior to the date of retirement, whichever is beneficial, of the sum of last drawn Pay in Pay Band (erstwhile Basic Pay) + Grade Pay (GP) + MSP ]

6th to 7th CPC   (Please refer Army/Air Force Officers Pay Rules 2017, Navy Officers Pay Regulations 2017 and Amendments thereof)    

In the 7th CPC From Air Force Pay Rules for Officers, 2017, Part II, Section 4, Page No 19

12.     Fixation of Pay on Promotion or Upgradation on or after 1st  day of January, 2016 – The fixation of pay in case of promotion or upgradation from one Level to another in the revised pay structure shall be made in the following manner, namely: -  
         
xxxx                                        xxxx                                        xxxx

(iii)   In case of promotion of an officers from Level 13A to Level 14, increment shall be calculated on the pay in Level 13A being drawn immediately prior to promotion and the sum of the pay in the Level 13A plus the amount of increment for promotion plus Military Service Pay shall determine the pay in the Level 14 and the figure so arrived at will be located in the next higher Level 14, and if such an identical figure corresponds to any Cell in Level 14, the same shall be the pay in the revised pay structure and if the identical figure is not available in Level 14, the pay in the Pay Matrix shall be fixed at the immediate next higher Cell in Level 14 of the Pay Matrix 

Illustration

1
Level in the revised pay structure  Level 13A
Levels
13
13A
14
2
Basic Pay in the revised pay structure: 171700
1
125700
139600
144200
3
Promoted to Major General in Level 14
2
129500
143800
148500
4
Pay in Level 13A after promotion increment: 176900
3
133400
148100
153000
5
MSP: 15500
4
137400
152500
157600
6
Adding S No. 4 and 5
192400




7
Pay fixed in Level 14: 193800
5
141500
157100
162300


6
145700
161800
167200


7
150100
166700
172200


8
154600
171700
177400


9
159200
176900
182700


10
164000
182200
188200


11
168900
187700
193800


12
174000
193300
199600

From Air Force Officers Pay (Amendment) Rules dated 6th July 2017 issued on MoD F No. 1(8)/2016-D (Pay/Services) Part I

2.      In the Air Force Pay Rules, 2017: -
         
(a) In Rule 3, in clause (g), the following Note shall be inserted, namely: -
Note: “In an kind of calculation which attempts to work with the maximum pay of a particular level the last figure of the Level shall not be calculated and the end-points of the Level, representing the possible highest and lowest pay in that level, may not be treated as the maximum and minimum of any closed pay scale, as used to prevail prior to the implementation of the 6th CPC.”

Factual Illustration in case of an Air Vice Marshal  F (P) with amounts taken from Air Force Officers Pay (Amendment) Rules dated 6th July 2017 issued on MoD F No. 1(8)/2016-D (Pay/Services) Part I

1
Level in the revised pay structure  Level 13A
Levels
13
13A
14
15
16
2
Basic Pay in the revised pay structure: 187700
1
130600
139600
144200
182200
205400
3
Promoted to Major General in Level 14
2
134500
143800
148500
187700
211600
4
Pay in Level 13A after promotion increment: 193300
3
138500
148100
153000
193300
217900
5
MSP: 15500
4
142700
152500
157600
199100
224400
6
Adding S No. 4 
and 5
                   208800






7
Pay fixed in Level 14: 211800
5
147000
157100
162300
205100



6
151400
161800
167200
211300



7
155900
166700
172200
217600



8
160600
171700
177400
224100



9
165400
176900
182700




10
170400
182200
188200




11
175500
187700
193800




12
180800
193300
199600




13
186200
199100
205600




14
191800
205100
211800




15
197600
211300
218200




16
203500
217600





17
209600






18
215900




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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous12 October 2017 at 22:40

    Sir,

    The long silence by appropriate authorities, on re-fixation of 7 CPC pension, does seem to indicate that perhaps no further communication might be forthcoming before issue of worked out LPC cum data sheets as specified in the PCDA Letter.

    It is not clear whether anything in the way of "concordance tables" would be issued for ESM.

    Individual pensioners may then have to co-relate the pension calculations furnished to them with pension re-fixations as indicated by the very useful information in this blog post.

    Regards.

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    1. Aerial View17 October 2017 at 16:17

      I am keeping my Rank Pay arrears sheets handy, though having been in the Apex scale on date of retirement, I should not expect any problem.

      I have advised my course-mates and family pensioners to retrieve the Rank Pay arrears sheets so they can verify the actual pay on date(s) of retirement(s) or demise of the husband.

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    2. Anonymous17 October 2017 at 17:59

      Sir,

      It is truly most considerate of you to keep all affected veterans and families apprised of these requirements.

      I have used my rank pay arrears statement on the lines advised by you. I find that there is a reasonable chance of older veterans (esp pre 01 Jan 2006 officer retirees), in what are now time-bound ranks, not obtaining the correct parity in terms of notional pay regardless of which method is used, whether the original increment-count based or the amended CPC-wise fixation. The methods prescribed might not deliver on the principle of "inter temporal equity" cited in the 7CPC report.

      I have listed the doubts in this post goo.gl/KytwMT

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