G.S.R. 746(E).—
In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of
the Constitution, the President hereby makes the following rules,
namely:-
1. Short title and commencement : –
(1) These rules may be called the Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016.
(2) They shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of January, 2016.
2. Categories of Railway servants to whom the rules apply: –
(1) Save as otherwise provided by or under these rules, these rules shall apply to persons appointed to Railway services.
(2) These rules shall not apply to : –
(i)
Permanent employees of former Indian States absorbed in Railway
Services so long as such persons continue to be governed by the
pre-absorption conditions of service under the Railway Services;
(ii) persons locally recruited for services in Diplomatic, Consular or other Indian establishments in foreign countries;
(iii) persons not in whole-time employment;
(iv) persons paid out of contingencies;
(v) persons paid otherwise than on a monthly basis including those paid only on a piece-rate basis;
(vi) persons employed on contract except where the contract provides otherwise;
(vii) persons re-employed in Railway service after retirement;
(viii)
any other class or category of persons whom the President may, by
order, specifically exclude from the operation of all or any of the
provisions contained in these rules.
3. Definitions: – In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires: –
(i) “existing basic pay” means pay drawn in the prescribed existing Pay Band and Grade Pay or pay in the existing scale;
(ii)
“existing Pay Band and Grade Pay” in relation to a Railway servant
means the Pay Band and the Grade Pay applicable to the post held by the
Railway servant as on the date immediately before the notification of
these Rules whether in a substantive capacity or in officiating
capacity;
(iii) “existing scale” in relation to a
Railway servant means the pay scale applicable to the post held by the
Railway Servant as on the date immediately before the notification of
these Rules in the Higher Administrative Grade, Higher Administrative
Grade + and the Apex scale whether in a substantive or officiating
capacity;
(iv) “existing pay structure” in relation
to a Railway Servant means the present system of Pay Band and Grade Pay
or the Pay Scale applicable to the post held by the Railway Servant as
on the date immediately before the coming into force of these Rules
whether in a substantive or officiating capacity.
Explanation- The
expressions “existing basic pay”, “existing P ay Band and Grade Pay”
and “existing scale”, in respect of a Railway Servant w ho on the 1st
day of January, 2016 was on deputation out of India or on leave or on
foreign service, or who would have on that date officiated in one or
more lower posts but for his officiating in a higher post, shall mean
such basic pay, Pay Band and Grade Pay or scale in relation to the post
which he would have held but for his being on deputation out of India or
on leave or on foreign service or officiating in higher post, as the
case may be;
(v) “existing emoluments” mean the sum
of (i) existing basic pay and (ii) existing dearness allowance at index
average as on 1st day of January, 2016;
(vi) “Pay
Matrix” means Matrix specified in Part A of th e Schedule, with Levels
of pay arranged in vertical cells as assigned to corresponding existing
Pay Band and Grade Pay or scale;
(vii) “Level” in
the Pay Matrix shall mean the Level corr esponding to the existing Pay
Band and Grade Pay or scale specified in Part A of the Schedule;
(viii) “pay in the Level” means pay drawn in the appropri ate Cell of the level as specified in Part A of the Schedule;
(ix)
“revised pay structure” in relation to a post mea ns the Pay Matrix and
the Levels specified therein corresponding to the existing Pay Band and
Grade Pay or scale of the post unless a different revised Level is
notified separately for that post;
(x) “basic pay” in the revised pay structure means the pay drawn in the prescribed Level in the pay matrix;
(xi) “revised emoluments” means the pay in the Level of a Railway servant in the revised pay structure; and
(xii) “Schedule” means a schedule appended to these Rules .
4. Level of posts:
– The Level of posts shall be determined in accord ance with the
various Levels as assigned to the corresponding existing Pay Band and
Grade Pay or scale as specified in the Pay Matrix.
5. Drawal of pay in the revised pay structure:
– Save as otherwise provided in these rules, a Railway servant shall
draw pay in the Level in the revised pay structure applicable to the
post to which he is appointed:
Provided that a
Railway servant may elect to continue to draw pay in the existing pay
structure until the date on which he earns his next or any subsequent
increment in the existing pay structure or until he vacates his post or
ceases to draw pay in the existing pay structure:
Provided
further that in cases where a Railway servant has been placed in a
higher grade pay or scale between 1st day of January, 2016 and the date
of notification of these Rules on account of promotion or upgradation,
the Railway servant may elect to switch over to the revised pay
structure from the date of such promotion or upgradation, as the case
may be.
Explanation 1 – The option to retain
the existing pay structure under the provisos to this rule shall be
admissible only in respect of one existing Pay Band and Grade Pay or
scale.
Explanation 2 – The aforesaid option
shall not be admissible to any person appointed to a post for the first
time in Railway Service or by transfer from another post on or after the
1st day of January, 2016, and he shall be allowed pay only in the
revised pay structure.
Explanation 3 – Where
a Railway servant exercises the option under the provisos to this rule
to retain the existing pay structure of a post held by him in an
officiating capacity on a regular basis for the purpose of regulation of
pay in that Pay Structure under Rule 1313 (FR 22) of Indian Railway
Establishment Code, Volume II, or under any other rule or order
applicable to that post, his substantive pay shall be substantive pay
which he would have drawn had he retained the existing pay structure in
respect of the permanent post on which he holds a lien or would have
held a lien had his lien not been suspended or the pay of the
officiating post which has acquired the character of substantive pay in
accordance with any order for the time being in force, whichever is
higher.
6. Exercise of Option: –
(1)
The option under the provisos to Rule 5 shall be exercised in writing
in the form appended to these Rules so as to reach the authority
mentioned in sub- rule (2) within three months of the date of
notification of these rules or where any revision in the existing pay
structure is made by any order subsequent to the date of notification of
these rules, within three months of the date of such order:
Provided that –
(i)
In the case of a Railway servant who is, on the date of such
notification or, as the case may be, date of such order, out of India on
leave or deputation or foreign service or active service, the said
option shall be exercised in writing so as to reach the said authority
within three months of the date of his taking charge of his post in
India; and
(ii) where a Railway servant is under
suspension on the 1st day of January, 2016, the option may be exercised
within three months of the date of his return to his duty if that date
is later than the date prescribed in this sub-rule.
(2)
The option shall be intimated by the Railway servant to the Head of his
Office along with an undertaking, in the form appended to these rules.
(3)
If the intimation regarding option is not received by the authority
within the time specified in sub-rule (1), the Railway servant shall be
deemed to have elected to be governed by the revised pay structure with
effect from the 1st day of January, 2016.
(4) The option once exercised shall be final.
Note 1 –
Persons whose services were terminated on or after 1st January, 2016
and who could not exercise the option within the prescribed time limit,
on account of discharge on the expiry of the sanctioned posts,
resignation, dismissal or discharge on disciplinary grounds, shall be
entitled to exercise option under sub-rule (1).
Note 2 –
Persons who have died on or after the 1st day of January, 2016 and
could not exercise the option within prescribed time limit are deemed to
have opted for the revised pay structure on and from the 1st day of
January, 2016 or such later date as is most beneficial to their
dependents if the revised pay structure is more favourable and in such
cases, necessary action for payment of arrears shall be taken by the
Head of Office.
Note 3 – Persons who were on
earned leave or any other leave on 1st day of January, 2016 which
entitled them to leave salary shall be entitled to exercise option under
sub-rule (1).
7. Fixation of pay in the revised pay structure:-
(1)
The pay of a Railway servant who elects, or is deemed to have elected
under rule 6 to be governed by the revised pay structure on and from the
1st day of January, 2016, shall, unless in any case the President by
special order otherwise directs, be fixed separately in respect of his
substantive pay in the permanent post on which he holds a lien or would
have held a lien if such lien had not been suspended, and in respect of
his pay in the officiating post held by him, in the following manner,
namely : –
(A) in the case of all employees: –
(i)
the pay in the applicable Level in the Pay Matrix shall be the pay
obtained by multiplying the existing basic pay by a factor of 2.57,
rounded off to the nearest rupee and the figure so arrived at will be
located in that Level in the Pay Matrix and if such an identical figure
corresponds to any Cell in the applicable Level of the Pay Matrix, the
same shall be the pay, and if no such Cell is available in the
applicable Level, the pay shall be fixed at the immediate next higher
Cell in that applicable Level of the Pay Matrix.
Illustration:
1.
|
Existing Pay Band : PB-1
|
|
Pay Band
|
5200-20200
|
2.
|
Existing Grade Pay : 2400
|
3.
|
Existing Pay in Pay Band : 10160
|
4.
|
Existing Basic Pay : 12560(10160+2400)
|
Grade
Pay
|
1800
|
1900
|
2000
|
2400
|
2800
|
5.
|
Pay after multiplication by a fitment factor of 2.57 : 12560 x 2.57 = 32279.20
(rounded off to 32279)
|
Levels
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
18000
|
19900
|
21700
|
25500
|
29200
|
2
|
18500
|
20500
|
22400
|
26300
|
30100
|
6.
|
Level corresponding to GP 2400 : Level 4
|
3
|
19100
|
21100
|
23100
|
27100
|
31000
|
7.
| Revised Pay in Pay Matrix (either equal to or next higher to 32279 in Level 4) : 32300. |
4
|
19700
|
21700
|
23800
|
27900
|
31900
|
5
|
20300
|
22400
|
24500
|
28700
|
32900
|
6
|
20900
|
23100
|
25200
|
29600
|
33900
|
7
|
21500
|
23800
|
26000
|
30500
|
34900
|
8
|
22100
|
24500
|
26800
|
31400
|
35900
|
9
|
22800
|
25200
|
27600
|
32300
|
37000
|
10
|
23500
|
26000
|
28400
|
33300
|
38100
|
11
|
24200
|
26800
|
29300
|
34300
|
39200
|
(ii)
if the minimum pay or the first Cell in the applicable Level is more
than the amount arrived at as per sub-clause (i) above the pay shall be
fixed at minimum pay or the first Cell of that applicable Level.
(B)
In the case of medical officers in respect of whom Non Practicing
Allowance (NPA) is admissible, the pay in the revised pay structure
shall be fixed in the following manner :
(i) the
existing basic pay shall be multiplied by a factor of 2.57 and the
figure so arrived at shall be added to by an amount equivalent to
Dearness Allowance on the pre-revised Non-Practicing Allowance
admissible as on 1st day of January, 2016. The figure so arrived at will
be located in that Level in the Pay Matrix and if such an identical
figure corresponds to any Cell in the applicable Level of the Pay
Matrix, the same shall be the pay, and if no such Cell is available in
the applicable Level, the pay shall be fixed at the immediate next
higher Cell in that applicable Level of the Pay Matrix.
(ii)
The pay so fixed under sub-clause (i) shall be added by the pre-revised
Non Practicing Allowance admissible on the existing basic pay until
further decision on the revised rates of Non Practicing Allowance.
Illustration:
1.
|
Existing Pay Band : PB-3
|
|
2.
|
Existing Grade Pay : 5400
|
|
Pay Band
|
15600-39100
|
|
3.
|
Existing pay in Pay Band : 15600
|
4.
|
Existing Basic Pay : 21000
|
Grade Pay
|
5400
|
6600
|
7600
|
5.
|
25% NPA on Basic Pay : 5250
|
Levels
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
6.
|
DA on NPA@ 125% : 6563
|
1
|
56100
|
67700
|
78800
|
7.
|
Pay after multiplication by a fitment factor of 2.57: 21000 x 2.57 = 53970
|
2
|
57800
|
69700
|
81200
|
8.
|
DA on NPA : 6563 (125% of 5250)
|
3
|
59500
|
71800
|
83600
|
9.
|
Sum of serial number 7 and 8 = 60533
|
10.
|
Level corresponding to Grade Pay 5400 (PB-3) : Level 10
|
4
|
61300
|
74000
|
86100
|
11.
|
Revised Pay in Pay Matrix (either equal to or next higher to 60540 in Level 10) : 61300
|
5
|
63100
|
76200
|
88700
|
12.
|
Pre-revised Non Practicing Allowance : 5250
|
6
|
65000
|
78500
|
91400
|
13.
|
Revised Pay + pre-revised Non Practicing Allowance : 66550
|
(2)
Where a post has been upgraded as a result of the recommendations of
the Seventh Central Pay Commission, the existing basic pay will be
arrived at by adding the Pay drawn by the concerned employee in the
existing Pay Band plus the Grade Pay corresponding to the Level to which
the post has been upgraded and, the fixation of pay shall be done in
the manner prescribed in accordance with Clause (A) of sub rule (1).
Illustration:
1.
|
Existing Pay Band : PB-1
|
|
Pay Band
|
5200-20200
|
|
2.
|
Existing Grade Pay : 2400
|
Grade Pay
|
1800
|
1900
|
2000
|
2400
|
2800
|
|
3.
|
Existing basic pay : 12560
|
4.
|
Upgraded Grade Pay : 2800
|
Levels
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
|
5.
|
Pay for the purpose of fixation: 12960 (10160+2800)
|
1
|
18000
|
19900
|
21700
|
25500
|
29200
|
|
2
|
18500
|
20500
|
22400
|
26300
|
30100
|
|
6.
| Pay after multiplying serial number 5 with a fitment factor of 2.57 : 33307.20 (rounded off to 33307) |
3
|
19100
|
21100
|
23100
|
27100
|
31000
|
|
4
|
19700
|
21700
|
23800
|
27900
|
31900
|
|
|
|
20300
|
22400
|
24500
|
28700
|
32900
|
|
7.
|
Level corresponding to Grade Pay 2800 : Level 5
|
6
|
20900
|
23100
|
25200
|
29600
|
33900
|
|
8.
| Revised Pay in Pay Matrix (either equal to or next higher to 33307 in Level 5) : 33900. |
7
|
21500
|
23800
|
26000
|
30500
|
34900
|
|
|
(3) A Railway Servant who is on leave on the 1st day of January, 2016
and is entitled to leave salary shall be entitled to pay in the revised
pay structure from 1st day of January, 2016 or the date of option for
the revised pay structure.
(4) A Railway servant who is on study leave
on the 1st day of January, 2016 shall be entitled to the pay in the
revised pay structure from 1st day of January, 2016 or the date of
option.
(5) A Railway servant under
suspension, shall continue to draw subsistence allowance based on
existing pay structure and his pay in the revised pay structure shall be
subject to the final order on the pending disciplinary proceedings.
(6)
Where a Railway servant holding a permanent post is officiating in a
higher post on a regular basis and the pay structure applicable to these
two posts are merged into one Level, the pay shall be fixed under
sub-rule (1) with reference to the officiating post only and the pay so
fixed shall be treated as substantive pay.
(7)
Where the existing emoluments exceed the revised emoluments in the case
of any Railway servant, the difference shall be allowed as personal pay
to be absorbed in future increases in pay.
(8)
Where in the fixation of pay under sub-rule (1), the pay of a Railway
servant, who, in the existing pay structure, was drawing immediately
before the 1st day of January, 2016 more pay than another Railway
servant junior to him in the same cadre, gets fixed in the revised pay
structure in a Cell lower than that of such junior, his pay shall be
stepped up to the same Cell in the revised pay structure as that of the
junior.
(9) Where a Railway servant is in receipt
of personal pay immediately before the date of notification of these
rules, which together with his existing emoluments exceed the revised
emoluments, then the difference representing such excess shall be
allowed to such Railway servant as personal pay to be absorbed in future
increase in pay.
(10) (i) In cases where a senior
Railway servant promoted to a higher post before the 1st day of
January, 2016 draws less pay in the revised pay structure than his
junior who is promoted to the higher post on or after the 1st day of
January, 2016, the pay of senior Railway servant in the revised pay
structure shall be stepped up to an amount equal to the pay as fixed for
his junior in that higher post and such stepping up shall be done with
effect from the date of promotion of the junior Railway servant subject
to the fulfilment of the following conditions, namely: –
(a)
Both the junior and the senior Railway servant belong to the same cadre
and the posts in which they have been promoted are identical in the
same cadre;
(b) the existing pay structure and the
revised pay structure of the lower and higher posts in which they are
entitled to draw pay are identical;
(c) the senior Railway servants at the time of promotion are drawing equal or more pay than the junior;
(d)
the anomaly is directly as a result of the application of the
provisions of Rule 1313 (FR 22) of Indian Railway Establishment Code,
Volume II or any other rule or order regulating pay fixation on such
promotion in the revised pay structure :
Provided
that 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 shall 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 Rule 1321 (FR 27) of Indian
Railway Establishment Code, Volume II 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.
(11)
Subject to the provisions of rule 5, if the pay as fixed in the
officiating post under sub-rule (1) is lower than the pay fixed in the
substantive post, the former shall be fixed at the same stage as the
substantive pay.
8. Fixation of pay of employees appointed by direct recruitment on or after 1st day of January, 2016:
– The pay of employees appointed by direct recruitment on or after 1st
day of January, 2016 shall be fixed at the minimum pay or the first Cell
in the Level, applicable to the post to which such employees are
appointed :
Provided that where the existing pay of
such employee appointed on or after 1st day of January, 2016 and before
the date of notification of these rules, has already been fixed in the
existing pay structure and if his existing emoluments happen to exceed
the minimum pay or the first Cell in the Level, as applicable to the
post to which he is appointed on or after 1st day of January, 2016, such
difference shall be paid as personal pay to be absorbed in future
increments in pay.
9. Increments in Pay Matrix: – The increment shall be as specified in the vertical Cells of the applicable Level in the Pay Matrix.
Illustration:
| An
employee in the Basic Pay of 32300 in Level 4 will move vertically down
the same Level in the cells and on grant of increment, his basic pay
will be 33300. |
|
Pay Band
|
5200-20200
|
GradePay
|
1800
|
1900
|
2000
|
2400
|
2800
|
Levels
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
18000
|
19900
|
21700
|
25500
|
29200
|
2
|
18500
|
20500
|
22400
|
26300
|
30100
|
3
|
19100
|
21100
|
23100
|
27100
|
31000
|
4
|
19700
|
21700
|
23800
|
27900
|
31900
|
5
|
20300
|
22400
|
24500
|
28700
|
32900
|
6
|
20900
|
23100
|
25200
|
29600
|
33900
|
7
|
21500
|
23800
|
26000
|
30500
|
34900
|
8
|
22100
|
24500
|
26800
|
31400
|
35900
|
9
|
22800
|
25200
|
27600
|
32300
|
37000
|
|
|
|
|
↓
|
|
10
|
23500
|
26000
|
28400
|
33300
|
38100
|
11
|
24200
|
26800
|
29300
|
34300
|
39200
|
10. Date of next increment in the revised pay structure: – (1)
There shall be two dates for grant of increment namely, 1st January and
1st July of every year, instead of existing date of 1st July:Provided
that an employee shall be entitled to only one annual increment either
on 1st January or 1st July depending on the date of his appointment,
promotion or grant of financial upgradation.
(2) The increment in
respect of an employee appointed or promoted or granted financial
upgradation including upgradation under Modified Assured Career
Progression Scheme (MACPS) during the period between the 2nd day of
January and 1st day of July (both inclusive) shall be granted on 1st day
of January and the increment in respect of an employee appointed or
promoted or granted financial upgradation including upgradation under
MACPS during the period between the 2nd day of July and 1st day of
January (both inclusive) shall be granted on 1st day of July.
Illustration:
(a)
In case of an employee appointed or promoted in the normal hierarchy or
under MACPS during the period between the 2nd day of July, 2016 and the
1st day of January, 2017, the first increment shall accrue on the 1st
day of July, 2017 and thereafter it shall accrue after one year on
annual basis.
(b) In case of an employee appointed or promoted in
the normal hierarchy or under MACPS during the period between 2nd day of
January, 2016 and 1st day of July, 2016, who did not draw any increment
on 1st day of July, 2016, the next increment shall accrue on 1st day of
January, 2017 and thereafter it shall accrue after one year on annual
basis:
Provided that in the case of employees whose pay in the
revised pay structure has been fixed as on 1st day of January, 2016 the
next increment in the Level in which the pay was so fixed as on 1st day
of January, 2016 shall accrue on 1st day of July, 2016:
Provided
further that the next increment after drawal of increment on 1st day of
July, 2016 shall accrue on 1st day of July, 2017.
(3) Where two
existing Grades in hierarchy are merged and the junior Railway servant
in the lower Grade happens to draw more pay in the corresponding Level
in the revised pay structure than the pay of the senior Railway servant,
the pay of the senior Railway servant shall be stepped up to that of
his junior from the same date and he shall draw next increment in
accordance with this rule.
11. Revision of pay from a date subsequent to 1st day of January, 2016:–
Where a Railway servant who continues to draw his pay in the existing
pay structure is brought over to the revised pay structure from a date
later than 1st day of January, 2016, his pay in the revised pay
structure shall be fixed in the manner prescribed in accordance with
clause (A) of sub-rule (1) of rule 7.
12. Pay protection to officers on Central deputation under Central Staffing Scheme:-If
the pay of the officers posted on deputation to the Central Government
under Central Staffing Scheme, after fixation in the revised pay
structure either under these rules or as per the instructions regulating
such fixation of pay on the post to which they are appointed on
deputation, happens to be lower than the pay these officers would have
been entitled to, had they been in their parent cadre and would have
drawn that pay but for the Central deputation, such difference in the
pay shall be protected in the form of Personal Pay with effect from the
date of notification of these rules.
13. Fixation of pay on promotion on or after 1st day of January, 2016.-The
fixation of pay in case of promotion from one Level to another in the
revised pay structure shall be made in the following manner, namely:-
(i)
One increment shall be given in the Level from which the employee is
promoted and he shall be placed at a Cell equal to the figure so arrived
at in the Level of the post to which promoted and if no such Cell is
available in the Level to which promoted, he shall be placed at the next
higher Cell in that Level.
Illustration:
1.
|
Level in the revised pay structure : Level 4
|
|
Pay Band
|
5200-20200
|
2.
|
Basic Pay in the revised pay structure : 28700
|
GradePay
|
1800
|
1900
|
2000
|
2400
|
2800
|
3.
| Granted promotion/financial upgradation under MACPS in Level 5 |
Levels
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
18000
|
19900
|
21700
|
25500
|
29200
|
2
|
18500
|
20500
|
22400
|
26300
|
30100
|
4.
|
Pay after giving one increment
in Level 4 : 29600
|
3
|
19100
|
21100
|
23100
|
27100
|
31000
|
4
|
19700
|
21700
|
23800
|
27900
|
31900
|
5.
| Pay in the upgraded Level i.e. Level 5 : 30100 (either equal to or next higher to 29600 in Level 5) |
5
|
20300
|
22400
|
24500
|
28700
|
32900
|
6
|
20900
|
23100
|
25200
|
29600
|
33900
|
7
|
21500
|
23800
|
26000
|
30500
|
34900
|
(ii)
In the case of Railway servants receiving Non Practicing Allowance,
their basic pay plus Non Practicing Allowance shall not exceed the
average of basic pay of the revised scale applicable to the Apex Level
and the level of the Cabinet Secretary.
14. Mode of payment of arrears of pay:-The arrears shall be paid during the Financial Year 2016-2017.
Explanation.-For the purpose of this rule, “arrears of pay” in r elation to a Railway servant, means the difference between-
(i)
the aggregate of the pay and dearness allowance to which he is entitled
on account of the revision of his pay under these rules for the period
effective from the 1st day of January, 2016; and
(ii) the
aggregate of the pay and dearness allowance to which he would have been
entitled (whether such pay and dearness allowance had been received or
not) for that period had his pay and allowances not been so revised.
15. Overriding effect of Rules.-The
provisions of the Railway Fundamental Rules, the Railway Services
(Revision of Pay) Rules, 1947, the Railway Services (Authorised Pay)
Rules, 1960, the Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 1973, the Railway
Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 1986, the Railway Services (Revised Pay)
Rules, 1997 and the Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008 shall not
save as otherwise provided in these rules, apply to cases where pay is
regulated under these rules, to the extent they are inconsistent with
these rules.
16. Power to relax.-Where
the President is satisfied that the operation of all or any of the
provisions of these rules causes undue hardship in any particular case,
he may, by order, dispense with or relax the requirements of that rule
to such extent and subject to such conditions as he may consider
necessary for dealing with the case in a just and equitable manner.
17. Interpretation.–
If any question arises relating to the interpretation of any of the
provisions of these Rules, it shall be referred to the Railway Board for
decision.
SCHEDULE
[See rules 3(vi) and 7(2)]
PART – A
Pay Matrix
Revised
Pay Structure for posts in Group ‘C’, ‘B’, & ‘A’ except posts for
which different revised pay structure is issued separately
Notes:
1.
The revised pay structure is applicable to all categories of Railway
servants irrespective of their designations strictly on the basis of the
existing pay structure except as may be specifically prescribed
otherwise by Ministry of Railways (Railway Board).
2.
The existing classification of Railway servants in Group ‘C’, ‘B’ &
‘A’ on the basis of the existing p ay structure will continue in the
revised pay structure till further orders except as may be specifically
prescribed otherwise by Ministry of Railways (Railway Board). No change
in the classification should be made in the revised pay structure.
FORM OF OPTION
[See Rule 6 (2)]
*1. I, ____________________________________________ hereby elect the revised pay structure with effect from 1st January, 2016.
*2.
I, ____________________________________________ hereby elect to
continue on Pay Band and Grade Pay of my substantive / officiating post
mentioned below until:
* the date of my next
increment / the date of my subsequent increment raising my
pay to Rs.___________________ / I vacate or cease to draw pay in the
existing pay structure / the date of my promotion/upgradation to the
post of _______________________.
Existing Pay Band and Grade Pay_____________________________________
Signature___________________________
Name ______________________________
Designation__________________________
Office in which employed _____________________________
* To be scored out, if not applicable.
UNDERTAKING
I
hereby undertake that in the event of my pay having been fixed in a
manner contrary to the provisions contained in these Rules, as detected
subsequently, any excess payment so made shall be refunded by me to the
Government either by adjustment against future payments due to me or
otherwise.
Signature___________________________
Name ______________________________
Designation__________________________
Date :
Place :
MEMORANDUM EXPLANATORY TO THE RAILWAY SERVICES (REVISED PAY) RULES, 2016
Rule 1 – This rule is self-explanatory.
Rule 2
– This rule lays down the categories of employees to whom the rules
apply. Except for the categories excluded under sub-rule (2), the rules
are applicable to all persons under the rule making control of the
President serving under the administrative control of the Railway Board.
Rule 3 & 4 – These rules are self-explanatory.
Rule 5–
The intention is that all Railway servants should be brought over to
the revised pay structure except those who elect existing pay structure.
The Railway Servants who exercise the option to continue in the
existing pay structure will continue to draw the dearness allowance at
the rates in force on 1st January, 2016. If a Railway servant is holding
permanent post in a substantive capacity and officiating in a higher
post, or would have officiated in one or more posts but for his being on
deputation etc., he has the option to retain the existing pay structure
only in respect of one scale. Such a Railway servant may retain the
existing scale applicable to a permanent post or any one of the
officiating posts. In respect of the remaining posts he will necessarily
have to be brought over to the revised pay structure.
Rule 6
– This rule prescribes the manner in which option has to be exercised
and also the authority who shall be apprised of such option. The option
has to be exercised in the form appended to the rules. It should be
noted that it is not sufficient for a Railway servant to exercise the
option within the specified time limit but also to ensure that it
reaches the prescribed authority within the time limit. In the case of
persons who are outside India at the time of notification of these
rules, the period within which the option has to be exercised is three
months from the date they take over charge of the post in India. In the
case of Railway servants the revised pay structure of whose posts are
announced subsequent to the date of issue of these rules, the period of
three months will run from the date of such announcement.
Persons
who have retired between 1st January, 2016 and the date of notification
of these rules are also eligible to exercise option.
Rule 7 –
This rule deals with the actual fixation of pay in the revised pay
structure on 1st January, 2016 and is self explanatory. The benefit of
this rule is not admissible in cases where a Railway servant has elected
the revised pay structure in respect of his substantive post, but has
retained the existing scale in respect of an officiating post.
Rule 8 –
This Rule prescribes the method of fixation of pay of employees
appointed on direct recruitment on or after 1st day of January, 2016.
Rule 9 & 10 – These rules prescribe the manner in which the next increment in the new pay structure shall be regulated.
Rule 11 to 17 – These rules are self-explanatory.
[F. No. PC-VII/2016/RSRP/1]
R. K. VERMA, Secy./Railway Board
