RBE No. 113/2016: Bunching of Stages – RS(RP) Rules, 2016 – Clarification

No.PC-VII/2016/RSRP/3, dated 26.09.2016

Sub: Clarification regarding bunching of stages in the revised pay structure under RS(RP) Rules, 2016.

1. The recommendations of 7th CPC w.r.t. bunching of stages has been examined by Ministry of Finance and it has been decided that in cases where in revision of pay, the pay of Government servants drawing pay at two or more stages in pre-revised Pay Bands and Grade Pay or scale, as the case may be, get fixed at same Cell in the applicable Level in the new Pay Matrix, one additional increment shall be given for every two stages bunched and the pay of Government servant drawing higher pay in pre-revised structures shall be fixed in the next vertical Cell in the applicable Level.
2. For this purpose, pay drawn by the Government servants in a given Pay Band and Grade Pay or scale where the higher pay is at least 3% more than the lower pay shall constitute two stages. Officers drawing pay where the difference is less than 3% shall not be entitled for this benefit.
3. As per illustration given in para 5.1.37 of the Report of the 7th Central Pay Commission, if two persons drawing pay of Rs.53000 and Rs.54590 in the GP Rs.10000 are to be fixed in a new Pay Matrix, the person drawing pay of Rs.53000 on multiplication by a factor of 2.57 will expect a pay corresponding to Rs.136210 and the person drawing pay of Rs.54590 on multiplication by a factor of 2.57 will expect a pay corresponding to Rs.140296. Revised pay of both should ideally be fixed in the first cell of Level-14 in the pay of Rs.144200 but to avoid bunching the person drawing pay of Rs.54590 will get fixed in second cell of Level-14 in the pay of Rs.148500.

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 113/2016

Forward reference⇒RBE No.139/2017