Stepping up of Pay: RBE No.103/2022 – On Grant of Next Increment to Junior
No.PC-VII/2021/RSRP/7, dated 29.08.2022
PC-VII No.189
Sub: Stepping up of pay cases arisen on grant of next increment to junior – reg.
1. Please refer to following OMs of Ministry of Finance/ Department of Expenditure as adopted in Ministry of Railways regarding clarification on date of next increment – Rule 10 of RS(RP) Rules, 2016:-
| SN | Details of OM of Ministry of Finance | Corresponding letters of Ministry of Railways |
| 1 | No.4-21/2017-IC/E.III(A), dated 31.07.2018 | RBE No.126/2018, dated 31.08.2018 under File No.PC-VII/2017/R-I/7 |
| 2 | No.4-21/2017-IC/E.IIIA, dated 28.11.2019 | RBE No.212/2019, dated 18.12.2019 under File No.PC-VII/2017/R-I/7 |
2. Subsequent to issue of above letters, certain cases has come to notice wherein seniors who have been promoted or granted financial upgradation before 01.01.2016, are getting less pay than juniors who have got promotion/ financial upgradation after 01.01.2016. Extant provisions regarding stepping up of pay of seniors available in RS(RP) Rules, 2016 are not applicable in such cases. The issue has been examined in consultation with Ministry of Finance/ Department of Expenditure.
3. On the subject matter, Ministry of Finance/ Department of Expenditure have clarified that “If seniors who have been promoted or granted financial upgradation before 01.01.2016, are getting less pay than the juniors who have got promotion/ financial upgradation after 01.01.2016, than the seniors may be granted stepping up of pay in comparison to those juniors, where such junior government servants accrued the next increment on the following 1st January or 1st July on completion of a period of 6 months qualifying service as per DoE’s OM No.4-21/2017-IC/E.III(A), dated 31.07.2018, provided the conditions laid down therein are strictly fulfilled, and also to ensure that 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 as on 1st January/ 1st July is drawn by the senior after 6 months on 1st July/ 1st January, as the case may be.”
4. Necessary action in respect to the cases falling under the conditions mentioned in Para 2 above may be taken accordingly. There is no change in the conditions mentioned in Board’s letters mentioned above. It may be ensured that above clarification are applicable only in cases where in existing provisions of stepping up of pay are not applicable and conditions mentioned above are strictly fulfilled.
5. Hindi version will follow.
Download Railway Board Circular RBE No.103/2022
Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.