IREC Rule No.109: Scales Of Pay Of Group ‘A’ & ‘B’ Railway Servants

109.  Scales of pay of Groups A & B Railway Servants:

(1)   The Revised scales of pay admissible to Railway servants in Group ‘A’ & ‘B’ shall be as notified by government with the sanction of the President.

No alteration in the scale of pay of a post or service can be made without the sanction of the President.

(2)   The pay of Group ‘A’ Railway Officer in Junior Scale on appointment to a Senior Scale post in an organized Railway Service shall be fixed under Rule-1313 [FR-(22)(I)(a)(1)] of the Indian Railway Establishment Code Volume-II.

Railway Ministry’s Decision:

A Junior Scale Officer can be considered eligible for promotion to Senior Scale only after putting in 4 years service (including the period of probation) in Junior Scale. But, if in the interest of Administration, one is promoted to Senior scale before completing four years in Junior Scale, he will draw pay in the Junior Scale plus a charge Allowance of Rs.300/- per month subject to the condition that pay plus Charge Allowance should not exceed the pay that would have been admissible had it been fixed under Rule-1313 [FR-(22)(I)(a)(1)] of the Indian  Railway Establishment code, Volume-II on regular basis.