IREC Rule No.1315: [FR-22(B)] Fixation Of Pay Of Railway Servant Appointed As Probationer In Another Service

1315. [FR-22(B)]Fixation Of Pay Of Railway Servant Appointed As Probationer In Another Service:-

(1)   Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, the following provisions shall govern the pay of a railway servant who is appointed as probationer in another service or cadre and subsequently confirmed in that service or cadre;

(a)      During the period of probation he shall draw pay at the minimum of the time scale or at the probationary stages or the time scale of the service or the post, as the case may be;

Provided that if the presumptive pay of the permanent post, other than a tenure post, on which he holds a lien or would hold a lien had his lien been not suspended; should at any time be greater than the pay fixed under this clause, he shall draw the presumptive pay of the permanent post;

(b)      On confirmation in the service or post after the expiry of the period of probation, the pay of the railway servant shall be fixed in the time scale of the service or post in accordance with the provisions of the Rule 1313 (FR-22) or Rule 1316 [FR-22(C)] as the case may be;

Provided that the pay shall not be so fixed under Rule 1313 (FR-22) or Rule 1316 [FR-22(C)] with reference to the pay that the railway servant would have drawn in the previous post held by him in temporary capacity and he shall continue to draw pay in the time scale of service or post as admissible under the normal rules.

[Authority: No.F(E)II/79/FR-1/3, 12.03.1980]

(2)   The provisions contained in sub-rule (1) shall apply mutatis-mutandis to cases of railway servants appointed on probation with definite conditions against temporary post in another service or cadre whether recruitment to permanent post as such service or cadre is made as probationers, except that in such cases the fixation of pay in the manner indicated in clause (b) of sub-rule (1) shall be done under Rule 1326 (FR-31) immediately on the expiry of the period of probation and on regular officiating appointment to a post either permanent or temporary in the service or cadre.

(3)   Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, a railway servant appointed as an Apprentice in another service or cadre shall draw;

(a)   During the period of Apprenticeship, the stipend or pay prescribed for such period provided that if the presumptive pay of the permanent post other than a tenure post, on which he holds a lien or would hold a lien had his lien not been suspended, should at any time be greater than stipend or pay fixed under this clause, he shall draw the presumptive pay of the permanent post;

(b)   On satisfactory completion of the Apprenticeship and regular appointment to a post in the service or cadre, the pay as fixed in the time scale of the service or post under Rule 1313 (FR-22) or 1316 [FR-22(C)] or Rule (FR-31) as the case may be.

Provided that the pay shall not be so fixed with reference to the pay that the railway servant would have drawn in the previous post held by him in temporary capacity and he shall continue to draw pay in the time scale of service or post admissible under the normal rules.

[Authority: No.F(E)II/79/FR-1, 12.03.1980]