RBE No.142/2018: Date of Next Increment – RS(RP) Rules, 2016 – Clarification
No.PC-VII/2016/I/6/2, dated 20.09.2018
Sub: Availability of option for fixation of pay on promotion from the Date of Next Increment (DNI) in the lower post and method of fixation of pay from DNI, if opted for, in context of RS(RP) Rules, 2016 – Regarding.
1. Please refer to Board’s letter of even no. dated 31.07.2017 (RBE No.79/2017) forwarding therewith a copy of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel & Training’s (MoPPG&T) OM No.13/02/2017-Estt.(Pay)I, dated 27.07.2017 regarding guidelines on availability of option for fixation of pay on promotion from the Date of Next Increment (DNI) in the lower post and method of fixation of pay from DNI, if opted for, in context of CCS (RP) Rules, 2016 for adoption of the same in Railways with respect to RS(RP) Rules, 2016.
2. Now Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel & Training vide their OM OM No.13/02/2017-Estt.(Pay-I), dated 28.08.2018 has clarified various aspect of their earlier OM. The clarifications issued by DoP&T shall be applicable mutatis-mutandis in Railways with respect to RS(RP) Rules, 2016.
3. The ‘one month’ period mentioned in the aforesaid OM of DoP&T dated 28.08.2018 under clarification to point of out at Sl. No.2 shall be one month from the date of issue of these instructions.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions,
Department of Personnel & Training
OM No.13/02/2017-Estt.(Pay-I), dated 28.08.2018
Sub: Availability of option for fixation of pay on promotion from the Date of Next Increment (DNI) in the lower post and method of fixation of pay from DNI, if opted for, in context of CCS (RP) Rules, 2016 – Clarification -Regarding.
1. The underside is directed to refer to this Department’s OM of even number dated 27.07.2017, on the subject cited above. Following the issuance of OM ibid, this Department has received a number of references seeking clarification on various aspects of the OM ibid. The matter has been considered in this department in consultation with D/o expenditure and the points of doubt are clarified as under:
| Sl. No. | Points of Doubt | Clarification |
| 1 | The date of applicability of the OM ibid. | Since the OM ibid is in the context of 7th CPC scenario, it is applicable from 01.01.2016. |
| 2 | Whether the employees who have been granted the pay fixation benefits on account of promotion between 01.01.2016 and the date of issuance of the OM ibid i.e. 27.07.2017, would be allowed to re-exercise/ revise their option for fixation of pay under FR 22(I)(a)(1). | Under the changed circumstances, after the issuance of this Department’s OM ibid, the employee shall be allowed to re-exercise/ revise their option for fixation of pay under FR 22(I)(a)(1), within one month from the date of issuance of this OM. Further, the options so exercised shall be final. |
2. Insofar as their application to the employees belonging to the Indian Audit and Accounts Department is concerned, these orders issue in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 142/2018
Forward reference⇒RBE No. 191/2018