RBE No. 178/1990: Fixation of pay – Officers of RPSF

No.PC-IV/88/4/1, dated 05.10.1990

Sub: Fixation of pay of the Officers of RPSF in the IV Pay Commission scales.

1.     According to the provisions contained in Rule 7(1)(B) of the Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 1986, special pay in the existing scale is to be taken into account for purposes of fixation in the revised pay scales if the existing scale with the special pay has been replaced by a scale of pay without any special pay. This would connote those special pays which were in lieu of a higher scale of pay. 

2.     The Assistant Commandant and Commandants of the RPSF were being given a special pay of Rs.100 p.m. and Rs.150 p.m. in terms of Board’s letter No.PC-III/74/PS-1-2, dated 14.11.1975, so long as they worked against these posts. In other words, this special pay was not admissible to them in the RPF nor was it part of their pay scale but was granted during their tenure in the RPSF taking into account the arduous nature of their duties.

3.     It has come to notice that on some of the Railways, the special pay admissible during their tenure in RPSF, has been taken into account while fixing the pay in the Revised Pay Rules under Rule 7(1)(B). Since Officers of the RPSF are drafted from amongst the Offices of RPF and the special pay is admissible to them only during their tenure in the RPSF for compensating their strenuous duties in the RPSF, such fixation is not correct. This may be kept in view and action may be taken to rectify all such cases of erroneous fixation where the special pay admissible in the RPSF has been taken into account for purposes of fixation in the Revised Pay Scales.

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 178/1990

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