RBE No. 219/1987: Fixation of Pay – Selection Grade
No.PC-IV/87/Imp/19, dated 24.08.1987
Sub: Recommendation of the Fourth Central Pay Commission – Orders regarding Selection Grade in Group ‘A’ Railway Services.
1. Pursuant to the recommendations of the 4th Pay Commission regarding Selection Grade (Rs.4500-5700) posts for Group ‘A’ Central Services including the Group ‘A’ Railway Services, the President is pleased to decide that in all organized Group ‘A’ Railway Services, the number of posts in the Selection Grade shall be equal to 15% of the senior duty posts (i.e. all duty posts at the level of Senior Time Scale and above in the cadre). However, there shall be no increase in the overall strength of the Cadre and the number of posts in the Selection Grade will not exceed the posts in the JA Grade. An officer appointed to the Junior Administrative Grade will be granted Selection Grade if he satisfies conditions prescribed in paragraph 2 below.
2. No member of the service shall be eligible for appointment to the Selection Grade until he has entered the fourteenth year of service on the 1st July of the year calculated from the year following the year of examination on the basis of which the member was recruited.
3. Appointment to the Selection Grade shall be made by the Railway Board who would issue promotion orders in this regard. The General Managers will have no powers to promote officers to Selection Grade even in an ad-hoc capacity.
4. The orders regarding fixation of pay on appointment to Selection Grade will be issued separately.
5. These orders will take effect from 01.01.1986.
Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 219/1987
Forward reference ⇒ RBE No. 298/1987