18.07.1986 - Officiating Pay under FR 35

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4th CPCActive
OM No.
l8/12/85-Estt(Pay-I)
Category
4th CPC
Date
18 Jul 1986
Effective from
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Summary

​In cases of appointments on promotion in the normal line within the cadre but which are not on regular basis, the pay my be restricted under F.R.35 so as not to exceed the basic pay by more than the amounts shown below:-


a

for employees in receipt of basic pay above Rs.750/-

25% of basic pay or Rs.225/- whichever is more.

b

for employees in receipt of basic pay above Rs.300/- upto Rs.750/-

30% of base pay or Rs. 100/- whichever is more.

c

for employees in receipt of basic pay of and below Rs.300/-

33.1/3% of basic pay.

​It has also been decided that in the cases where pay in the manner indicated above comes to more than the minimum or at the minimum of the promotional posts, the employee concerned will be allowed pay at the minimum of the scale.
Document text

No.18/12/85-Estt (pay-I)

Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. and Pensions 

(Department of Personnel and Training)


New Delhi, the 18 July, 1986.


OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Restriction of officiating pay under F.R.35- clarification regarding

​The undersigned is directed to refer to the instructions contained in this Department's OM.No.1/23/80- Estt. (P-I), dated the 5th August, 1981 where in it was decided that the restrictions of officiating pay under F.R.35 should not be invoked in respect of regular cadre promotion where the employee who become due for promotion, falls within the zone of consideration and fulfils all the qualifications prescribed for promotion.


2.​The President is pleased to decide that in cases of appointments on promotion in the normal line within the cadre but which are not on regular basis, the pay my be restricted under F.R.35 so as not to exceed the basic pay by more than the amounts shown below:-


a)

for employees in receipt of basic pay above Rs.750/-

25% of basic pay or Rs.225/- whichever is more.

b)

for employees in receipt of basic pay above Rs.300/- upto Rs.750/-

30% of base pay or Rs. 100/- whichever is more.

c)

for employees in receipt of basic pay of and below Rs.300/-

33.1/3% of basic pay.

3.​It has also been decided that in the cases where pay in the manner indicated above comes to more than the minimum or at the minimum of the promotional posts, the employee concerned will be allowed pay at the minimum of the scale.


4.​In so far, as the person serving in the I.A. &A.D. are concerned, these orders issue in consultation with the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India) 

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​Hindi version is endlosed,

(S.S. RAY)

DIRECTOR

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All Ministries/Departments of Govt. of India(As per standard list)..


Copy to:-1.Comptroller and Auditor General of India, New Delhi..2.Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi.3.Election Commission, New Delhi.4.Rajya Sabha Secretariat (Admn. Branch), New Delhi.5.Lok Sabha Secretariat (Admn. Branch), New Delhi.6.Shri D.D.Bhagwala, Senior Personnel and Executive Officer, Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi.7.Supreme Court of India, New Delhi.8.All State Governments and Union Territory Administrations 

9.Central Vigilance Commission, New Delhi.

10.    Commissioner for. Scheduled castes & Scheduled Tribes, N.Delhi 

11.     Ministry of Finance (Defence Division).12.    Shri Mohinder Singh, Deputy Secretary (AG) Min, of Defence New Delhi,13.    Railway Board, New Delhi..14.Secretary, Staff side, National Council, 9 Ashoka Rd.,N. Delhi 

15.    All Members of the Staff Side of the National Council of JCM 

16.    Indian Red Cross Society, 1.Red Cross Road, New Delhi. 

17.    All India Services Division, DP&T, New Delhi.
18.    All Integrated Finamial Advisers of Admn. Ministries. 

19.    All Officers/sections in the DP&T.
20.   Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance. 

21.All Controller of Accounts/Pay & Accounts officers of all Ministries/Departments.22.    All Attached and Subordinate offices of Deptt. of Pers. 

23.    PA, Home AS/PAS of llome Minister and MS (PP).24.    Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie.25.Sh.P.Muthuswamy, Post Box No.2468, Madras-600 028. 

26.Smt. satya Chaudhary, P.O.Lakhinder, Hoshiarpur. 

Spare copies-300.


(S.S. RAY)

DIRECTOR.

Amendment history
29 Jul 1987 · 18/26/86-Estt.(Pay-I)
08 Mar 2010 · F.1/4/2009-Estt(Pay-I)
28 Feb 2019 · 1/4/2017-Estt.(Pay-I)
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