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PAY,
INCREMENTS AND EFFICIENCY
BARS Section
1—Fixation of pay of retrenched non-gazetted employees on appointment or
other Government servants on transfer to railway posts, at a stage higher
than the minimum. 601.
The pay of person appointed afresh to a railway post is fixed at
the minimum of the time-scale of post to which he is appointed.
It is left to the discretion of the authority competent to
create a
permanent post to fix his pay at a higher stage in the time scale of that
post in
certain exceptional
cases. Such
fixation should, however, be made in consultation with the Financial
Adviser of the railway administration concerned. 602. In the
case of retrenched persons who may have previously served in a
Government office/department
in authorized scales which
are identical to those in which they may
be re-appointed
on a
railway, the fixation of pay
should be
regulated under the provisions of rule 1313 (a) (ii)
[F.R.22(a) (ii)] of the Indian
Railway Establishment
Code, Volume II i.e. they should be allowed,
on re-appointment, the pay last drawn by them in identical scales
in the previous Government office/department,
the period during
which they drew pay in such scale being allowed to count for
increments in the railway posts. 603.
In the case of persons who were previously holding upper division
posts in a Government office/department on the prescribed scale of Rs.80—220 or authorized scale Rs.130—300/330—560/1200—2040 should,
on re-appointment on the railway as lower division clerks on authorized
scale of Rs.110—180, 260—400/950—1500 be allowed pay under
paragraph 602 above but with reference to the pay that they would have
drawn in the previous Government office/department as if the prescribed
scale of the lower division had been prescribed for the upper division
posts in that office/department. 604.In case of
transfers from one railway department to another including transfer from a
Government department, following general principles should be observed:
— (a) TRANSFER
FROM A HIGHER TO A LOWER POST— (a)
(i) Temporary employees.—In such cases the benefit of completed
years of service
in the higher post may be given for purposes of advance increments in the
lower post to which railway servant is appointed, provided, of course,
that does not exceed the pay drawn in the higher post at the time of
transfer. In case the appointment to the lower post involves appointment
to a regular cadre with immediate or future prospects of absorption as a
permanent railway servant, care should be taken to see that grant of
advance increments does not come into conflict with the pay fixed for
other railway servants in the cadre. In such cases, normally, it may be
preferable to fix the pay at the minimum of the time-scale, and to grant,
subject to the approval of the Railway Board, a personal pay equal to the
appropriate number of increments instead of fixing the pay at a higher
stage in the time-scale, the personal
pay being absorbed in future increments. (ii) PERMANENT
GOVERNMENT SERVANTS—In the case of permanent Government servants
officiating in higher post and transferred to officiate in railway posts
which are lower than the previous officiating posts, the previous
officiating service in the higher posts should be allowed to count for
increments. (b) TRANSFER OF TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT SERVANTS FROM ONE POST TO ANOTHER EQUIVALENT POST.—In such cases temporary Government servants many be given the advantage of completed years of service in the former posts for higher fixation of pay in the latter, provided that there is a reasonable prospect for the former posts to continue for a longer period and that the Government servant concerned would have continued to hold that post. In this case also, if the transfer is to a regular post in which chances of immediate or ultimate confirmation exist, it may be necessary in the interest of service of other railway servants to grant personal pay instead of a higher start. This personal pay will absorbed in future increments. Section II—Drawl of Increment in Timescale of Pay 605.Under rule 1318 of the Indian
Railway Establishment Code, Volume II, an increment, other than an
increment next above the efficiency bar, shall ordinarily be drawn as
matter of course, unless it is withheld. The following procedure should be
observed with a view to eliminating delay in the drawl of periodical
increments. 606. (i) Instead of preparing eligible
statements for drawl of annual increments for all non-gazetted staff, it
would suffice if only ineligibility statements are prepared in respect of
staff in whose cases it is proposed to withhold increment as measure of
disciplinary action or due to any other reason e.g. staff remaining on
extraordinary leave etc. The date of normal increment of every employee
should be recorded by the bill preparing office in a separate While the responsibility for furnishing correct
information in regard to date of increment, crossing of Efficiency Bar and
withholding of increment etc., will be that of bill preparing officers,
the Accounts offices will exercise necessary internal check in respect of
correct drawal of increments with reference to information furnished in
the appropriate column in the pay sheet etc. This information
furnished in the pay sheets should be test-checked by the Accounts
Inspection parties at the time when the Executive Offices are inspected by
the Accounts Inspection parties. [E. (NG)
11-76/ICI/1 of 20-1-77] 606. (ii) From 1-1-73, the annual increment will be admitted from the first of the month in which it would fall due under the operation of normal rules and orders regulating increments. For this— (a) An employee on leave draws leave
salary and not duty pay. So, an increment accruing while on leave cannot be drawn during
leave. It will be drawn from the date of resumption of duty on return from leave. (b) In case of postponement of increments
due to leave without pay, the postponement will (c) In case of there being broken periods
of service at the same stage and next increment (d) In case of withholding of increments
for a specified period, if penalty expires after 1st (e) In case of increments other than
normal increments e.g. advance or enhanced increments due to passing
certain examination, the increment will be governed by normal rules and
not by this rule. No. PCIII-74/INC/1
dt. 17-1-74;
10-7-74; 7-1-75
and 10-9-80. PC.III/75/INC/2
of 10-11-75. 606. (iii) In order to arrive at the date
of increment where the different spells and/or total of the periods not
counting for increments exceed 29 days, the periods as well as the total
of the periods not counting for increments should be converted in terms of
months and days in accordance with instructions. The total period so
converted shall be added to the date of mal increment to arrive at the
actual date of increment as provided in proviso to Rule 1320-R-II(1987
Edition) to illustrate the above ------ Example :
(i) Date of last increment—1-1-81. (ii) Date of next increment in normal
course-1-1-82. (iii) Period not counting due to
(ii) above
: 2 months & 13 days. (iv) Add (iii) to (ii)
= 14-3-82. (a) The date of next increment will be,
thus, 14-3-82. As per extant orders the increment is to be sanctioned from
first of the month, so the next increment will be drawn on 1-3-82. (b) Normal increment shall be drawn on the first of the month in which it falls due. However this will not apply to (i) advance/enhanced increments granted for passing examinations etc. (ii) increments withheld punishment (iii) employees on deputation from state
govt. or other bodies. [PC(iii)/4/IWC/1
dt. 17-1-74, PC (iii) 74
IWC/1 dt. 7-1-75] (iv) The annual increments shall be
granted from the first of the month in which they fall due under operation
of the normal rules and orders regulating increments (Rly. Bd. No.
Pc.iii/74/INC/1 of 17-1-74, 10-7-74). However, in cases like drawal
of advance/enhanced increments
due to passing of certain examination, or where increments are withheld as
a measure of penalty etc. these orders shall not apply and the
increment shall be restored/ (Rly. Bd's No. PC
III/74/INC/1 dt. 17-1-74,
7-1-75)
(v) Once the date of increment due on or
after 1-11-73 has been determined as first of the
As the first of the month is the date of increment for all purposes, there would be no necessity of making entries in SR in respect of the date on which it becomes actually due under the normal rules. No.
PC.III/74/1 NL/1 dt. 10-9-80.
607. To abviate any delay arising from the
fact that service records of railway servants transferred from one
establishment to another
are sometimes not
dispatched promptly from
one office to the other, it should be ensured that particulars which have
a direct bearing on their dates of increments are invariably supplied in
the following form, either with the order of transfer or in 'the last
pay', particulars sent by one pay bill preparing office to the other
:—
*In the case of the first increment in a
scale, the date of appointment to the scale should be In this column should be noted the period
of suspension, period of leave without pay, any 608. Leave on full or half average pay
counts for increment in the time-scale applicable to post in which a
railway servant was officiating at the time he proceeded on such leave
provided it is certified that the railway servant concerned would have
continued to officiate but for his proceeding on leave. Subject to similar
certification, the period of extra ordinary leave taken in cases of
sickness covered by proper medical certificates counts for increment
without a request to this effect being received from the railway servant
concerned. The aforesaid certificate may be issued by the leave sanctioning authority instead of the appointing authority in cases where no officiating arrangement is made in the leave vacancy and the railway servant returns to the same post after leave. The leave sanctioning authority may issue the certificate at the time of grant of leave itself in case the railway servant is likely to return to duty in the same post after leave. The
procedure for the issue of certificates outlined above applies, mutatis
mutandis, to cases of maternity leave also. To facilitate matters, the certificates
should be recorded at the time of sanctioning leave, and the fact should
be duly noted by staff dealing with increments so that case for increment
is not held up late in trying to obtain or put together such certificates.
As in a large number of cases leave (other than casual leave) covers
relatively short periods of a few weeks or few days, during which no
officiating arrangements is made, there should be no difficulty in the
majority of cases in recording the certificate. The leave sanctioning
authority should ensure, while sanctioning
leave, that a certificate is recorded or that it cannot be recorded. 609. The timely drawal of increments is
one of the primary responsibilities of the administration. The executive
and personnel officers as well as administrative officers should review
the position periodically, to ensure compliance with the forgoing
instructions. 610.
Annual
increment to Directly recruited Clerks Grade- I
in Accounts Department (i) They may be granted annual increment
only on passing the Appendix II-A examination or on completion of one
year's service whichever is later. Once they have passed Appendix II-A
examination, increment may be allowed to them as in the normal course with
full payment of arrears from the date they complete one year of service. Section
III—Efficiency Bar 611.
A—GAZETTED RAILWAY SERVANTS (2) Efficiency bars exist in the following
prescribed and authorized scales of pay applicable to gazetted railway
servants :
612.
Subject to what is provided in
paragraphs 614 and 615 below the following procedure should be observed
before permitting a gazetted railway servant to cross the efficiency bar
:— (a) For
the first efficiency bar corresponding to about the eleventh year of
service, a written test in addition to a viva voce
examination shall be held; the written test being designed to examine the
general applied knowledge which the gazetted railway servant has gained
during his period of service.The viva voce test will be conducted by a board. (b) For
the second efficiency bar corresponding to about the sixteenth year of
service, 613 (1) Except what is provided in
sub-paragraph (2) below, the Indian Railway Accounts Service officers
should be examined in the written test prescribed before permitting them
to cross the efficiency bar after the eleventh year of service. The
written test should consist of the following papers :— (i) Railway rating and general work of the
railways including finance and accounts; and (ii) Cost accounting and economics of
operations. The written examinations and viva voce tests will be held by
railway administrations. (2) The railway servants permanently
promoted to the Indian Railway Accounts Service from Group 'C'/'B' are
divided into three categories, namely :— (a)
those who have not crossed any of the efficiency bars in Group 'B', (b)
those who have passed the first efficiency bar test in Group 'B' or
are more than 50 (c) those who have crossed both the efficiency bars in Group 'B' In regard to (a) the railway servants concerned should be examined in the written and
viva voce tests prescribed in sub-paragraph (1) above As regards (b) the railway servants
concerned will have the option of taking written test only in one of the
two subjects prescribed besides the viva voce test, which is
compulsory. As regards (c) the railway servants
concerned are not required to sit
for the efficiency bar examination on promotion to Group 'A'. (a) For
the first efficiency bar— (b) For
the second efficiency bar—Interview by a board consisting of the Head
of Note 1.—A group 'B' officer, who has
passed the efficiency bar test prescribed in the junior scale, while
officiating in the senior scale, shall, if later on, reverts to group 'B'
post, be exempted from taking the test prescribed for crossing the second
efficiency bar in the prescribed or authorized scale for group B. Note 2.—A group 'B' or group 'C railway
servant drawing pay in the prescribed or authorized 615.
In all cases, the written test and/or vive voca examination
prescribed in paragraphs 613 and
614 above should be conducted and the result announced sufficiently before
the due date. Note 1 :—In respect of Efficiency bar in
the Junior scale an officer should secure at least 50% 2.—An E.B. test is intended to test the
officer's fitness and should be treated as a single 616.
When, in exceptional cases, it is not possible to conduct the
examination in time for adequate administrative reasons, the railway
administration may certify A statement in the following form giving
details of cases in which the railway administration issues the
certificate referred to above should be furnished half yearly to the
Railway Board :— (i) Name of the gazetted railway
servant (ii) Date on which due to cross the
efficiency (iii) Date on which examined and declared
fit (iv) Circumstances under
which examination
could not be held before due date; and (v) Remarks. 617. The stoppage of an increment at on
efficiency bar does not constitute a penalty under the Discipline. and
Appeal Rules. 618.
On each occasion on which a gazetted railway servant is allowed to
cross the efficiency bar which had previously been enforced against him,
he should come on to the time-scale at such stage as the authority
competent to declare the bar removed may fix for him subject to the pay
admissible according to his length of service. 619.
A gazetted railway servant against whom the efficiency bar has
operated in the junior scale, should not, on subsequent promotion to the
senior scale after removal of the bar, automatically be placed on the
stage of that scale connoted by his years of service, 620.
A railway servant against whom an efficiency bar has been in force
or whose increment has been withheld for failure to pass a prescribed
examination shall ordinarily re-commence his ascent in the time scale from
the date on which the bar is removed or on which he passes the examination
and from the stage at which
he was detained. In
exceptional cases, however, the authority competent to grant
advance 621.
A railway servant who is promoted substantively to the senior scale
before reaching the efficiency bar, shall not be required to pass any test
for efficiency bar after confirmation in the senior scale if there is no
bar in that scale. 622.
No distinction shall be made between officiating and substantive
railway servants in the matter of crossing the efficiency bar in a scale
where it exists. 623.
A railway servant whose pay under the normal operation of rules
happens, to be fixed at a stage above the efficiency bar in a time-scale,
should be required to pass the efficiency bar before sanctioning to him
the first increment after such initial fixation of pay. 624. Where an efficiency bar is prescribed
in a timescale, the increment next above the bar shall not be given to a
railway servant unless he is certified as fit to cross the efficiency bar
by the competent authority. The railway administrations should hold tests
which the railway servant must pass before he is allowed to cross the bar. Occasions for an employee officiating on
adhoc basis to cross E.B. should not normally arise and all adhoc
promotion should he terminated as early as possible. However,
if it becomes necessary to
put to test for crossing E.B. stage, no distinction between adhoc and
regular employee should be made. Further, while allowing the employee to
cross EB in such [No. E(NG)
1-82-EB-I dt. 31-5-83]. 626.
The provision of paras 617 and 618 equally apply in the case of
non-gazetted railway servants. 627.
in the case of railway servants in categories for which special
orders in regard to test for efficiency bar exist, e.g., signallers etc.
the test should be carried out according to those special orders. 628.
When an increment above the efficiency bar falls due during leave
preparatory to retirement, it should be sanctioned, provided the competent
authority is satisfied that but for his proceeding on leave preparatory
to retirement the
railway servant concerned would have passed the efficiency bar test. Note—For this purpose it is immaterial
whether the employee proceeds on L.P.R. on medical grounds or otherwise. 629. In respect of non-gazetted Railway
servants whether governed by Payment of Wages Act or not (the efficiency
bar should be enforced at the appropriate stage, but if the efficiency bar
test could not be held in time due to adequate reasons or due to sickness
of a railway servant the competent authority is empowered to grant the
increment from the due dates only when 630.
PROCEDURE FOR HOLDING EFFICIENCY BAR
TESTS :-- (i) The following principles should be
followed for holding such tests :— (a) In respect
of categories where confidential
reports are maintained on railway servants the efficiency bar test shall
be an oral test along with a review of the railway servants concerned. (b)
Where railway servants have officiated for a continuous period of
two years or more in a higher post, within the normal channels, they shall
be exempted in respect of lower posts. (c) Where
Railway Servants have undergone and passed a refresher course successfully
within five
years of
the date on which the increment above the efficiency bar was due,
they shall be exempted from the efficiency
bar tests. (d) Where
railway servants have been selected in
selection posts within the normal channels & are on panel awaiting
promotion, they shall be exempted from efficiency bar tests in respect of
. lower posts. This will apply equally in respect of efficiency bar tests
when (ii) (a) Cases of Railway servants for
crossing E. B. in a Time Scale pay shall be considered by a Committee of
three officers to be nominated by the Head of the department in case of
non-gazetted staff and by the General Manager in case of Gazetted staff. A standing committee of three officers for
various categories of staff may be formed for the purpose. (b)
It is not necessary for the Committees to sit in a meeting to
consider such cases, but it may consider such cases by circulation of
papers. The Committee shall make its recommendations to the authority
competent to pass orders declaring the employee fit to cross the bar, on
the basis of reports of the immediate superior as well as confidential
reports. (c) When
confidential reports are not maintained,
the review
of the committee (d) Cases
of efficiency bar should betaken up six months in advance of the date on
which the increment above the efficiency bar falls due. (Rly. Bd's No. PC III/76/EB/I dt. 19-1-1978; 11-8-78; 31-5-79; 21-12-81 and 79/FE/1/1 dt. 7-8-79). (e) The
efficiency bat test of Cipher operators will also be governed by above
provisions except that besides the two officers of the Railway, one of
whom will be the Cipher Custodian Officer and other as nominated by the
Head of the Deptt. of railway, Cipher Officer, Railway Board shall be co-opted as the Third
Member of the Committee of Officers so nominated for clearing the
efficiency bar stage by the Cipher Inspectors, instead of the Joint Cipher [E(NG) 1-81-EB-1
dt. 7-4-1981]. (f)
Adhoc employees : In case of group 'C & group 'D'
employees promoted on adhoc basis to a higher grade, a distinction need
not be made between an adhoc promotee and a regular promotee for the
purpose of holding an EB test and allowing the employee concerned to [No.
E(NG)1-82-EB-1 dt. 31-5-1983] 631. AUTHORITIES COMPETENT TO HOLD
EFFICIENCY BAR TEST (2) For Group
'B' and Junior Scale
Officers :— (i) The Efficiency Bar tests on the
Railway for Group B'
and Junior Scale Officers shall (ii) In all Selection Boards for
Group
'B' promotions, the existing practice of nominating Heads of Department
including the Chief Personnel Officer to the Departmental Promotion
Committee should continue. [Authority : Board's letter No.
E(O)III/ 75/EF.1/1
dt.
30-6-75]. 632.
The term "competent authority" used in (this chapter
connotes the authority that can create and fill
the post substantively. 633.
Staff re-employed after
retirement may be exempted
from efficiency bar test in the following type of cases :— (i) Staff retired from higher grades and
re-employed in lower grades (ii) Staff re-employed in the same grade
but who have passed efficiency bar in that grade prior to their
retirement. 634.
Efficiency Bar Test for Group 'B' Officers of the Accounts
Department at the stage of Rs. 1,00/- (a) a review of the officers' work during the past 3 years personally by the Head of the Department concerned; and (b)
an interview by a Board consisting of the Head of the Department and two other Heads of Departments. In this connection, the changes, brought
about vide Board's letter No. E (O)III-75/EF 1 dt. 30-6-1975 may be kept in
view. Section
IV Advance
Increments to Officers and Staff (Including Apprentices) for Passing
Departmental Examination/Acquiring Higher or Additional
Professional Qualification 635.
Advance increments.— Probationers
in Group 'A' Service— (i)
Directly recruited probationary officers in revised scale of Rs.
2200—4000 in the Indian
Railway Accounts Service, India Railway Service of Engineers, Supervisor
Revenue Establishment of Indian Railways [comprising Transportation
(Traffic) & Commercial Department, Mechanical Engineering and
Transportation (Power) Deptt., Electrical Engg., Signal & Telecom and
Stores Deptt. etc.] may be granted advance increments from Rs. 2200—2275
and 2275 to 2350 respectively in the aforesaid scale as soon as they pass
each of the examinations shown under A & B below, respectively :— A.
(i) The first departmental examination— (ii)
The examinations of the Staff College, Baroda scheduled to be passed
within the first two years of training if the examination(s) is (are) held
before the first departmental examination. B.(i)
The second departmental examination(s)
(including
viva-voce test where prescribed). (ii) The examinations of the Staff College, Baroda scheduled to be passed within the first two years of training if the examination(s) is (are) held before the second departmental examination (iii) The language examination. Where only one departmental examination was
prescribed for same time after 1st July, 1959, the first departmental
examination will mean such (local) examination (s) as the probationary
officers may have been required to pass at/by the end of first year of
training, the departmental examination required to be passed at/by the end
of the second year of training being deemed to be the second departmental
examination. (ii)
After the grant of advance increments as above, the pay of the officer
will be regulated according to his position in the time scale and the
existing orders governing the regulation of increments on passing the
departmental examination and confirmation will apply. For example, no
further increments will be admissible to a probationary officer till after
his confirmation. Even on confirmation, the next increment raising his pay
to Rs. 2350 in the time scale Rs. 2200—4000 will be admissible only in
the 5th year of service. Action
to confirmation should be taken well before the actual date of
confirmation to find vacancy. If no permanent post is available Board's
sanction to create a supernumerary post should be obtained to confirm the
probationer. To
avoid hardship to the probationer increment raising his pay from Rs. 2350
to Rs. 2425 in scale Rs. 2200—4000 from due date after they have passed
all prescribed departmental examination in time and thus become eligible
in all respects for confirmation may be grouped without waiting for actual
confirmation increment raising pay to Rs. 2425/- will be admissible on
completion of 3 years service. (No.
PC. III. 74/ROP-1/47 dt. 3-6-1980). 636.
A. (i) Stenographers in the pay scale of Rs.1200—2040 may be granted one
and two advance increments on their qualifying at 100 or 120 w.p.m.
respectively in shorthand both at recruitment stage and while in service. (ii)
Tests at the recruitment stage should be held for the above purpose at the
speeds of 80/100/120 words per minute and advance increments granted
according to the maximum speed at which they qualify. (iii)
After they enter the service they will have three chances to qualify at
the higher speeds for purposes of earning advance increments at 100 w.p.m.
or 120 w.p.m. as the case may be. (iv)
The advance increments are not to be absorbed in future increments. (v)
The date of next increment after the grant of advance increment/s will
remain the same. (vi)
Hindi Stenographers are also eligible for the above-mentioned increments. B.
The procedure to be followed will be as under :— (i)
(a) The examinations may not be held more often than once in 6 months or
less often than once a year. (b)
Every Stenographer may be given three chances in all to appear for the
examination. Fourth and fifth chance may be granted at the discretion of
the General Manager. For 6th chance in deserving cases, Board's approval
should be obtained for which the case with General Manager's special
recommendation should be referred to Board. (No.
PC. 69PS-5/05-23/1 dt. 2-9-69). In
the case of those recruited through Railway Service Commission after 5th
June, 1964 the examination conducted at the time of recruitment should
count as the first chance. Those stenographers in the lowest grade on the
Railways who have passed or may pass the stenographers' examination held
by the U.P.S.C. for appointment to posts in scale Rs. 1400—2300 with 100
words per minute may be given two chances to qualify with 120 w.p.m.
(Stenographers) belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
however, may be given one more chance than the rest). (ii)
Serving stenographers who are officiating in the next higher grade of
stenographers will also be eligible for the grant of advance increments in
the lower grade and should, therefore, be allowed to appear in the
examination for the grant of advance increments prescribed above. (iii)
(a) Stenographers in the lowest grade on the Railways, who have passed or
may pass the Stenographers' Examination held by the U.P.S.C. for
appointment to posts in scale of Rs. 1400—2300 in the office of the
Railway Board or its attached offices may be exempted from the examination
prescribed for the grant of advance increments and may be granted two or
four advance increments in the scale of Rs. 1200—2040 according as they
pass the UPSC examination with 100 words per minute or 120 words per
minute, from the month following the month in which the results of the
UPSC examination are declared. (b)
Serving Stenographers who have passed the examination prescribed at the
time of initial recruitment and those who have obtained 50 per cent of
marks in English in the stenographers' examination conducted by_ the UPSC
for appointment to posts in revised scale of Rs. 1400—2300/- in the
Railway Board or its attached officers, as also those Stenographers who
have obtained 50 per cent of the marks in English in any one of the
examinations held by the Railway Recruitment Board for the grant of
advance increments, may be exempted from appearing again in English in the
subsequent examinations. So also serving stenographers who have passed or
may pass the English examination conducted by the Railway Recruitment
Board or UPSC for recruitment of stenographer in grade Rs. 1400—2300/-
should also be (No.
PC/168 PS-5/05-4 of 6-9-68 and 5-6-68). (c)
Except as provided above, no serving stenographer in the lowest grade
shall be exempted from any part of the examination prescribed for the
grant of advance increments, irrespective of the examination(s) if any, in
English and/or dictation in shorthand and transcription of the same which
he may have passed or may pass at the time of recruitment/appointment as
stenographer. (iv)
Stenographers in pay scale Rs. 330—560 may be granted one or two advance
increments respectively on their qualifying at 100 or 120 words per minute
in shorthand at the recruitment stage and while in service.
The guidelines for this are : (i)
The benefit of advance increments will be admissible to existing
stenographers (both (ii)
In respect of existing stenographers, railway will hold special tests and
grant one or two (iii)
For future recruits, the tests shall be held at 80/100/120 words per
minute and advance Increments granted at recruitment stage according to
the maximum speed at which they qualify. After they enter service they
will have 3 chances to qualify at a higher speed for earning advance
increments at 100/120 words per minute, as the case may be. (iv)
The advance increments will not be absorbed in future increments. (v)
The date of next increments after the grant of advance increments will
remain the same. (No.
PC.III/74/INC/3 dt. 7-11-85; 3-8-87;18-11-77 & 15-3-78). 637.
SCIENTIFIC/TECHNICAL STAFF—As
a matter of principle, encouragement will be given to those who pass
technical/professional examination of the Institute of
Engineers/Accountants. The
grant of incentive will be limited only to the categories of staff for
whom a Degree, or equivalent in Science/Engg. of Cost and Works Acctts. in
the case of Scientific/Technical staff and membership of the Institute in
the case of Accounts staff is not obligatory as a condition of recruitment
i.e. to all Scientific/Technical staff for whom the minimum qualification
for recruitment is Intermediate or lower or even a Diploma and/or staff of
the Accounts Department. 638.
Names of Professional Institutions :— (1)
For Scientific/Technical Staff:— (i)
Institution of Mechanical Engineers. (ii)
Institution of Civil Engineers, (iii)
Institution of Electrical Engineers. (iv)
Institution of Structural Engineers. (v)
Institute of Engineers (India) Calcutta, (vi)
Institute of Metallurgists, London. (vii)
Institution of Telecommunication Engineers (India). Note
1. The benefit of 2 advance increments admissible in the form of incentive
for acquiring Scientific/Technical and Professional qualifications will
also be extended to the Chemists in Railway Laboratories on their passing
L.I.M. (London) Examination, notwithstanding the fact that a Degree in
Chemistry is obligatory as a condition of recruitment in their case. But
if they had degree in Metallurgy at the time of recruitment and then pass
LIM (London), this benefit will not be admissible. [No.
E(NG)II-70 IC 2-10 dt. 4-5-71], 2. The benefit of the incentive
scheme is also admissible in
the case of non-gazetted staff possessing diploma and degrees, e.g.
G. D. Arch, N.D. Arch., B. Arch., of the various Universities giving them
eligibility for election to the Associate ship of the Indian Institute of
Architects, when such qualifications
are not
obligatory as
a condition of recruitment to the post held by them. A
cash award of Rs. 200/- should also be given to those who pass the
National Intermediate Examination in Architecture of the All India Council
for Technical Education. 3.
Serving Railway employees who qualify in any of the prescribed
professional qualification (s) may be admitted to the benefits of the
grant of advance increments, cash award, irrespective of the condition
that the qualifications they acquire is (are) obligatory as a condition of
recruitment in the intermediate grade for the category of post held by
them at the time of passing the examination. These benefits will be given
only to the promotees and not to those direct recruits
who are
recruited against posts
for which
the degree/diploma
is essential. (2)
For Accounts Staff:— Institute
of Cost and Works Accountants, India. 639.
AWARDS TO BE GRANTED—The following awards on passing the relevant
examinations should be given to the railway staff/apprentices :— (i)
For passing
Part 'A'
of Examination-Rs.
200 as Cash award. (ii)
For passing Part 'B' of Examination—Two advance increments. 640.
GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR THE GRANT OF INCENTIVES :— (a)
In respect of the Cost and Works Accountants the reference to Part 'A' and
'B' of the (b)
The grant of advance increments would, of course, be limited to the
maximum of the (c)
When the qualifying examination is passed during apprenticeship,
the cash award may be
given on passing the examination but the advance increments on passing
Part 'B' of the examination would be granted only on his assuming charge
of a working post in the scale of that post. (d)
The serving employees/apprentices who have passed the prescribed examinations on previous occasion and are thus eligible
for the grant of advance increment/cash award should be given this benefit
from 28-12-1959. Subsequent to this date the benefit of advance increments
will be admissible from the date of passing the examination to
those who acquire higher or additional professional qualifications. The
intention behind the words "date of passing the examination" is
that the benefit of advance increments should be given from the date
following the last date of the prescribed examination and not from the
date of publication of the results. (e)
The staff concerned will draw their annual increments on the due
date i.e.. the date on which
they would accrue but for the grant of advance increments. (f)
Subject to the position stated in sub-paras (i) and (ii), the benefits of
advance increments should also be extended to such persons as may be
officiating in ex-cadre or general posts as long as they retain a lien in
their parent Department. (i)
The benefit of advance increments/cash awards for passing the Intermediate
and Final examinations of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants
should not be extended to staff who, though dealing with initial accounts
and budget works, are not actually holding liens in the Accounts
Department. For instance, an employee recruited in the Cash and Pay
Department is not entitled to the benefit, whereas employee who holds a
lien in the Accounts Departments but is on deputation to other Deptt. will
be eligible for these benefits. (ii)
Non-Accounts Staff who are temporarily working in the Accounts Department
may also be granted the benefits of Incentive scheme for passing Cost and
Works Accountants examination, so long as they continue to work in the
Accounts Deptt. Efforts should be made to absorb such staff in the
Accounts Department as far as possible, but if the contingency of their
transfer to their parent Department does arise eventually, the benefits
of two advance increments granted to them in the Accounts Deptt. should be
withdrawn. In such cases cash awards, already made, however, need not be
recovered. (g)
An employee should be granted advance increments in the grade in which he
is working at the time of passing the relevant examination. If this is an
officiating grade, he should be granted proforma benefit of advance
increments in the lower grade. In the event of reverting to that grade, he
should get the proforma pay in the grade. If, on the other hand, an
employee is promoted to a higher grade after being granted advance
increments in a lower grade, the emoluments drawn by him at the time of
promotion should be protected under the normal rules. (h)
The Cash awards given to the employees/apprentices should not be recovered
in the event of their resignation, but the fact of their having drawn cash
awards should be taken into account when determining the quantum of
special contribution to Provident Fund or gratuity in cases where
resignation takes place within one year of the drawal of the award. 641.
Categories ineligible for grant of incentives and circumstances
under which incentives are not payable :— (a)
Group 'A' and 'B' Officers are not eligible for the grant of advance
increments/cash awards
etc. (b)
The benefit of advance increments should not be extended to such staff who
have reached the
maximum of the scale at the time of passing the examination and are
subsequently promoted to a higher grade post. (c)
The benefit of cash award/advance increment is not admissible in the case
of persons who
pass parts 'A' & 'B' of the prescribed examination prior to their
appointment to railway service. 642.
Accounts clerks on promotion to post of Junior Accounts Assistants
in the Accounts Department
:— (a)
Accounts clerks promoted as Junior Accounts Assistants on or after 1-5-61
by virtue of (b)
In the case of Junior Accounts Assistants promoted before 1-5-61, the pay
of all such 643.
Clerks, Accounts Assistants and Stock Verifiers in the Accounts
Department on passing Appendix I1I-A Examination—The
benefit of additional increments allowed to the Appendix III-A qualified
staff should continue to be granted in the lower grades till the staff are
confirmed as Section Officer (Accounts)/Inspector of Stores/Station
Accounts. In such cases the staff will have their pay fixed under the
normal rules with reference to their pay in the lower grade, inclusive of Note
:—The pay of all affected staff where necessary be refixed from 1-4-61
without payment of arrears arising thereof prior to that date. 644.
Advance increments of incentive to serangs/Masters and Drivers in the
Marine Department for acquiring higher competency certificate—Serangs/Masters
and Drivers on their acquiring certificate of competency for working
vessels of higher Horse Powers in the scale in which they are working at
the time of acquiring the higher competency certificates will be Note
1 :—The above benefit will be applicable for the competency acquired on
or after 8-5-1964. In the case of those who have already acquired the
higher competency certificates before this date, but were in holding
charge of vessels of requisite, Horse Power, they should also be granted
three advance increments subject to the ceiling mentioned in above 2.—The
grant of advance increments will not affect the normal date of increment
of the beneficiary. SECTION—V GRANT
OF DUAL CHARGE ALLOWANCE TO STAFF OFFICIATING IN SHORT TERM VACANCIES 645.(a) General Managers of Indian Railways and Officers of equal status directly under the control of the Railway Board may appoint a Railway servant to hold temporarily or to look after duties of additional post and to fix the amount of compensatory allowance to be drawn , upto a maximum period of 6 months in the case of officers upto and including Junior Administrative Grade and for 3 months in the case of officers working in senior Administration Grade, subject to the limits laid down in paras 647 & 648 provided the dual charge arrangement as made is for a period exceeding 45 days . No such additional payment shall be admissible for the period exceeding 6 months of such arrangement under any circumstances. (b)
In
all such cases of dual charge arrangement of
S.A. Grade officers beyond 3 months , full justification for the
arrangement along with
the recommendation of FA&CAO should be submitted to the Railway Board for obtaining their
sanction. Note: -
646. No dual charge allowance should be paid to Railway servant who is appointed to hold current charge or the routine duties of an additional post, irrespective of the duration of the current charge. 647. In cases where an officer is formally appointed to hold full charge of the duties of a higher post on the same establishment as his own, in addition to the duties of his own post, he can draw the pay that would be admissible to him if he was appointed to officiate in the higher post (unless the competent authority reduces higher officiating pay) but no additional pay shall however be allowed for performing duties of the lower post in addition. 648. Conditions governing Grant of dual charge allowances: - The limit for payment of dual charge allowance where payable is as under: —
(Authority:- Railway Board's letter No. F(E)Spl.2009/FR/1/3 dated 21.06.2010- ACS No. 214)
649. In all cases of dual charge arrangements the benefits of holidays prefixed and suffixed will not be allowed for the purpose of grant of dual charge allowance. 650. Additional pay/Presumptive pay payable in respect of combination of appointments is to be reckoned as 'Pay' as defined in Rule 1303(21)(c) (1) R II (6th edition) and will count for the purpose of pension and other post retirement benefits. [(Authority : Railway Boards letter No. F(E)Spl .91/FR/Misc./3 dated 5-06-1991,F(E)Spl .97/FR/1 dated 31-12-97 and F(E)Spl .98/FR/1 dated 18-01-2000) ANNEXURE
'A' (See
Note below paragraph 613) Syllabus
in Engineering subject &c, for the Indian Railway Accounts Service
Officers 1.
General understanding of the terms used e.g.; gradients, curves,
waterways river training, embankments, track standards, a knowledge of the
different types of materials used, e.g., rails, fastenings, points and
crossings, sleepers, ballast, &c, general level of 2.
Various types of bridges—Major, minor, steel girder bridges
&c, 3.
Various types of quarters, the materials used, and the prevailing
costs. 4.
Types of signaling and the various advantages claimed.
Understanding of the term commonly used as block sections &c.,
5.
The methods of examining the financial justification of work e.g.,
a projected line, substitution of electric traction for steam traction,
remodeling of stations expanding a marshalling yard, lengthening of loops
&c.,
6.
Factors affecting cost, operation and maintenance of rolling stock. 7.
The names of various types of rolling stock on Indian Railways, the
purpose for which used approximate cost and their normal life. 8.
Departmental organization and principal functions of each officer, 9.
Materials in common use, the principle sources of supply and
approximate costs. 10.
Competent understanding of the contents of the Indian Railway
mechanical Code. 11.
Method of computation and correct appreciation of statistics. 12.
Meaning of terms and abbreviations in common use e.g., KWH, D. C,
A.C., tractive effort. 13. Types of stores used on railways, their sources of supply, their availability and prevailing prices. ......................*******.....................******..............****** |
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