NOTIFICATION The 16th May 1977
No. FD.PC-2-1/77–In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 23 of the Punjab Civil Servants Act, 1974, the Governor of the Punjab is pleased to make the following rules namely:
THE PUNJAB CIVIL SERVANTS PAY REVISION RULES, 1977
- 1. Short title, application and commencement-
(1) These rules may be called the Punjab civil Servants Pay Revision Rules, 1977.
(2) They shall take effect from the 1st day of May 1977.
(3) Except as provided in rule 4, these rules shall apply to all civil servants holding posts specified in the *schedule.
- Definitions–In these rules, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context:
(a) “Annexure” means an annexure appended to these rules;
(b) “Existing Civil Servant” means a civil servant who was in service on 30th April, 1977, and continued in service after that date;
(c) “Existing Pay” means the pay, other than special pay, personal pay, teaching pay or any other pay or allowance, that an existing civil servant would have drawn, on 30th April, 1977;
*Schedule published separately.
(d) “Existing Pay Scale” means the scale of pay to which a civil servant was entitled immediately before the coming into force of these rules;
(e) “Government” means the Government of the Punjab;
(f) “National Pay Scale” means a scale of pay prescribed under:
(i) Punjab (Non-Gazetted) Civil Services (Pay Revision) Rules, 1972 or
(ii) Punjab (Gazetted) Civil Services (Pay Revision) Rules, 1973;
(iii) Punjab (Non-Gazetted) Teaching Staff (National Pay Scales) Rules, 1973 or
(iv) Punjab Senior Teaching Posts (National Pay Scales) Rules, 1974.
(g) “Revised National Pay Scales” means the scales of pay specified in Annexure ‘A’ and
(h) *“Schedule” means the schedule appended to these rules.
- 3. Applicability of the Revised National Pay Scales–
(1) A civil servant appointed on or after 1st May 1977, to a post specified in the schedule shall draw pay in the Revised National Pay Scale as shown against the post.
(2) Subject to the provisions of rule 4, an existing civil servant opting for these rules shall draw pay in the Revised National Pay Scale as shown against the post held by him provided that an existing Civil servant drawing pay in a national Pay Scale higher than a scale prescribed for the post by virtue of any of the following rules, namely–
(i) Rule 7 and 10 of the Punjab (Non-Gazetted) Civil Services (Pay Revision) Rule, 1972;
(ii) Rules 8 and 12 of the Punjab (Gazetted) Civil Services (Pay Revision) Rules, 1973;
(iii) Rule 8 and 10 of the Punjab (Non-Gazetted) Teaching Staff (National Pay Scales) Rules, 1973;
(iv) Rule 7 and 11 of the Punjab Senior Teaching Posts (National Pay Scales) Rules, 1973:
*Schedule published separately.
shall draw pay in such Revised National Pay Scale as corresponds to that higher National Pay Scale shown in Annexure ‘A’.
- 4. Right of option–
(1) An existing civil servant shall have the right to opt for the Revised National Pay Scales or existing pay scales.
(2) The option shall be exercised in writing in the Form at Annexure ‘B’.
(3) An existing civil servant may exercise option within a period of three months from the issue of these rules and in case of posts included in the schedule after the above date, within a period of three months from the date of such inclusion; provided that such a civil servant was out of Pakistan during the said period of three months and has not been able to exercise the option, he may exercise option within three months of the date of his taking over the charge of his post in Pakistan.
(4) In the case of an existing civil servant drawing pay in National Pay Scales No. 1 to 15, the option shall be communicated to the Head of the Office under whom he is serving. Two identical copies of the option form shall be prepared by each civil servant; one copy will be returned to him duly signed by the Head of his Office or the latter’s nominee, in token of the option having been received and the other copy, also bearing the countersignature of the Head of the Office or his nominee, will be pasted in the service book of the civil servant concerned.
(5) In the case of an existing civil servant drawing pay in National Pay Scales No. 16 to 22, the option shall be communicated to the Audit Office.
(6) If an existing civil servant fails to opt within the period prescribed under sub-rule (2), it will be presumed that he has opted for the Revised National Pay Scales.
(7) The option once exercised shall be final.
- (1) Compensatory Allowance and other benefits sanctioned in the Finance Department’s letter No. FD-PC 21-1/77, dated 16th May, 1977, shall be admissible only to those existing civil servants who opt for the Revised National Pay Scales.
(2) An existing civil servant who opts to retain the existing pay scales shall continue to draw the dearness pay/ allowances and the Compensatory Allowances admissible to him immediately before the coming into force of these rules.
- Fixation of pay in the Revised National Pay Scales-
(1) The pay of all existing civil servants who do not opt for the existing pay scales shall be fixed in the Revised National Pay Scales with effect from 1st May 1977.
(2) The pay shall be fixed at a stage in the Revised National Pay Scales which is equal to or if there is no such stage, at the stage next above the aggregate of the following:
(i) the existing pay
(ii) the amount being received as:
(a) Dearness allowance sanctioned by the Government of the Punjab, vide their circular letter No. FD-PR-8-12/73, dated 25th August 1973;
(b) Special Dearness Allowance sanctioned by the Government of the Punjab, vide their circular letter No. FD. PR-8-12/73 dated 18th June 1974, to be calculated on existing pay as defined in clause (c) of rule 2;
(c) Additional Dearness Allowance sanctioned by the Government of the Punjab, vide their circular letter No. 900-SO (SR-IV)/ 75, dated the 19th April, 1975 and
(iii) the amount determined at the rate of 10% of the total of
(i) and (ii) above;
Provided that if the aggregate of (i), (ii) and (iii) exceeds the maximum of the relevant Revised National Pay Scale, the pay of a civil servant shall be fixed at the maximum of the Revised National Pay Scale.
Note: The Existing Dearness Allowance, Special Dearness Allowance and Additional Dearness Allowance shall not be admissible to those who opt for Revised National Pay Scale.
(3) No specific orders for crossing of efficiency bar will be necessary if by virtue of the formula given in sub-rule (2) above, the pay of a civil servant is fixed at a stage beyond the efficiency bar.
(4) The pay of every civil servant covered by this rule shall be fixed both in the scale of his substantive post and the scale of the post held by him in a temporary/ officiating capacity or on ad hoc basis.
- Increments in the Revised National Pay Scales-The increment in the Revised National Pay Scales shall fall due on the 1st day of December following the completion of at least six months service at a stage in the relevant Revised National Pay Scale.
- 8. Admissibility of next higher Revised National Pay Scales-
(1) A civil servant holding post in Revised National Pay Scale No. 1 to 15 who has reached the maximum of a Revised National Pay Scale shall be allowed the next higher Revised National Pay Scale with effect from the 1st day of December of the year in which he completes one year of such service at the said maximum as counts for increment under the rules, subject to the conditions that (i) there is no adverse entry in his Annual Confidential Reports for the last four years. If this condition is not fulfilled, he shall wait at the said maximum till he has earned in succession four Annual Confidential Reports without any adverse entry. His move over to the next higher Revised National Pay Scale shall take effect from the 1st day of December of the year in which he fulfils this condition.
| (2) | (a) | A civil servant who has reached the maximum of Revised National Pay scale No. 16 or 17 shall be brought to Revised National Pay Scale No. 17 or 18 respectively |
| with effect from the 1st day of December of the year in | ||
| which he completes, three years of such service at the | ||
| aforementioned maximum as counts for increment under | ||
| the rules subject to the conditions that there is no adverse | ||
| entry in his Annual Confidential Reports from the year of | ||
| reaching of maximum up to the year of moving over | ||
| (both years inclusive). If this condition is not fulfilled he | ||
| shall wait at the maximum till he has earned in succession | ||
| four Annual Confidential Reports without any adverse | ||
| entry. His move over to the next higher Revised National
Pay Scale shall take effect from the 1st day of December |
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| of the year in which he fulfils this condition. | ||
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(b) |
A civil servant holding post in Revised National Pay |
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| Scale No. 16 shall be allowed to move over only to | ||
| Revised National Pay Scale No. 17 and the one holding | ||
| post in Revised National Pay Scale No. 17 shall be | ||
| allowed to move over only to the Revised National Pay | ||
| Scale No. 18. |
*(3) “Where for a class of posts, apart from ordinary pay scale, a higher pay scale has been provided for a percentage of the number of said posts, i.e. selection grade, the higher pay scale shall be admissible to holders of the posts in BS-1 to BS-16 after a minimum length of two years service in the ordinary pay scale of the posts. In the cases of employees of BS-17 and above, a minimum length of five years service in the ordinary pay scale of the post is necessary. The higher pay scale shall be allowed on Seniority-cum-Fitness basis
*Substituted vide notification No.FD.PC-13-1/89, dated 22.11.1995
on the recommendations of the appropriate Departmental promotion Committee or Board.”
- Fixation of Pay on transfer from a lower scale to a higher scale — When a civil servant is allowed to draw pay in the next higher Revised National Pay Scale under rule 8 or of his post having been upgraded, his pay in the higher scale shall be allowed at a stage next above his pay in the lower scale.
- Fixation of pay on promotion —
(1) Subject to the provisions of Rule 11
(i) When a civil servant is promoted from a lower to a higher post/scale 2 to 19, where the stage in the Revised National Pay Scale of the higher post, next above the pay of the civil servant concerned in the pay scale of the lower post, gives a pay increase equal to or less than a full increment of the pay scale of the higher post, the initial pay in the Revised National Pay Scale of the higher post will be fixed after allowing a premature increment in the Revised National Pay Scale of the higher post.
(ii) When a civil servant is promoted from a lower post to a higher post in scale 20 and above his pay in the scale of higher post shall be fixed at the stage next above his pay in the scale of lower post.
♠(iii) Where a lower and a higher pay scales have been prescribed for the same post, the pay on promotion from the lower to the higher scale shall be fixed in the manner given in sub-rule (1) above.
♦(2) if a civil servant:
(i) at the time of his promotion to a higher post, is already drawing pay under the provisions of Rule 8 in the revised NPS of the higher post, or in a pay scale above the pay scale of the promotion post; or
(ii) at the time of his promotion to a higher post is already drawing pay in the RNPS of the higher post, while holding the lower post, awarded to him as personal, for cogent reasons such as higher qualification or for removal of any anomaly; or
♠Substituted vide notification No.FD.PC-13-1/89 dated 26.03.1990 w.e.f. 26.03.1990.
♦Substituted vide notification No.FD.PC-10-1/78 dated 19.09.1990.
(iii) before his promotion to a higher post from a post for which a lower & a higher pay scale has been prescribed, is already drawing pay in the RNPS of the higher post; or
(iv) is promoted to a post in the same scale in his own line with the only difference that the higher post carries a special pay; or
(v) is promoted to a higher post where higher and lower posts carry the same scale,
he shall be allowed one advance increment in that pay scale with effect from the date of his promotion.”
*(3) If a civil servant before reaching the maximum of a Revised National Pay Scale is promoted to a higher pay scale between the 2nd June and the 30th November of a calendar year and his initial pay in the latter scale is fixed with reference to his pay in the former scale, he may, at his option get his pay re-fixed in the higher scale with effect from the 1st day of December of the year of his promotion with reference to his presumptive pay on that date in his pre-promotion scale
- 11. Admissibility of increments on promotion to post in Revised National Pay Scale 18 and above–(1) If a civil servant is appointed by promotion to a post in Revised National Pay Scale 18 or above, before he completes the length of service prescribed for the higher post in Annexure ‘C’ he shall be entitled to draw the pay:
(i) at the minimum of the Revised National Pay Scale of the higher post till such time as he completes the prescribed length of service, and the next increment shall accrue to him on the first day of December following the completion of prescribed length of service; or
(ii) admissible to him from time to time in the lower post held by him immediately before his promotion to the higher post, if that be more beneficial to him, till such time as he completes the prescribed length of service when his pay shall be fixed in the manner prescribed in rule 10 and the next increment shall accrue to him in the manner prescribed in Rule 7.
Note: In computing the length of service prescribed in Annexure ‘C’–
(a) to the length of service in Revised National Pay Scale No. 17 and above, or in National Pay Scale No. 17 and above or in former Class I, shall be added half of the service in Revised National Pay
*Substituted vide notification No.FD.PC-19-5/77 Pt-I, dated 10.01.1983, it is for increment on award of Selection Grade.
Scale No. 16 or in National Pay Scale No. 16 or in former Class-II and ¼ of the service in Revised National Pay Scale below No. 16 or former non-gazetted service. If any, and
(b) the Service rendered in the Federal Government or another Provincial Government shall also be taken into account in the manner indicated at (a) above.
- Special Pay–Except as otherwise specified in the Schedule, if a special Pay was attached to a post in the existing pay scale such special pay shall be admissible at the existing rates with the Revised National Pay Scales.
- All existing rules or orders shall be deemed to have been modified to the extent indicated in these rules.
- Additions to or modifications of the Schedule –The Government may from time to time, add to or modify the schedule with such additions or modifications as it may deem fit,
- Relaxation–In cases where the operation of these rules cause undue hardship to a civil servant, the Government may, for reasons to be recorded in writing relax any of these rules in his favour.