Pay Scales 1987

No.FD.PC.2-1/87

Dated the 27th July 1987

Subject: REVISION OF PAY SCALES AND FRINGE BENEFITS OF THE PUNJAB GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (1987)

I am directed to state that the Governor of the Punjab has been pleased to sanction  the  Basic  Pay  Scales  for  the  employees  of  the  Punjab  Government as detailed in the following paragraphs.

BASIC PAY SCALES: The Basic Pay Scales 1987, as shown in Annex, shall replace the existing Basic Pay Scales of 1983.

3. INITIAL FIXATION OF PAY:

(i)            The  initial  pay  of  an  existing  employee  who  has  been  in Government service since before the 1st  of July 1987, shall be fixed on “point -to-point basis”, i.e. at the stage in the relevant Basic Pay Scale 1987 which is as many stages above the minimum as the stage occupied by him above the minimum of the existing Basic Pay Scale.

(ii)         The annual increment shall continue to be admissible, subject to the existing conditions, on the first of December each year. However, the first annual increment of the existing employees in the Basic Pay Scales 1987 shall accrue on the 1st December 1987.

(iii)          The  existing  indexed  pay  sanctioned  vide  this  Department’s circular letters No. FD.PC-2-1/85 dated the 15th  July 1985 and FD.PC.2-2/86, dated the 10th August 1986 shall cease to be admissible.

(iv)        The   interim   relief   of   Rs.20/-   p.m.   sanctioned   vide   this

Department’s circular letter No. FD.SR-I-9-4/87 dated the 9th April

1987 shall also cease to be admissible.

(v)           In case of promotions from a lower to a higher post/scale before the introduction of these scales, the pay of the senior employee in the same scale may be fixed and so enhanced that it would not be less than the pay that would have been admissible to him if his promotion to the higher post/scale had taken place on 1st July 1987 after the introduction of these scales.

4. GRANT OF SELECTION GRADE TO CLERKS:
5. (i)   33% posts of Junior Clerks (BPS-5) shall be placed in Selection Grade in BPS-7.

(ii)         The Senior Clerks (BPS-6) shall be allowed BPS-7. 33% posts shall be placed in Selection Grade in BPS-9.

5. SELECTION GRADE TO ASSISTANTS: 33% of the posts of Assistants in Secretariat and Non-Secretariat Offices shall be placed in Selection Grade in

BPS-15 in place of the existing 20% in BPS-14.

6. GRANT OF ADVANCE INCREMENTS TO OFFICIALS POSSESSING/ ACQUIRING HIGHER EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

(i)          Advance increments shall be allowed to the officials in BPS-1 to 15 for possessing or acquiring higher educational qualifications (at least in 2nd  Division), over and above the minimum qualification prescribed in the relevant rules for recruitment to the posts held by them, to the extent given below:

Number of advance increments for obtaining:

(i)    Where the

Matric                      F.A./F.Sc.      B.A./B.Sc.        M.A./M.Sc.

 

prescribed                    1                    1                          1                          1 qualification

is non-Matric

 

(ii)   Where the

prescribed                    Nil                 1                          1                          1 qualification

is Matric.

(iii)  Where the

prescribed                    Nil                 Nil                       1                          1 qualification

is F.A./F.Sc.

(iv)  Where the

prescribed                    Nil                 Nil                       Nil                       1 qualification

is B.A./B.Sc.

(ii)           If an employee is in receipt of, or is entitled to, advance increments under any other rules or orders in force for the time being, he shall be entitled to draw advance increments sanctioned in this letter, or the advance increments admissible under other rules or orders, whichever may be more beneficial to him.

(iii)        Engineers and doctors holding posts the minimum prescribed qualification for which is lower than a post-graduate degree shall be allowed four advance increments in case they possess or acquire a post-graduate degree in their relevant field for which they have not been allowed any qualification pay/allowance or advance increments.

(iv)        The  advance  increment/increments  shall  be  allowed  at  the  time  of recruitment or acquiring higher qualification during service whichever is later. In cases where the employee is already at the maximum of his pay scale, or reaches the maximum by grant of advance increments less than the entitlement, he would be allowed the requisite number of increments or shortfall thereof, as the case may be, as personal pay to be absorbed on moving over/promotion to higher pay scale.

7. HOUSE RENT ALLOWANCE:     (i)  All  employees  not  provided  with Government accommodation and posted at Lahore, Rawalpindi, Multan and Faisalabad shall continue to be entitled to house rent allowance at the rate of 45% of the minimum of the relevant basic pay scales, 1987.

(ii)         At all other places house rent allowance will be admissible at 30% of the minimum of the relevant basic pay scales against the existing rate of 20% of the minimum of relevant pay scales, 1987.

(iii)        The indexation of house rent allowance, sanctioned vide this Department’s Circular No. FD.SR-I. 9-13/86, dated the 10th August 1986, shall cease to be admissible.

8. CONVEYANCE  ALLOWANCE:   The   conveyance   allowance   shall continue to be admissible at the following rates:

1. i) Government servants drawing pay of 1650/- p.m. and above:

	a)            Those maintaining motor car not registered for commercial purposes. b)           Others.	Rs.285/-p.m.   Rs.150/-p.m.
ii)	Government servants drawing pay of Rs.850/-p.m. and above but less than Rs. 1650/-p.m. and maintaining motor- cycle/scooter.	Rs.100/-p.m.
iii)	Others.	Rs.70/-p.m.

 

9. INDEXATION  OF  CONVEYANCE  ALLOWANCE:  (i)  The  following rate  of  indexation  on  conveyance  allowance  shall  be  admissible  in  lieu  of  the existing rate of indexation allowed vide this Department’s circular letter No. FD-SR- I-9-13/86(A) dated the 10th August 1986:

a)	Government servants drawing basic pay up to Rs. 1935/- p.m.	8%
b)	Government servants drawing basic pay above Rs. 1935/- p.m.	7%

(ii)           The indexation will be admissible in addition to the conveyance allowance mentioned in para 8 above.

(iii)        In  calculating  the  indexation  on  conveyance  allowance,  a  fraction  of  a rupee less than fifty paisas will be ignored and that of fifty or more paisas will count as one rupee.

10.  MEDICAL ALLOWANCE:(i) Employees in BPS-1 to 15 shall be allowed medical allowance @ Rs.50/- p.m. instead of reimbursement of the cost of medicines purchased by the employees as out-door patients. The facility of in-door treatment shall continue to be admissible.

♣11.       RESEARCH ALLOWANCE: (i) It has been decided to allow Research Allowance at the rate of 20% of the pay subject to a maximum of Rs.800/- p.m. to the employees in BPS–16 and above, deployed exclusively on research work, both field officers and those employed exclusively for the research organizations, in lieu of the existing Special Research Allowance.

(ii)         The  allowance  would  be  admissible  to  employees  of  such  research organizations which are performing purely research work and have been so recognized by the Finance Department.

(iii)        In case an officer is in receipt of special research allowance at a rate higher than Rs.300/- p.m., he would continue to get the allowance at the rate admissible on

30th June, 1987, as personal to him in lieu of the research allowance allowed in this

circular, till he continues to work in the research organization.

12. SPECIAL ALLOWANCE: (i) A special allowance at the fixed rate of Rs.

300/- p.m. shall be allowed to the Deputy Secretaries to the provincial Government and other officers in BPS-19 serving in the secretariat.

(ii)         However, in the case of existing officers drawing special allowance @ 20%

of pay in accordance with this Department’s circular No. FD.PR.6-16/85, dated the

2nd March , 1986, the amount of their special allowance would be frozen at the rates admissible  on  30.06.1987  as  personal  to  them  for  so  long  as  they  remain continuously posted in the secretariat.

13. ANOMALIES: A Committee has been set up to resolve the anomalies, if any, arising out of the issue of these orders.

14. GENERAL: All existing rules and orders on the subject shall be deemed to have been modified to the extent indicated above. All existing rules and orders not so modified shall continue to be in force.

15. 15. DATE OF EFFECT: These orders shall take effect from the 1st July
16. Resarch Allowance” being allowed was latter discontinued vide Finance Department’s letter No. F.D.(PC)20-2/83 (PT.III)(PR) Dated 25.01.2003

ANNEXURE

BPS	Existing Scales	New Scales
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22	440-10-640 460-12-700 480-14-760 500-16-820 520-18-880 540-20-940 560-23-1,020 590-26-1,110 620-29-1,200 660-32-1,300 700-35-1,400 750-40-1,550 800-45-1,700 850-50-1,850 900-55-2,000 1,050-80-2,250 1,600-120-3,040 2,100-150-3,600 3,200-160-4,480 3,800-180-5,240 4,200-225-6,000 4,500-250-6,500	600-13-860 625-16-945 650-19-1,030 675-22-1,115 700-25-1,200 725-28-1,285 750-31-1,370 790-34-1,470 830-38-1,590 870-42-1,710 910-46-1,830 970-52-2,010 1,035-58-2,195 1,100-64-2,380 1,165-71-2,585 1,350-105-2,925 2,065-155-3,925 2,710-195-4,660 4,130-205-5,770 4,900-235-6,780 5,420-290-7,740 5,800-325-8,400