Stepping up of Pay of Assistants/Steno Gr. C of CSS/CSSS

A large number of references were received from individuals, cadre units and service Associations seeking clarification consequent upon the manner of fixation of par of Assistant of CSS prescribed by Department of Expenditure as per CCS (RP) Rules, 2008 and UO No. 10/1/2009-IC dated 14.12.2009.

All the cadre units are directed to follow D/o Expenditure’s clarification of manner of fixation in the grade of Assistant and Stenographer Gr. C of CSS/CSSS as stated in D/o Expenditure’s UO
No. 10/1/2009-IC dated 14.12.2009.

This is the text of Department of Expenditure UO No: 10/1/2009-IC dated 14.12.2009.

Department of Personnel and Training may please refer to their file No: 7/7/2008-CS.I (A) regarding the manner in which pay of Assistants/PAs is to be fixed consequent upon the grant of revised pay structure of grade pay of Rs.4600 in the pay band PB-2 to them on the basis of this Department's O.M. dated 16.11.2009.

2. The matter has been considered in this Department in the light of the points raised by DOPT (CS Division) at pre-page and also clarifications on similar lines sought by certain other cadres controlling ministries of services covered by this Department's O.M dated 16.11.2009. Based on the points raised the following clarifications are issued for guidance.

3. Insofar as the point raised by DOPT regarding the difference between the pay of Assistants/PAs directly recruited in the Central Government on or after 01.01.2006, it is clarified that pay of those Government servants who joined the Government as direct recruits on or after 1.1.2006 is to be fixed as per Section II, Part 'A' of the First Schedule to the CCS (RP) Rules, 2008. This provision of CCS (RP) Rules, 2008 and the procedure of pay fixation are based on a specfic recommendation of the Sixth Pay Commission, which has been accepted by the Government. As far as pay fixation in respect of those Government servants who were already in service on 1.1.2006 is concerned, their revised pay will be fixed in the manner indicated above. Further, in this context it needs to noted that the revised pay structure comprises grade pays and running pay bands and in the case of those Government servants who were already in service before 1.1.2006, Sixth Pay Commission has not prescribed a minimum pay in the running pay band with reference to the minimum entry level pay prescribed for direct recruits appointed on or after 1.1.2006. Accordingly as per the provisions of CCS(RP) Rules, 2008, pay of those Government servants who were already in service on 1.1.2006 can not be fixed with reference to the pay of those who joined the Government as direct recruits on or after 1.1.2006. However, stepping up of pay can be considered in cases where a Senior Government Servant is drawing lesser pay than this directly recruited junior borne on the same gradation list.

4. Further, is is noticed that DOPT proposes to issue a seperate order on the subject of grant of pay structure of grade pay of Rs.4600 in the pay band PB-2 to Assistants of Central Secretariat Sevice. In this connection, it is intimated that generally the Government issued only one order regarding modification in pay scales of a particular category of Government Servants. In the present case, since Department of Expenditure has already issued an OM on the subject of grant of pay structure of grade pay of Rs.4600 in the pay band PB-2 to Assistants and Personal Assistants of CSS and CSSS respectively ther does not seem to be any need to issue another order on the same subject. Internal instruction may however be issue on matters like manner of fixation pay etc.

5. This issued with the approval of Joint Secretary (Per)

For more details read this office memorandum No: 7/7/2008-CS-I(A) (Part III) dated 05.09.2011