Karnataka Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2018
GOVERNMENT OFKARNATAKA
FINANCE SECRETARIAT
No.FD 06 SRP 2018
Karnataka Government Secretariat,
Vidhana Soudha,
Bengaluru, Dated: 19th April, 2018.
NOTIFICATION
In exercise of the powers conferre by sub-section (1) of section 3, read with the proviso to sub-section (2) of the said section of the Karnataka State Civil Services Act, 1978 (Karnataka Act No.14 of 1990), the Government of Karnataka hereby makes the following rules, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Karnataka Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2018.
(2) They shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the first day of July,
2. Application.- (1) Save as otherwise provided by or under these rules, these rules shall apply to persons appointed to civil services and posts in connection with the affairs of the State of Karnataka.
(2) These rules shall not apply to,-
(a) persons borne on work charged establishments, with no lien on any post in regular establishments of civil services, unless otherwise provided by an order issued by the Government;
(b) persons paid out of contingencies, unless otherwise provided by an order issued by the Government;
(c) persons paid on hourly, daily, weekly or monthly rates wages;
(d) persons not in whole-time employment;
(e) persons paid only on a piece rate basis;
(f) persons employed on contract, except where the contract provides otherwise;
(g) persons appointed on consolidated pay or salary;
(h) persons reemployed in Government service after retirement.
(i) persons whose conditions of service are regulated by the rules made under clause (3) of Article 187, clause (2) of Article 229 or subclause (b) of Article 318 of the Constitution of India;
(j) persons drawing pay in the UGC/AICTE/ICAR scales of pay;
(k) the State Judicial Officers drawing pay in National Judicial Pay Commission scales of pay;
(l) persons borne on All India Services working under the Government; and
(m) any other class or category of persons whom the Government may, by order, specifically exclude from the operation of all or any of the provisions of these rules.
3. Definitions.- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) ‘Government’ means the Government of Karnataka;
(b) ‘Government servant’ means; the same meaning assigned in clause (k) of section (2) of the Karnataka Civil Services (General Recruitment) Rules, 1977;
(c) ‘basic pay’ means pay of a Government servant in the ‘existing scale’ as on 1st July 2017 or any subsequent date with effect from which his pay is re-fixed in the ‘revised scale’ and includes the following, namely:-
(i) annual increment;
(ii) stagnation increment granted above the maximum of the ‘existing scale’;
(iii) personal pay granted under sub-rule (3) of rule 7 of the Karnataka Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2012; and
(iv) additional increments granted beyond the maximum of the time scale of pay for 20, 25 and 30 years of service.
Provided that it shall not include the following, namely:-
(i) special allowance;
(ii) personal pay other than that mentioned at (iii) above;
(iii) technical pay; and
(iv) any other emoluments specially classed as pay by the
Government under Rule 8(32) of the Karnataka Civil Services Rules.
(d) ‘existing scale’ in relation to a Government servant means the ‘2012 scale’ applicable to the post held by him as on 1st July 2017, whether in a substantive or officiating or temporary capacity and includes the personal scale, if any, applicable to him in respect of the said post and the ‘existing selection time scale’ or ‘existing senior scale of pay’ or ‘existing selection grade’ as the case may be, if any, granted to him in respect of the said post;
(e) ‘existing selection time scale of pay’ in relation to a Government servant holding a post means the selection time scale of pay granted to him prior to 1st July 2017, in respect of the said post, in accordance with the provisions of the Karnataka Civil Services (Time Bound Advancement) Rules, 1983, as amended from time to time;
(f) ‘existing senior scale of pay’ in relation to a Government servant holding a post means senior scale of pay granted to him prior to 1st July 2017 in respect of the said post in accordance with the provisions of the Karnataka Civil Services (Automatic Grant of Special Promotion to Senior Scale of Pay) Rules, 1991, as amended from time to time;
(g) ‘existing selection grade scale of pay’ in relation to a Government servant holding a post means ; selection grade scale of pay granted to him prior to 01.07.2017 in respect of the said post in accordance with the provisions of the Government Order No.FD 31 SRP 2007 (X) dated: 14.08.2008 and Government Order No.FD 30 SRP 2012 dated: 31.01.2014, as amended from time to time.
(h) ‘2012 scale’ in relation to a post means the scale of pay prescribed by or under the Karnataka Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2012;
(i) ‘revised scale’ in relation to a post means the scale of pay specified in column (3) of the First Schedule against the ‘existing scale’ applicable thereto, as specified in column (2) thereof, unless a different ‘revised scale’ is notified separately for that post under sub-rule (2) of rule 4 and includes ‘revised selection time scale’, ‘revised senior scale of pay’, and ‘revised selection grade scale of pay’, if any, prescribed for the post;
(j) ‘revised selection time scale of pay’ in relation to a Government servant holding a post means the selection time scale of pay prescribed by sub-rule (3) of rule 4;
(k) ‘revised senior scale of pay’ in relation to a Government servant holding a post means the senior scale of pay prescribed by subrule (4) of rule 4;
(l) ‘revised selection grade scale of pay’ in relation to a Government servant holding a post means the selection grade scale of pay prescribed by sub-rule (5) of rule 4;
(m) ‘Schedule’ means Schedule annexed to these rules;
(n) ‘Table’ means Table in the schedule;.
4. Scale of pay of posts.- (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-rules (2), (3),(4) and (5) of this rule, the scale of pay applicable to any post, as from the date of commencement of these rules, shall be the ‘revised scale’ specified in column (3) of the First Schedule against the ‘existing scale’ specified in column (2) applicable thereof;
(2) The Government may, by notification in the official gazette, sanction to any post a ‘revised scale’ other than that specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the First Schedule with effect from 1st July 2017 or such subsequent date, as may be considered appropriate.
(3) As from the date of commencement of these rules, the selection time scale of pay in relation to a Government servant holding a post, as admissible in accordance with the provisions of the Karnataka Civil Services (Time Bound Advancement) Rules, 1983, as modified from time to time, shall be the ‘revised selection time scale of pay’ specified in column (3) of the Second Schedule against the ‘revised scale’ applicable to the post as specified in column (2) thereof:
(4) As from the date of commencement of these rules, the senior scale of pay in relation to a Government servant holding a post, as admissible in accordance with the provisions of the Karnataka Civil Services (Automatic Grant of Special Promotion to Senior scale of pay) Rules, 1991, as amended from time to time, shall be the ‘revised scale’ next above the ‘revised selection time scale of pay’ (specified in column (3) of the second schedule) granted under the Karnataka Civil Services (Time Bound Advancement) Rules, 1983 in respect of the post held by a 33 Government servant or where the ‘revised selection time scale of pay’ granted under the Karnataka Civil Services (Time Bound Advancement) Rules, 1983 in respect of the post held by the Government servant and the ‘revised scale’ of promotional post is identical or the same, the ‘revised scale’ of such promotional post.
(5) As from the date of commencement of these rules, the selection grade scale of pay in relation to a Government servant holding a post, as admissible in accordance with the provisions of the Government Order No.FD 31 SRP 2007 (X) dated: 14.08.2008 and Government Order No. FD 30 SRP 2012 dated: 31.01.2014 or as may be modified by the Government from time to time shall be the ‘revised selection grade scale of pay’ specified in column (3) of the Third Schedule against the ‘revised scale’ applicable to the post as specified in column (2) thereof.
5. Drawal of pay in the ‘revised scale’.– Save as otherwise provided in these rules, a Government servant shall draw pay in the ‘revised scale’ applicable to the post to which he is appointed.
6. Application of ‘revised scale’.- Subject to the other provisions of these rules, ‘revised scale’ shall apply to,-
(a) a Government servant who entered service prior to 1st July 2017 and was in service on that date;
(b) a Government servant who has been granted an ‘existing selection time scale’ prior to 1st July 2017;
(c) a Government servant who has been granted an ‘existing senior scale’ prior to 1st July 2017;
(d) a government servant who has been granted an ‘existing selection grade scale’ prior to 1st July 2017;
(e) Government servant who has either entered service or is promoted or appointed to any post other than that held by him prior to or on or after 1st July 2017;
(f) a Government servant who may be granted ‘revised selection time scale’ on or after 1st July 2017;
(g) a Government servant who may be granted ‘revised senior scale’ on or after 1st July 2017; and
(h) a Government servant who may be granted ‘revised selection grade scale’ on or after 1st July 2017.
7. Fixation of initial pay in the ‘revised scale’.- (1) The initial pay of a Government servant referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) of rule 6 shall, unless the Government by a special order otherwise direct, be fixed in the ‘revised scale’ applicable to him separately, namely :-
(a) in respect of the post held by him as on 1st July 2017; and
(b) in respect of the lower post, if any, which he would have held on that date but for his holding the higher post on officiating basis.
(2) The initial pay shall be fixed at the stage specified in column (2) of the Fourth Schedule corresponding to his ‘basic pay’ in the ‘existing scale’ appearing in column (1) thereof;
(i) Provided that, in respect of a Primary School Teacher, High School Teacher and Pre-University College Lecturer who is drawing special allowance in the existing scale applicable to the post as the case may be his basic pay shall be calculated in the ‘existing scale’ applicable to him separately by adding the said special allowance with the basic pay drawn in the existing scale as on 01.07.2017 and thereafter, his pay shall be fixed in the revised scale at the corresponding stage specified in column (2) of the Fourth Schedule;
(ii) Provided further that, the amount so computed in calculating the basic pay of the teacher is not available in column (1) of the Fourth Schedule, the stage next above the amount computed shall be considered as existing stage and his pay should be fixed in the revised scale corresponding to the stage specified in column (2) of the Fourth Schedule.
(3) The personal pay specified in column (2) of the Fourth Schedule shall count as pay for all purposes including fixation of pay on promotion.
(4) If the ‘basic pay’ of a Government servant does not appear in column (1) of the Fourth Schedule, such cases shall be referred to the Government for orders.
(5) (a) Where a Government servant has entered service on or after 1st July 2017, his pay shall be fixed in the ‘revised scale’ applicable to the post to which he is appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Karnataka Civil Services Rules.
(b) Where a Government servant has been promoted or appointed on or after 1st July 2017 to any post other than that held by him prior to that date, his pay shall be fixed in the ‘revised scale’ applicable to the post held by him prior to 1st July 2017 in accordance with the provisions of sub-rules (1) to (4) of this rule and thereafter, on the basis of the pay so fixed, his pay shall be fixed in the scale of pay applicable to the post to which he has been promoted or appointed, in accordance with the provisions of the Karnataka Civil Services Rules.
(6) Where a Government servant has been granted ‘selection time scale of pay’ or the ‘senior scale of pay’ or ‘selection grade scale of pay’ on or after 1st July 2017, his pay in the ‘revised scale’ applicable to the post held by him shall be fixed in accordance with the provisions of sub-rules (1) to (4) of this rule and thereafter, on the basis of the pay so fixed, his pay shall be fixed in the selection time scale of pay or senior scale of pay, ‘selection grade scale of pay’ as the case may be, in accordance with rule 4 of the Karnataka Civil Services (Time Bound Advancement)
Rules, 1983 or rule 7 of the Karnataka Civil Services (Automatic Grant of Special Promotion to Senior Scale of Pay) Rules, 1991 or in accordance with the orders governing grant of selection grade scale of pay, respectively.
(7) Where in the fixation of pay under sub-rule (2) or sub-rule (4) of this rule, the pay of a Government servant, who in the ‘existing scale’ was drawing immediately before 1st July 2017 more pay than another Government servant junior to him in the same cadre, gets fixed in the revised scale at a stage lower than that of such junior, his pay shall be stepped up to the same stage in the ‘revised scale’ as that of the junior.
(8) Where a senior Government servant promoted to a higher post before 1st July 2017 draws less pay in the ‘revised scale’ than his junior who is promoted to the higher post on or after 1st July 2017, the pay of the senior Government servant shall be stepped up to an amount equal to the pay fixed for his junior in the higher post. This stepping up of pay shall be done with effect from the date of promotion of the junior Government servant, subject to fulfillment of the following conditions, namely:-
(a) both the senior and the junior Government servants should, before their promotion, belong to the same cadre and the posts to which they have been promoted belong to the same cadre;
(b) the ‘existing scale’ and the ‘revised scale’ of the lower and higher posts in which they are entitled to draw pay are identical;
(c) the junior Government servant was not drawing more pay in the ‘existing scale’ than the senior Government servant in the lower post; and
(d) the anomaly is the direct result of the application of the Karnataka Civil Services Rules or any other rules or orders regulating pay fixation on such promotion in the ‘revised scale’.
(9) The provisions of sub-rule (7) and sub-rule (8) of this rule shall not be applicable in respect of such senior Primary School / High School Teacher / Pre-University Lecturer who was not granted special allowance and whose pay gets fixed in the revised scale at a stage lower than that of his junior teacher / lecturer who was granted special allowance under the then existing orders.
8. Date of next increment in the ‘revised scale’.- (1) After the initial pay of a Government servant in the ‘revised scale’ is fixed with effect from 1st July 2017, in accordance with the provisions of sub-rules (1) to (4) of rule 7, the next increment therein shall accrue on the date on which it would have accrued to him in the ‘existing scale’ had he continued in the ‘existing scale’ and any stagnation increment due and admissible to him under the rules or by general or special orders issued by the Government shall be granted in the ‘revised scale’ in accordance with the said rules or orders:
Provided that where an increment or stagnation increment would have accrued to a Government servant in the ‘existing scale’ in the usual course subsequent to 1st July 2017 but before 1st July 2018, his pay in the ‘revised scale’ shall, if advantageous to him, be re-fixed from the date of accrual of such increment in accordance with the provisions of sub-rules (1) to (3) or sub-rule (4) of rule 7 of these
(2) Where the pay of a Government servant is re-fixed under the proviso to sub-rule (1) of this rule or is stepped up in accordance with the provisions of subrule (7) or sub-rule (8) of rule 7 of these rules, the next increment shall accrue to him on completion of one full incremental period from the date of the re-fixation or stepping up of the pay. The incremental period for this purpose shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of rules 51 and 53 of the Karnataka Civil Services Rules.
9. Entitlement to monetary benefits due to fixation of pay in the ‘revised scale’.- (1) No Government Servant shall be entitled to any increase in pay and allowances and pension as a result of fixation or re-fixation of his pay in the ‘revised scale’ for the period commencing from 1st July 2017 and ending with 31st March 2018. However, he shall be entitled to increase in pay and allowances and pension in the ‘revised scale’ with effect from 1st April 2018.
(2) If, on account of retirement or death, a Government servant ceases to be in service after 1st July 2017 but before 1st April 2018, his pay in the ‘revised scale’ on the date preceding the date of his cessation from the service shall count for computing his emoluments for :-
(a) pension and
(b) family pension.
The monetary benefit shall, however, accrue to the retired Government servant or the beneficiary of the deceased Government servant with effect from 1st April 2018.
10. Amalgamation of cadres.- Where the ‘revised scale’ of pay applicable to posts in two different cadres in the hierarchical line of promotion is the same, notwithstanding anything contained in the rules regulating recruitment thereto, the cadre shall be deemed to have been amalgamated and no promotion shall be permissible from one such cadre to the other as from the date of publication of these rules in the official Gazette.
11. Power to remove difficulties.- If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of these rules, the Government may, by order, make such provisions or give such directions as appear to them to be necessary for removing the difficulty.
12. Over-riding effect of the rules.- No rule made or deemed to have been made under the Karnataka State Civil Services Act, 1978 or a rule made under any 38 other law shall, in so far as it is inconsistent with any of the provisions of these rules, have any effect.
13. Power to relax.- Where the Government are satisfied that the operation of any of the provisions of these rules causes undue hardship in any particular case, it may, by order, dispense with or relax the requirements of that rule to such extent and subject to such conditions as may be considered necessary for dealing with the case in a just and equitable manner.
14. Interpretation.- If any question arises relating to the interpretation of these rules, it shall be referred to the Government whose decision thereon shall be final.
15. Amendment to the Karnataka Civil Services (Time Bound Advancement) Rules, 1983.- For the Schedule to the Karnataka Civil Services (Time Bound Advancement) Rules, 1983, the Second Schedule to these rules shall be substituted.
16. Amendment to the Karnataka Civil Services (Automatic Grant of Special Promotion to Senior Scale of Pay) Rules, 1991.- For the Table below sub-rule (3) of rule 1 of the Karnataka Civil Services (Automatic Grant of Special Promotion to Senior Scale of Pay) Rules, 1991, the Table specified in the Second Schedule to these rules shall be substituted.
17. The revised selection grade scales shall be as specified in the Third Schedule to these rules.
By Order and in the name of the
Governor of Karnataka
DR. EKROOP CAUR
Secretary to Government (Expenditure)
Finance Department