Pay Protection on Appointment to Central Government Posts on DR Basis
(Updated on 14.09.2022)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
Establishment (Pay-I) Section
Pay Protection on appointment to Central Government posts on DR basis.
Department of Personnel and Training has issued various instructions from time to time regarding protection of pay of candidates on their appointment to Central Government posts on Direct Recruitment basis. These instructions are broadly categorized in three parts as under:
A. Employees of PSU etc. on their appointment to Central Government.
B. State Government employees on their appointment to Central Government.
C. Central Government servants on their appointment to Central Government.
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Part- A : Protection of pay in respect of candidates from PSUs etc. on their appointment to Central Government posts on Direct Recruitment basis.
I. APPLICABILITY
Candidates working in Public Sector Undertakings etc. including 1 Central Public Undertakings, 2 State Government Undertakings, 1 Universities, 1 Semi-Government Institutions, 1 Autonomous Bodies and 3 Nationalised Banks including State Bank of India and Reserve Bank of India, on their appointment to Central Government posts on Direct Recruitment basis.
[ 1. Para 2 of OM No. 12/1/88-Estt.(Pay-I) dated 07.08.1989]
[ 2. Para 1 of OM No. 12/1/88-Estt.(Pay-I) dated 28.02.1992]
[ 3. Para 1 of OM No. 12/1/88-Estt.(Pay-I) dated 08.06.1993]
[Para 1 of OM No. 5/2/2012-Estt.(Pay-I)(Vol.II) dated 13.08.2020]
II. ELIGIBILITY
(a) Notwithstanding the mode of selection, the benefit of pay protection is available to Direct Recruits appointed in Central Government to those posts for which the relevant Recruitment Rules prescribe a requirement of minimum number of years of experience in a specified area from the field sources (autonomous bodies, PSUs etc.) for appointment under the method of direct recruitment. The benefit will be allowed irrespective of whether the post is filled by the recruiting agency on the basis of interview or open competitive exam or combination of both.
[Para 4 of OM No. 5/2/2012-Estt.(Pay-I)(Vol.II) dated 13.08.2020]
(b) The benefit of pay protection would be available to an Officer coming from PSU etc. only if the officer has completed the period of probation successfully for being regularised / confirmed in the post in the parent organization.
[Para 3 of OM No. 12/1/96-Estt.(Pay-I) dated 10.07.1998]
III. METHOD OF PAY FIXATION
Subsequent to the implementation of the recommendations of the 7th CPC and the issue of CCS(RP) Rules 2016, the system of running Pay Bands and Grade Pays have been replaced by Pay Matrix. Accordingly, the method of pay fixation in respect of those appointed on or after 01.01.2016 is as under:-
“In case of candidates working in Public Sector undertakings (PSUs), Universities, Semi-Government Institutions or Autonomous Bodies, who are appointed to a post as direct recruits on or after 01.01.2016 on selection through interview by a properly constituted agency including Departmental Authorities making recruitment directly, their initial pay shall be fixed at a stage in the level of the post so that the pay and Dearness Allowance as admissible in the Government, protects the pay and Dearness Allowance drawn in the PSU etc.. If there is no such stage in the post, the pay shall be fixed at the stage next below that pay. If the maximum pay in the level applicable to the post in which the person is appointed is less than such pay arrived at, his initial basic pay shall be fixed at such maximum pay of the post. Similarly, if the minimum pay in the level applicable to the post in which such person is appointed is more than such pay arrived at, his initially basic pay shall be fixed at such minimum pay of the post. The pay fixed under this formulation will not exceed the highest cell value applicable for the level of the post in the pay matrix, to which he is appointed.”
[Para 2 of OM No. 12/3/2017-Estt.(Pay-I) dated 28.07.2017]
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