7th Pay Commission Army Pay Rules 2017 for PBOR – Fixation of pay in the revised pay structure

Notification for Amendment to Army Officers Pay Rules, 2017

7th Pay Commission Army Pay Rules 2017  for PBOR – Fixation of pay in the revised pay structure – Personnel Below Officer Rank – Gazette Notification Ministry of Defence dated 03.05.2017

Gazette Notification for Defence regarding 7th Pay Commission Army Pay Rules 2017 for PBOR – Fixation of pay in the revised pay structure

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA PART-II SECTION 4] EXTRAORDINARY

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (Department of Defence) NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the  3rd May, 2017

7.       Fixation  of  pay  in  the  revised  pay  structure.–  (1) The  pay of  a  Junior Commissioned Officer/ Other Rank who elects, or is deemed to have elected under rule 6 to be governed by the revised pay structure on and from the 1st day of January,
2016, shall, unless in case the President by special order otherwise directs, be fixed in the following manner:

(i)       The pay in the applicable Level in the pay matrix shall be the pay obtained by multiplying the existing basic pay by a factor of 2.57, rounded off to the nearest rupee, and the figure so arrived at shall be located in that level in the pay matrix, and if such an identical figure corresponds to any cell in the applicable level of the pay matrix, the same shall be the pay, and if no such cell is available in the applicable level, the pay shall be fixed at the immediate next higher cell in that applicable level of the pay matrix.

(ii) If the minimum pay or the first cell in the applicable level is more than the amount arrived at as per clause (i) the pay shall be fixed at the minimum pay or the first cell of that applicable level.

Illustration:

 

1.

  

Existing Pay Band : PB–1

    
   

Pay Band

  

5200 –20200

  
 

2.

  

Existing Grade Pay : 2400
 

Grade

Pay

  

2000

  

2400

  

2800
 

3.

  

Existing Pay : 10160
 

Levels

  

3

  

4

  

5
 

4.

  

Existing Basic Pay [(2)+(3] :

2400 + 10160 = 12560
 

1

  

21700

  

25500

  

29200
 

2

  

22400

  

26300

  

30100
 

3

  

23100

  

27100

  

31000
 

5.

  

Pay after multiplication by a fitment factor of 2.57 [(4) x
2.57] : 32279.2 (rounded off to 32279)
 

4

  

23800

  

27900

  

31900
 

5

  

24500

  

28700

  

32900
 

6

  

25200

  

29600

  

33900
 

6.

  

Level corresponding to Grade Pay 2400 (PB–1) : Level 4
 

7

  

26000

  

30500

  

34900
 

8

  

26800

  

31400

  

35900
 

7.

  

Revised Pay in Pay Matrix (either   equal   to   or   next higher to 32279 in Level 4) :
32300

  

9

  

27600

  

32300

  

37000
 

10

  

28400

  

33300

  

38100
 

11

  

29300

  

34300

  

39200
 

8.

  

Revised     Pay     in     Pay

Matrix:32300
 

12

  

30200

  

35300

  

40400
 

13

  

31100

  

36400

  

41600
 

14

  

32000

  

37500

  

42800
 

15

  

33000

  

38600

  

44100
 

16

  

34000

  

39800

  

45400

(2)     A Junior Commissioned Officer/ Other Rank who is on leave on the 1st  day of January, 2016 and is entitled to leave salary shall become entitled to pay in the revised pay structure from the 1st day of January, 2016, or the date of option for the revised pay structure.

(3)    A Junior Commissioned Officer/ Other Rank under suspension shall continue to draw subsistence allowance  based  on  existing  pay structure,  and  his  pay in  the revised pay structure shall be subject to the final order on the pending disciplinary proceedings.

(4) Where the existing emoluments exceed the revised emoluments in the case of any Junior Commissioned Officer/ Other Rank, the difference shall be allowed as Personal Pay to be absorbed in future increases in pay.

(5)       Where in the fixation of pay in the Pay Matrix under rule 7, the pay in the Pay Matrix  of  a  Junior  Commissioned  Officer/  Other  Rank,  who,  in  the  existing  pay structure was drawing immediately before the 1st day of January, 2016 more pay in the Pay Band than another Junior Commissioned Officer/ Other Rank in the same arm or service, gets fixed in the revised pay structure at a stage lower than that of such junior, his pay in the Pay Matrix shall be stepped up to the same Cell in the revised pay structure as that of the junior.

(6)   Where a Junior Commissioned Officer/ Other Rank is in receipt of Personal Pay immediately before the date of notification of these rules, which together with his existing emoluments exceed the revised emoluments, then the difference representing such excess shall be allowed to such a Junior Commissioned Officer/ Other Rank as Personal Pay, to be absorbed in future increase in pay.

(7) In case of  Junior Commissioned Officers/ Other Ranks  who are in receipt of Personal Pay for passing Hindi Pragya, Hindi Typewriting, Hindi shorthand and such other  examinations  under  the  “Hindi   Teaching   Scheme”  or  on  successfully undergoing training in cash and accounts matters prior to 1st January, 2016, while the Personal Pay shall not be taken into account for purposes of fixation of initial pay in the revised pay structure, they shall continue to draw Personal Pay after fixation of their pay in the revised pay structure on and from the 1st    day of January 2016 or subsequently for the period for which they would have drawn it but for the fixation of their pay in the revised pay structure and the quantum of such Personal Pay would be paid at the appropriate rate of increment in the revised pay structure from the date of fixation of pay for the period for which they would have continued to draw it.

Explanation.–  For the purpose of this  rule, “appropriate rate of increment in the revised pay structure” means the difference with respect to the next immediate higher Cell in the applicable Level of the Pay Matrix, from the stage at which the pay of the Junior Commissioned Officer/ Other Rank is fixed in the revised pay structure.

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