7th Pay Commission Option form for Pay fixation – Which option to choose ? Use this Online tool

7th Pay Commission Option form for pay fixation - online tool

7th Pay Commission Option form for Pay fixation as per Rule 5 and 6 of Revised Pay Rules 2016 – Online Tool to find the benefit out of remaining in pre-revised pay until next increment

7th Pay Commission Option form for 7th CPC Pay Fixation –  Every Central Government Employee has been given a Form of Option under Rule 6 (2) of 7th Pay Commission Revised Pay Rules 2016, to exercise his / her option for fixation of 7th CPC Pay as on 1st January 2016 or on a later date.

It is also provided in the said Rule that option has to be exercised within 3 months from the date of notification and that option provided once is final.

Obviously, many of the employees are hesitant whether to opt for fixation of pay as on 1st January 2016 or to opt for moving the same to next increment date.

7th Pay Commission Option form – How to fill the same to get maximum financial benefit ?

Are you still unsure on exercising this Option ? No worries. We have come up with an online tool to find if there is any benefit out of exercise of option under Rule 6 to remain in the pre-revised pay structure until next increment.

This 7th Pay Commission Option Calculator is applicable for all 6th CPC Pay Bands and Grade Pay.

What is Exercise of Option under Rule 6 of 7th CPC Revised Pay Rules 2016 ?

Rule 5 of 7th Pay Commission Revised Pay Rules 2016, provides that a Central Government Employee can opt for getting existing pre-revised pay even after 1st January 2016 until he / she gets next or subsequent increment in the existing (6th CPC) pay structure if fixation of 7th Pay Commission Pay after getting such increment in the pre-revised pay is beneficial.

7th Pay Commission Option form for pay fixation - online tool

As per Rule 6, option under Rule 5, has to be given in writing to head of office in the Form appended in Annexure to Revised Pay Rules 2016.

Obviously, option of moving the 7th CPC pay fixation to next or subsequent increment date would involve immediate financial loss in the form of not getting Arrears of pay from January 2016.

However, if exercise of option under Rule 6 of 7th Pay Commission Revised Pay Rules 2016, provides enhanced 7th CPC pay in the form of fixation of pay in the next index in a Pay Level of Pay Matrix corresponding to pre-revised incremented pay as on July 2016 (or during subsequent increment) compared to fixation of 7CPC pay as on 1st January 2016 without getting additional increment in the pre-revised pay, then one can choose to opt for fixing the 7CPC Pay during the said increment date.

Illustration:

7th Pay Commission pay fixation in PB-2 GP 4200 as on 1st Jan 2016 and as on 1st July 2016 – A comparison In Rs
Pre-revised 6th CPC Pay as on 31.12.2015 : 20,740
7th CPC Pay as on 1st Jan 2016 (20740+4200) x 2.57 –> fixation of Pay in Index 21 of Level 6 of Pay Matrix : 64,100
7th Pay Commission Pay as on 1st July 2016 after one increment in 7CPC Pay (Index 22 of Level 6 of Pay Matrix : 66,000
Pre-revised 6th CPC Pay as on 30.06.2016 – If option exercised to remain in pre-revised pay until next increment as on 1st July 2016 : 21,490
7th CPC Pay as on 1st July 2016 (21490+4200) x 2.57 –> fixation of Pay in Index 23 of Level 6 of Pay Matrix : 68,000
Benefit in the form of enhanced 7th CPC Pay from 1st July 2016, out of exercise of option under Rule 6 : 2,000 per month
Immediate Loss on account of not getting pay arrears from 1st January 2016 : 56,107

Click here to calculate the quantum of Pay Arrears if opting for 7th CPC pay fixation as on 1st January 2016
Disclaimer: GConnect team has taken all the efforts to ensure that this online tool provides correct result for all. However, we advice for verifying the correctness of result through other means also. GConnect.in is not responsible for any financial loss on account of choosing wrong option by a user of this tool
It could be seen that Employees drawing following Pay in Pay Band as on 31.12.2015 will be benefited out of excercising option under Rule 6 for remaining in pre-revised Pay structure until next increment as on 1st July 2016. So, they can choose to opt for fixing the revised pay as on 1st July 2016. Of Course, they have to incur the immediate financial loss as they will not be entitled to Pay arrears with effect from 1st January 2016.

Pay Band-1 5200-20200

PB-1 PB-1 PB-1 PB-1
GP 1800 GP 1900 GP 2000 GP 2400
5200 5840 7260 8140
6320 6300 7520 8440
6330 6310 7530 8450
6540 7360 8420 9460
6550 7620 8730 9800
6560 7630 9750 9810
7340 8520 10090 10940
7600 8830 10100 12180
7610 9850 10840 12190
7870 10190 11220 13550
7880 10200 12470 15010
8780 10940 12890 15020
9080 11320 12900 15030
9090 12570 13790 16070
10100 12990 14770 16080
10440 13000 15270 17210
10450 13890 17450 18410
11570 14870 18020 19700
11580 15370 18030 21060
12820 17550 19230
12830 18120 19240
14180 18130 20520
14190 19330
15650 19340
15660
15670
16710
16720
19050

Pay Band-2 9300-34800

PB-2 PB-2 PB-2 PB-2
GP 4200 GP 4600 GP 4800 GP 5400
10420 12850 13710 15870
10430 12860 13720 15880
11780 12870 16050 17150
11790 13910 17340 17160
13250 13920 18700 18520
13260 16250 20140 18530
13270 17540 20880 19230
14310 18900 21640 20740
14320 20340 21650 22330
16650 21080 24100 22340
17940 21840 24110 23160
19300 21850 26780 24900
20740 24300 26790 24910
21480 24310 28710
22240 26980 28720
22250 26990

Pay Band-3 15600-39100

Pay Band-4 37400-67000

PB-3 PB-4 PB-4 PB-4
GP 5400 GP 7600 GP 8900 GP 10000
17080 23980 42100 46100
17090 23990 42110 51320
18440 27950 48520 55050
18450 27960 48530
20660 29010 53850
20670 30100 53860
22260
23080
24820
24830
27610
27620
27630
28600

Download 7th Pay Pay Commission Revised Pay Rules 2016 along with Form of option under Rules 6