7th Pay Commission-7th Pay Commission Air Force Pay Rules 2017 for PBOR – Exercise of Option

Amendment to Armed Forces Pay Rules and Regulations, 2017 (Air Force)

7th Pay Commission-7th Pay Commission Air Force Pay Rules 2017 for PBOR – Exercise of Option- Gazette Notification Ministry of Defence dated 03.05.2017

Gazette Notification for Defence regarding 7th Pay Commission Air Force Pay Rules 2017 for PBOR -7th Pay Commission Air Force Pay Rules 2017 for PBOR – Exercise of Option

6.       Exercise of option.

(1)       The option under the provisions to rule 5 shall be exercised in writing in the form appended to these rules so as to reach the Air Force Central Account Office New Delhi within one hundred and eighty days of the date of notification of these rules, or where revision in the existing pay structure is made by any order subsequent to the date of notification of these rules, within one hundred and eighty days of the date of such order.

Provided that;

(i)    in the case of a Warrant Officer/ sergeant/Corporal/Leading Aircraftsman/Aircraftsman who is, on the date of such notification or, as the case may be, date of such order, out of India on leave or deputation or foreign service or active service, the said option shall be exercised in writing so as to reach the Air Force Central Account Office New Delhi within one hundred and eighty days of the date of his taking charge of his post in India; and,

(ii)      Where  a  Warrant  Officer/ Sergeant/Corporal/Leading Aircraftsman/Aircraftsman is under suspension on the 1st   day of January, 2016,the option may be exercised within one hundred and eighty days of the date of his return to his duty, if that date is later than the date prescribed in this sub- rule.

(2)      The  option,  along  with  an  undertaking  appended  to  these  rules,  shall  be intimated by a Warrant Officer/ Sergeant/Corporal/Leading Aircraftsman/ Aircraftsman to the Air Force Central Account Office New Delhi.

(3)      If  the  intimation  regarding  option  is  not  received  by  the  Air  Force  Central Account  Office  New  Delhi  within  one  hundred  and  eighty  days  of  the  date  of notification of these rules, the Warrant Officers/ Sergeants/Corporals/Leading Aircraftsmans/Aircraftsmans shall be deemed to have elected to be governed by the revised pay structure with effect from the 1st day of January, 2016.

(4)      The option once exercised shall be final.

Note 1.–       Warrant Officers / Sergeants/ Corporals/ Leading Aircraftsmans / Aircraftsmans whose services were terminated on or after the 1st day of January, 2016 and who could not exercise the option within the prescribed time limit, on account of discharge on the expiry of the sanctioned strength, release, resignation, dismissal or discharge on disciplinary grounds, are entitled to exercise option
under sub-rule (1).

Note 2.–       Warrant Officers/ Sergeants/ Corporals/ Leading Aircraftsmans/ Aircraftsmans who have died on or after the 1st  day of January,
2016 and could not exercise the option within the prescribed time limit, are deemed to have opted for the revised pay structure on and from the 1st  day of January, 2016 or such later date as is most beneficial to their dependents, if the revised pay structure is more favourable and in such cases, necessary action for payment of arrears shall be taken by the Air Force Central Account Office or Air Force Record Office or Directorate of Air Veterans New
Delhi.

Note 3.–       Warrant Officers/ Sergeants/ Corporals/ Leading Aircraftsmans/ Aircraftsmans who were on Annual Leave or any other leave on the 1st day of January, 2016, which entitled them to leave salary, shall be entitled to exercise option under sub-rule (1).
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