Fixation of pay in the revised pay structure for Army PBORs

Fixation of pay in the revised pay structure for Army PBORs

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:

• 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.

• 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.Also Read : Level  of Ranks  in the Pay Matrix for Army PBORs

 

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

• 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.

• 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.Also Read : Notification of Pay Rules, 2017 in respect of PBORs of the Defence Force (Army)

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.Also Read : Pay matrix table for army PBORs

• 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.

Source : MOD