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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
CHENNAI HIGH COURT ALLOWS 5400 TO ACP INSPECTORS AFTER 4 YEARS IN 7500
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GOOD NEWS - CHENNAI HIGH COURT ALLOWS 5400 TO ACP INSPECTORS AFTER 4 YEARS IN 7500
THANKS TO SRI. M.SUBRAMANYAM SUPDT. OF CHENNAI FOR HIS RELENTLESS EFFORT TO FIGHT FOR 5400 IN HIGH COURT OF CHENNAI.
THE HIGH COURT HAS FINALLY ALLOWED HIS PETITION AND DIRECTED SECRETARY REVENUE TO GIVE 5400 TO ACP INSPECTORS AFTER COMPLETING FOUR YEARS IN 4800 GP(7500)
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Grant of financial upgradation under the Modified ACP Scheme – reckoning of Non-Functional Grade (NFG) to DR Assistants/DR Grade ‘C’ Stenographers
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINSTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No. PC-VI/215
No. PC-V/2009/ACP/2
RBE No.101/2010
New Delhi, dated 21.7.2010
Sub: Grant of financial upgradation under the Modified ACP Scheme – reckoning of Non-Functional Grade (NFG) to DR Assistants/DR Grade ‘C’ Stenographers – clarification reg.
In supersession of Board’s Order of even number dated 17.2.2010, it is clarified that DR Assistants/DR Grade ‘C’ Stenographers who have got Non-Functional Grade (NFG) in the Grade Pay of RS.5400 would only be entitled to 3rd financial upgradation in the immediate grade pay of RS.6600 on completion of 30 years of continuous service or on completion of 10 years of stagnation in 2 single
Grade Pay, whichever is earlier. No further financial upgradation would be admissible to such officials.
2. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways and has the sanction of the President.
3. Hindi version is enclosed.
(N.P.Singh)
Dy. Director/ Pay Commission- V
Railway Board
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Extension of Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme(MACP) to Staff Car Drivers of Central Government
No.35011/03/2008-Estt (D)
Government of India
Ministry of Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)
Establishment (D)
North Block, New Delhi
Date: 30th July, 2010
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Sub: Extension of Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme to the Staff Car Drivers of Central Government.
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department's O.M. No.35034/3/2008-Estt. (D) the 19th May,2009 regarding introduction of Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS) for the Central Government Civilian Employees and to say that para 13 of Annexure-I of the Scheme provides that Existing time-bound promotion scheme, including in-situ promotion scheme. Staff Car Driver Scheme or any other kind of promotion scheme existing for a particular category of employees in a Ministry/Department or its offices, may continue to be operational for the concerned category of employees if it is decided by the concerned administrative authorities to retain such Scheme, after necessary consultations or they may switch over to the MACPS. However, these Schemes shall not run concurrently with the MACPS.
2. In pursuance of the decision taken in the meeting of the Departmental Council (JCM) of Department of Personnel & Training held on 08.05.2010 in respect Agenda Item No. 57.31, it has been decided in consultation with the Department of Expenditure, the benefits of the MACPS shall also be extended to the regular Staff Car Drivers of the Central Government Ministries/Departments/Offices, as a fall back option, if they are unable to get promotion within the percentage based present system.
3. Para 13 of the Annexure-I of the MACPS accordingly stands modified to this effect. In other words, the Staff Car Driver Scheme and the MACPS shall run concurrently.
4. All Ministries/Departments may give wide circulation to this decision for general guidance and appropriate action in the matter.
5. Hindi version will follow.
S/d
(Smita Kumar)
Director(Estt.I)
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Clarifications regarding pay fixation of existing Group ‘D’ Employees in the revised pay structure
F.No. 7/19/2010-E.III (A)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
New Delhi, the 2nd August, 2010
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Clarifications regarding pay fixation of existing Group ‘D’ Employees in the revised pay structure.
Reference is invited to this Department’s Office Memorandum No. 1/1/2008-IC dated 24th December, 2008 wherein clarifications were provided regarding various aspects of placement of the existing Group ‘D’ employees in the revised pay structure.
2. As per the clarification at Sl. No. 1, those Group ‘D’ employees who did not possess the minimum qualification and who have retired/ died in harness between 1.1.2006 and date of notification of Revised Pay Rules will be granted pay band -1S and the grade pay corresponding to their pre-revised pay scale as notified in CCS (RP) Rules, 2008.
3. The aforesaid issue was raised in the 46th Ordinary Meeting of the National Council (JCM) held on 15th May, 2010 and the Staff Side had requested that the cases relating to the non-matriculate class IV employees who retired or died between January 2006 and August 2008 without any re-training be re-considered and such employees should be granted the benefit by re-fixing their pension/ family pension at par with those employees who were retrained and whose pay was fixed in PB-1 with a grade pay of Rs.1800/-.
4. The request of Staff Side on the subject has been considered and it has been decided that the Group ‘D’ non-matriculate employees who died in harness or have retired between 1.1.2006 and the date of notification of CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008 from those Ministries/Departments which have since re-trained all the eligible serving non-matriculate Group ‘D’ employees and have placed them in PB-1 with grade pay of Rs.1800, would be placed in with grade pay of Rs.1800 with effect from the same date that the retrained eligible employees were placed in this pay band and grade pay.
(Renu Jain)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India.
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F.No.1/1/2008-IC
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
Implementation Cell
New Delhi, the 24th December, 2008
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Clarifications regarding pay fixation of existing Group ‘D’ Employees in the revised pay structure.
Consequent upon the acceptance of the recommendations of the Sixth Central pay Commission by the Government, related to Group 'D' cadres in Central Government, all existing Group 'D' employees are
requested to be upgraded to the pre-revised Group 'C' scale of Rs.2750-4400 corresponding to the grade pay of Rs.1900 (Rs.5200-20200) in the manner prescribed in the CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008 (attention is drawn towards Note 1 below Rule 7 of CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008, which prescribes the procedure for fixation of pay of Group 'D' employees in the revised pay structure). Further, in future, posts will be created only in PB-1 and there shall be no recruitment in -1S pay band save in exceptional circumstances as indicated in para 2.2.10 of the Report of the Sixth Central Pay Commission.
Following the notifications of the CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008, this Department has received references from some administrative departments, seeking clarifications regarding various aspects of placement of existing Group 'D' employees in the revised pay structure. The matter has been considered in this Department. The points of doubt raised by administrative departments and the clarifications thereto are issued as
under:
| 1. | How will the pay of those Group 'D' officials who do not posses the minimum qualification and have retired/died in harness from 1.1.2006 till date be fixed in the revised structure? Whether they will be placed in -1S pay band or in the pay band PB-1? | Those Group 'D' employees who did not possess the minimum qualification and who have retired/died in harness between 1.1.2006 and date of notification of Revised Pay Rules will be granted pay band -1S and the grade pay corresponding to their pre-revised pay scale as notified in CCS (RP) Rules, 2008. |
| 2. | What will be the training curriculum, period and the procedure for placement of those Group 'D' officials in PB-1 band who do not possess the minimum prescribed qualification ? | Each administrative department concerned will design a training curriculum suited to its requirements. As far as possible, the training programme should not exceed 3 months and it may be imparted during working days for not more than 2 hours per day. The Department concerned will bear the expenditure for training. |
| 3. | In the case of those Group 'D' officials who were in the pre-revised scale of Rs.2550-55-2660-60-3200 (e.g. Peon) and who are to be placed in the pay band PB-1 with Grade Pay of Rs.1800 w.e.f. 1.1.2006 and are subsequently granted ACP/Promotion, it is not clear as to what will be their grade pay. If the grade pay remains unchanged, the officials will not be getting any benefit on promotion/ACP. In case they are granted next higher grade in the hierarchy of revised pay structures, it will put seniors viz Daftry/Senior Peons etc at a disadvantageous position. | Government servants who have been granted financial upgradation to a higher scale under the ACP Scheme will be granted the grade pay corresponding to the higher pre-revised pay scale that was granted to them under ACP. However, in case of erstwhile Group 'D' employees, all such eligible employees will be granted grade pay of Rs.1800 in PB-1, irrespective of their pre-revised Group 'D' pay scale whether granted the them on regular appointment/promotion or under ACP. |
(ALOK SAXENA)
DIRECTOR
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS) for Railway Employees
Recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission - Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS) for Railway Employees
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
RBE No.101/2009
New Delhi, dated 10.06.2009
S.No.PC-VI/110
No. PC-V/2009/ACP/2
The General Managers
All Indian Railways & PUs
(As per mailing list)
Sub: Recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission - Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS) for Railway Employees
The Sixth Central Pay Commission in Para 6.1.15 of its report, has recommended Modified
Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS). As per the recommendations, financial
upgradation will be available in the next higher Grade Pay whenever an employee has completed
12 years continuous service in the same grade. However, not more than two financial
upgradations shall be given in the entire career, as was provided in the previous Scheme. The
Scheme will also be available to all posts belonging to Group ‘A’ whether isolated or not.
However, organised Group "A" services will not be covered under the Scheme.
2. The Government has considered the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay
Commission for introduction of a MACPS and has accepted the same with further modification
to grant three financial upgradations under the MACPS at intervals of 10, 20 and 30 years of
continuous regular service.
3. The Scheme would be known as MODIFIED ASSURED CAREER PROGRESSION
SCHEME (MACPS) FOR RAILWAY EMPLOYEES. This Scheme is in supersession of
previous ACP Scheme and clarifications issued there under and shall be applicable to all
regularly appointed Group ‘A’, ‘B’, and ‘C’ Railway Employees except officers of the Organised
Group ‘A’ Service. The status of Group ‘D’ employees would cease on their completion of
prescribed training, as recommended by the Sixth Central Pay Commission and would be treated
as Group ‘C’ employees. Casual employees, including those granted ‘temporary status’ and
employees appointed in the Railways only on adhoc or contract basis shall not qualify for
benefits under the aforesaid Scheme. The details of the MACP Scheme and conditions for grant
of the financial upgradation under the Scheme are given in Annexure.
4. A Screening Committee shall be constituted in each Department to consider the case for
grant of financial upgradations under the MACP Scheme. The Screening Committee shall consist
of a Chairperson and two members. The members of the Committee shall comprise officers
holding posts which are at least one level above the grade in which the MACP is to be I:\MACPS.doc
considered and not below Senior Scale grade (PB-3, GP-Rs.6600/-). The Chairperson should
generally be a grade above the members of the Committee.
5. The recommendations of the Screening Committee shall be placed before Railway Board
(MS) in cases where the Committee is constituted in the Railway Board/Ministry or before the
Head of the organisation/competent authority in other cases for approval.
6. In order to prevent undue strain on the administrative machinery, the Screening
Committee shall follow a time-schedule and meet twice in a financial year – preferably in the
first week of January and first week of July of a year for advance processing of the cases
maturing in that half. Accordingly, cases maturing during the first-half (April-September) of a
particular financial year shall be taken up for consideration by the Screening Committee meeting
in the first week of January. Similarly, the Screening Committee meeting in the first week of July
of any financial year shall process the cases that would be maturing during the second-half
(October-March) of the same financial year.
7. However, to make the MACP Scheme operational, the Cadre Controlling Authorities
shall constitute the first Screening Committee within a month from the date of issue of these
instructions to consider the cases maturing upto 30th June, 2009 for grant of benefits under the
MACPS.
8. The scheme would be operational w.e.f. 01.09.2008. In other words, financial
upgradations as per the provisions of the earlier ACP Scheme (of October, 1999) would be
granted till 31.08.2008.
9. No stepping up of pay in the Pay Band or Grade Pay would be admissible with regard to
junior getting more pay than the senior on account of pay fixation under MACP Scheme.
10. It is clarified that no past cases would be re-opened. Further, while implementing the
MACP Scheme, the differences in pay scales on account of grant of financial upgradation under
the old ACP Scheme (of October 1999) and under the MACP Scheme within the same cadre
shall not be construed as an anomaly.
11. Hindi version will follow.
(P. P. Pandey)
Director, Pay Commission
Railway Board
ANNEXURE
MODIFIED ASSURED CAREER PROGRESSION SCHEME (MACPS)
1. There shall be three financial upgradations under the MACPS, counted from the direct
entry grade on completion of 10, 20 and 30 years of service respectively. Financial upgradation
under the Scheme will be admissible whenever a person has spent 10 years continuously in the
same Grade Pay.
2. The MACPS envisages merely placement in the immediate next higher Grade Pay in the
hierarchy of the recommended revised Pay Bands and Grade Pay as given in Section 1 , Part-A
of the first schedule of the Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008. Thus, the Grade Pay at
the time of financial upgradation under the MACPS can, in certain cases where regular
promotion is not between two successive grades, be different than what is available at the time of
regular promotion. In such cases, the higher Grade Pay attached to the next promotion post in the
hierarchy of the concerned cadre/organisation will be given only at the time of regular
promotion.
3. The financial upgradations under the MACPS would be admissible upto the highest
Grade Pay of Rs.12000/- in the PB-4.
4. Benefit of pay fixation available at the time of regular promotion shall also be allowed at
the time of financial upgradation under the Scheme. Therefore, the pay shall be raised by 3% of
the total pay in the Pay Band and the Grade Pay drawn before such upgradation. There shall,
however, be no further fixation of pay at the time of regular promotion if it is in the same Grade
Pay as granted under MACPS. However, at the time of actual promotion if it happens to be in a
post carrying higher Grade Pay than what is available under MACPS, no pay fixation would be
available and only difference of Grade Pay would be made available. To illustrate, in case a
Railway Servant joins as a direct recruit in the Grade Pay of Rs.1900 in PB-l and he gets no
promotion till completion of 10 years of service, he will be granted financial upgradation under
MACPS in the next higher Grade Pay of Rs.2000 and his pay will be fixed by granting him one
increment plus the difference of Grade Pay (i.e. Rs.100). After availing financial upgradation
under MACPS, if the Railway servant gets his regular promotion in the hierarchy of his cadre,
which is to the Grade Pay of Rs.2400, on regular promotion, he will only be granted the
difference of Grade Pay between Rs.2000 and Rs.2400. No additional increment will be granted
at this stage.
5. Promotions earned/upgradations granted under the ACP Scheme in the past to those
grades which now carry the same Grade Pay due to merger of pay scales/upgradations of posts
recommended by the Sixth Pay Commission shall be ignored for the purpose of granting
upgradations under Modified ACPS.
Illustration
The pre-revised hierarchy (in ascending order) in a particular organisation was as follows:
Rs.5000-8000, Rs.5500-9000 & Rs.6500-10500.
(a) A Railway servant who was recruited in the hierarchy in the pre-revised pay scale Rs.5000-
8000 and who did not get a promotion even after 25 years of service prior to 1.1.2006, in
his case as on 1.1.2006, he would have got two financial upgradations under ACP to the
next grades in the hierarchy of his organization, i.e., to the pre-revised scales of Rs.5500-
9000 and Rs.6500-10500.
(b) Another Railway servant recruited in the same hierarchy in the pre-revised scale of
Rs.5000-8000 has also completed about 25 years of service, but he got two promotions to
the next higher grades of Rs.5500-9000 & Rs.6500-10500 during this period.
In the case of both (a) and (b) above, the promotions/financial upgradations granted under
ACP to the pre-revised scales of Rs.5500-9000 and Rs.6500-10500 prior to 1.1.2006 will be
ignored on account of merger of the pre-revised scales of Rs.5000-8000, Rs.5500-9000 and
Rs.6500-10500 recommended by the Sixth CPC. As per the RS(RP) Rules, both of them will be
granted Grade Pay of Rs.4200 in the Pay Band PB-2. After the implementation of MACPS, two
financial upgradations will be granted both in the case of (a) and (b) above to the next higher
Grade Pays of Rs.4600 and Rs.4800 in the Pay Band PB-2.
6. In the case of all the employees granted financial upgradations under ACPS till
01.01.2006, their revised pay will be fixed with reference to the pay scale granted to them under
the ACPS.
6.1 In the case of ACP upgradations granted between 01.01.2006 and 31.08.2008, the
Railway servant has the option under the RS(RP) Rules, 2008 to have his pay fixed in the revised
pay structure either (a) w.e.f. 01.01.2006 with reference to his pre-revised scale as on
01.01.2006; or (b) w.e.f. the date of his financial upgradation under ACP with reference to the
pre-revised scale granted under ACP. In case of option (b), he shall be entitled to draw his
arrears of pay only from the date of his option, i.e. the date of financial upgradation under ACP.
6.2 In cases where financial upgradation had been granted to Railway servants in the next
higher scale in the hierarchy of their cadre as per the provisions of the ACP Scheme of October,
1999, but whereas as a result of the implementation of Sixth CPC's recommendations, the next
higher post in the hierarchy of the cadre has been upgraded by granting a higher Grade Pay, the
pay of such employees in the revised pay structure will be fixed with reference to the higher
Grade Pay granted to the post. To illustrate, in the case of Jr. Engineer in CPWD, who was
granted 1st ACP in his hierarchy to the grade of Assistant Engineer in the pre-revised scale of
Rs.6500-10500 corresponding to the revised Grade Pay of Rs.4200 in the Pay Band PB-2, he will
now be granted Grade Pay of Rs.4600 in the Pay Band PB-2 consequent upon upgradation of the
post of Asstt. Engineers in CPWD by granting them the Grade Pay of Rs.4600 in PB-2 as a result
of Sixth CPC's recommendations. However, from the date of implementation of the MACPS, all
the financial upgradations under the Scheme should be done strictly in accordance with the
hierarchy of Grade Pays in Pay Bands as notified vide RS (RP) Rules, 2008.
7. With regard to fixation of his pay on grant of promotion/financial upgradation under
MACP Scheme, a Railway servant has an option under Rule 1313(1)(a)(i) of the Indian Railway Establishment Code-Volume II, (Sixth Edition 1987 – 2nd
Reprint, 2005) [FR 22(1)(a)(i)] to get
his pay fixed in the higher post/Grade Pay either from the date of his promotion/upgradation or
from the date of his next increment viz. 1st
July of the year. The pay and the date of increment
would be fixed in accordance with clarification no.2 of Railway Board's letter No.PC-
VI/2008/I/RSRP/1 dated 25-9-2008 (PC-VI/22, RBE No.132/2008)
8. Promotions earned in the post carrying same Grade Pay in the promotional hierarchy as
per Recruitment Rules shall be counted for the purpose of MACPS.
8.1 Consequent upon the implementation of Sixth CPC's recommendations, Grade Pay of
Rs.5400 is now in two Pay Bands viz., PB-2 and PB-3. The Grade Pay of Rs.5400 in PB-2 and
Rs.5400 in PB-3 shall be treated as separate Grade Pays for the purpose of grant of upgradations
under MACPS.
9. 'Regular service' for the purpose of the MACPS shall commence from the date of
joining of a post in direct entry grade on a regular basis either on direct recruitment basis or on
absorption/re-employment basis. Service rendered on adhoc/contract basis before regular
appointment on pre-appointment training shall not be taken into reckoning. However, past
continuous regular service in another Government/Department in a post carrying same Grade
Pay prior to regular appointment in a new Department, without a break, shall also be counted
towards qualifying regular service for the purpose of MACPS only (and not for the regular
promotions). However, benefits under the MACPS in such cases shall not be considered till the
satisfactory completion of the probation period in the new post.
10. Past service rendered by a Railway employee in a State Government/statutory
body/Autonomous body/Public Sector organisation, before appointment in the Railways shall not
be counted towards Regular Service.
11. 'Regular service' shall include all periods spent on deputation/foreign service, study leave
and all other kind of leave, duly sanctioned by the competent authority.
12. The MACPS shall also be applicable to work charged employees, if their service
conditions are comparable with the staff of regular establishment.
13. Existing time-bound promotion scheme, including in-situ promotion scheme, Staff Car
Driver Scheme or any other kind of promotion scheme existing for a particular category of
employees in the Railways, may continue to be operational for the concerned category of
employees if it is decided by the concerned administrative authorities to retain such Schemes,
after necessary consultations or they may switch-over to the MACPS. However, these Schemes
shall not run concurrently with the MACPS.
14. The MACPS is directly applicable only to the Railway employees. It will not get
automatically extended to employees of the Autonomous/Statutory Bodies under the
administrative control of the Ministry of Railways. Keeping in view the financial implications
involved, a conscious decision in this regard shall have to be taken by the Governing
Body/Board of Directors and Ministry of Railways and where it is proposed to adopt the
MACPS, prior concurrence of Ministry of Finance shall be obtained.
15. lf a financial upgradation under the MACPS is deferred and not allowed after 10 years in
a Grade Pay, due to the reason of the employees being unfit or due to departmental proceedings,
etc., this would have consequential effect on the subsequent financial upgradation which would
also get deferred to the extent of delay in grant of first financial upgradation.
16. On grant of financial upgradation under the Scheme, there shall be no change in the
designation, classification or higher status. However, financial and certain other benefits which
are linked to the pay drawn by an employee such as HBA, allotment of Government
accommodation shall be permitted.
17. The financial upgradation would be on non-functional basis subject to fitness, in the
hierarchy of Grade Pay within the PB-1.Thereafter for upgradation under the MACPS the
benchmark of 'good' would be applicable till the Grade Pay of Rs. 6600/- in PB-3. The
benchmark will be 'Very Good' for financial upgradation to the Grade Pay of Rs.7600 and above.
18. In the matter of disciplinary/penalty proceedings, grant of benefit under the MACPS
shall be subject to rules governing normal promotion. Such cases shall, therefore, be regulated
under the provisions of the Railway Servants (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1968 and instructions
issued there under.
19. The MACPS contemplates merely placement on personal basis in the immediate higher
Grade Pay/grant of financial benefits only and shall not amount to actual/functional promotion of
the employees concerned. Therefore, no reservation orders/roster shall apply to the MACPS,
which shall extend its benefits uniformly to all eligible SC/ST employees also. However, the
rules of reservation in promotion shall be ensured at the time of regular promotion. For this
reason, it shall not be mandatory to associate members of SC/ST in the Screening Committee
meant to consider cases for grant of financial upgradation under the Scheme.
20. Financial upgradation under the MACPS shall be purely personal to the employee and
shall have no relevance to his seniority position. As such, there shall be no additional financial
upgradation for the senior employees on the ground that the junior employee in the grade has got
higher pay/Grade Pay under the MACPS.
21. Pay drawn in the Pay Band and the Grade Pay allowed under the MACPS shall be taken
as the basis for determining the terminal benefits in respect of the retiring employee.
22. If a Group ‘A’ Railway employee, who was not covered under the ACP Scheme has now
become entitled to say, third financial upgradation directly, having completed 30 years’ regular
service, his pay shall be fixed successively in next three immediate higher Grade Pays in the
hierarchy of revised Pay Bands and Grade Pays allowing the benefit of 3% pay fixation at every
stage. Pay of persons becoming eligible for second financial upgradation may also be fixed
accordingly.
23. In case an employee is declared surplus in his/her organisation and appointed in the same
pay scale or lower scale of pay in the new organization, the regular service rendered by him/her
in the previous organisation shall be counted towards the regular service in his/her new
organisation for the purpose of giving financial upgradation under the MACPS.
24. In case, an employee after getting promotion/ACP seeks unilateral transfer on a lower
post or lower scale, he will be entitled only for second and third financial upgradations on
completion of 20/30 years of regular service under the MACPS, as the case may be, from the
date of his initial appointment to the post in the new organization.
25. If a regular promotion has been offered but was refused by the employee before
becoming entitled to a financial upgradation, no financial upgradation shall be allowed as such
an employee has not been stagnated due to lack of opportunities. If, however, financial
upgradation has been allowed due to stagnation and the employee subsequently refuses the
promotion, it shall not be a ground to withdraw the financial upgradation. He shall, however, not
be eligible to be considered for further financial upgradation till he agrees to be considered for
promotion again and the second or the next financial upgradation shall also be deferred to the
extent of period of debarment due to the refusal.
26. Cases of persons holding higher posts purely on adhoc basis shall also be considered by
the Screening Committee along with others. They may be allowed the benefit of financial
upgradation on reversion to the lower post or if it is beneficial vis-à-vis the pay drawn on adhoc
basis.
27 . Employees on deputation need not revert to the parent Department for availing the
benefit of financial upgradation under the MACPS. They may exercise a fresh option to draw the
pay in the Pay Band and the Grade Pay of the post held by them or the Pay plus Grade Pay
admissible to them under the MACPS, whichever is beneficial.
28. Illustration:-
A. (i) If a Railway servant (LDC) in PB-1 in the Grade Pay of Rs.1900 gets his first regular
promotion (UDC) in PB-1 in the Grade Pay of Rs.2400 on completion of 8 years of
service and then continues in the same Grade Pay for further 10 years without any
promotion then he would be eligible for 2nd
financial upgradation under the MACPS in
PB-1 in the Grade Pay of Rs.2800 after completion of 18 years (8+10 years).
(ii) In case he does not get any promotion thereafter, then he would get 3rd
financial
upgradation in PB-2 in Grade Pay of Rs.4200 on completion of further 10 years of
service i.e. after 28 years (8+10+10).
(iii) However, if he gets 2nd
promotion after 5 years of further service in PB-2 in the Grade
Pay of Rs.4200 (Assistant Grade/Grade ‘C’) i.e. on completion of 23 years
(8+10+5years) then he would get 3rd
financial upgradation after completion of 30 years
i.e. 10 years after the 2nd ACP in PB-2 in the Grade Pay of Rs.4600.
In the above scenario, the pay shall be raised by 3% of the total pay in the Pay Band
and Grade Pay drawn before such upgradation. There shall, however, be no further
fixation of pay at the time of regular promotion if it is in the same Grade Pay or in
the higher Grade Pay. Only the difference of Grade Pay would be admissible at the
time of promotions.
B. If a Railway servant (LDC) in PB-1 in the Grade Pay of Rs.1900 is granted 1st
financial
upgradation under the MACPS on completion of 10 years of service in PB-1 in the Grade
Pay of Rs.2000 and 5 years later he gets 1st
regular promotion (UDC) in PB-1 in the Grade
Pay of Rs.2400, the 2nd
financial upgradation under MACPS (in the next Grade Pay w.r.t.
Grade Pay held by Railway servant) will be granted on completion of 20 years of service in
PB-1 in the Grade Pay of Rs.2800. On completion of 30 years of service, he will get 3rd
ACP
in the Grade Pay of Rs. 4200. However, if two promotions are earned before completion of
20 years, only 3rd
financial upgradation would be admissible on completion of 10 years of
service in Grade Pay from the date of 2nd
promotion or at the 30th
year of service, whichever
is earlier..
C. If a Railway servant has been granted either two regular promotions or 2nd
financial
upgradation under the ACP Scheme of October, 1999 after completion of 24 years of regular
service then only 3rd
financial upgradation would be admissible to him under the MACPS on
completion of 30 years of service provided that he has not earned third promotion in the
hierarchy.
(P. P. Pandey)
Director, Pay Commission
Railway Board
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(Authority: DoP&T’s OM No.35034/3/2008-Estt.(D) dated 19th
May 2009)
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
KEY POIINTS OF MACPS (MODIFIED ASSURED CAREER PROGRESSION SCHEME)
Some of key features of the new Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme for Central Government Civilian Employees w.e.f. 1.09.2008...
1. There shall be Three Financial upgradations under MACPS counted from the direct entry grade on completion of 10, 20 and 30 years respectively.
2. All cadres including Group A (excluding organized Gr.A services) are eligible for grant of MACP.
3. The scheme would be operational w.e.f. 01.09.2008. In other words, financial upgradations as per the provisions of the old ACP of August, 1999 would be granted till 31.08.08.
4. Financial up gradation will be in next higher grade pay in the hierarchy of Grade Pay and not in the promotional hierarchy.
5. A Screening Committee shall be constituted and follow a time schedule to meet twice in a financial year preferably in the month of January (April to September) and of July (October to March).
6. Financial upgradation under MACPS is purely personal to the employee and staff shall have no relevance to his seniority position. As such no stepping up of pay in the PB & GP would be admissible with regard to junior getting more pay than the senior on account of pay fixation under MACPS.
7. No past cases would be reopened. The differences in pay scales on account of grant of financial upgradations under old ACP and new MACP within the same cadre shall not be construed as anomaly.
8. The financial upgradation under the MACPS would be admissible up to the highest grade pay of 12,000 in PB-4.
9. The pay shall be raised by 3% of the total pay in the pay band and the grade pay drawn before such upgradation. There shall be no further fixation at the time of regular promotion if it is the same grade pay as granted under MACPS.
10. An employee who completes 10 years of service in a particular grade will qualify for grant of MACP. Service rendered in a lower grade will not be counted for grant of MACP after completion of total qualifying service of 10 years. For example if an employee gets regular promotion to the next grade after completion of 5 years of service in a particular grade, he will have to wait till the completion of 15 years of regular service for 2nd MACP. Likewise 3rd MACP for him will be given after completion of 25 years of regular service.
11. However, after 1st regular promotion or 1st MACP, completion of 10 years of regular service in a grade or total qualifying service of 20 years or 30 years whichever falls earlier will be the milestone for grant of next MACP.
12. The service rendered by the existing employees prior to implementation of the MACPS viz., prior to 1.9.2008, will also be taken in to account for calculating the 10, 20 and 30 year milestones for granting MACP.
13. Similarly, employees who were granted financial upgradation under previous ACP scheme i.e., prior to the introduction of MACPS with effect from 1.9.2008, will be eligible for financial upgradation under MACPS after completion of 20 years and 30years of service, irrespective of regular promotion given to them if any, between their 10 to 20 years of service or between 20 years and 30 years of service. For example if an employee was given 1st ACP under old ACP Scheme after completion of 12 years of service and a regular promotion after completion of 18 years of service, he will be eligible for 2nd MACP after completion of 20 years of service.
14. Promotions earned /upgrading granted under the ACP scheme in the past to those grades which now carry the same grade pay due to merger of pay scales /upgradations of posts recommended by the Sixth Pay Commission shall be ignored for the purpose of granting upgradation under MACPS.
15. Financial benefit an employee gets as a result of pay fixation during MACP will be 3% of basic pay (pay in pay band plus the grade pay before MACP) and the difference in Grade pay before MACP and grade pay after MACP.Option for fixation of pay is also available.
16. If an employee gets a regular promotion to a grade which carries same grade pay which he is receiving now after grant of MACP, no further pay fixation will be allowed at the time of said regular promotion. If an employee gets a regular promotion to a grade which carries higher grade pay than the grade pay he is receiving now after grant of MACP, no further pay fixation will be allowed on account of the fact that his pay would have been fixed at the time of grant of MACP itself. However, difference in the grade pay he is getting now and the next grade pay in the hierarchy will be allowed as monetary benefit at the time of promotion.
17. In the case of employees who have been either promoted or given ACP prior to 6CPC implementation from a grade to another grade, pay scales of which have been merged now after 6CPC implementation, the said promotion or ACP shall be ignored and those emplyees are to be considered for financial upgradations equivalent to the number of milestones they have completed viz., 10 years , 20 years and 30 years milestones as the case may be prescribed in the MACPS for financial upgradations.
18. In cases where ACP was granted as per previous ACP scheme, but whereas after 6CPC implementation the next higher post which the employee got through ACP has been upgraded with higher grade pay, the pay of such employees in the revised pay structure will be fixed with reference to the higher grade pay granted to the post. To illustrate, in the case of an employee, who was granted 1st ACP in old ACP scheme to the grade which carried the pre-revised scale of Rs.6500-10500 corresponding to the revised grade pay of Rs.4200 in the pay band PB-2, he would now be granted grade pay of Rs.4600 in the pay band PB-2 consequent upon upgradation of the post to the grade pay of Rs.4600 in PB-2. However, from the date of implementation of the MACPS viz., from 1.9.2008, all the financial upgradations under the Scheme should be done strictly in accordance with the hierarchy of grade pays in pay bands as notified.
19. Grade Pay of Rs.5400 in PB-2 and Grade pay of Rs.5400 in PB-3 are two different Grade Pay for the purpose of MACP.
20. Bench Mark (CCR/ACR Gradings) is “Good” up to GP 6600 thereafter is should be “Very Good”.
21. ‘Regular Service’ for the purpose of MACPS shall commence from the date of joining of a post in regular basis either on direct recruitment or on absorption /reemployment basis.
22. If financial upgradations will not be allowed under MACPS after 10years due to DAR proceedings, this would have consequential effect on the subsequent financial upgradations.
23. On grant of financial upgradations under MACPS, there shall be no change in designation, classification or higher status.
24. If a regular promotion has been denied by the employee before becoming entitlement of financial upgradation, no financial upgradation shall be allowed. However financial upgradation will be allowed due to stagnation and subsequently refuses the promotion.
We reproduce the full content of the Office Memorandum is given below for your informaion...
MODIFIED ASSURED CAREER PROGRESSION SCHEME (MACPS) FOR THE
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES.
The Sixth Central Pay Commission in Para 6.1.15of its report, has recommended Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme(MACPS). As per the recommendations, financial upgradation will be available in the next higher grade pay whenever an employee has completed 12 years continuous service in the same grade. However, not more than two financial upgradations shall be given in the entire career, as was provided in the previous Scheme. The Scheme will also be available to all posts belonging to Group "A" whether isolated or not. However, organised Group "A" services will not be covered under the Scheme
2. The Government has considered the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission for introduction of a MACPS and has accepted the same with further modification to grant three financial upgradations under the MACPS at intervals of 10, 20 and 30 years of continuous regular service.
3. The Scheme would be known as "MODIFIEDASSURED CAREER PROGRESSION. SCHEME (MACPS) FOR THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. This Scheme is in supersession of previous ACP Scheme and clarifications issued there under and shall be applicable to all regularly appointed Group "A", "B", and "C" Central overnment Civilian Employees except officers of the Organised Group "A" Service. The status of Group "0" employees would cease on their completion of prescribed training, as recommended by the Sixth Central Pay Commission and would be treated as Group "C" employees. Casual employees, including those granted 'temporary status' and employees appointed in the Government only on adhoc or contract basis shall not qualify for benefits under the aforesaid Scheme. The details of the MACP Scheme and conditions for grant of the financial upgradation under the Scheme are given in Annexure-l.
4. An Screening Committee shall be constituted in each Department to consider the case for grant of financial upgradations under the MACP Scheme. The Screening Committee shall consist of a Chairperson and two members. The members of the Committee shall comprise officers holding posts which are at least one level above the grade in which the MACP is to be considered and not below the rank of Under Secretary equivalent in the Government. The Chairperson should generally be a grade above the members of the Committee.
5. The recommendations of the Screening Committee shall be placed before the Secretary in cases where the Committee is constituted in the Ministry/Department or before the Head of the organisation/competent authority in other cases for approval.
6. In order to prevent undue strain on the administrative machinery, the Screening Committee shall follow a time-schedule and meet twice in a financial year - preferably in the first week of January and first week of July of a year for advance processing of the cases maturing in that half. Accordingly, cases maturing during the first-half (April-September) of a particular financial year shall be taken up for consideration by the Screening Committee meeting in the first week of January. Similarly, the Screening Committee meeting in the first week of July of any financial year shall process the cases that would be maturing during the second-half (October-March) of the same financial year.
7. However, to make the MACP Scheme operational, the Cadre Controlling Authorities shall constitute the first Screening Committee within a month from the date of issue of these instructions to consider the cases maturing upto 30th June, 2009 for grant of benefits under the MACPS.
8. In so far as persons serving in The Indian Audit and Accounts Departments are concerned, these orders issue after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
9. Any interpretation/clarification of doubt as to the scope and meaning of the provisions of the MACP Scheme shall be given by the Department of Personnel and Training (Establishment-D). The scheme would be operational w.e.f. 01.09.2008. In other words, financial upgradations as per the provisions of the earlier ACP Scheme (of August, 1999) would be granted till 31.08.2008.
10. No stepping up of pay in the pay band or grade pay would be admissible with. regard to junior getting more pay than the senior on account of pay fixation under MACP Scheme.
11. It is clarified that no past cases would be re-opened. Further, while implementing the MACP Scheme, the differences in pay scales on account of grant of financial upgradation under the old ACP Scheme (of August 1999) and under the MACP Scheme within the same cadre shall not be construed as an anomaly. There shall be three financial upgradation s under the MACPS, counted from the direct entry grade on completion of 10, 20 and 30 years service respectively. Financial upgradation under the Scheme will be admissible whenever a person has spent 10 years continuously in the same grade-pay.
2. The MACPS envisages merely placement in the immediate next higher grade pay in the hierarchy of the recommended revised pay bands and grade pay as given in Section 1 , Part-A of the first schedule of the CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008. Thus, the grade pay at the time of financial upgradation under the MACPS can, in certain cases where regular promotion is not between two successive grades, be different than what is available at the time of regular promotion. ln such cases, the higher grade pay attached to the next promotion post in the hierarchy of the concerned cadre/organisation will be given only at the time of regular promotion.
3. The financial upgradation s under the MACPS would be admissible up-to the highest grade pay of Rs. 12000/ in the PB-4.
4. Benefit of pay fixation available at the time of regular promotion shall also be allowed at the time of financial upgradation under the Scheme. Therefore, the pay shall be raised by 3% of the total pay in the pay band and the grade pay drawn before such upgradation. There shall, however, be no further fixation of pay at the time of regular promotion if it is in the same grade pay as granted under MACPS. However, at the time of actual promotion if it happens to be in a post carrying higher grade pay than what is available under MACPS, no pay fixation would be available and only difference of grade pay would be made available. To illustrate, in case a Government Servant joins as a direct recruit in the grade pay of Rs. 1900 in PB-l and he gets no promotion till completion of 10 years of service, he will be granted financial upgradation under MACPS in the next higher grade pay of Rs. 2000 and his pay will be fixed by granting him one increment plus the difference of grade pay (i.e. Rs. 100). After availing financial upgradation under MACPS, if the Government servant gets his regular promotion in the hierarchy of his cadre, which is to the grade of Rs. 2400, on regular promotion, he will only be granted the difference of grade pay between Rs. 2000 and Rs. 2400. No additional increment win be granted at this stage.
5. Promotions earned/upgradation~ granted under the ACP Scheme in the past to those grades which now carry the same grade pay due to merger of pay scales/upgradations of posts recommended by the Sixth Pay Commission shall be ignored for the purpose of granting upgradations under Modified ACPS. The pre-revised hierarchy (in ascending order) in a particular organization was as under:-
(a) A Government servant who was recruited in the hierarchy in the pre-revised pay scale Rs. 5000-8000 and who did not get a promotion even after 25 years of service prior to 1.1.2006,in his case as on 1.1.2006he would have got two financial upgradations under ACP to the next grades in the hierarchy of his organization, Le., to the pre-revised scales of Rs. 5500-9000 and Rs. 6500-10500.
(b) Another Government servant recruited in the same hierarchy in the pre-revised scale of Rs. 5000-8000 has also completed about 25 years of service, but he got two promotions to the next higher grades of Rs. 5500-9000 & Rs. 6500-10500 during this period.
ln the case of both (a) and (b) above, the promotions/financial upgradations granted under ACP to the pre-revised scales of Rs. 5500-9000 and Rs. 6500-10500 prior to 1.1.2006will be ignored on account of merger of the pre-revised scales of Rs. 5000-8000, Rs. 5500-9000 and Rs. 6500-10500 recommended by the Sixth cpe. As per CCS (RP) Rules, both of them will be granted grade pay of Rs. 4200 in the pay band PB-2. After the implementation of MACPS, two financial upgradations will be granted both in the case of (a) and (b) above to the next higher grade pays of Rs. 4600 and Rs. 4800 in the pay band PB-2.
6. ln the case of all the employees granted financial upgradations under ACPS till 01.01.2006, their revised pay will be fixed with reference to the pay scale granted to them under the ACPS.
6.1 ln the case of ACP upgradations granted between 01.01.2006 and 31.08.2008, the Government servant has the option under the CCS (RP) Rules, 2008 to have his pay fixed in the revised pay structure either (a) w.eJ. 01.01.2006 with reference to his pre-revised scale as on 01.01.2006; or (b) w.eJ. the date of his financial upgradation under ACP with reference to the pre-revised scale granted under ACP. ln case of option (b), he shall be entitled to draw his arrears of pay only from the date of his option i.e. the date of financial upgradation under ACP.
6.2 In cases where financial upgradation had been granted to Government servants in the next higher scale in the hierarchy of their cadre as per the provisions of the ACP Scheme of August, 1999, but whereas as a result of the implementation of Sixth CPC's recommendations, the next higher post in the hierarchy of the cadre has been upgraded by granting a higher grade pay, the pay of such employees in the revised pay structure will be fixed with reference to the higher grade pay granted to the post. To illustrate, in the case of Jr. Engineer in CPWD, who was granted ]"t ACP in his hierarchy to the grade of Asstt. Engineer in the pre-revised scale of Rs.6500-10500 corresponding to the revised grade pay of Rs.4200 in the pay band PB-
2, he win now be granted grade pay of Rs4600 in the pay band PB-2 consequent upon upgradation of the post of Asstt. Enggs. In CPWD by granting them the grade pay of Rs.4600 in PB-2 as a result of Sixth CPC's recommendation. However, from the date of implementation of the MACPS, all the financial upgradations under the Scheme should be done strictly in accordance with the hierarchy of grade pays in pay bands as notified vide CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008.7. With regard to fixation of his pay on grant of promotion/ financial upgradation under MACP Scheme, a Government servant has an option under FR22 (1) (a) (1) to get his pay fixed in the higher post/ grade pay either from the date of his promotion/upgradation or from the date of his next increment viz. 1st July of the year. The pay and the date of increment would be fixed in accordance with clarification no.2 of Department of Expenditure's O.M. N0.1/1/2008-1Cdated 13.09.2008.
8. Promotions earned in the post carrying same grade pay in the promotional hierarchy as per Recruitment Rules shall be counted for the purpose of MACPS.
8.1 Consequent upon the implementation of Sixth CPC's recommendations, grade pay of Rs. 5400 is now in two pay bands viz., PB-2 and PB-3. The grade pay of Rs. 5400 in PB-2 and Rs.5400 in PB-3 shall be treated as separate grade pays for the purpose of grant of upgradations under MACP Scheme.
9. 'Regular service' for the purposes of the MACPS shall commence from the date of joining of a post in direct entry grade on a regular basis either on direct recruitment basis or on absorption/re-employment basis. Service rendered on adhoc/contract basis before regular appointment on pre-appointment training shall not be taken into reckoning. However, past continuous regular service in another Government Department in a post carrying same grade pay prior to regular appointment in a new Department, without a break, shall also be counted towards qualifying regular service for the purposes of MACPS only (and not for the regular promotions). However, benefits under the MACPS in such cases shall not be considered till the satisfactory completion of the probation period in the new post.
10. Past service rendered by a Government employee in a State Government/statutory body/Autonomous body/Public Sector organisation, before appointment in the Government shall not be counted towards Regular Service.
11. 'Regular service' shall include all periods spent on deputation/foreign service, study leave and all other kind of leave, duly sanctioned by the competent authority.
12. The MACPS shall also be applicable to work charged employees, if their service conditions are comparable with the staff' of regular establishment.
13. Existing time-bound promotion scheme, including in-situ promotion scheme, Staff' Car Driver Scheme or any other kind of promotion scheme existing for a particular category of employees in a Ministry / Department or its offices, may continue to be operational for the concerned category of employees if it is decided by the concerned administrative authorities to retain such Schemes, after necessary consultations or they may switch-over to the MACPS. However, these Schemes shall not run concurrently with the MACPS.
14. The MACPS is directly applicable only to Central Government Civilian employees. It will not get automatically extended to employees of Central Autonomous/Statutory Bodies under the administrative control of a Ministry/Department. Keeping in view the financial implications involved, a conscious decision in this regard shall have to be taken by the respective Governing Body/Board of Directors and the administrative Ministry concerned and where it is proposed to adopt the MACPS, prior concurrence of Ministry of Finance shall be obtained.15. lf a financial upgradations under the MACPS is deferred and not allowed after 10 years in a grade pay, due to the reason of the employees being unfit or due to departmental proceedings, etc., this would have consequential effect on the subsequent financial upgradation which would also get deferred to the extent of delay in grant of first financial upgradation.
16. On grant of financial upgradation under the Scheme, there shall be no change in the designation, classification or higher status. However, financial and certain other benefits which are linked to the pay drawn by an employee such as HBA, allotment of Government accommodation shall be permitted.
17. The financial upgradation would be on non-functional basis subject to fitness, in the hierarchy of grade pay within the PB-1.Thereafter for upgradation under the MACPS the benchmark of 'good' would be applicable till the grade pay of Rs. 6600/- in PB-3. The benchmark will be 'Very Good' for financial upgradation to the grade pay of Rs.7600 and above.
18. ln the matter of disciplinary/ penalty proceedings, grant of benefit under the MACPS shall be subject to rules governing normal promotion. Such cases shall, therefore, be regulated under the provisions of the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 and instructions issued hereunder.
19. The MACPS contemplates merely placement on personal basis in the immediate higher Grade pay /grant of financial benefits only and shall not amount to actual functional promotion of the employees concerned. Therefore, no reservation orders/roster shall apply to the MACPS, which shall extend its benefits uniformly to all eligible SC/ST employees also. However, the rules of reservation in promotion shall be ensured at the time of regular promotion. For this reason, it shall not be mandatory to associate members of SC/ST in the Screening Committee meant to consider cases for grant of financial upgradation under the Scheme.
20. Financial upgradation under the MACPS shall be purely personal to the employee and shall have no relevance to his seniority position. As such, there shall be no additional financial upgradation for the senior employees on the ground that the junior employee in the grade has got higher pay/grade pay under the MACPS.
21. Pay drawn in the pay band and the grade pay allowed under the MACPS shall be taken as the basis for determining the terminal benefits in respect of the retiring employee.
22. If Group "A" Government employee, who was not covered under the ACP Scheme has now become entitled to say third financial upgradation directly, having completed 30 year's regular service, his pay shall be fixed successively in next three immediate higher grade pays in the hierarchy of revised pay-bands and grade pays allowing the benefit of 3% pay fixation at every stage. Pay of persons becoming eligible for second financial upgradation may also be fixed accordingly.23. ln case an employee is declared surplus in his/her organisation and appointed in the same pay-scale or lower scale of pay in the new organization, the regular service rendered by him/her in the previous organisation shall be counted towards the regular service in his/her new organisation for the purpose of giving financial upgradation under the MACPS.
24. ln case of an employee after getting promotion/ACP seeks unilateral transfer on a lower post or lower scale, he will be entitled only for second and third financial upgradations on completion of 20/30 years of regular service under the MACPS, as the case may be, from the date of his initial appointment to the post in the new organization.
25. lf a regular promotion has been offered but was refused by the employee before becoming entitled to financial upgradation, no financial upgradation shall be allowed as such an employee has not been stagnated due to lack of opportunities. If, however, financial upgradation has been allowed due to stagnation and the employees subsequently refuse the promotion, it shall not be a ground to withdraw the financial upgradation. He shall, however, not be eligible to be considered for further financial upgradation till he agrees to be considered for promotion again and the second the next financial upgradation shall also be deferred to the extent of period of debarment due to the refusal.
26. Cases of persons holding higher posts purely on adhoc basis shall also be considered by the Screening Committee along with others. They may be allowed the benefit of financial upgradation on reversion to the lower post or if it is beneficial vis-a-vis the pay drawn on adhoc basis.
27. Employees on deputation need not revert to the parent Department for availing the benefit of financial upgradation under the MACPS. They may exercise a fresh option to draw the pay in the pay band and the grade pay of the post held by them or the pay plus grade pay admissible to them under the MACPS, whichever is beneficial. lf a Government servant (LDC) in PB-l in the Grade Pay of Rs.1900 gets his next regular promotion (UDC) in the PB-l in the Grade Pay of Rs.2400 on completion of 8 years of service and then continues in the same Grade Pay for further 10 years without any promotion then he would be eligible for 2nd financial upgradation under the MACPS in the PB-l in the Grade Pay of Rs.2800 after completion of 18 years (8+10 years).
(ii) In case he does not get any promotion thereafter, then he would get 3rd financial upgradation in the PB-II in Grade Pay of Rs.4200 on completion of further 10 years of service i.e. after 28 years (8+10+10).
(iii) However, if he gets 2nd promotion after 5 years of further service in the pay PB-ll in the Grade Pay of Rs.4200 (Astt. Grade/Grade "C") i.e. on completion of 23 years (8+1O+5years) then he would get 3rd financial upgradation after completion of 30 years i.e. 10 years after the 2nd ACP in the PB-II in the Grade Pay of Rs.4600.In the above scenario, the pay shall be raised by 3% of the total pay in the Pay Band and Grade Pay drawn before such upgradation. There shall, however, be no further fixation of pay at the time of regular promotion if it is in the same Grade Pay or in the higher Grade Pay. Only the difference of grade pay would be admissible at the time of promotions. If a Government servant (LDC) in PB-I in the Grade Pay of Rs.1900 is granted 1st financial upgradation under the MACPS on completion of 10 years of service in the PB-l in the Grade Pay of Rs.2000 and 5 years later he gets 1st regular promotion (UDC) in PB-I in the Grade Pay of Rs.2400, the 2nd financial upgradation under MACPS (in the next Grade Pay w.r.t. Grade Pay held by Government servant) will be granted on completion of 20 years of service in PB-I in the Grade Pay of Rs.2800. On completion of 30 years of service, he will get 3rd ACP in the Grade Pay of Rs.4200. However, if two promotions are earned before completion of 20 years, only 3rd financial upgradation would be admissible on completion of 10 years of service in Grade Pay from the date 2nd promotion or at 30th year of service, whichever is earlier. If a Government servant has been granted either two regular promotions or 2nd financial upgradation under the ACP Scheme of August, 1999 after completion of 24 years of regular service then only 3rd financial upgradation would be admissible to him under the MACPS on completion of 30 years of service provided that he has not earned third promotion in the hierarchy.
The Sixth Central Pay Commission in Para 6.1.15of its report, has recommended Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme(MACPS). As per the recommendations, financial upgradation will be available in the next higher grade pay whenever an employee has completed 12 years continuous service in the same grade. However, not more than two financial upgradations shall be given in the entire career, as was provided in the previous Scheme. The Scheme will also be available to all posts belonging to Group "A" whether isolated or not. However, organised Group "A" services will not be covered under the Scheme
2. The Government has considered the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission for introduction of a MACPS and has accepted the same with further modification to grant three financial upgradations under the MACPS at intervals of 10, 20 and 30 years of continuous regular service.
3. The Scheme would be known as "MODIFIEDASSURED CAREER PROGRESSION. SCHEME (MACPS) FOR THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. This Scheme is in supersession of previous ACP Scheme and clarifications issued there under and shall be applicable to all regularly appointed Group "A", "B", and "C" Central overnment Civilian Employees except officers of the Organised Group "A" Service. The status of Group "0" employees would cease on their completion of prescribed training, as recommended by the Sixth Central Pay Commission and would be treated as Group "C" employees. Casual employees, including those granted 'temporary status' and employees appointed in the Government only on adhoc or contract basis shall not qualify for benefits under the aforesaid Scheme. The details of the MACP Scheme and conditions for grant of the financial upgradation under the Scheme are given in Annexure-l.
4. An Screening Committee shall be constituted in each Department to consider the case for grant of financial upgradations under the MACP Scheme. The Screening Committee shall consist of a Chairperson and two members. The members of the Committee shall comprise officers holding posts which are at least one level above the grade in which the MACP is to be considered and not below the rank of Under Secretary equivalent in the Government. The Chairperson should generally be a grade above the members of the Committee.
5. The recommendations of the Screening Committee shall be placed before the Secretary in cases where the Committee is constituted in the Ministry/Department or before the Head of the organisation/competent authority in other cases for approval.
6. In order to prevent undue strain on the administrative machinery, the Screening Committee shall follow a time-schedule and meet twice in a financial year - preferably in the first week of January and first week of July of a year for advance processing of the cases maturing in that half. Accordingly, cases maturing during the first-half (April-September) of a particular financial year shall be taken up for consideration by the Screening Committee meeting in the first week of January. Similarly, the Screening Committee meeting in the first week of July of any financial year shall process the cases that would be maturing during the second-half (October-March) of the same financial year.
7. However, to make the MACP Scheme operational, the Cadre Controlling Authorities shall constitute the first Screening Committee within a month from the date of issue of these instructions to consider the cases maturing upto 30th June, 2009 for grant of benefits under the MACPS.
8. In so far as persons serving in The Indian Audit and Accounts Departments are concerned, these orders issue after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
9. Any interpretation/clarification of doubt as to the scope and meaning of the provisions of the MACP Scheme shall be given by the Department of Personnel and Training (Establishment-D). The scheme would be operational w.e.f. 01.09.2008. In other words, financial upgradations as per the provisions of the earlier ACP Scheme (of August, 1999) would be granted till 31.08.2008.
10. No stepping up of pay in the pay band or grade pay would be admissible with. regard to junior getting more pay than the senior on account of pay fixation under MACP Scheme.
11. It is clarified that no past cases would be re-opened. Further, while implementing the MACP Scheme, the differences in pay scales on account of grant of financial upgradation under the old ACP Scheme (of August 1999) and under the MACP Scheme within the same cadre shall not be construed as an anomaly. There shall be three financial upgradation s under the MACPS, counted from the direct entry grade on completion of 10, 20 and 30 years service respectively. Financial upgradation under the Scheme will be admissible whenever a person has spent 10 years continuously in the same grade-pay.
2. The MACPS envisages merely placement in the immediate next higher grade pay in the hierarchy of the recommended revised pay bands and grade pay as given in Section 1 , Part-A of the first schedule of the CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008. Thus, the grade pay at the time of financial upgradation under the MACPS can, in certain cases where regular promotion is not between two successive grades, be different than what is available at the time of regular promotion. ln such cases, the higher grade pay attached to the next promotion post in the hierarchy of the concerned cadre/organisation will be given only at the time of regular promotion.
3. The financial upgradation s under the MACPS would be admissible up-to the highest grade pay of Rs. 12000/ in the PB-4.
4. Benefit of pay fixation available at the time of regular promotion shall also be allowed at the time of financial upgradation under the Scheme. Therefore, the pay shall be raised by 3% of the total pay in the pay band and the grade pay drawn before such upgradation. There shall, however, be no further fixation of pay at the time of regular promotion if it is in the same grade pay as granted under MACPS. However, at the time of actual promotion if it happens to be in a post carrying higher grade pay than what is available under MACPS, no pay fixation would be available and only difference of grade pay would be made available. To illustrate, in case a Government Servant joins as a direct recruit in the grade pay of Rs. 1900 in PB-l and he gets no promotion till completion of 10 years of service, he will be granted financial upgradation under MACPS in the next higher grade pay of Rs. 2000 and his pay will be fixed by granting him one increment plus the difference of grade pay (i.e. Rs. 100). After availing financial upgradation under MACPS, if the Government servant gets his regular promotion in the hierarchy of his cadre, which is to the grade of Rs. 2400, on regular promotion, he will only be granted the difference of grade pay between Rs. 2000 and Rs. 2400. No additional increment win be granted at this stage.
5. Promotions earned/upgradation~ granted under the ACP Scheme in the past to those grades which now carry the same grade pay due to merger of pay scales/upgradations of posts recommended by the Sixth Pay Commission shall be ignored for the purpose of granting upgradations under Modified ACPS. The pre-revised hierarchy (in ascending order) in a particular organization was as under:-
(a) A Government servant who was recruited in the hierarchy in the pre-revised pay scale Rs. 5000-8000 and who did not get a promotion even after 25 years of service prior to 1.1.2006,in his case as on 1.1.2006he would have got two financial upgradations under ACP to the next grades in the hierarchy of his organization, Le., to the pre-revised scales of Rs. 5500-9000 and Rs. 6500-10500.
(b) Another Government servant recruited in the same hierarchy in the pre-revised scale of Rs. 5000-8000 has also completed about 25 years of service, but he got two promotions to the next higher grades of Rs. 5500-9000 & Rs. 6500-10500 during this period.
ln the case of both (a) and (b) above, the promotions/financial upgradations granted under ACP to the pre-revised scales of Rs. 5500-9000 and Rs. 6500-10500 prior to 1.1.2006will be ignored on account of merger of the pre-revised scales of Rs. 5000-8000, Rs. 5500-9000 and Rs. 6500-10500 recommended by the Sixth cpe. As per CCS (RP) Rules, both of them will be granted grade pay of Rs. 4200 in the pay band PB-2. After the implementation of MACPS, two financial upgradations will be granted both in the case of (a) and (b) above to the next higher grade pays of Rs. 4600 and Rs. 4800 in the pay band PB-2.
6. ln the case of all the employees granted financial upgradations under ACPS till 01.01.2006, their revised pay will be fixed with reference to the pay scale granted to them under the ACPS.
6.1 ln the case of ACP upgradations granted between 01.01.2006 and 31.08.2008, the Government servant has the option under the CCS (RP) Rules, 2008 to have his pay fixed in the revised pay structure either (a) w.eJ. 01.01.2006 with reference to his pre-revised scale as on 01.01.2006; or (b) w.eJ. the date of his financial upgradation under ACP with reference to the pre-revised scale granted under ACP. ln case of option (b), he shall be entitled to draw his arrears of pay only from the date of his option i.e. the date of financial upgradation under ACP.
6.2 In cases where financial upgradation had been granted to Government servants in the next higher scale in the hierarchy of their cadre as per the provisions of the ACP Scheme of August, 1999, but whereas as a result of the implementation of Sixth CPC's recommendations, the next higher post in the hierarchy of the cadre has been upgraded by granting a higher grade pay, the pay of such employees in the revised pay structure will be fixed with reference to the higher grade pay granted to the post. To illustrate, in the case of Jr. Engineer in CPWD, who was granted ]"t ACP in his hierarchy to the grade of Asstt. Engineer in the pre-revised scale of Rs.6500-10500 corresponding to the revised grade pay of Rs.4200 in the pay band PB-
2, he win now be granted grade pay of Rs4600 in the pay band PB-2 consequent upon upgradation of the post of Asstt. Enggs. In CPWD by granting them the grade pay of Rs.4600 in PB-2 as a result of Sixth CPC's recommendation. However, from the date of implementation of the MACPS, all the financial upgradations under the Scheme should be done strictly in accordance with the hierarchy of grade pays in pay bands as notified vide CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008.7. With regard to fixation of his pay on grant of promotion/ financial upgradation under MACP Scheme, a Government servant has an option under FR22 (1) (a) (1) to get his pay fixed in the higher post/ grade pay either from the date of his promotion/upgradation or from the date of his next increment viz. 1st July of the year. The pay and the date of increment would be fixed in accordance with clarification no.2 of Department of Expenditure's O.M. N0.1/1/2008-1Cdated 13.09.2008.
8. Promotions earned in the post carrying same grade pay in the promotional hierarchy as per Recruitment Rules shall be counted for the purpose of MACPS.
8.1 Consequent upon the implementation of Sixth CPC's recommendations, grade pay of Rs. 5400 is now in two pay bands viz., PB-2 and PB-3. The grade pay of Rs. 5400 in PB-2 and Rs.5400 in PB-3 shall be treated as separate grade pays for the purpose of grant of upgradations under MACP Scheme.
9. 'Regular service' for the purposes of the MACPS shall commence from the date of joining of a post in direct entry grade on a regular basis either on direct recruitment basis or on absorption/re-employment basis. Service rendered on adhoc/contract basis before regular appointment on pre-appointment training shall not be taken into reckoning. However, past continuous regular service in another Government Department in a post carrying same grade pay prior to regular appointment in a new Department, without a break, shall also be counted towards qualifying regular service for the purposes of MACPS only (and not for the regular promotions). However, benefits under the MACPS in such cases shall not be considered till the satisfactory completion of the probation period in the new post.
10. Past service rendered by a Government employee in a State Government/statutory body/Autonomous body/Public Sector organisation, before appointment in the Government shall not be counted towards Regular Service.
11. 'Regular service' shall include all periods spent on deputation/foreign service, study leave and all other kind of leave, duly sanctioned by the competent authority.
12. The MACPS shall also be applicable to work charged employees, if their service conditions are comparable with the staff' of regular establishment.
13. Existing time-bound promotion scheme, including in-situ promotion scheme, Staff' Car Driver Scheme or any other kind of promotion scheme existing for a particular category of employees in a Ministry / Department or its offices, may continue to be operational for the concerned category of employees if it is decided by the concerned administrative authorities to retain such Schemes, after necessary consultations or they may switch-over to the MACPS. However, these Schemes shall not run concurrently with the MACPS.
14. The MACPS is directly applicable only to Central Government Civilian employees. It will not get automatically extended to employees of Central Autonomous/Statutory Bodies under the administrative control of a Ministry/Department. Keeping in view the financial implications involved, a conscious decision in this regard shall have to be taken by the respective Governing Body/Board of Directors and the administrative Ministry concerned and where it is proposed to adopt the MACPS, prior concurrence of Ministry of Finance shall be obtained.15. lf a financial upgradations under the MACPS is deferred and not allowed after 10 years in a grade pay, due to the reason of the employees being unfit or due to departmental proceedings, etc., this would have consequential effect on the subsequent financial upgradation which would also get deferred to the extent of delay in grant of first financial upgradation.
16. On grant of financial upgradation under the Scheme, there shall be no change in the designation, classification or higher status. However, financial and certain other benefits which are linked to the pay drawn by an employee such as HBA, allotment of Government accommodation shall be permitted.
17. The financial upgradation would be on non-functional basis subject to fitness, in the hierarchy of grade pay within the PB-1.Thereafter for upgradation under the MACPS the benchmark of 'good' would be applicable till the grade pay of Rs. 6600/- in PB-3. The benchmark will be 'Very Good' for financial upgradation to the grade pay of Rs.7600 and above.
18. ln the matter of disciplinary/ penalty proceedings, grant of benefit under the MACPS shall be subject to rules governing normal promotion. Such cases shall, therefore, be regulated under the provisions of the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 and instructions issued hereunder.
19. The MACPS contemplates merely placement on personal basis in the immediate higher Grade pay /grant of financial benefits only and shall not amount to actual functional promotion of the employees concerned. Therefore, no reservation orders/roster shall apply to the MACPS, which shall extend its benefits uniformly to all eligible SC/ST employees also. However, the rules of reservation in promotion shall be ensured at the time of regular promotion. For this reason, it shall not be mandatory to associate members of SC/ST in the Screening Committee meant to consider cases for grant of financial upgradation under the Scheme.
20. Financial upgradation under the MACPS shall be purely personal to the employee and shall have no relevance to his seniority position. As such, there shall be no additional financial upgradation for the senior employees on the ground that the junior employee in the grade has got higher pay/grade pay under the MACPS.
21. Pay drawn in the pay band and the grade pay allowed under the MACPS shall be taken as the basis for determining the terminal benefits in respect of the retiring employee.
22. If Group "A" Government employee, who was not covered under the ACP Scheme has now become entitled to say third financial upgradation directly, having completed 30 year's regular service, his pay shall be fixed successively in next three immediate higher grade pays in the hierarchy of revised pay-bands and grade pays allowing the benefit of 3% pay fixation at every stage. Pay of persons becoming eligible for second financial upgradation may also be fixed accordingly.23. ln case an employee is declared surplus in his/her organisation and appointed in the same pay-scale or lower scale of pay in the new organization, the regular service rendered by him/her in the previous organisation shall be counted towards the regular service in his/her new organisation for the purpose of giving financial upgradation under the MACPS.
24. ln case of an employee after getting promotion/ACP seeks unilateral transfer on a lower post or lower scale, he will be entitled only for second and third financial upgradations on completion of 20/30 years of regular service under the MACPS, as the case may be, from the date of his initial appointment to the post in the new organization.
25. lf a regular promotion has been offered but was refused by the employee before becoming entitled to financial upgradation, no financial upgradation shall be allowed as such an employee has not been stagnated due to lack of opportunities. If, however, financial upgradation has been allowed due to stagnation and the employees subsequently refuse the promotion, it shall not be a ground to withdraw the financial upgradation. He shall, however, not be eligible to be considered for further financial upgradation till he agrees to be considered for promotion again and the second the next financial upgradation shall also be deferred to the extent of period of debarment due to the refusal.
26. Cases of persons holding higher posts purely on adhoc basis shall also be considered by the Screening Committee along with others. They may be allowed the benefit of financial upgradation on reversion to the lower post or if it is beneficial vis-a-vis the pay drawn on adhoc basis.
27. Employees on deputation need not revert to the parent Department for availing the benefit of financial upgradation under the MACPS. They may exercise a fresh option to draw the pay in the pay band and the grade pay of the post held by them or the pay plus grade pay admissible to them under the MACPS, whichever is beneficial. lf a Government servant (LDC) in PB-l in the Grade Pay of Rs.1900 gets his next regular promotion (UDC) in the PB-l in the Grade Pay of Rs.2400 on completion of 8 years of service and then continues in the same Grade Pay for further 10 years without any promotion then he would be eligible for 2nd financial upgradation under the MACPS in the PB-l in the Grade Pay of Rs.2800 after completion of 18 years (8+10 years).
(ii) In case he does not get any promotion thereafter, then he would get 3rd financial upgradation in the PB-II in Grade Pay of Rs.4200 on completion of further 10 years of service i.e. after 28 years (8+10+10).
(iii) However, if he gets 2nd promotion after 5 years of further service in the pay PB-ll in the Grade Pay of Rs.4200 (Astt. Grade/Grade "C") i.e. on completion of 23 years (8+1O+5years) then he would get 3rd financial upgradation after completion of 30 years i.e. 10 years after the 2nd ACP in the PB-II in the Grade Pay of Rs.4600.In the above scenario, the pay shall be raised by 3% of the total pay in the Pay Band and Grade Pay drawn before such upgradation. There shall, however, be no further fixation of pay at the time of regular promotion if it is in the same Grade Pay or in the higher Grade Pay. Only the difference of grade pay would be admissible at the time of promotions. If a Government servant (LDC) in PB-I in the Grade Pay of Rs.1900 is granted 1st financial upgradation under the MACPS on completion of 10 years of service in the PB-l in the Grade Pay of Rs.2000 and 5 years later he gets 1st regular promotion (UDC) in PB-I in the Grade Pay of Rs.2400, the 2nd financial upgradation under MACPS (in the next Grade Pay w.r.t. Grade Pay held by Government servant) will be granted on completion of 20 years of service in PB-I in the Grade Pay of Rs.2800. On completion of 30 years of service, he will get 3rd ACP in the Grade Pay of Rs.4200. However, if two promotions are earned before completion of 20 years, only 3rd financial upgradation would be admissible on completion of 10 years of service in Grade Pay from the date 2nd promotion or at 30th year of service, whichever is earlier. If a Government servant has been granted either two regular promotions or 2nd financial upgradation under the ACP Scheme of August, 1999 after completion of 24 years of regular service then only 3rd financial upgradation would be admissible to him under the MACPS on completion of 30 years of service provided that he has not earned third promotion in the hierarchy.
More details pl. visit www.persmin.nic.in
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
ACP Scheme for Direct Recruit Group 'B' and Group 'C' offficers
ACP Scheme in the case of Direct Recruit Group 'B' and Group 'C' offficers working in the field formations under CBEC - regarding.
ACP Scheme, with the approval of Competent Authority the under mentioned Inspectors of Central Excise, Preventive Officers / Examiners are hereby granted 2nd financial up-gradation /1st Financial up-gradation in the case of Appraiser (Direct Recruit) / Superintendent etc. under the ACP Scheme and are accordingly placed in the pay scale of Rs. 8000-275-13500 from the date as shown below...
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Monday, February 2, 2009
Copy of CCO letter on grant of grade pay of Rs. 5400 to Inspectors.
Up - Gradation of Grade Pay of Rs.4800/- to Rs.5400/- to
Inspectors (Non-Gazetted Gr. 'B' Officers) - Reg.
It is clarified that the grade pay of Rs.5400/- may be granted to the Inspectors
(Group 'B' Officers) who have completed 4 years of service in the prerevised
scale of Rs.7500 - 12000 following grant of ACP subject to the condition
that in case any adverse note is received from the Board the financial
benefit granted will be recovered with immediate effect from the officers.
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
ASSURED CARRER PROGRESSION
PAY COMMISSION RELEASED IN RAJASTHAN
Sixth Pay Press Release Rajasthan finance.rajasthan.gov.in
1. Pension or salary will be effective from 1-09-2006 and other benefits
will be effective from 1-09-2008
2. For 1S pay band pay scale will be 4750/- increased from 4440/-
3. For other pay bands like PB-1 to PB-4 use below formula for regular
Basic pay on 1-09-2006 multiply by 1.86 and Add Grade pay
For pensioners Basic pay on 1-09-2006 multiply by 1.86 and add 40% of
fitment benefit. Basic pension is now Rs. 226.
ASSURED CAREER PROGRESSION - scheme restored
The Rajasthan government on Thursday decided to restore the assured career
scheme of the previous time frame and amend the rules for deduction of housing
allowance and maternity leave for its employees, who were given the benefit of the
Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendations this past month.
The State government, in its orders of September 12, had extended the first,
second and third assured career progression on completion of 10, 20 and 30 years
respectively of service. The previous time frame for assured career progression
was 9, 18 and 27 years.
An official release here on Thursday stated that the State government had
reconsidered its decision and decided to restore the original time frame of 9, 18
and 27 years for giving selection scale of salary under assured career progression
to the employees. The release pointed out that the Central government was still giving
the facility on completion of 10, 20 and 30 years of service.
The release said the State government had also decided to carry out the revised
deduction from the salary of employees staying in government accommodation
from September 1 instead of January 1 this year. The salary hike for the employees
has been brought into effect from September 1. The State government had earlier
decided to make the deduction of housing allowance from January 1 because the
employees were to be paid the salary arrears from that date. The release said
difference for the period between January 1 and August 31 would not be charged
from the employees.In another decision benefiting women employees,
the State government has enhanced the maternity leave — sanctioned to them
twice during their service period — from 135 days to 180 days.
The decision will be applicable to the employees presently availing themselves
of the leave as well.The release said the Rajasthan Service Rules would be amended
shortly for implementing these decisions.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
ACP orders
We have to wait till 15-November-2008,
the expected date of issuance of ACP orders.
Still,Ordnance employees are getting their ACP asper the Vth pay commission recommendations: OLd Pay Scale Financial Upgradation
Completion of 12 years Financial Upgradation
Completion of 24 years 2550-55-2660-60-3200 3050-75-3950-80-4590 4000-100-6000 3050-75-3950-80-4590 4000-100-6000 5000-150-8000
More details of ACP - Recommended in Vth pay commission: Click for ACP Detail
If change the basis of Grade Pay slabs, as per in the RP(Rules)2008 the
result expressed in the table given below..!
| New Pay Scale | Financial Upgradation Completion of 10 years | Financial Upgradation Completion of 20 years | Financial Upgradation Completion of 30 years |
| 4440-7440 GP-1300 | 4440-7440 GP-1400 | 4440-7440 GP-1600 | 4440-7440 GP-1650 |
| 5200-20200 GP-1900 | 5200-20200 GP-2000 | 5200-20200 GP-2400 | 5200-20200 GP-2800 |
(In another way, message from some forums that 2 increments will be given for
ACP upgradtion and Grade Pay will change only in regular promotion.)
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Promotion Policy :ACPS-ADEQUATE CAREER PROGRESSION
PROMOTION POLICY
ACPS-ADEQUATE CAREER PROGRESSION 6.1.15
Promotion policy exists to provide adequate career progression to the employees.
The Fifth CPC was of the opinion that the Government should formulate a promotion scheme that caters to the promotion aspirations of Central Government employees in general. They recommended the Assured Career Progression Scheme (ACPS) for the general employees in the Government. The Fifth CPC had also recommended use of cadre review mechanism to bring uniformity in the career prospects of Group A central services. Department of Personnel & Training (DOPT) was also advised to issue detailed guidelines for cadre reviews of posts belonging to Groups B, C & D so as to ensure timely review thereof.
The scheme of ACP recommended by the Fifth CPC envisaged three time bound promotions for
Group A posts after 4, 8 & 13 years of service.
For posts in Groups B, C & D, two time bound promotions were to be provided on completion of 8 & 16 years of service for
Group B, 10 & 20 years for Group C and 12 & 24 years of service for Group D.
The Government accepted this recommendation in a modified manner and introduced the ACPS for Groups B, C & D and isolated posts in Group A where two financial upgradations were to be provided on completion of 12 & 24 years of service. The financial upgradations were to be in the next higher grade in the existing hierarchy.
Benefit of pay fixation under FR-22(1) (a) (i) was to be given at the time of these financial upgradations but no change in designation or functions accompanied such upgradation. The scheme, therefore, did not envisage a change in the status or rank of the employee who continued in the same post but only extended the next higher pay scale available in the hierarchy.
ACPS has, by and large, alleviated the problem of stagnation and also allowed higher rate of increments in the higher scale extended under it. However, it has given rise to many other problems, mainly because the financial upgradations in the extant scheme follow the existing hierarchy. This gives uneven benefit to employees existing in the same pay scale in different organisations with a different hierarchical pattern.
Employees working in organisations having more intermediate grades suffer because financial upgradation under ACPS places them in a lower pay scale vis-à-vis a similarly placed employee in another organisation that has lesser intermediary grades. This, in a few cases also leads to a situation where the benefit of higher pay scale is not available because the next post in the hierarchy also exists in an identical pay scale. In such cases, benefit under ACPS is limited to increase in salary in the same pay scale on account of fixation under FR-22(1)(a)(i).
The Commission has received many representations seeking a uniform benefit under ACPS or seeking abolition of intermediary grades merely with a view to get higher jumps in pay scales under ACPS. While delayering of Government machinery is desirable and the Commission has made numerous recommendations to achieve the same, abolition of intermediary levels just to give better jumps under ACPS, even though the same are not desirable functionally, cannot be considered.
The only other way is to bring systemic changes in the existing scheme of ACPS so that all employees, irrespective of the existing hierarchical structure in their organisation/cadre, get same benefit under it. The Commission, therefore, recommends that the existing scheme of Assured Career Progression may, in future, be continued with two financial upgradations being allowed as at present with the following modifications:-
i) The scheme will also be available to all posts belonging to Group A - whether isolated or not. Organised Group A services will, however, not be covered under the scheme.
ii) Benefit of pay fixation available at the time of normal promotion shall be allowed at the time of financial upgradations under the scheme. Thus, an increase of 2.5% of pay and grade pay shall be available as financial upgradation under the scheme.
iii) The grade pay shall change at the time of financial upgradation under this scheme. The grade pay given at the time of financial upgradation under ACPS will be the immediate next higher grade pay in the hierarchy of revised pay bands and grade pay being recommended. Thus, grade pay at the time of financial upgradation under ACPS can, in certain cases where regular promotion is not between two successive grades, be different than what is available at the time of regular promotion. In such cases, the higher grade pay attached to the next promotion post in the hierarchy of the concerned cadre/ organization will be given only at the time of regular promotion.
iv) Financial upgradation under the scheme will be available whenever a person has spent 12 years continuously in the same grade. However, not more than two financial upgradations shall be given in the entire career as was provided in the extant scheme.
The scheme with aforesaid modifications shall be called modified ACPS and will ensure suitable progression uniformly to all the employees in Central Government. 6.1.16 Scientists and Doctors are presently covered under separate promotion schemes viz. Flexible Complementing Scheme and Dynamic Assured Career Progression Scheme respectively.
The Commission has considered these schemes in Chapters 3.5 & 3.6 of the Report. 6.1.17 Promotion channels are not very attractive for many posts in Groups B & C. Many times, highly qualified persons join these posts but get demoralized on account of prevailing stagnation. While running pay bands and Modified ACPS will address the problem of stagnation, the Commission is of the view that these employees need to be allowed a fast track promotion mechanism wherein the brighter employees will be able to get promoted faster, irrespective of their seniority, subject to their selection in the prescribed examination.
The Commission recommends that 10% of the vacancies hitherto filled by direct recruitment for all posts in Group B and C (apart from those in pay band PB-1 with grade pay of Rs.1800) will now be filled by Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LDCE). All employees possessing minimum qualifications prescribed for direct recruitment shall be eligible for this examination irrespective of their present grade and the period of incumbency therein. Thus, even an employee in pay band PB-1 with grade pay of Rs.1800 will be eligible to appear in LDCE for a post in PB-2 with grade pay of Rs.4800 provided he/she possesses the necessary qualifications. This will be over and above any existing scheme of LDCE for filling up posts in various grades.
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