Wonderful  order – no use to  Postmasters (GR-I)  (with MACP-I)

Many eyes of  Postmaster Gr-I  (after MACP-I PAs) are waiting  regarding grant of one increment on fixation of pay on promotion to post carrying the same grade pay.  Now  I shall try to clarify the same by giving the following illustration :

  As per Revised pay band & grade pays table of  VI CPC the following scales have been merged.

5000-150-8000 ,  5500-175-9000 ,   6500-200-6900 and granted same Grade Pay Rs. 4200 (9300-34800)

Let  “ X” working as Tax Asst in pay scale 5000-150-8000 (feeder post)  with pay Rs. 5600 as on 01.01.2006. He succeeded  Inspector  (of Income tax)  exam  with pay scale 6500-200-6900 on   06.06.2006 (this is promotion post).  His date of next increment is    January.  He opted to take promotion after getting next increment   i.e on 01.01.2007.   The fixation is like this:

Old post   (5000-150-8000)			New post  (6500-200-6900)
01.01.2006	5600		**	**
06.06.2006	(6500)
01.01.2007 FR22(1)(a)(1)	5600+150 (R.I) + 150 (N.J) = 5900	Pay fixation	6500	Fixed at minimum in new scale

Fixation of  New scales as per VI CPC  on 01.01.2007 :  6500*1.86 +4200   =   Rs. 16290 ( G.Pay 4200)

                                                                         01.07.2007   :  Rs. 16780 ( G.Pay 4200)

This seems to be correct for pay fixation point .  But he is working in  feeder and promotion posts with  identical  grade pay of Rs 4200/- Hence  NO  fixation allowed on his promotion.  His pay is straight away fixed from 01.01.2006 on Rs. 5600 may be regulated as:-

Viz.,   on  01.01.2006  :   5600*1.086 +4200 = Rs. 14620

                                                        01.07.2006 :   Rs. 15060    

                                                            01.07.2007  :   Rs. 15520

                This is the anomaly  even promotion with same grade pay no fixation.  Hence this was corrected by the recent O.M  -  granting one increment on promotion to post carrying same grade pay with more responsibility.   As per above case  Mr.  “X” will get one increment on his promotion on 06.06.2006.  His pay as on 01.07.2007  (on option to take after increment on july)would be

01.07.2006 :  15060+ 460 =  15520

01.07.2007:    Rs.        15990      (Hence he got one increment benefit).

But such a situation does not arise  in the case of  P.As  pay scales (pre revised) and no merging.  PA scale 4000-100-6000 is the feeder post  to   PMGR-I post.  Hence  this  O.M. is not applicable to the Postmaster Gr-I working in same grade pay of 2800 (previously granted MACP-I with Rs. 2800).  Some MACP-II (G. pay 4200) and MACP-III ( G.Pay  Rs. 4600) also working in PMGr-I posts.  It leads to another anomaly  like promotion post carrying with higher grade pay .