Pre. Notification No. G.S.R. 924(E), dated 28th September, 2016

G.S.R. 924(E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the All India Services Act, 1951 (61 of 1951) and in supersession of the Indian Forest Service (Pay) Rules, 2007, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government after consultation with the Governments of the States concerned, hereby makes the following rules, namely:-

R.1 Short title and commencement

(1) These rules may be called the Indian Forest Service (Pay) Rules, 2016.

(2) They shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1^stday of January, 2016.

R.2 Definitions

In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires:-

(i)"basic pay"in the revised pay structure means the pay drawn in the specified Level in the Pay Matrix;

(ii)"benchmark score"shall mean the minimum numerical weighted mean score arrived at for overall grading above which an officer shall be regarded as fit for promotion or empanelment, as the case may be, to the next higher grade;

(iii)"cadre"and"cadre posts"shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Indian Forest Service (Cadre) Rules, 1966;

(iv)"departmental examination"means such examination as may be prescribed by the State Government from time to time for members of the Service allotted to the cadre of the State or posted to that State for training;

(v)"direct recruit"means a person appointed to the Indian Forest Service in accordance with rule 7 of the Indian Forest Ser

R.3 Levels in the Pay Matrix and appointment in these Levels

(1) Pay Matrix - The Level of pay in the Pay Matrix admissible to a member of Service which shall be deemed to have come into force from the 1^stday of January, 2016 shall be as follows:-

(A) In the cases of all members of the Service,-

(i) the pay in the applicable Level in the Pay Matrix shall be the pay obtained by multiplying the existing basic pay by a factor of 2.57, rounded off to the nearest rupee and the figure so arrived at will be located in that Level in the Pay Matrix and if such an identical figure corresponds to any Cell in the applicable Level of the Pay Matrix, the same shall be the pay

R.5 Fixation of initial pay

(1) The initial pay of a direct recruit shall be fixed at the minimum pay or the first Cell in the Level 10 of Pay Matrix:

Provided that, if a direct recruit holds a lien, or would hold the lien, had his lien not been suspended on permanent post, under the rules applicable to him prior to his appointment to the Indian Forest Service, his initial pay shall be regulated in following manner, namely:-

(a) he shall, during the period of probation, draw the pay of the permanent post, if it is more than the minimum of the Junior Scale and on confirmation in the Indian Forest Service;

(b) if he was holding a Group A post before appointment to the Indian Forest Service, his pay shall be fixed at the same stage as the pay in the Group A post in the Level 10 of the Pay Matrix; and

(c) if he was holding a post lower than a Group A post, his pay in the Level 10 of the Pay Matrix shall

R.6 Exercise of option

(1) The option shall be exercised in writing in the form (Form of Option) appended to these rules so as to reach the authority mentioned in sub-rule (2) within three months of the date of notification of these rules or where any revision in the existing pay structure is made by any order subsequent to the date of notification of these rules, within three months of the date of such order:

Provided that.-

(i) in the case of a Member of Service who is, on the date of such notification or, as the case may be, date of such order, out of India on leave or deputation or foreign service or active service, the said option shall be exercised in writing so as to reach the said authority within three months of the date of his taking charge of his post in India; and

(ii) where a Member of Service is under suspension on the 1^stday of January, 2016, the option may be exercised within three months of

R.7 Pay protection to officers on Central deputation

If the pay of the officers posted on deputation to the Central Government, after fixation of their pay in the revised pay structure, either under these rules or as per the instructions regulating such fixation of pay of the post to which they are appointed on deputation, happens to be lower than the pay they would have entitled to, had they been in their parent cadre and would have drawn that pay but for the Central deputation, such difference in the pay shall be protected in the form of Personal Pay with effect from the 1^stJanuary, 2016.

R.8 Regulation of increments

(1) (a) The increment in Pay Matrix shall be as specified in the vertical Cells of applicable Level in the Pay Matrix.

(b) There shall be two dates for grant of increment namely, 1^stJanuary and 1^stJuly of every year, instead of existing date of 1^stJuly.

Provided that a member of Service shall be entitled to only one annual increment either on 1^stJanuary, 2016 or 1^stJuly, 2016 depending on the date of his appointment, promotion or grant of financial upgradation.

Provided further that in case of members of Service who had been drawing maximum of the applicable Pay Band and Grade Pay or scale, as the case may be, for more than two years as on 01.01.2016, one increment in the applicable Level in the Pay Matrix shall be granted on 01.01.2016 for every two completed years of stagnation at the maximum of the said Pay Band and Grade Pay or scale. Gra

R.9 Withholding of increments

The State Government may withhold, for such time as it may direct, an increment due to any direct recruit or to any State Forest Service officer appointed to the Indian Forest Service, who fails to pass the departmental examination or examinations within such time as the State Government may by general or special order, prescribe, but the withholding of such increments shall have no cumulative effect.

R.10 Grant of advance Increments

Notwithstanding anything contained in rule 13 of the Indian Forest Service (Probation) Rules, 1968, the State Government shall sanction the second and third increments due to a direct recruit with effect from the prescribed date of increment after he passes the prescribed departmental examination or examinations irrespective of the length of service, after which he shall be entitled to draw pay at the rate corresponding to his position in the Level in the Pay Matrix:

Provided that the third increment under this rule shall be granted retrospectively from the prescribed date of increment after passing the prescribed departmental examination, or the last of the prescribed departmental examinations, as the case may be, on the successful completion of the probation and confirmation:

Provided further that a direct recruit who has been exempted from appearing for the whole or any part of the departmental examination or examina

R.11 Pay of officers holding posts included in Schedule II

Any member of the Service appointed to hold a post specified in Schedule II shall, for so long as he holds that post, be entitled to draw the pay indicated for that post in the said Schedule plus Special Allowance or Central (Deputation on Tenure) Allowance, wherever admissible:

Provided that such pay shall not at any time be less than the pay admissible under rule 5 and rule 8 of these rules.

R.12 Pay of members of the Service appointed to posts not included in Schedule II

(1) No member of the Service shall be appointed to a post other than a post specified in Schedule II, unless the State Government concerned in respect of posts under its control, or the Central Government in respect of posts under its control, as the case may be, make a declaration that the said post is equivalent in status and responsibility to a post specified in the said Schedule.

(2) The pay of a member of the Service on appointment to a post other than a post specified in Schedule II shall be the same as he would have been entitled to, had he been appointed to the post to which the said post is declared equivalent.

(3) For the purpose of this rule, post other than a post specified in Schedule II includes a post under a body (incorporated or not), which is wholly or substantially owned or controlled by the Government.

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this rule, the State Government conc

R.13 Pay of members of the Service appointed to hold more than one post

The grant of additional pay to a member of the Service appointed to hold more than one post simultaneously shall be regulated in the following manner,-

(a) in the case of a member of the Service serving in connection with the affairs of the Union, by the rules, regulations and orders applicable to officers of the Central Services, Group 'A';

(b) in the case of a member of the Service serving in connection with the affairs of a State, by the rules, regulations and orders applicable to officers of State Forest Services, Class I.

R.14 Authority to exercise powers under rules 9, 10 and12 in relation to a Joint Cadre

(1) The powers under rules 9, 10 in the case of a member of the Service borne on a Joint Cadre, shall be exercised by the Joint Cadre Authority.

(2) The powers under rule 12 in relation to the members of Service and in relation to posts, borne on a Joint Cadre shall be exercised by the Government of the Constituent State concerned.

Schedule I

In this Schedule, the term -

(i) "actual pay" means the pay to which a member of the State Forest Service is entitled by virtue of his substantive position in the cadre of that Service or by virtue of his having continuously worked in a temporary or officiating capacity in a higher post for a period of three years or more after following the prescribed procedure, provided the State Government have not revised the scales of pay applicable to the State Forest Service after the 1 st day of January, 2016. If the pay scales have been revised subsequent to the 1 st day of January, 2016, the dearness allowance, dearness pay, interim or additional relief sanctioned by the State Government after the 1^stday of January, 2016 and merged in the revised pay scales, shall be excluded. Any existing relief allotted by the State Government shall be excluded for fixation of pay in Indian Forest Service..

Sch.2 .

Schedule II

(Part A)

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