Betrayal to C G employees in giving Annual Increment through defective Pay Matrix – reg

Sub:    Betrayal to C G employees in giving Annual Increment through defective Pay Matrix – reg

 

Ref.-    1.         Para 5.1.38 & 5.1.53 of the Report of 7^th CPC

            2.         Para 9 of CCS( Revised Pay) Rules, 2016

  3.         Para II (1) of Annexure – II of Resolution No.1-2/2016-IC, 

              dated 25.07.2016 of Ministry of Finance.

 

Dear

As you know, straightway rejecting the demand of the Staff Side to give 5 % Annual Increment, the 7^th CPC recommended 3 % Annual Increment vide Para 5.1.38 of its report submitted to the Govt. on 19^thNovember, 2015.

 

But while giving the illustrative examples at Para 5.1.53 of the report, the Annual Increment is seen to be manipulated.

 

As illustrated, an employee will move one step down in the same level when he/she gets an Annual Increment of 3%. An employee drawing a Basic Pay of Rs.32300/- in level 4 if given 3%  Annual Increment, will get Rs.969/- and thus his Basic Pay has been shown in the next cell of the same level, i.e. Rs.33300/- which is more than Rs. 33269 (Rs.32300/- + Rs.969/-). It is understood.

 

But this situation is not arrived in many other cases where the Pay Matrix has been prefixed at a stage lower than the actual amount arrived after adding the increment of 3% to the Basic Pay. Some levels selected at random and calculated as follows show that the employees are at loss in drawing their annual increments.

 

LOSS IN INCREMENT

 

Level	Sl. No. in the Pay Matrix	Basic Pay in the Revised Scale	Actual Pay after adding 3% Annual Increment	Basic Pay prefixed in the Pay Matrix	Amount of Loss to the employee	Actual increment ( % )
1	12	24900	25647	25600	47	2.81
1	26	37600	38728	38700	28	2.92
3	9	27600	28428	28400	28	2.89
3	16	34000	35020	35000	20	2.94
4	11	34300	35329	35300	29	2.91
4	22	47500	48925	48900	25	2.94
5	10	38100	39243	39200	43	2.88
5	20	51100	52633	52600	33	2.93
6	6	41100	42333	42300	33	2.91
6	9	44900	46247	46200	47	2.89

 

Thus, the actual Annual Increment is not 3% as recommended by the CPC at Para 5.1.38 of its Report. But it is less than 3% as illustrated above according to the Pay Matrix.

 

LOSS IN PROMOTION

 

Secondly, the above small difference will have also long term impact on the employees’ promotion inviting heavy financial losses.

 

We may consider just one example from the above table.

 

 

Level	Sl. No. in the Pay Matrix	Basic Pay in the Revised Scale	Actual Pay after adding 3% Annual Increment	Basic Pay prefixed in the Pay Matrix	Amount of Loss to the employee in increment	Pay on promotion to next level if fixed as per Col. D	Pay on promotion to next level if fixed as per Col. E	Loss on promotion
A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
6	9	44900	46247	46200	47	49000	47600	1400

           

Thus, for loss of Rs.47/- only in the Annual Increment, the employee will suffer a loss of Rs.1400/- during his / her promotion to the next level and this loss will have cumulative effect on rest period of the service career with financial loss on DA(s) and further promotion(s).

 

            This is just one example. We may find several disparities in the Pay Matrix both for Annual Increment and fixation of pay on promotion.  

 

In addition, as per Para 13 of CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016, one increment shall be given in the level from which the employees is promoted and he shall be placed at a cell equal to the figure so arrived at in the level of the post to which promoted and if no such cell is available in the level to which promoted, he shall be placed at the next higher cell in that level.

 

Let’s analyse the following table.

 

Level	Sl. No. in the Pay Matrix	Basic Pay in the Revised Scale	Revised  Pay with 3%  Increment	Level	Sl. No. in the Pay Matrix	Basic Pay in the Revised Scale	Revised  Pay with 3%  Increment
6	12	49000	50470 to be placed at Rs. 50500 in level 7	7	4	49000	50470 to be placed at Rs. 50500 in level 8

 

The Pay Matrix has been so prefixed that the employees drawing revised pay as above will be entitled for Rs.30/- only after getting the promotion to the next level.

 

Will anyone call it a promotion ? This is nothing but a serious betrayal to the C G employees in the name of Pay Revision.

 

There are several other examples in the Pay Matrix.

 

There is no doubt and second opinion that  the Pay Commission has cheated the Central Govt. employees very shrewdly through a defective Pay Matrix which has since been resolved by the Govt. and corroborated in the CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016.

      

i.                 Either to correct the Pay Matrix to suit the employees without any financial loss in any manner or not to follow the Pay Matrix during Annual Increment and just to leave the amount arrived at with addition of 3% to the Basic Pay.

 

ii.                The employee may be allowed to continue annually with 3% increment without referring the downward cell given in the Pay Matrix and on the basis of the amount so arrived after adding 3% every year, the next level of promotion will be decided. This may protect the employees from the financial losses.

 

iii.               During promotion to the next Level, after adding 3% Annual Increment to the Basic Pay, the employees shall be placed at the next higher cell and not in a cell equal to the figure so arrived at in the level of the post to which promoted. 

 

            The CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016 need to be amended suitably.

 

        With greetings.