The Services (Grades, Pay and Allowances) Order,1977.

Abstract

The undersigned is directed to forward herewith a copy of- notification No. MF(ID)-I-3/77/85Q, dated 20th December, 1977, on the subject noted above, together with its Annexure, for information and necessary action. 2. The Self Drawing Officers should fix their pay in the New National Grade and Scale according to the above notification and send, a statement showing the fixation of pay to the respective Audit Officer who will check and verify the fixation statement and issue necessary pay slip, as early as possible. 3. The Heads of Departments and Drawing and Disbursing Officers should, after fixation of pay of the concerned employees working under them, send the statements showing the fixation of pay with the related bills for necessary checking by the Audit Office. All Accounts and Audit Offices concerned will duly check and verify the fixation statements as soon as possible, Any objection in the matter of fixation of pay 'should be settled in consultation with the Heads -of Departments concerned. In case of any doubt, about the application of the above notification, reference should be made to the Audit Officers concerned, as usual. 4. Heads .of Departments and Drawing and Disbursing Officers a£e authorised to make provisional payment according to pay fixed in the New National Grade and Scales subject to verification by the Audit Offices except in the cases of employees .who are likely to retire on superannuation within one year from the date of issue of this Office Memorandum. In such cases payment should be made only after verification of the fixation of pay *by the Audit Officer. 5. Increments in the New National Grade and Scales should be allowed only after verification of the pay fixation by the Audit Officer. 6. All provisional payments should be made after obtaining undertaking from the employees to the effect that any overpayment will be refundable and recoverable from them. Drawing and Disbursing Officers should keep a record of such undertaking in their Offices. They should endorse a certificate of having received the undertaking in the pay bills. 7. All amounts paid by. way of pay (including special pay, Technical pay and emoluments classified as pay), fringe benefit and allowances and Ad-Interim’ Relief including 2nd Ad-Interim sanctioned under G. O. No. MF (ID)-45/77-411, dated the 20th July, 1977 for the period commencing

1st July, 1977 shall be recovered by adjustment from the amount of pay and allowances admissible in this order and the excess, if any, which cannot be so recovered shall be recovered by deduction from the monthly pay bills in 12 equal instalments commencing with the pay bill for the month of January, 1978. 8. The New National Scale shown in the Annexure will not be automatically admissible to the present incumbents of the posts against which the words “ special selection” appear [vide para 4(4) of the Notification No. MF (ID)-I-3/77/850, dated the 20th December, 1977]. There are a number of posts now on the same scale of pay in a department and officers have been placed against these posts in a routine manner. Since one or more of such posts have been placed on higher New National Grade than others pay in the higher grade cannot automatically be given to the present incumbent of the post and a special selection has to be made in the light of the formalities prescribed for promotion to a higher post.