In respect of any period treated as duty under Rule 9(6)(b), a Government servant may be granted such pay as the Government may consider equitable but in no case exceeding the pay which the Government servant would have drawn had he been on duty other than duty, under Rule 9(6)(b).
Note (1) :—In the case of a Government servant whose period of absence from an officiating post is treated as duty under Rule 9(6)(b), he may be allowed the officiating pay which he would have drawn but for such absence provided he has put in not less than 3 years service on the officiating post immediately preceding the period of such absence.
[ Note (2) :—A Government servant whose absence from duty for undergoing training/instruction in India/abroad, is treated as duty under Rule 9(6)(b) of the Fundamental Rules can be promoted to the next higher grade during such training/instruction, if he is otherwise entitled to such promotion subject to the following conditions, namely :
(i) He has been approved for promotion to the next higher grade; and
(ii) All his seniors except those regarded as unfit for promotion to the particular higher grade, have been promoted to that grade. And he may be granted such pay as the Government may consider equitable but in no case exceeding the pay which the Government servant would have drawn had he been on duty, other than duty under the said Rule 9(6)(b)].
[G.O.Ms.No. 26, Fin. & Plg., Dt. 8-2-1982]