F.R. 30

(1) The Statutory Rules issued for the various services will override the Fundamental Rules, where the latter are repugnant to the former. Consequently the pay of an officer appointed to a post in a service should be fixed with reference to the Statutory Rules relating to that service notwithstanding anything contained in the Fundamental Rules. Thus when a Government servant holding, a permanent post in one service is on probation in a post in another service, in which he is merely officiating, enhanced pay in respect of his officiating post may be granted under the Statutory Rules relating to that service if admissible under these rules. A declaration from the Government as to the admissibility of officiating promotion under Rule 30 is not necessary in such cases.

(2) [Not Printed] .

Counting of service in the special post for increment

(3) (i) It is not intended that the phrase “outside the ordinary line of service” in the second proviso to clause (i) of Rule 30 should be rigidly interpreted either as “outside the cadre of a service” or as “outside the ordinary time-scale”. The form of words adopted was designed to allow the Government to exercise their discretion in regard to cases where exceptional circumstances which could not be foreseen and provided for by rule, might arise.

(ii) The specification of a post under this proviso will enable a Government servant to count service in that post for increment in the grade in which he would have officiated had he not been holding the specified post.

Note :— [Not Printed] .

(4) and (5) [Not Printed] .

(6) A declaration by a State Government that a particular post involves more important duties or duties of a different character justifies the grant of officiating pay to a Government servant appointed to the post from another post in the same cadre. [Ruling (14), Section IV of Compilation of Audit Rulings]

(7) The words 'duties' and 'responsibilities' used in Rule 30 are to be interpreted in a wide sense as including besides the work to be performed the general responsibilities and liabilities incidental to being a member of a particular service.

[C. & A.G's No. 3971-A/676-23, Dt. 13-9-1923]

(8) Higher officiating pay is not permissible in cases where different posts on different scales of pay have been merged into a single revised scale.

(9) [Not Printed] .

(10) The pay of draughtsmen promoted as supervisors in the Public Works and Roads and Buildings Departments should be fixed in the scale of pay applicable to supervisors, at the stage next above the pay they are actually drawing at the time of promotion, subject to the following conditions :—

(i) Once the pay of such promotees is fixed in the category of supervisors as mentioned above, they will not be entitled to the higher rates of pay to which they would become eligible from time to time, consequent on their promotion to higher grades in the category of draughtsmen ; and

(ii) in cases where a draughtsman, officiating in a higher grade post is promoted as supervisor, he will be eligible to have his pay as supervisor fixed as mentioned above, only if he would have continued to officiate in the higher grade post but for his appointment as supervisor. If out for his appointment as supervisor, he would have been holding a lower grade post in the category of draughtsmen, his pay should be revised accordingly i.e., he should be allowed to draw as supervisor, the minimum of the scale of pay of supervisor or his pay as draughtsman, whichever is higher.

(11) and (12) [Not Printed] .

(13) See Ruling (9) under Rule 23. [G.O.Ms.No. 101, Finance, Dt. 18-5-1966]