Pay Rules - Special Pay

Special Pay (IREC - 1307. (F.R. 9 (25)  :-

Special Pay means an addition, of the nature of pay, to the emoluments of a post or of a railway servant, granted in consideration of— 

(a) the specially arduous nature of duties; or 

(b) a specific addition to the work or responsibility and includes non-practicing allowance granted to doctors in lieu of private practice. 

Authority competent to grant special pay.--The power of granting special pay as defined in this Rule shall be exercised only by the authority empowered to regulate the scales of ordinary pay. 

(G.I., H.D.letter No.F-272-23 dated 16th Sept. 1926) 

Railway Ministry’s Orders 

Two rates of Special Pay. --When a post on the cadre of a service carries different rates of special pay for “old entrants” and “new entrants”, single rate of special pay should be granted to all future incumbents of the post and that this should be the rate, if any, considered suitable for “new entrants”.

(Railway Board’s letter No. 9916-F-IV dt. 25th May,1938.) 

Audit Instructions 

Calculation of Special Pay in certain cases.--When special pay has been sanctioned in the form of a portion or percentage of pay in the ordinary line and the pay in the ordinary line includes an element of sterling overseas pay, such special pay should be determined as follows— 

(a) the special pay is admissible on the sterling overseas pay as well as on the rupee basic pay; 

(b) the special pay must be expressed and drawn wholly in rupees; 

(c) the sterling overseas pay should for the purpose of calculating the special pay be converted into rupees at the rate of 1$.6d. to the rupee. 

Audit Ruling 

A provision in the contract of a Government servant appointed to a particular post that he should “also do all things that may be required of him” does not contemplate his being required to perform onerous additional duties in another post without remuneration.

Also See

Discipline & Appeal Rules (Railway)

Establishment Rules (Hindi & English)