Pay Rules - Increments in Time-scale

 Increments in Time-scale.(IREC - 1318. (F.R. 24)

An increment other than the increment next above an efficiency bar shall ordinarily be drawn as a matter of course unless it is withheld. An increment may be withheld from a railway servant by a competent authority if his conduct has not been good or his work not been satisfactory. In ordering the withholding of an increment, the withholding authority shall state the period for which it is withheld and whether the postponement shall have the effect of postponing future increments.  

Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, on or after 1-11-73, the increment shall be drawn as from the 1st of the month in which it falls due under the normal rules and the date of next increment shall be reckoned on this basis viz. 1st of the month in which initially the increment was drawn on or after 1-11-73. In such cases, the pay of railway servants on promotion/appointments to higher grades/posts shall be fixed in the higher scale after taking into account the increment to be drawn from the first of the month notwithstanding that the date on which that increment actually falls due is after the date of promotion. 

(Railway Board’s letter No. PC III/74/INC/1 dt 17-1-74 and dated 3-6-75.) 

When the increment is withheld for a specified period as a measure of penalty, the increment should be drawn from the date from which the penalty imposed ceases to operate. The subsequent increment shall however be admitted/drawn from the first of the month in which they fall due under normal rules, the period of dies-non like break in service etc. being treated in the same way as leave without pay. 

(Railway Board’s letter No. PCIII/75/Inc/2 dt. 10.11.75)

Also See

Discipline & Appeal Rules (Railway)

Establishment Rules (Hindi & English)