GOVERNMENT OF
ANDHRA PRADESH
FINANCE (FR.II)
DEPARTMENT
Cir. Memo.
No.5476-A/137/FR.II/07 Dated 12/3/2007
Sub:
Pay fixations – Stepping up of pay of the senior on par with the junior –
Rectification of the anomaly – Clarificatory instructions – Issued.
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It is noticed that certain cases/files are being
received from the Departments of Secretariat, regarding stepping up of pay on
par with the junior after retirement of the Government servants. In some cases,
the representations are filed for stepping up of pay relating to the initial category
post in which the employee was appointed 20 to 25 years ago.
2. The situation of senior Government servant drawing
less pay than the pay of his junior arises due to application of Automatic
Advancement Scheme (AAS) and also introduction of the new rule of FR 22-B. In
these cases, the senior gets promotion without availing the benefit of
Automatic Advancement Scheme or FR 22-B, as the case be, and gets his pay fixed
in the promotion post and the junior gets promotion after getting the benefits of
AAS or FR 22-B and he gets his pay fixed accordingly. Consequently, the pay of
the junior would be more than that of the senior. In that situation orders have
been issued in G.O.Ms.No.297, Finance & Planning (FW.PRC.I) Department, dated 25-10-1983, G.O.Ms.No. 182, Finance & Planning
(FW.FR.II) Department, dated 7-5-1984, G.O.Ms.No.75, Finance & Planning
(FW.PC.II) Department, dated 22-2-1994 and G.O.Ms.No.223, Finance &
Planning (FW.PC.II) Department, dated 10-9-1996 to rectify the anomaly by way
of stepping up of pay of the senior on par with that of the junior.
3. Certain requests/representations are being received
from the seniors with a request to step up their pay on par with the junior
after lapse of several years after the junior was promoted to the next higher
category. In certain cases, the representations are filed after retirement of
both the senior and the junior. In such cases, the competent authorities have examined
the requests of the individuals and sent the files to Finance Department with a
request to rectify the anomaly stating that the old records of two to three
decades ago are not available. In the absence of the relevant records of pay fixation of both the senior and the junior, it
is not possible to verify the pay fixations done 20 to 30 years ago.
4. In the circumstances stated above, and after careful
examination, Government hereby clarify that, for settlement of the cases of
stepping up of pay of the senior Government servants on par with the pay of
their juniors as per Rules, the requests / representations of the senior Government
servants must be received up to a period of five years after the promotion
of their junior. Under no circumstances, such representations beyond five years
after promotion of their junior can be allowed.
5. All the Departments of Secretariat and all the Heads
of Departments are requested to follow these instructions scrupulously.
RANJEEV R ACHARYA,
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT (FP)
