Handbook Volume I - VMOU, Kota

Conditions of service of teachers and other employees
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she has earned the next or any subsequent increment in the old scale, or
until subsequent increment in the old scale or until he/she vacates the post
or ceases to draw pay in that time-scale. The option once exercised shall be
final.
o.16.31 Unless otherwise mentioned in the orders sanctioning revision of the
scales of pay, the following principles shall be followed for fixation of pay
when the scale of pay of a post is revised.
(i)
(ii)
If the pay drawn in the previous scale is less then the minimum of
the revised scale, then the pay in the revised scale may be fixed at
the minimum.
If the pay drawn in the previous scale is at a stage in the revised
scale, the pay in the revised scale may be fixed at the next stage.
o.16.32 In regard to persons joining the University either on lien or on deputation
from other public institution/Universities/Government, the increase in pay
(which includes personal pay, special pay, etc.) they are entitled to in their
parent institution/University/Government during the period of lien/
deputation shall be protected and the arrears, if any, disbursed by the
University, if the increased pay is not a stage in the time-scale in the
University, the pay scale shall be fixed in the next higher stage, without
prejudice to his normal date of increment.
o.16.33 An increment shall ordinarily be drawn as a matter of course unless it is
withheld. An increment may be withheld from an employee by a competent
authority if the conduct or his/her work has not been satisfactory. In
ordering the withholding of the increment, the withholding authority shall
state the period for which it is withheld and whether the postponement
shall have the effect of postponement of future increments.
o.16.34 Where an efficiency bar is prescribed in a time-scale, the increment next
above the bar shall not be given to an employee without the specific
sanction of the authority empowered to withhold increments.
o.16.35 The following provisions prescribe the conditions on which service counts
for increments in time-scales: -
(a)
Duty leave in a post on a time-scale shall be counted in that timescale.
Leave, including study leave (excluding leave without pay),
on deputation, or to serve elsewhere subject to a maximum of 3