The IFS (PAY) Rules, 2007 - Ministry of Personnel, Public ...

(a)(b)to save him from a loss in his substantive pay in respect of a permanentpost other than a tenure post due to a revision of pay or due to anyreduction of such substantive pay otherwise than as a disciplinarymeasure; orin exceptional circumstances, on other personal considerations;(j) “promoted officer” means an officer appointed to the Indian Forest Service bypromotion from a State Forest Service in accordance with sub-rule (1) of rule 8 of theIndian Forest Service (Recruitment) Rules, 1966;(k) “promotion” means appointment of a member of the Service to the next higher gradeover the one in which he is serving at the relevant time;(l) “Schedule” means a Schedule appended to these rules;(m) “Service” means the Indian Forest Service;(n) “State” means a State specified in the First Schedule to the Constitution and includesa Union territory;(o) “State Cadre” and “Joint Cadre” shall have the meanings respectively assigned tothem in the Indian Forest Service (Cadre) Rules, 1966;(p) “State Forest Service” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Indian ForestService (Recruitment) Rules, 1966;(q) “State Government concerned” in relation to a Joint Cadre means the Joint CadreAuthority.Note 1: The benchmark score shall be notified by the State Government for promotionwithin the cadre and by the Central Government for the purpose of empanelment. Anyrevision of benchmark by the Government shall have prospective effect;Note 2: The junior-most person(s) in the grade will, however, be liable to be reverted tothe lower grade if the number of members of the Service entitled to hold the regularposts is more than the number of posts available in that grade.3. Scale of pay and appointment in these grades.- (1) The scale of payadmissible to a member of the Service and the dates with effect from which the saidscale shall be deemed to have come into force, shall be as follows:-A. Junior Scale - Rs.8000-275-13500 (with effect from the 1st day of January,1996).B. Senior Scale-(i)Time Scale - Rs.10000-325-15200 (with effect from the 1st day of January,1996);2