THE FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF THE TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT

(26) The pay of a Government servant officiating in a post, the pay of which has been reduced witheffect from the next succession thereto, is regulated on the reduced pay.(Finance Memorandum No.39397, C.S.R. 3, dated 26th June 1962.)When the pay is subject to increase.(27) The pay of a Government servant officiating in a post, the pay of which is subject to increaseupon the passing of an examination or upon the completion of a certain period of service, is the paywhich he would from time to time receive, if he held the post substantively.(28) Section Officers of the Secretariat, the *Offices of the Commissioners of RevenueAdministration, Land Administration, Land Reforms, Prohibition and Excise and Other Heads ofDepartments in the city* and in the office of the Director of Settlements, when sent out to districts asTahsildars or Deputy Tahsildars, shall not draw, while serving as Tahsildar or Deputy Tahsildar, payor increments in excess of that sanctioned for Tahsildars or Deputy Tahsildars as the case may be.Subject to this limitation a Section Officer when sent out as Tahsildar or Deputy Tahsildar, may drawas starting pay his permanent pay as Section Officer. He will also be allowed to count any period ofservice as Section Officer in the particular stage in his permanent scale of pay for increments to thenext stage in the scale of pay, sanctioned for Tahsildars, e.g., a Section Officer who has put in fourmonths service on Rs. 240, will be allowed to draw Rs. 250, in the scale of pay sanctioned forTahsildars after he has put in eight months service as Tahsildar.(G.O. Ms. No. 346, Revenue, dated 27th April 1929.)Exception.—The above ruling does not apply to cases of Section Officers of the Secretariat, the*Offices of the Commissioners of Revenue Administration, Land Administration, Land Reforms,Prohibition and Excise and Other Heads of Departments in the city* and in the office of the Director ofSettlements who are deputed for training in the Tamil Nadu Revenue Subordinate Service under thescheme sanctioned in G.O. No. 276, Revenue, dated 31st January 1950.(Memorandum No.38870, C.S.R.1, dated 19th May 1952.)*G.O. Ms. No. 485, P. & A.R. (FR. Spl.), dt. 29-11-90, (w.e.f. 1-12-80)(29) Piece workers in the Government Press, Madras, when appointed to officiate in posts ofDeputy Foreman, Assistant Foreman, etc., on time-scales of pay, may be allowed to draw pay in thetime-scales at any stage not exceeding their average earnings for the previous twelve months.(G.O. No. 531, Finance, dated 23rd July 1929.)Fixation of initial Pay of Persons without substantive appointment on re-employment after dischargefor want of vacancies.(30) If a person without any substantive appointment is selected for admission to a service and isousted for want of vacancy he will on re-appointment, start only on the minimum pay in the time-scaleapplicable to the post with reference to Note 1 under Rule 26 (a) unless advance increments aresanctioned by Government under Rule 27.[G.O. No. 784, Public (Services), dated 21st September 1933.](31) Please see ruling (2) (a) under Rule 19 regarding the grant of personal pay to save, from lossin emoluments, officers holding permanent posts on promotion to higher posts on the new revisedscale of pay.(32) (i) In the case of a Government servant whose officiating pay on refixation underFundamental Rule 22 (1) (b) (i) carries his pay above the efficiency bar, stage in the time-scale of theofficiating pay, the Government servant concerned should be deemed to have automatically crossedthe efficiency bar at the time of refixation of officiating pay and the question of application of efficiencybar will not arise.However, in cases where the competent authority feels that such refixation should not be allowedfor the reason that the Government servant concerned is not actually fit to cross the efficiency bar, therefixation of pay can be denied by invoking the provisions of Rule 35 by issue of special orders inrespect of each such case.(ii) In the case of a Government servant officiating in a post and whose pay had been fixed underFundamental Rule 22 (1) (b) (i) if he is confirmed in that post from a retrospective date, the refixationof pay done under Fundamental Rule 22 (1) (b) (i) after the date of confirmation will have to be33