THE FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF THE TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT

the Selection Grade post by adding one increment shall be drawing more pay in the promotion post.When promoted, they pay of such junior, as per his option, shall be regulated in the promotion post byadding one increment, happened to draw less pay than the junior. In such case also, the pay of thesenior shall be refixed on par with his junior, provided the conditions under ruling (2) of FR.22-B aresatisfied.[G.O. Ms. No. 286, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (FR.V) Department, dated 31st October1994 - with effect from Ist October 1984 and with monetary benefit from 1st April 1986]11. (1) Government servants holding Selection Grade or Special Grade of a lower post, whenpromoted or appointed to higher post, which carries a lesser scale of pay than that of the SelectionGrade or Special Grade Scale of pay of the lower post, shall be allowed option either—(i) to continue to draw pay in the Selection Grade or Special Grade of the lower post, togetherwith the ‘Personal Pay’ if any, drawn, as personal to them and one increment benefit in the fixation ofpay in the Selection Grade or Special Grade scale of pay of the lower post shall be granted on thedate of promotion or on the date of accrual of next increment in the Selection Grade of the lower post,as the case may be, at their option.OR(ii) to have their pay fixed in the scale of pay of the promotion post under rule 22-B ofFundamental Rules on the date of promotion, taking into account the presumptive pay drawn in theordinary grade or Selection Grade of the lower post, as the case may be, or to have their pay fixed onthe date of promotion or appointment to the higher post, in the manner as provided in rule 22 (1) (a) (i)or rule 22 (1) (b) (i), and for re-fixation of pay under F.R. 22-B on the date of accrual of next incrementin the time-scale of pay of the lower post.(2) Option shall be exercised within a period of one month from the date of promotion orappointment. Option once exercised shall be final. If no option is exercised within the said period ofone month, pay shall be fixed in the scale of pay applicable to the Selection Grade or Special Gradeof the lower post by allowing one increment to be drawn by them, together with the ‘Personal Pay’, ifany, on the date of promotion, as personal to them.(3) In all cases of option, the next increment shall be allowed on completion of the requiredqualifying period of one year from the date of fixation of pay.(4) The above modes of fixation of pay shall take notional effect from 1st June 1988, with MonetaryBenefit from 1st April 1992. The amendment hereby made shall be deemed to have come into forceon 1st June 1988.(Issued in G.O.Ms.No.208, Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department, dated 14th August1997.)23. The holder of the post, the scale of pay of which is changed, shall be treated as ifhe was transferred to a new post on the new scale of pay. If the revision of the scale of pay iswithout any increase in duties and responsibilities, pay shall be fixed with effect from the dateof revision of scale of pay at the same stage, if there is a stage in the revised scale equal to thepay drawn in the old scale of pay and if there is no such stage, pay shall be fixed at the nexthigher stage. In both these cases, the next increment in the new scale shall accure on thenormal date, namely the date on which the next increment is due in the old scale of pay.[G.O.Ms.No.369, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (Personnel-J) Department, dated 26th June1989 - with effect from Ist September 1983.]Rulings 1, 2, 4, 5 and 8 omitted.Rulings 3, 6, 7 and 9 renumbered as 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively.[G.O.Ms.No.694, Personnel and Administrative Reforms l(FR.II) Department, dated 30th December1989 - with effect from 1st September 1983.]RULINGS.1. If the maximum pay of a post is altered with no change in the rate of increment and theminimum, the initial pay of the holder of that post should be fixed under Rule 22 (2) and not underRule 22 (1), even though he may be holding the post substantively.2. When special pays attached to posts are abolished or reduced, the existing incumbents areallowed to draw the special pays at the original rate as ‘personal pay’ so long as they continue to hold40