THE FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF THE TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT

Provided that on and with effect from 1st October 1984 the maximum limit of Rs. 2,000 permensem mentioned above shall be Rs.3,000 per mensem.[G.O. Ms. No. 55, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (FR.III) Department, dated 20th January1986.]Provided that on and with effect from 1st June 1988 the maximum limit of Rs.3,000 per mensemmentioned above shall be Rs.5,450 per mensem.[G.O. Ms. No. 299, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (FR. Spl.) Reforms Department, dated 20thAugust 1991.]Provided further that on and from 1 st June 1988, the maximum limit of Rs.5450/- per mensemmentioned above shall be increased to Rs.6000/- per mensem with monetary benefit from 1.4.1992."Provided also that in case of Government servants whose pay has been fixed at the maximum orbeyond of the maximum of the time scale of pay by elongating the scale of pay of the Tamil NaduRevised Scales of Pay Rules, 1998 or who have reached the maximum of the revised scale of pay onor after 1 st January 1996 be allowed biennial increment at the rate of last increment without any ceilinglimit with monetary benefit with effect from 1 st September 1998 .(G.O.Ms.No.105 P&AR(FR.IV) Dept. dt. 2.9.2002 )In the said G.O. for the existing figure “Rs.3000” occurring in between “maximum limit of” and“per mensem” the following figure “Rs.3500” shall be substituted.[Letter No.13543, DO.II (FR.3) 92-5, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (FR.3) Department, dated3rd November 1992.](18) The pay of a Government servant appointed to the Selection Grade post, Special Grade postor Special Temporary posts on the date of accrual of increment in the ordinary grade post may befixed without taking into account the increment that accrued in the ordinary grade post and he may beallowed to draw his increment on that date in the scale of pay applicable to the Selection Grade.Special Grade or Special Temporary post, as the case may be.[G.O. Ms. No.144, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (FR.V) Department, dated 12-5-1995.](With effect from 1-10-1978)RULINGS UNDER RULE 26 (b).Effect of over-stayal of leave on increments.(1) A period of over-stayal of leave does not count towards increments under the FundamentalRules unless under Rule 85 (b) it is commuted into extraordinary leave and under Rule 26 (b) or 26(bb) extraordinary leave is allowed to count for increments.Conditions under which a Government servant officiating in a post can count a period ofabsence on duty from the post for increments in the time-scale attached to it.(2) (i) If the rates of pay of the post in which a Government servant was officiating at the time oftransfer and that of the new post to which he is appointed to officiate happens to be the same, theperiod of joining time spent in proceeding from the old post to the new post should be treated as dutyin the lower of the two posts and will count for increment in that lower post under Rule 26 (c).(ii) In the case of a Government servant who, while officiating in a post proceeds on training orto attend a course of instruction and who is treated as on duty while under training, the period of suchduty will count for increment in the post in which he was officiating prior to his being sent for training orinstruction if he is allowed the pay of the officiating post during such period.(G.I.F.D. letter No. F. 250-C.S.R., dated 19th December 1924.)Effect of leave taken by officiating Government servants for increments.(3) The period of compulsory leave, i.e., one months’ leave each year, taken by officiatingAssistant Surgeons and selection category Assistant Surgeons, in the Radiology Department willreckon as service for increments.[G.O. No. 2375, P.H., dated 6th July 1939 and G.O. Ms. No. 271, P.H., dated 1st November 1943.]53