THE FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF THE TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT

(iii) Clause (c) applies where the interruption of duty in an officiating capacity in a permanent postor in any capacity in a temporary post is caused by appointment to a higher permanent post in anofficiating capacity or to a higher temporary post in any capacity. It provides that, subject to therestriction in the penultimate sentence of the clause, such interruption counts for increment in thetime-scale applicable to the lower post which he held previously, if he is re-appointed to that lowerpost, whether immediately on reversion or after break.(Comptroller and Auditor-General’s letter No. 117-A 185-44, dated 5th April 1945.)27 (1) An authority may grant a premature increment to a Government servant on a timescaleof pay if it has power to create a post in the same cadre on the same scale of pay.(2) The Heads of Departments shall step up the pay of the senior on par with the pay ofhis junior. Such cases shall be sent to Government for ratification within one month from thedate of refixation. The Government may ratify or refuse to ratify such fixation. If theGovernment refuses to ratify such fixation or any wrong fixation is noticed at a later date, theexcess amount drawn by such fixation shall be recovered from the individual.[G.O. Ms. No. 20, P.&.AR. (FR.V), dated 20th January 1995, w.e.f. 10th September 1986.]RULINGS.Effect of grant of premature Increments on future Increments.(1) When increments are granted in advance, it is usually the intention that the Governmentservant should be entitled to subsequent increments in the same manner, as if he has reached hisposition in the scale in the ordinary course, and in the absence of special orders to the contrary, heshould be placed on exactly the same footing as regards future increment as a Government servant,who has so risen.(G.O. Ms. No. 567, Finance, dated 6th August 1919.)(2) In drafting the Fundamental Rules, it was clearly, recognized that Rule 27 would enable initialrates of pay to be fixed otherwise than in the manner enunciated in Rule 22.(Comptroller and Auditor-General’s D.O. No. 2-A, 408-23, dated the 3rd January 1924, to A.G.P. andT.)(3) The expression “scale of pay” represents the maximum of the scale which is to be taken intoaccount for determining the authority competent to sanction increments rather than the stage of it.(Letter No. 143-A/3-23, from Auditor, Government of India, Sanctions).(4) The pay of the steno-typists and typists drawing pay in the lower division scale of pay plusspecial pay admissible to them on their promotion as Assistants including Audit Clerks in the LocalFund Audit Department, Handloom Inspectors in the Handlooms and Textiles Department and PunchOperators/Machine Operators/Verifier Operators in the Statistics Department shall be fixed at theiroption within one month from the date of promotion either—(i) at the appropriate stage in the upper division scale equal to the pay plus special pay. If thereis no such stage, the stage next below that pay plus personal pay equal to the difference to beabsorbed in future increments; or(ii) under Fundamental Rule 22-B, without taking into account the special pay.The option once exercised shall be final. If no option is exercised within a period of one monthfrom the date of promotion, the pay shall be fixed as in clause (i) referred to above.[G.O. Ms. No. 1075, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (F.R.III) Department, dated 12thNovember 1982.]The above mode of fixation of pay shall be followed in the case of Junior Assistant-cum-Typistwhen appointed as Assistant in the Department of National Cadet Corps.[G.O. Ms. No. 3, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (Per.J) Department, dated 3rd January 1989,with effect from 1st October 1984.](5) The steno-typists and typists drawing pay in the lower division scale of pay plus special payadmissible to them, on their promotion as upper division steno-typists shall elect to have their pay56