HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES (ASSURED CAREER PROGRESSION) RULES, 2016

HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES (ASSURED CAREER PROGRESSION) RULES,

2016

PREAMBLE
In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution of India, the
Governor of Haryana hereby makes the following rules, namely:

Rule - 1. Short title, commencement and objective.

(1) These rules may be called the Haryana Civil Services (Assured Career Progression) Rules,
2016.

(2) These rules shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of January, 2016,
unless otherwise provided by the Government for any class or category of persons.

(3) The objective of these rules is to provide two categories of assured career progression
schemes for the employees of Haryana Government. The first category of scheme is cadre-
specific Assured Career Progression Scheme for some cadres/posts/services. The second
category of scheme is primarily to remove stagnation in service, in the form of a general
assured career progression scheme. The second category scheme seeks to ensure that all
Government employees, whose cadres are not covered by cadre-specific assured career
progression scheme, get at least three financial upgradations, including financial
upgradation, availed by such Government employees as a consequence of functional
promotion during his entire career. It also seeks to ensure that no Government employee
stagnates without any financial upgradation for more than eight years unless he has
already availed three financial upgradations in his career.

Rule - 2. Categories of Government employees to whom these rules apply.

Save as otherwise provided under these rules, it shall apply to the persons appointed to civil
services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Government of Haryana, who are under
the administrative control of the Government of Haryana and whose pay is debitable to the
Consolidated Fund of the State of Haryana.

Note. These rules shall also be applicable to re-employed pensioners, including military pensioners,
who are drawing pay in the existing pay structure subject to revision of pension from 1st January,
2016.

These rules shall not apply to

(i) Members of All India Services working in connection with the affairs of Government of
Haryana;

(ii) Officers of judicial services working in connection with the affairs of Government of Haryana;

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(iii) Persons not in whole time employment;

(iv) Persons paid otherwise than on monthly basis, including those paid on a piece-rate basis or
on daily wages basis or on contract basis or appointed under outsourcing policies;

Rule - 3. Definitions.
In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires;

(a) "ACP Level" in relation to any Government employee means corresponding Assured Career
Progression level in which the Government employee is eligible or entitled to be placed as
a consequence of application of these rules in place of his present pay structure;

(b) "applicable level" in the ACP Pay Matrix shall mean the ACP Level corresponding to the pay
band and grade pay/scale as on 1st January, 2016 specified in Schedule-I;

(c) "cadre specific Assured Career Progression Scheme" means a scheme falling within the scope
of these rules and as mentioned in the Part I of Schedule I of these rules;

(d) "CSR" means the Civil Services Rules as applicable to Haryana Government employees as
amended from time to time;

(e) "direct recruit" means the post on which a Government employee was recruited as a regular
and direct recruit fresh entrant in the Government service and is in continuous
employment of Government since such recruitment;

(f) "existing basic pay" means pay as on 1st January, 2016 or on the date of option in the
present pay structure as on 31st December, 2015, it does not include any other type of
pay like "special pay", "personal pay" etc;

(g) "existing ACP pay structure" in relation to any post or any Government employee means the
pre-revised ACP pay structure as on the date immediately before the coming into force of
these rules.

(h) "first/second/third assured career progression level under general ACP scheme" means the
first/second/third financial upgradation in terms of higher level for all Government
employees covered under the General ACP scheme, as mentioned in column 3, 4 and 5
respectively of Part II of Schedule I with reference to the functional grade pay as on 1st
January, 2016 mentioned in column 3 of Part II of Schedule I, and shall be referred to as
1st ACPL, 2nd ACPL and 3rd ACPL respectively;

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(i) "Government" means the Government of the State of Haryana in the Finance Department,
save as otherwise provided by or under these rules;

(j) "Government employee" means the Government employees to whom these rules apply under
rule 2;

(k) "leave" means any sanctioned leave as defined in Civil Services Rules, except "casual leave".

Any type of absence without the sanction of competent authority shall not be considered as leave;

(l) "memorandum explanatory" means the memorandum explanatory appended to these rules, as
Annexure-I briefly explaining the nature, philosophy, justification, objectives, applicability
etc. of these rules;

(m) "present pay structure" in relation to a Government employee or post means the ACP Pay
Band and Grade Pay admissible under the rules applicable immediately before the coming
into force of these rules;

(n) "persons" mean persons who are Government employees for the purposes of these rules;

(o) "revised emoluments" means pay in the ACP level of a Government employee in the revised
pay structure;

(p) "Schedule" means Schedule appended to these rules.

Rule - 4. Cadre Specific Assured Career Progression Scheme.

The ACP Level mentioned in column 4 of Part I of Schedule I to certain cadres/posts/services
mentioned in column 2 of Part I of Schedule I shall be admissible to the Government employees
who become members of such specific cadres/services by way of direct recruitment or promotion
subject to eligibility.

Rule - 5. General Assured Career Progression scheme.

Financial upgradation in the form of the first, the second and the third ACP Level as mentioned in
column 3, 4 and 5 of Part II of Schedule I shall be admissible to all Government employees
covered under this scheme with reference to the functional grade pay as on 1st January, 2016.
However, in case of an employee holding a post after promotion, the entitled ACP level shall be
the level of pay corresponding to the existing functional grade pay as on 1st day of January, 2016
of the promotional post.

Rule - 6. Eligibility for grant of cadre specific ACP Level.

For the grant of cadre specific ACP Level the eligibility conditions shall be the same as mentioned
in Part I of Schedule I of these rules, apart from the general conditions of eligibility given in rule

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8, hereunder;

Note 1. Where grant of ACP Level is restricted to the percentage of cadre strength, it shall be
worked out in the following manner;

(i) If ACPL is available to 20% (twenty percent) of the total cadre strength, the minimum
strength of the cadre must be three. It shall be admissible to only one eligible
Government employee where the cadre strength is of three to seven posts.

(ii) If ACP is available to 15% (fifteen percent) of the total cadre strength, the minimum
strength of the cadre must be four. It shall be admissible to only one eligible Government
employee where the cadre strength is of four to ten posts.

Note 2. Cadre strength mean total sanctioned post in a cadre.

Note 3. See also Note 1 and 2 below rule 8.

Rule - 7. Eligibility for grant of ACP Level under the General ACP scheme.
(1) Every Government employee covered under the general ACP scheme shall, for the purposes
of drawal of pay, be eligible for the first ACP Level (given in column 3 of Part II of
Schedule I in respect of the functional pay structure as on 1st day of January, 2016 of his
post) if he has completed 8 (eight) years of regular satisfactory service and has not got
any financial upgradation in these 8 (eight) years with reference to the functional pay
structure of the post to which he was recruited as a direct recruit.

(2) Every Government employee covered under the general ACP scheme shall, for the purposes
of drawal of pay, be eligible for the second ACP Level (given in column 4 of Part II of
Schedule I in respect of the functional pay structure as on 1st day of January, 2016 of his
post) if he has completed 16 (sixteen) years of regular satisfactory service provided he
has availed only one financial upgradation with reference to the functional pay structure of
the post to which he was recruited as a direct recruit.

(3) Every Government employee covered under the general ACP scheme shall, for the purposes
of drawal of pay, be eligible for the third ACP Level (given in column 5 of Part II of
Schedule I in respect of the functional pay structure as on 1st day of January, 2016 of his
post) if he has completed 24 (twenty four) years of regular satisfactory service and has
not got more than two financial upgradations so far with reference to the functional pay
structure of the post to which he was recruited as a direct recruit.

(4) In case of a Government employee who gets promoted, he shall be considered for the next
ACP Level after he completes 8 (eight) years of regular satisfactory service in the
promotional post without any financial upgradation after promotion and shall be entitled to
the next ACP Level with reference to the level of the promotional post he holds:

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Provided that a Government employee shall not be entitled to avail ACP upgradation if, he has
already availed of three financial upgradation of any kind in his career.

Explanation 1. "Regular Satisfactory Service" for the purpose of these rules shall mean the service
on regular basis mentioned below shall be deemed to be satisfactory if no departmental or judicial
proceedings are pending against the Government employee during this period and there are no
adverse remarks about integrity in the Annual Confidential Reports of this period:-

(1) Service from the date of joining to a post on regular basis in a Department of Haryana
Government either by direct recruitment or otherwise.

(2) The period spent on deputation/foreign service shall be counted towards 'Regular service' for
the purpose of these rules.

(3) All kinds of leave (excluding EOL without medical certificate) duly sanctioned by the
competent authority.

(4) On appointment from one Department to another under the Haryana Government by direct
recruitment or otherwise, the past regular satisfactory service where the Pay Structure/Pay
Level as well as line of service of both the posts are identical/same shall be counted.
However, under these rules the Government employee shall not be considered until he
completes the probation period of the new post satisfactorily. The financial upgradations
already availed shall also be kept in view.

For the purpose of the explanation;

"Line of service" means same nature of job profile e.g. appointment from Engineering to
Engineering cadre of the post of same pay structure cover under this rule. However, appointment,
say from Conductor to Clerk is not covered.

(5) Benefit of deemed date of appointment/promotion counted towards seniority.

(6) The period of service rendered by a Government employee who while working on a regular
basis is given adhoc promotion within the prescribed quota and subsequently regularized
on the same post, then his period of service of adhoc promotion shall be treated as
regular satisfactory service.

(7) Past regular service rendered by surplus employees of any Department/Boards/Corporations

of Haryana Government declared surplus and subsequently appointed on transfer basis or
adjusted in other departments with the benefit of pay protection shall also be counted for
the grant of ACP Level; provided the financial upgradations already availed shall also be
taken into account.

Regular satisfactory service however, does not include

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(1) Service rendered on adhoc/contract/work-charged basis/daily wages followed by regularization,

shall not be counted.

(2) Past service(s) of an employee on his subsequent appointment by direct recruitment or

otherwise to a post of lower or higher pay scale/pay structure. The financial upgradations
already availed shall not be taken into account.

(3) Past service rendered in any other State Government/Central Government before appointment
in any Department of Haryana Government.

(4) Military service (other than emergency military service counted towards seniority) rendered
by an ex-serviceman before his re-employment in civil service.

Note 1. Resignation from service, to join subsequent appointment shall be a technical formality, if
application for the same has been submitted through proper channel.

Note 2. The regular service defined above shall be deemed to be satisfactory if no departmental
or judicial proceedings are pending against the Government employee. There are no adverse
remarks about integrity in the Annual Confidential Reports during the period of regular service.

Explanation 2. "Financial Upgradations" for the purpose of these rules shall mean any kind of
following benefit(s) granted to a Government employee:-

(1) Grant of 1st, 2nd or 3rd ACP upgradation under HCS (ACP) Rules, 1998 or 2008.

(2) Promotion from one post to another in the same or higher pay scale with the benefit of
next stage or one increment or more in the pay scale of promotional post.

(3) Promotion while drawing pay in ACP Pay structure at a stage less than minimum of the pay
scale or pay band of promotional post where pay is fixed at minimum of pay scale or pay
structure of the promotional post with the benefit of equal to or more than one increment

(4) Promotion before 1st January, 1996 with the benefit of next stage or more while drawing
pay in Higher Standard Pay Scale.

(5) Grant of Higher Standard Pay Scale provided pay was fixed directly from Higher Standard
Pay Scale to ACP Pay Scale admissible under HCS (ACP) Rules, 1998.

(6) Modification of Pay Level from a date after 1st January, 2016.

(7) Benefit of Stepping up of ACP Scale or ACP Level for whatsoever reason, before or after 1st
January, 2016.

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(8) Grant of Selection Grade provided the Government employee was promoted to a post of
higher pay scale while drawing pay in Selection Grade of the feeder post.

(9) Grant of benefit under special entitlement of Haryana Civil Services (Assured Career
Progression) Rules, 1998/2008, as the case may be.

(10) Grant of 2nd ACP directly on completion of 16 (sixteen) years or more regular satisfactory
service shall be treated as two financial upgradations instead of one.

Benefits not to be treated a financial upgradation:-

(i) Benefit of additional increment(s) at 11th/22nd stage or on 8/18 years service in Group 'C' or
'D' post.

(ii) Grant of selection grade/Higher Standard Scale shall not be financial upgradation if pay has
been fixed in functional pay scale at the time of general revision of pay scales.

(iii) Promotions availed while working on ex-cadre posts) for a limited period provided the pay of
ex-cadre post(s) has not been taken into account at the time of reversion to a cadre post.
For example, initial appointment as Clerk, then Clerk to Steno-typist and to Junior Scale
Steno by way of department examinations, thereafter promotion to a post of Assistant with
reference to seniority as Clerk, provided neither the pay of Steno-typist nor that of Junior
Scale Steno has been taken into account at the time of fixation of pay of Assistant.

Rule - 8. Other general conditions of eligibilities of ACP Level.

The following general conditions shall also be fulfilled by a Government employee for availing
benefit of ACP Level:-

(a) after completing the respective prescribed period for eligibility for the grant of any of 1st,
2nd or 3rd ACP Level the Government employee shall be fit to be promoted to the
immediate next higher post only in the functional hierarchy in his cadre, but despite of
fitness he could not be functionally promoted due to lack of vacancy or otherwise on the
promotional post in the hierarchy to which he is eligible to be promoted;

(b) if such promotion involved passing of any departmental or other test, acquisition of higher
educational qualification, etc., such condition shall also be fulfilled by the Government
employee.

Exception. The condition of educational qualification and departmental test, if any, shall not be
applicable to Group D employees while determining the eligibility for ACP Level where there is no
promotional post in the hierarchy other than the post for which educational qualification of
Matriculation or above is essential.

Note 1. When a Government employee is not fit for promotion due to departmental/judicial

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proceedings pending against him or otherwise on the date of eligibility for grant of ACP Level, he
shall not be granted the benefit of ACP Level until he is declared fit for promotion, it has also
consequential effect on subsequent ACP upgradation.

Note 2. Where a Government employee is denied for grant of benefit of ACP Level due to
departmental proceedings pending against him, and subsequently another charge sheet is also
issued in connection with another case but in the meanwhile if the previous charge sheet is
dropped he shall be granted the benefit of ACP Level provided the same is otherwise admissible
before the date of issue of subsequent charge sheet.

Note 3. ACP Level will be granted from the 1st day of the following month in which a Government
employee becomes eligible for the same.

Note 4. Where there is no promotional post in the hierarchy, in such case the ACP Level shall be
granted on completion of prescribed regular satisfactory service only.

Rule - 9. Responsibility to be discharged etc.

On placement in the ACP Level, the Government employee shall continue to hold operational duties
of his previous post held by him and shall continue to hold the previous designation till such time
as he is actually promoted to the higher post on the occurrence of a vacancy.

Rule - 10. Consequences of ACP Level etc.

Placement in the ACP Level shall entitle only financial benefit of drawal of pay and allowances on
pay in the ACP Level. The other entitlements including the entitlement generally dependent on the
status of the employee shall continue to be determined with reference to his post on which he is
working in the substantive or officiating capacity, while drawing pay the ACP Level.

Rule - 11. Grant of Assured Career Progression Level.

(1) Rule 6, 7 and 8 only prescribe eligibility conditions for placement in the relevant ACP Level
and does not authorize automatic placement in ACP Level in which Government employee
is eligible to be placed under these rules. The authority competent to grant promotion in
case of a Government employee shall be required to pass suitable orders for grant of ACP
Level under these rules, authorizing the placement of a Government employee in the
appropriate ACP Level.

Before passing such order under rule 6 or 7, the authority competent shall ensure:-

(a) that if there is a Departmental Promotion Committee, such Committee should consider the
cases for grant of ACP Level as if these were cases for determining the suitability for
promotion and that its recommendations are considered in the manner as considered in
case of functional promotions;

(b) that the conditions and provisions laid down in these rules or any other order/instructions
etc. issued under these rules or otherwise with this purpose, are strictly adhered to;

(c) that the number of financial up-gradations granted to a Government employee, covered

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under ACP General Scheme is counted with reference to the pay scale or pay structure of
the post to which the Government employee was inducted as a direct recruit fresh
entrant. For this purpose, each financial upgradation will be counted as one upgradation.
The benefit of ACP shall not be extended to a Government employee under ACP General
Scheme if he has already availed three financial upgradations in his career by way of ACP
or otherwise;

(d) that provisions of these rules or any other rules or instructions issued by the Government
from time to time have been complied with.

Explanation. The "authority competent" for the purpose of this rule shall mean the authority
competent to grant promotion to the next promotional post in the hierarchy.

(2) The ACP Level so granted shall be effective from the 1st day of the following month in
which a Government employee becomes eligible and not from the date on which the
orders are issued by the competent authority, if the orders are issued by the competent
authority on a date which is different from the due date of eligibility:

Provided that the Government employee shall draw his pay only after the orders for granting such
pay structure are issued by the competent authority in the relevant ACP Level.

(3) In case of Government employees who are drawing pay in ACP pay structure on or before
the date of notification of these rules, there shall be no need to pass any orders under
the provisions of sub-rules (1) and (2) above and they shall be entitled to draw their pay
in the ACP Level corresponding to their ACP pay structure in which they are drawing their
pay:

Provided that this deemed grant of ACP Level shall not affect his entitlement for revised pay
structure in which he shall be placed as a consequence of application of these rules. Such
Government employees shall be placed in the appropriate revised ACP Level as per their eligibility
under these rules for the purposes of fixation of pay as a consequence of application of these
rules.

Rule - 12. Admissibility of stepping up in certain cases.

If the service rules provide for or circumstances warrant filling up of a post through direct
recruitment as well as through promotion, benefit of stepping up of ACP Level and/or pay shall be
admissible to the senior employee appointed by promotion on the same post on which the junior
direct recruit Government employee is drawing higher ACP Level. The condition of maximum three
financial upgradations shall not be a bar. However, condition of satisfactory record and qualification
etc. shall be fulfilled for the purpose of this rule. ACP Level and/or Pay shall be stepped up in the
following manner;

(i) If the Level of Matrix of senior is inferior than that of junior, the Level shall be stepped up;

(ii) if both Level of Matrix as well as pay are inferior than both Level as well as pay shall be
stepped up upto the extent admissible on grant of ACP Level subject to satisfactory record
and eligibility.

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Rule - 13. Special entitlement for ACP Level.

Where a Government employee after promotion from one post to another is drawing pay in the
level inferior than his presumptive pay and/or ACP Level which shall have been admissible to him
in 1st/2nd/3rd ACP Level had he not been promoted, he shall be granted difference of pay of
promotional post and presumptive pay of ACP pay structure and/or change of level to ACP Level
as a special entitlement:

Provided that such functional promotion to a post with such inferior pay structure shall not be
counted as a financial upgradation for the purposes of these rules.

Rule - 14. Ceasing of entitlement of ACP Level.

(1) A Government employee who foregoes his promotion in the line of hierarchy or seeks
reversion on his own accord to feeder post on any ground whatsoever, while drawing pay
in

(a) 3rd ACP Level, the pay shall be refixed in 2nd ACP Level;

(b) 2nd ACP Level, the pay shall be re-fixed in the 1st ACP Level;

(c) 1st ACP Level, the pay shall be re-fixed in the Functional pay structure, equal to the
presumptive pay which shall have been admissible had he not been granted 3rd/2nd/1st
ACP Level, as the case may be.

(2) If such Government employee becomes ready to accept promotion, in such case the period
of service between the date of foregoing promotion/reversion and date of application
indicating readiness to accept the promotion, subject to minimum one year, shall be
excluded from the regular satisfactory service for the purpose of grant of ACP Level. On
assuming the charge of promotional post the pay shall be re-fixed equal to the pay drawn
in ACP Pay structure immediately before foregoing promotion or fixation of pay of the
promotional post under normal rules, whichever is higher:

Provided that the request for seeking reversion or foregoing promotion once accepted by the
competent authority shall not be withdrawn. Once a Government employee has foregone his
promotion or sought reversion to a feeder post, such foregoing/reversion shall remain in force for a
minimum period of one year or upto the period he gives in writing to re-consider his name for
promotion, whichever is later.

Rule - 15. ACP Levels of posts.

The ACP Level (ACPL) for the purpose of these rules shall be as under:

(a) The revised ACP Level in case of cadre-specific ACP schemes shall be as mentioned in Part I
of Schedule I:

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(b) The revised ACP Level in case of General ACP scheme shall be as specified in Part II of
Schedule I:

Provided that in case of the posts for which the functional pay structures have been
revised/modified on or before 1st January, 2016, the so revised scales shall be considered as the
functional scales of those posts for the purpose of this rule.

Rule - 16. Drawal of pay in revised ACP Level.

(1) Save as otherwise provided in these rules, a Government employee shall draw pay in the
revised ACP Level, that is in 1st ACPL or 2nd ACPL or 3rd ACPL, as applicable in his case:

Provided that a Government employee may elect to continue to draw pay in the present pay
structure until the date on which he earns his next increment in the present pay structure or until
he vacates his post or ceases to draw pay in the present pay structure:

Provided further that in cases where a Government employee has been granted ACP, between 1st
day of January, 2016 and the date of notification of these rules may elect to switch over to the
revised pay structure from the date of grant of such ACP, 1st July, 2016, as the case may be.

Explanation 1. The option to retain the present pay structure under the proviso to this rule shall
be admissible in respect of only one pay structure.

Explanation 2. Where an ACP Grade Pay of a post has been upgraded by way of merger, the
employee granted ACP Pay Structure of such post, between the period from 1st January, 2016 and
the date of notification, may opt for revised pay structure from a date of grant of ACP Pay
Structure or 1st July, 2016 but in that case the existing basic pay admissible on the date of
option in the ACP pay structure as on 31st December, 2015 of the post shall be taken into
account for the purpose of fixation of pay in the revised ACP pay structure.

Explanation 3. The aforesaid option shall not be admissible to any person granted ACP for the
first time on or after the 1st day of January, 2016, and he shall be allowed pay only in the
revised pay structure.

Rule - 17. Exercise of option.

(1) The option under the provisos to rule 16 shall be exercised in writing in the form appended
to these rules so as to reach the authority mentioned in sub-rule (2) within three months
from

(a) the date of notification of these rules; or

(b) the date where revision in the pay structure and/or refixation of pay with retrospective
effect is made by any order subsequent to the date of notification of these rules;

Provided that

(i) in the case of a Government employee who is, on the date of such notification or, as the
case may be, date of such order, out of India either on leave or deputation or foreign
service, the said option shall be exercised in writing so as to reach the said authority

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within three months of the date of his taking charge of his post in India; and

(ii) where a Government employee is under suspension on the 1st day of January, 2016, the
option may be exercised within three months of the date of his return to his duty if that
date is later than the date prescribed in this sub-rule.

(2) The option shall be intimated by the Government employee to the Head of his office along
with an undertaking, in the form appended to these rules.

(3) If the intimation regarding option is not received within the time mentioned in sub-rule (1),
the Government employee shall be deemed to have elected to be governed by the revised
ACP pay structure w.e.f. the 1st day of January, 2016.

(4) The option once exercised shall be final.

Note 1. Persons whose services were terminated on or after the 1st January, 2016, and who
could not exercise the option within the prescribed time limit, on account of death, discharge on
the expiry of the sanctioned post, resignation, dismissal or removal on account of disciplinary
proceeding, shall be entitled to exercise option under sub-rule (1).

Note 2. Persons who have died on or after the 1st day of January, 2016, and could not exercise
the option within the prescribed time limit are deemed to have opted for the revised pay structure
on and from the 1st day of January, 2016, or such later date as is most beneficial to their
dependents, if the revised pay structure is more favorable and in such cases, necessary action for
payment of arrears should be taken by the Head of Office.

Note 3. Persons who were on earned leave or any other leave on 1st day of January, 2016 which
entitled them to leave salary shall be entitled to exercise option under sub-rule (1).

Rule - 18. Fixation of pay in the revised ACP pay structure.

The pay of a Government employee who elects or is deemed to have elected under rule 17 to be
governed by the revised ACP pay structure on and from the 1st day of January, 2016, shall be
fixed in the following manner namely:-

(a) In the case of all employees covered under ACP Schemes

(i) The pay in the applicable ACP Level in the Pay Matrix shall be the pay obtained by
multiplying the existing basic pay by a factor of 2.57, rounded off to the nearest rupee
and the figure so arrived at will be located in that ACP Level and if such an identical
figure corresponds to any Cell in the applicable ACP Level, the same shall be the pay, and

(ii) If no such Cell is available in the applicable ACP Level, the pay shall be fixed at the
immediate next higher Cell in that applicable ACP Level. If the minimum of the revised

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ACP Level is more than the amount arrived at as per (i) above, the pay shall be fixed at
the minimum of the revised ACP Level;

Where a Government employee has been granted ACP between the period from 1st January, 2016
and the date of notification, to a post the Grade Pay of which has been merged with higher grade
pay or upgraded, opt for revised pay structure from a date later than 1st January, 2016 but in
their case the pay structure as on 31st December, 2015 of the post held by them on the date of
option shall be taken into account.

(b) in the case of employees who are in receipt of special pay/allowance in addition to pay in
the present scale which has been recommended for replacement by a pay band and grade
pay without any special pay/allowance, pay shall be fixed in the revised pay structure in
accordance with the provisions of (a) above:

(c) in the case of employees who are in receipt of special pay component with any other
nomenclature in addition to pay in the present scales, such as personal pay for promoting
small family norms, etc., and in whose case the same has been replaced in the revised
structure with corresponding allowance/pay at the same rate or at a different rate, the pay
in the revised structure shall be fixed in accordance with the provisions of clause (a)
above. In such cases, the allowance at the new rate as recommended shall be drawn in
addition to pay in the revised structure of pay from the date specified in the relevant
notifications related to these allowances;

(d) In the case of Medical Officers in respect of whom Non-Practicing Allowance (NPA) is
admissible, the pay in the revised ACP pay structure shall be fixed in the following
manner; namely:-

(i) The existing basic pay shall be multiplied by a factor of 2.57 and the figure so arrived at
shall be added to by an amount equivalent to Dearness Allowance on the pre-revised Non-
Practicing Allowance admissible as on 1st day of January, 2016. The figure so arrived at
will be located in the ACP Level and if such an identical figure corresponds to any Cell in
the applicable ACP level, the same shall be the pay, and if no such Cell is available in
the applicable Level, the pay shall be fixed at the immediate next higher Cell in that
applicable Level of the Pay Matrix.

(ii) The pay so fixed under sub-clause (i) shall be added by the pre-revised Non Practicing
Allowance admissible on the existing basic pay until further decision on the revised rates
of Non Practicing Allowance.

Note 1. A Government employee who is on leave including Study Leave on the 1st day of January,
2016, and is entitled to leave salary shall be entitled to pay in the revised ACP pay structure from
1st day of January, 2016 or the date of option for the revised pay structure.

Note 2. In case of Government employee under suspension, he shall continue to draw subsistence
allowance based on existing pay structure and his pay in the revised ACP pay structure will be

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subject to final order on the pending disciplinary proceedings or otherwise a final order, as the
case may be.

Note 3. Where the 'existing emoluments' exceed the revised emoluments in the case of any
Government employee, the difference shall be allowed as personal pay to be absorbed in future
increases in pay.

Note 4. Where a Government employee is in receipt of personal pay immediately before the date
of notification of these rules, which together with his existing emoluments exceed the revised
emoluments, then the difference representing such excess shall be allowed to such Government
employee as personal pay to be absorbed in future increase in pay.

Note 5.- (a) Where in the fixation of pay under this rule, the pay of a Government employee, who,
in the existing ACP pay structure was drawing immediately before the 1st day of January, 2016,
more pay than another Government employee junior to him in the same cadre, gets fixed in the
revised ACP pay structure in a cell lower than that of such junior, his pay shall be stepped up to
the same cell in the revised pay structure as that of the junior.

(b) In case where a senior Government employee granted ACP pay structure before the 1st day of
January, 2016, draws less pay in the revised ACP pay structure than his junior who is granted ACP
level on or after the 1st day of January, 2016, the pay of the senior Government employee should
be stepped up to an amount equal to the pay in the ACP pay structure as fixed for his junior.
The stepping up should be done with effect from the date of grant of ACP level to the junior
Government employee.

The stepping up under (a) and (b) above shall be done subject to the fulfillment of the following
conditions, namely:-

(i) both the junior and the senior Government employees should belong to the same cadre and
the ACP pay structure should be identical;

(ii) the present pay structure and the revised ACP pay structure of the lower and higher posts
in which they are entitled to draw pay should be the same;

(iii) the senior Government employee at the time he moved into 1st, 2nd or 3rd ACP, as the
case may be, should have been drawing equal or more pay than that of the junior;

(iv) the anomaly is directly as a result of the application of the provisions of Civil Services
Rules or any other rule or order regulating pay fixation on such promotion in the revised
pay structure:

Provided that if the junior officer was drawing more pay in the present pay structure than senior
by virtue of any advance increment(s) or otherwise granted to him on a personal measure, the
provisions of this sub-rule shall not be invoked to step up the pay of the senior officer.

(c) The order relating to re-fixation of the pay of the senior officer in accordance with clause (a)
and (b) shall be issued under the Haryana Civil Services Rules and the senior officer shall be
entitled to the next increment on completion of his required qualifying service with effect from the

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date of re-fixation of pay.

Note. The placement in the first, second or third ACP Level, as the case may be, does not
amount to a functional promotion but the benefit of one increment @ 3% (three percent) is
admissible in the ACP Level. On promotion from one post to another of higher level while drawing
pay in ACP Pay structure the benefit of one increment of promotion shall also be admissible,
however, such benefit of promotion shall not be admissible where the level of promotional post is
identical to or lower than the ACP Level in which the Government employee is drawing his pay
before promotion.

Rule - 19. Date of next increment in the revised ACP pay structure.
(1) There shall be two dates for grant of increment namely, 1st January and 1st July of every
year, instead of existing date of 1st July:

Provided that an employee shall be entitled to only one annual increment either on 1st January or
1st July depending on the date of grant of ACP upgradation.

Provided further that a Government employee who does not complete six months qualifying service
before the date of normal increment due on 1st July or 1st January, as the case may be, his date
of next increment shall be changed to 1st January or 1st July and shall be granted subject to
admissibility.

(2) The increment in respect of an employee on grant of financial upgradation during the period
between the 2nd day of January and 1st day of July (both inclusive) shall be granted on
1st day of January and the increment in respect of an employee on grant of financial
upgradation during the period between the 2nd day of July and 1st day of January (both
inclusive) shall be granted on 1st day of July.

(a) In case of an employee granted ACP during the period between the 2nd day of July, 2016
and the 1st day of January, 2017, the first increment shall accrue on the 1st day of July,
2017 and thereafter it shall accrue after one year on annual basis.

(b) In case of an employee granted ACP during the period between 2nd day of January, 2016
and 1st day of July, 2016, who did not draw any increment on 1st day of July, 2016, the
next increment shall accrue on 1st day of January, 2017 and thereafter it shall accrue
after one year on annual basis:

Provided that in the case of employees whose pay in the revised ACP pay structure has been
fixed as on 1st day of January, the next increment in the Level in which the pay was so fixed as
on 1st day of January, 2016 shall accrue on 1st day of July, 2016:

Provided further that the next increment after drawal of increment on 1st day of July, 2016 shall
accrue on 1st day of July, 2017.

Rule - 20. Fixation of pay from a date subsequent to the 1st day of January,
2016.
Where a Government employee continues to draw his pay in the present pay structure is brought

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over to the revised pay structure from a date later than the 1st day of January, 2016, his pay
from the later date in the revised pay structure shall be fixed in accordance with clause (A) of
sub-rule (1) of rule 18.

Rule - 21. Fixation of pay on placing in ACP Level on or after 01.01.2016.

(1) In the case of moving from one level to another in the revised ACP Level, the fixation shall
be done as follows:

One increment shall be added in the Cell of the Level of Government employee in which he is
drawing pay immediate before the grant of ACP level and he shall be placed at a Cell equal to
the figure so arrived at in the ACP Level and if no such Cell is available in the ACP Level, he
shall be placed at the next higher Cell in that ACP Level.

On enhancement in presumptive pay of previous level due to increment or otherwise while drawing
pay in the ACP Level, the pay of present level shall be re-fixed as if the incumbent has been
granted ACP Level on the date of such enhancement, if it is advantageous to him, as provided in
rule 4.14 (2) of Punjab Civil Services Rules Volume-I Part-I, applicable prior to 19th July 2016 and
rule 21 of Haryana Civil Services (Pay) Rules 2016, applicable from the 19th July, 2016.

Rule - 22. Mode of payment of arrears of pay.

The arrears shall be paid in cash preferably during the current financial year 2016-17.

Explanation. For the purposes of this rule;

(a) "arrears of pay" in relation to a Government employee means the difference between:

(i) the aggregate of the pay and dearness allowance to which he is entitled on account of the
revision of his pay under these rules, for the period effective from the 1st day of January,
2016; and

(ii) the aggregate of the pay and dearness allowance to which he would have been entitled
(whether such pay and dearness allowance had been received or not) for that period had
his pay and allowances not been so revised;

(b) The Interim Relief`2,000/- (Two thousand rupees only) per month paid to Group C and D
employees is discontinued from 1st January, 2016 and the same paid from 1st January,
2016 onwards shall be recovered from them.

(c) The Risk Allowance of Rs. 5,000/- (Five Thousand rupees only) per month granted to the
personnel of Haryana Police and Prisons Department Haryana vide instructions dated 19th
December, 2013 shall be continued till such time as may be separately ordered by the
Government.

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Rule - 23. Overriding effect of rules.

The provisions of Civil Services Rules or any other rules made in this regard shall not, save as
otherwise provided in these rules, apply to cases where pay is regulated under these rules to the
extent they are inconsistent with these rules.

Rule - 24. Power of relax.

Where the Government is satisfied that the operation of all or any of the provisions of these rules
causes undue hardship in any particular case, it may, by order, dispense with or relax the
requirements of that rule to such extent and subject to such conditions as it may consider
necessary for dealing with the case in a just and equitable manner.

Note. The relaxation so granted under this rule shall be deemed to have been given depending
upon the merit of such class and categories of Government employees and therefore, shall not
amount to any discrimination with other class and categories of Government employees.

Rule - 25. Power to make addition or deletion etc.

Where the Government is satisfied that there is a necessity to make additions or delete any class
or categories of posts or change the designations and structure of pay either permanently or
temporarily in the Schedules of these rules, the Government shall be competent to add or delete
or change such conditions. The provisions of these rules shall apply on such additions or deletions
or changes, as the Government may direct by specific orders or in the absence of that, all the
provisions of these rules shall apply as if the changes were made.

Rule - 26. Interpretation.

If any question arises relating to the interpretation of any of the provisions of these rules, it shall
be referred to the Finance Department through Administrative Department concerned.

Rule - 27. Residuary provisions.

In the event of any general or special circumstance which is not covered under these rules or about
which certain inconsistency comes to the notice, the matter shall be referred to the Government
and Government shall prescribe the conditions to be followed under such circumstances. Such
conditions as prescribed by the Government shall be deemed to be part of these rules. Further, if
the Government is satisfied that there is a requirement to prescribe certain additional conditions
under these rules, the Government shall prescribe such conditions and such additional conditions as
prescribed by the Government under this rule shall be deemed to be the part of these rules.

Schedule-A
Pay Band 1S, 4440-7440 PB-1, 5200-20200 PB-2, 9300-34800 PB-3, 15600-39100 PB4, 37400-67000 67000-79000
(HAG)
GP GP-1300 & 1400 1800 1900 2000 2400 2800 3200 3600 4000 4200 4600 4800 5400 6000 6400 6600 7600 8000 8700 8800 8900 9500 9800 10000
merged with
GP-1650
Entry Pay 6580 7000 7730 8460 9910 11360 12500 12900 13300 13500 17140 18150 20280 24600 25000 25350 29500 33110 46100 46200 46300 46900 47200 47400 67000
(pay in
PB +GP)
Index 2.57 2.57 2.57 2.57 2.57 2.57 2.57 2.57 2.57 2.62 2.62 2.62 2.62 2.67 2.67 2.67 2.67 2.67 2.57 2.57 2.67 2.67 2.67 2.72 2.72
level DL** 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
1 16900 18000 19900 21700 25500 29200 32100 33200 34200 35400 44900 47600 53100 65700 66800 67700 78800 88400 118500 118700 123600 125200 126000 128900 182200
2 17400 18500 20500 22400 26300 30100 33100 34200 35200 36500 46200 49000 54700 67700 68800 69700 81200 91100 122100 122300 127300 129000 129800 132800 187700
3 17900 19100 21100 23100 27100 31000 34100 35200 36300 37600 47600 50500 56300 69700 70900 71800 83600 93800 125800 126000 131100 132900 133700 136800 193300
4 18400 19700 21700 23800 27900 31900 35100 36300 37400 38700 49000 52000 58000 71800 73000 74000 86100 96600 129600 129800 135000 136900 137700 140900 199100
5 19000 20300 22400 24500 28700 32900 36200 37400 38500 39900 50500 53600 59700 74000 75200 76200 88700 99500 133500 133700 139100 141000 141800 145100 205100
6 19600 20900 23100 25200 29600 33900 37300 38500 39700 41100 52000 55200 61500 76200 77500 78500 91400 102500 137500 137700 143300 145200 146100 149500 211300
7 20200 21500 23800 26000 30500 34900 38400 39700 40900 42300 53600 56900 63300 78500 79800 80900 94100 105600 141600 141800 147600 149600 150500 154000 217600
8 20800 22100 24500 26800 31400 35900 39600 40900 42100 43600 55200 58600 65200 80900 82200 83300 96900 108800 145800 146100 152000 154100 155000 158600 224100
9 21400 22800 25200 27600 32300 37000 40800 42100 43400 44900 56900 60400 67200 83300 84700 85800 99800 112100 150200 150500 156600 158700 159700 163400
10 22000 23500 26000 28400 33300 38100 42000 43400 44700 46200 58600 62200 69200 85800 87200 88400 102800 115500 154700 155000 161300 163500 164500 168300
11 22700 24200 26800 29300 34300 39200 43300 44700 46000 47600 60400 64100 71300 88400 89800 91100 105900 119000 159300 159700 166100 168400 169400 173300
12 23400 24900 27600 30200 35300 40400 44600 46000 47400 49000 62200 66000 73400 91100 92500 93800 109100 122600 164100 164500 171100 173500 174500 178500
13 24100 25600 28400 31100 36400 41600 45900 47400 48800 50500 64100 68000 75600 93800 95300 96600 112400 126300 169000 169400 176200 178700 179700 183900
14 24800 26400 29300 32000 37500 42800 47300 48800 50300 52000 66000 70000 77900 96600 98200 99500 115800 130100 174100 174500 181500 184100 185100 189400
15 25500 27200 30200 33000 38600 44100 48700 50300 51800 53600 68000 72100 80200 99500 101100 102500 119300 134000 179300 179700 186900 189600 190700 195100
16 26300 28000 31100 34000 39800 45400 50200 51800 53400 55200 70000 74300 82600 102500 104100 105600 122900 138000 184700 185100 192500 195300 196400 201000
17 27100 28800 32000 35000 41000 46800 51700 53400 55000 56900 72100 76500 85100 105600 107200 108800 126600 142100 190200 190700 198300 201200 202300 207000
18 27900 29700 33000 36100 42200 48200 53300 55000 56700 58600 74300 78800 87700 108800 110400 112100 130400 146400 195900 196400 204200 207200 208400 213200
19 28700 30600 34000 37200 43500 49600 54900 56700 58400 60400 76500 81200 90300 112100 113700 115500 134300 150800 201800 202300 210300 213400 214700 219600

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20 2960031500350003830044800511005650058400602006220078800 83600 93000 115500117100119000138300155300207900208400

21 3050032400361003940046100526005820060200620006410081200 86100 95800 119000120600122600142400160000
22 3140033400372004060047500542005990062000639006600083600 88700 98700 122600124200126300146700164800
23 3230034400383004180048900558006170063900658006800086100 91400 101700126300127900130100151100169700
24 3330035400394004310050400575006360065800678007000088700 94100 104800130100131700134000155600174800
25 3430036500406004440051900592006550067800698007210091400 96900 107900134000135700138000160300180000
26 3530037600418004570053500610006750069800719007430094100 99800 111100138000139800142100165100185400
27 3640038700431004710055100628006950071900741007650096900 102800 114400142100144000146400170100191000
28 3750039900444004850056800647007160074100763007880099800 105900 117800146400148300150800175200196700
29 38600411004570050000585006660073700763007860081200102800109100 121300150800152700155300180500202600
30 39800423004710051500603006860075900786008100083600105900112400 124900155300157300160000185900
31 41000436004850053000621007070078200810008340086100109100115800 128600160000162000164800191500
32 42200449005000054600640007280080500834008590088700112400119300 132500164800166900169700197200
33 43500462005150056200659007500082900859008850091400115800122900 136500169700171900174800
34 44800476005300057900679007730085400885009120094100119300126600 140600174800177100180000
35 46100490005460059600699007960088000912009390096900122900130400 144800180000182400185400
36 47500505005620061400720008200090600 93900 96700 99800 126600134300149100185400187900191000
37 48900520005790063200742008450093300 96700 99600 102800130400138300153600
38 50400536005960065100764008700096100 99600 102600105900134300142400158200
39 51900552006140067100787008960099000 102600105700109100138300146700162900
40 535005690063200691008110092300102000105700108900112400142400151100167800

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