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Regulation of Increment during the Course and after expiry of Penalty Period
4. Grant of increment during the course of pendency of disciplinary proceedings and expiry
of penalty imposed against an individual will be regulated in accordance with the instructions
contained in FR 24, 25 and 26.
Advance Increment
5. This increment is granted to the Govt employees by authority competent to create a post
in accordance with the conditions prescribed under the FR 27. In the case of increments granted
in advance, it is the intention that the officer should be entitled to increment in the same manner
as if he had reached his position in the scale in the ordinary course. While granting the
advance/premature increment by the competent authority, no reason for doing so need to assign.
Special Increment (Personal pay) for Undergoing Sterilisation Operation
6. The Central Govt employees, or spouse, who undergo sterilisation operation to observe
„Small Family Planning Scheme‟ after having one/two/three surviving children may be granted a
special increment in the form of personal pay equal to the amount of next increment due at the
time of grant of concession and in case of persons drawing pay at the maximum, the rate of
personal pay would be equal to the amount of increment last drawn which will remain fixed
during the entire service and will not be absorbed in future increase of pay either in the same
post or on promotion to higher posts. The grant of the concession will be subject to the
following conditions :-
(a) In the case of male Govt servant, he should not be over 50 years and his wife
should be between 20 to 45 years of age. A Female employee‟s age should not be over
45 and her husband‟s age not over 50.
(b) The sterilisation operation should be conducted in and the sterilisation certificate
issued by Central Govt Hospital/CGHS/State Govt Hospital/Clinic and voluntary
institution getting grants from the Govt of India/State Government or certificate from the
private medical practitioner/private hospital duly countersigned by a civil
Surgeon/District Medical Officers CGHS/Central Govt Hospital.
Auth : HQ DGBR letter No. 14007/P/Gen/21/DGBR/E1B dt 16 Jul 96.
7. Where both husband and wife are Govt servants, the personal pay (i.e, special increment
under family welfare programme) can be drawn by either husband or the wife and there is no
objection to choice being left to them so that they can choose the higher of two increments
available to them for benefits.
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