Serious anomaly in Accounts Cadre on Grant of MACP: Railway Board writes to DoPT

Serious anomaly in Accounts Cadre on Grant of MACP: Railway Board writes to DoPT on Recommendation of the Sixth Central Pay Commission-Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA/भारत सरकार

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS/रेल मंत्रालय

(Railway Board/रेलवे बोर्ड)

The undersigned is directed to refer to item-8 of summary record of discussion of the meeting of Joint Committee on MACPS held on 27-07-2012 wherein the issue relating to stepping up of pay of senior incumbents at par with junior incumbents getting more pay than the senior on account of pay fixation under MACP Scheme has been considered. In the meeting, it was agreed to consider the special dispensation regarding stepping up of pay in such situations separately and this Ministry was advised to send proposal in question.

2.  In context of the above, it is stated that in Accounts Cadre of this Ministry several cases of juniors drawing higher Grade Pay than the seniors as a result of grant of financial upgradation under MACPS have cropped up. The structure of Accounts cadre in this Ministry is as under:-

Accounts Clerks (-GP-1900/PB-1) (66 2/3% by direct recruitment & 33 1/3 % by promotion) | ↓
Junior Accounts Assistants (GP-2800/PB-1) 80% by DR, with graduate recruitment qualification 20% by promotion | ↓
Account Assistant (GP-4.200/PB-2) By promotionQualifying Appendix-II examination is necessary condition for promotion | ↓
| ↓ Sr. Section. Officer (A../Cs)(99%) GP-4800/PB-2) By promotion amongst Account staff having qualified Appendix-III examination.		| ↓ Sr. Accounts Assistant (1%)GP-4800/PB-2) By promotion from amongst Account Assistants not qualified in Appendix-III exam.

3. From the aforementioned promotion regarding recruitment and promotion of
Account Staff, it can be seen that for promotion to Sr. SO/Acs post all Accounts Staff viz.
Accounts Clerk (Acs), Junior Account Assistant (JAA) & Account Assistant (AA) constitute
as feeder and the only condition for promotion to Sr.SO(Acs) is qualifying Appendix-III Examination. In view of the position for promotion to Sr. SO (Acs) post, a JAA having qualified appendix-III examination can get directly promoted to Sr. SO(Acs) post, if there are sufficient number of vacancies. In case there are relatively lesser vacancy for Sr. SO
(Acs) post, the said JAA first get promoted as AA as per his seniority in JAA post and then to Sr. SO (Acs) post. As a result of this situation has arisen an illustrated below:-

S.No	Particular	(Employee ‘A’)	(Employee ‘B’) Junior	(Employee ‘C’) Junior
1.	Recruitment as A/Cs Clerk (GP 1900/-)	30/08/1985	23/08/1987	16/11/1990
2.	Year of passing Appendix-II A (IREM) Examination	1988	1990	1992
3.	Year of passing Appendix-III A	1991	1995	1996
4.	Promoted as JAA (GP 2800/-)	02/02/1993 1st promotion	25/11/1995 1st promotion	08/03/1997 1st promotion
	Promoted as AA (GP 4200/-)	02/02/1996 2nd promotion	| ↓	| ↓
6.	Promoted as Sr. SO (A/C) (GP 4800/-)	03/03/1996 3rd promotion	Directly promoted as Sr. SO (A/C) 12/10/1999 on2nd promotion	Directly promoted as Sr.SO on 21/02/20002nd promotion
7.	Financial upgradation ander MACPS	Not Admissible	Allowed GP of Rs.5400/PB-23rd promotion	Allowed GP of Rs.5400/PB-23rd promotion

4. In the illustration cited above, the entry grade (i.e. the post which employee has
joined on direct recruitment basis) for both, the Senior and Junior are same viz. Account
Clerk (G.P Rs.1900 of PB-1), the senior employee has qualified both the examination viz. Appendix II ‘A’ & Appendix III ‘A’ earlier than junior and also got promoted to
JAA post earlier than the junior. Thereafter, senior employee got first promotion to AA post as per his
senior position in JAA grade and then to Sr. S.O(Acs) post. Thus having earned three promotions the senior employee is not entitled for any further financial upgradation under
MACP Scheme. At junior employee’s turn for promotion to Sr. SO (Acs) post there was sufficient number of vacancies in that grade and, therefore he got directly promoted to Sr.S.O. (Acs)
post without being promoted to AA post. Because ‘the junior employee had earned only two promotions viz. from AC to JAA & JAA to Sr. SO (Acs)/GP 4800 of PB-2, they are allowed third financial upgradation under MACP Scheme to GP of
Rs.5400 of PB-2. This has given rise to anomalous situation of junior drawing higher Grade Pay than the senior despite the entry grade for both of them is same.

5. In view of the above situation when entry grade for both the senior and junior is
same, the senior having qualified both the examination earlier than junior and the senior got
promotion to ‘next promotional grade earlier than the junior, the admissibly of stepping up of pay of senior at par with their junior may please be considered and the decision taken be
communicated to this Ministry.

sd/-

(N.P. Singh)

Deputy Director, Pay Commission — V

Railway Board

Ministry of Railway’s I.D Note No.PC-V/2009/ACP/2/pt.1, dated:
26/08/2013.