7th CPC Notification : Air Force Officers Pay Rules 2017

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA PART-II SECTION 4]
EXTRAORDINARY

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
(Department of Defence)
NOTIFICATION

Air Force Officers Pay Rules 2017

New Delhi, the 3rd May, 2017

SRO ________. In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution, the President hereby makes the following rules, namely:–

1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called Air Force Officers Pay Rules 2017.

(2) They shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of January, 2016.

2. Application.— (1) Save as otherwise provided by or under this rule, these rules shall apply to Air Force Officers who were on the effective strength of the Air Force as on the 1 st day of January, 2016, and those who join the Air Force thereafter; and to trainee Officers who were undergoing pre-Commission training on the 1st day of January, 2016, and to those trainee Officers who join the service after that date.

Provided that these rules shall not apply to Officers of National Cadet Corps the Air Force Reserve and the Auxiliary Air Force and re-employed Officers.

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

(a) “existing basic pay” means the pay drawn in the prescribed existing Pay Band and Grade Pay or pay in the existing scale, but it does not include any other types of pay like Special Pay, Military Service Pay, etc;

(b) “existing Pay Band and Grade Pay” in relation to an Officer means the Pay Band and the Grade Pay applicable to the rank held by the Officer as on the date immediately before the notification of these rules, in a substantive
capacity;

(c) “existing scale” in relation to an Officer, means the pay scale applicable to the rank held by the Officer as on the date immediately before the notification of these rules including the Higher Administrative Grade, Higher Administrative Grade+, Apex Scale and that applicable to the Chief of Air Staff in a substantive capacity;

Explanation.— For the purpose of this clause, the expressions “existing Basic Pay”, “existing Pay Band and Grade Pay” and “existing scale”, in respect of an Officer who, on the 1st day of January, 2016, was on deputation out of Indian Air Force or on leave or on foreign service,

or who would have on that date officiated in one or more lower posts but for his officiating in the higher post, shall mean such Basic Pay, Pay Band and Grade Pay or scale in relation to the rank which he would have held but for his being on deputation out of Indian Air Force or on leave or foreign service or as the case may be, but for his officiating in that post;

(d) “existing pay structure” in relation to an Officer means the present system of Pay Band and Grade Pay or the Pay Scale as per the Sixth Central Pay Commission applicable to the rank held by the Officer as on the date immediately before the coming into force of these rules, in a substantive capacity;

(e) “existing Military Service Pay” in relation to an Officer means the amount of Military Service Pay applicable to the rank held by him as on the date immediately before coming into force of these rules;

(f) “existing emoluments” mean the sum of (i) existing basic pay; (ii) existing Military Service Pay; and (iii) existing dearness allowance at the indexaverage as on 1st day of January, 2016;

(g) “Pay Matrix” means the Matrix specified in Part A of the Schedule, with Levels of pay arranged in vertical Cells as assigned to corresponding Pay Band and Grade Pay or scale;

(h) “Level” in the Pay Matrix, means the Level corresponding to the existing Pay Band and Grade Pay or scale specified in the Part A of the Schedule;

(i) “pay in the Level” means the pay drawn in the appropriate Cell of the Level as specified in Part A of the Schedule;

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