The employees shall be eligible to draw annual increments as a matter of course unless it is withheld under the orders of the competent authority.
Except in case of confirmation after probation, an increment shall become payable on the first day of the month in which it becomes due.
22. Pay Fixation,— (1) The pay of an employee on his first appointment on a regular basis shall be fixed at the minimum stage of pay-scale of the respective cadre:
Provided that, the Authority shall have the discretion to fix the salary of any employee, in the pay-scale applicable to him, on initial appointment in such way as to protect reasonably the emoluments of such employee in the earlier employment or as deemed appropriate by the Authority.
(2) When an employee is appointed to a higher post on promotion, his initial pay in the time scale of the higher post shall be fixed at the stage next above the pay notionally arrived at by increasing his pay in the lower post by one increment at the stage at which such pay has accrued:
Provided that, in case of an employee drawing pay at the maximum of the pay-scale, the amount of last increment shall be taken into account for pay fixation in the aforesaid manner.
(3) When an employee is appointed from a higher post to a lower post due to reversion or due to reduction of establishment, his pay in the lower post shall be fixed at the stage in the time scale of the lower post at which he would have drawn his pay had he been not appointed to the higher post.
(4) The pay of an employee, reappointed on regular basis after a physical break of more than 24 hours, due to any reason shall be fixed at the minimum of the time-scale.
(5) When a competent authority orders reversion of an employee from a higher post to a lower post as a penalty, the pay of such employee shall be fixed at a stage, not exceeding the maximum of the lower post.