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Grant of notional increment (as due on 1° July/1 January) to those employees who had retired on 30" of June/31" of December before drawing the same —…

No. PC-V1/2020/CC/13 · 2024-12-03
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Circular numberNo. PC-V1/2020/CC/13
Date2024-12-03
TypeCommercial Circular
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Summary

Grant of notional increment (as due on 1° July/1 January) to those employees who had retired on 30" of June/31" of December before drawing the same — Re-iteration of Instructions reg benefit of notional increment are pronounced by any Court/Tribunal, the same shall be

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No, PC-VI/2020/CC/13 New Delhi, dated: 2/.05.2025

The General Managers/ Principal Financial Advisors,
All Zonal Railways & Production Units

Sub: Grant of notional increment (as due on 1° July/1 January) to those
employees who had retired on 30" of June/31" of December before drawing
the same — Re-iteration of Instructions reg.

Ref: Board’s letters No. PC-V1/2020/CC/13 dated 03.12.2024 & 19.02.2025.

Attention is invited to Board’s letters under reference (copies enclosed) whereby
necessary instructions/ clarifications on the issue of grant of benefit of notional increment to
those employees who had retired on 30" of June/31 of December before drawing the same
were circulated to all Zonal Railways/ PUs in light of interim order dated 06.09.2024
pronounced by Hon’ble Supreme Court in the clarificatory petition filed vide MA No.
2400/2024 (Union of India & Ors Vs M. Siddaraj).

2. Subsequently, the Hon’ble Apex Court vide their final order dated 20.02.2025 (copy
enclosed) had disposed of the aforesaid clarificatory petition inter-alia observing as under:

“Clauses (a), (b) and (c) of the order dated 06.09.2024 will be treated as final
directions. We are, however, of the opinion that Clause (d) of the order dated
06.09.2024 requires modification which shall now read as under:

"(दी In case any retired employee filed an application for intervention/ impleadment/
writ petition/original application before the Central Administrative Tribunal/ High
Courts/this Court, the enhanced pension by including one increment will be payable for
the period of three years prior to the month in which the application for intervention/
impleadment/ writ petition/ original application was filed.”

Further, clause (d) will not apply to the retired government employee who filed a writ
petition’ original application or an application for intervention before the Central
Administrative Tribunal/ High Courts/this Court after the judgment in “Union of India
& Anr v. M. Siddaraj”, as in such cases, clause (a) will apply.

Recording the aforesaid, the miscellaneous applications are disposed of.”

हि Consequent to above final directions of Hon’ble Supreme Court, DOP&T vide their
O.M. dated 20.05.2025 (copy enclosed) has issued further clarification/ guidelines regarding
grant of notional increment. The said guidelines/clarifications have been adopted on all Indian
Railways vide Board’s letter dated 21.05.2025 (copy enclosed).

4. Despite necessary instructions/ clarifications on notional increment issued from
Board’s office, there have been instances where the orders pronounced by various Courts/
Tribunals are not being complied within the stipulated time period by the field units which is
resulting in an exponential increase in the number of filing of contempt cases against the senior
officials of Railway Board and the Zonal Railways.

3. Hence, all Zonal Railways/PUs are hereby advised that whenever orders granting the
benefit of notional increment are pronounced by any Court/Tribunal, the same shall be
thoroughly scrutinized and after ascertaining the eligibility for grant of notional increment, the
orders shall be implemented in letter & spirit granting the benefit in light of Board’s
instructions/ clarifications issued from time to time. Needless to say, earnest efforts should be
made to finalize the cases without reaching at the contempt stage.

6. In any unforeseen circumstances of contempt proceedings being initiated, it is advised
that all such contempt cases shall be monitored regularly at the level of JAG officer for any
procedural lapses in effective handling of these cases and ensure that no unpleasant situation
shall arise owing to non-compliance of orders pronounced by various courts of law.

DA: As above
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(Sundeep Pal)

Executive Director, Pay Commission
Railway Board

Tel. No. 011-47845117

Email add: sundeep.p@gov.in
4" floor, Room No. 7

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