EQUIVALENCE OF MILITARY RANKS WITH CIVIL APPOINTMENTS OF MAJOR CIVIL SERVICES ON THE BASIS OF PAY AFTER THE 6TH

CPC

Military Ranks Universal Civil IAS in the State IAS & Group A IPS IDAS IRS
Grades Government Services under
Central Staffing
Scheme
Lieut (GP 5400) PB-3 Junior Time Scale SDM / Addl DC/Addl Not Empanelled under Asst SP Asst CDA Asst Commissioner
(GP 5400) PB-3 DM CS Scheme
Capt (GP 6100) PB-3 -No equivalent- -No equivalent- -No equivalent- -No equivalent- -No equivalent- -No equivalent-

Major (GP 6600) PB-3 Senior Time Scale
(GP 6600) PB-3
-No equivalent- Junior Adm Grade
(GP 7600) PB-3
Lt Col (GP 8000) PB-4 -No equivalent-
Dy Secy or Jt Secy to Under Secy to Govt of Addl SP / Addl DCP or Dy CDA Deputy Commissioner
State Govt / DC/DM 1 India SP/SSP/DCP if posted
in charge of Distt (*See
Note Below)
Jt Secy or Addl Secy to Dy Secy to Govt of SP/SSP/DCP/AIG Jt CDA Joint Commissioner
State Govt / DC/DM 2 India (*See Note Below)
-No equivalent- -No equivalent- -No equivalent- -No equivalent- -No equivalent-

Col (GP 8700) PB-4 Non-Functional Special Secy to State Director to Govt of Selection Grade of IPS Addl CDA Addl Commissioner
Selection Grade / Selec Govt India
Grade (GP 8700) PB-4
Brig (GP 8900) PB-4 DIG/Conservator -No equivalent- -No equivalent- DIG (*See Note -No equivalent- -No equivalent-
Grade (GP 8900) PB-4 Below)
Maj Gen (GP 10000) Senior Adm Grade Secy to State Govt 3 Jt Secy to Govt of IGP (*See Note Below) CDA / IFA Commissioner
PB-4 (GP 10000) India
Lt Gen (HAG) Higher Adm Grade Principal Secy to State Addl Secy to Govt of Addl DGP PCDA Chief Commissioner /
(67000-79000) Govt / Financial India (*See Note Below) Director General
Commissioner 4
1
Both STS and JAG Officers can be posted as DCs/DMs/Collectors. STS officers at times can also be posted as Addl DCs/DMs. The nomenclature of Secretarial Ranks for STS and JAG officers also varies from State to
State.
2
Ditto as Footnote 1 above
3
Is equivalent in status to Maj Gen only if selected for empanelment as Jt Secy to Govt of India (Footnotes Continued on next page..)
4
Is equivalent in status to Lt Gen only if selected for empanelment as Addl Secy to Govt of India
Lt Gen (HAG+) : 33%
Lt Gens by seniority
Lt Gen (Army
Commander/VCOAS)
& Corps Commanders
(# See note below)
General
Higher Adm Grade + -No equivalent- -No equivalent- DGP Addl CGDA Member CBEC /
(75500-80000) (Spl Secy to Govt of India if (*See Note Below) CBDT
appointed)
Apex Scale Chief Secretary Secy to Govt of India DGP (One Cadre post CGDA Chairman CBEC /
(Fixed 80000) per State) CBDT
-No equivalent- -No equivalent- Cabinet Secretary -No equivalent- -No equivalent- -No equivalent-

EQUIVALENCE OF STATUS BETWEEN MILITARY RANKS AND CIVIL APPOINTMENTS ON THE BASIS OF WARRANT OF PRECEDENCE AS ON DATE

Irrespective of the pay equivalence, the President’s Secretariat vide notification No 33/Pres-79 dated 26 July 1979 (Amended upto Oct 2008) has laid down the status of military and civil
appointments till Maj Gen / Jt Secy to Govt of India for official functions. The layout of the same is as follows :

Cabinet Secretary (Article 11) – Chiefs of Services (Article 12) – Army Commanders / Vice Chiefs / Secretaries to Govt of India / Chief Secretaries within their States (Article 23) – Lt
Generals (Article 24) – Addl Secretaries to Govt of India / Chief Secretaries outside their States / DGs of CPOs / Director IB (Article 25) – Major Generals / Joint Secretaries to Govt of
India (Article 26)

PREPARED AND TABULATED BY :

Major Navdeep Singh, Advocate, Punjab & Haryana High Court
navdeepsingh . india @ gmail . com
www . indianmilitary . info

*Note on Appointments in the Indian Police Service : The Distt police in charge is known by variable nomenclature in different States. For example, irrespective of Grade, the said officer is known as SSP in Punjab & UP
but SP in Haryana and DCP in Metros. A Selection Grade IPS officer is also sometimes referred to as SSP. JAG Officer posted in Police HQrs is known as AIG.

*Officers of the rank of DIG, IGP, Addl DGP and DGP are only equated with their respective counterparts of the Army if selected to hold these appointments through Central empanelment under Govt of India. For example,
there may be an officer holding the appointment of DGP in a State but when the same officer is posted at the centre in a CPO, he/she may be placed two steps lower as an IGP. An officer of the rank of DGP is placed as
Special Secretary to Govt of India if posted on a Secretarial appointment as are other HAG+ officers.

# Corps Commanders not placed as Army Commanders due to lack of residual service are upgraded to Apex Scale of Rs 80,000 (fixed)