Memorandum By AIRASA to Railway Board Regarding 3rd MACP after 20

years of First Promotion or 10 years after 2nd Promotion or 30 years of

Appointment
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Memorandum By AIRASA to Railway Board Regarding 3rd MACP after 20 years of First Promotion or 10
years after 2nd Promotion or 30 years of Appointment
ALL INDIA RAILWAY ACCOUNTS STAFF ASSOCIATION
MR. RAKESH GUPTA
VICE President, AIRASA
TA, N.RLY
JALANDHAR-144001
MR. PARTHO BHATTACHARJEE
PRESIDENT, AIRASA
KOLKATTA
No.AIRASA/Memo/RB/
Date : 1.11.2012
HONBLE FINANCIAL COMMISIONER
RAILWAY BOARD, NEW DELHI
Respected Sir,
Sub: MACPS - Reg: Grant of third financial upgradation under MACPS on completion of 20 years of
service from the first promotion OR 10 years after second promotion OR 30 years after regular
appointment - whichever is earlier.
Ref: 1.RBE No.101/2009, No.PC-V/2009/ACP/2, dated - 10.06.2009,
2.RBE No.143/2012, No.PC-V/2009/ACP/2 dated - 29.09.10
3. Railway Board's letter No.PC-V/2009/ACP/2, dated - 29.12.2011
4.Office of CPO/ICF letter No.PB/S2/MACP, dated - 21.01.2010.
1. We bring to your kind notice the need for issuing a clarification about granting of 3rd Financial up
gradation under MACP after completion of 20 years from the first promotion as per Railway Board's
orders and clarifications cited above reg: Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS).
2. As per Boards letter dated - 10.06.2009 cited above vide para 28, in the illustration - a Railway
servant is eligible to get the 3rd financial up-gradation under MACPS before the completion of 30 years
of service from the date of initial appointment. The illustration shows that 3rd financial upgradation
under MACPS shall be granted on completion of 8+10+10 = 28 years. Annexure I.

3. Again in the illustration shown in the para-5 of the same letter referred above it is stated that
Promotions earned/upgradation granted under the (old) ACP Scheme in the past to those grades which
now carry the same grade pay due to merger of pay scales/upgradations of posts recommended by the
Sixth Pay Commission shall be ignored for the purpose of granting upgradations under MACPS and
clearly illustrates that service rendered prior to 1.1.2006 should be counted for financial upgradation
under MACPS. Annexure II.
4. Clarification on grant of third financial upgradation after the completion of 30 years from the initial
appointment has been issued by Railway Board by vide RBE No.143/2010,No.PC-V/2009/ACP/2, Dated
29.09.10, only to extend the financial upgradation to those employees who got two financial
upgradations in 24 years, in the old ACP scheme without waiting for completion of 10 years from the
date of their second financial upgradation on the old ACP scheme. This has been clarified in the point
of doubt number -3 in the Railway Boards letter. But for this clarification these employees would be
eligible for their 3rd financial upgradation on completion of 34 years of service from the date of initial
appointment. Annexure III.
5. This principle has been emphasized in Railway Boards letter No: No.PC-V/2009/ACP/2, dated
29.12.2011. Annexure IV.
6. Some Zonal Railways / Production Units - without understanding the principle of 3 financial
upgradations, which can happen well before the completion of 30 years of service from the date of
initial appointment - are denying the benefit of 3rd
financial upgradation on completion of 20 years of service from the date of first promotion, that is,
granting 2nd Financial up gradation after the completion of 10 years from the first promotion received
by the employee and subsequent 3rd Financial up gradation after the completion of 10 years from the
second financial upgradation received by the employee including the service rendered by them prior to
1.1.2006 in the (old) ACP scheme.
7. One example of denial of 3rd financial upgradation after the completion of 20 years of service from
the date of first promotion, I.E.1992 PROMOTED AS AA AFTER INITIAL APPOINTMENT IN 1989 GOT MACP
IN 2002 APPLIED IN 2008 BUT 3 RD MACP DUE IN 2012 HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN. LETTER is attached
Annexure V.
8. It is, therefore, requested to issue clarification to all Zonal Railways & Production Units to Grant
third financial upgradation under MACPS on completion of 20 years of service from the first promotion
OR 10 years after second promotion Or 30 years after regular appointment whichever is earlier.
Yours faithfully,
sd/RAKESH GUPTA
VICE PRESIDENT, AIRASA