element.

If the basic pay so arrived does not correspond to any stage in the scale ofabsorption the pay maybe fixed at the stage next below duly allowing the difference aspersonal pay absorbable in future increments / increases of pay.Similarly if the pay arrived by adding pay element exceeds the maximum of thescale of absorption the pay should be fixed at the maximum duly allowing the differenceas personal pay to be absorbed in future increments / increases in pay. The personalpay allowed will be taken for the calculation of DA, CCA, and HRA. Fixation of pay on appointment to ex-cadre post: Railway servants on appointment to ex-cadre posts are entitled for the pay scaleattached to the ex-cadre post. If the ex-cadre post carry higher scale of pay fixation willbe done as in the case of promotion but the benefit of option for fixation of pay afterdrawl of increment in the lower post is not admissible. Fixation of pay on appointment from one ex-cadre post to another ex-cadre post: In the event of appointment from one ex-cadre post to another ex-cadre postcarrying identical scale of pay, the pay in the subsequent ex-cadre post should not beless than the pay drawn in the previous occasion. The period spent in the stage in theprevious occasion also account for increments.On second or subsequent appointment to excadre posts carrying higher scale ofpay, the pay should be fixed with reference to the cadre post and if the pay so fixed isless than the pay drawn in the previous ex-cadre post the difference may be allowed aspersonal pay absorbable in the future increments / increases of pay, provided theemployee had opted for ex-cadre pay scales in both the occasions. Fixation of pay on repatriation from ex-cadre post: On repatriation to cadre post the pay of the Railway servant is fixed with reference to the pay admissible in the cadre post.

Fixation of pay for running staff absorbed in a stationary post: In the case of absorption of running staff in stationary posts, the pay should be fixed by adding 30% to the pay of the employee in the running cadre subject to the minimum and maximum of the stationary post.
Fixation of pay on punishments: When a reduction to a lower post or time scale is ordered the Railway servantmay be allowed to draw the pay not exceeding the maximum of the lower post and thepay so

fixed should not exceed the pay which would have been allowed in that postunder normal circumstances.If the reduction to a lower post or time scale is ordered without the effect ofpostponing future increments, the Railway servant on restoration will be entitled to thepay which would have been drawn but for the penalty. If the penalty operates to