Periods count for Increment
- All duty in a time scale of pay will count for increment [FR 26(a)]
- Service in a post carrying identical time scale of pay shall also count for increment [FR 26(b)]
- Service in a higher post shall count for increment in a post carrying lower scale of pay on re-appointment [FR 26(c)]
- Service in a post carrying lesser scale of pay shall not count for increment in the higher scale.
- All leave periods except extra ordinary leave taken without Medical Certificate shall count for increment
- Foreign service shall count for increment [FR 26(d)]
- Joining time will count for increment. But overstayal of joining time will not count for increment.
- Training period if treated as duty will count for increment
- Training period undergone on first appointment by direct recruitment to a post, during which the payis drawn at the minimum of the scale of pay, will count for increment in the scale of pay of that post w.e.f. 28.06.1982 (vide G.O.Ms.No.370,P&AR department, dated 26.06.1989) 7 of FR 26(a)
