Important revisions have been introduced to the remuneration framework for personnel serving in the Indian Forest Service. These updates stem from recommendations put forth by the Fifth Central Pay Commission and are aimed at streamlining pay structures. Specifically, the amendments modify existing provisions within the Indian Forest Service (Pay) Rules, 1968, by reclassifying ‘special pays’ as ‘special allowances’ for officers holding senior scale positions under State Governments. The revised guidelines further clarify that the precise amount of these special allowances, which can range from Rs.100 to Rs.800, will be periodically determined by the respective State Government. A notable aspect of these changes is their retrospective application, coming into effect from August 1, 1997, ensuring that eligible officers benefit from these adjustments from the specified date.
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(TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, PART II SECTION 3(i)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
New Delhi, dated 21 December, 1998.
NOTIFICATION
GSR…. In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with sub-section (1A) of section 3 of the All India Services Act, 1951 (61 of 1951), the Central Government, after consultation with the Governments of the States concerned, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Indian Forest Service (Pay) Rules, 1968, namely:
- (1) These rules may be called the Indian Forest Service (Pay) Third Amendment Rules, 1998.
(2) They shall be deemed to have come into force on the first day of August, 1997.
- In Schedule III to the Indian Forest Service (Pay) Rules, 1968, –
(a) in the heading “B-Posts carrying pay in the senior scale of the Indian Forest Service under the State Governments including posts carrying special pays in addition to pay in the time scale”, for the words “special pays”, the words “special allowance” shall be substituted;
(b) under the heading “B-Posts carrying pay in the senior scale of the Indian Forest Service under the State Governments including posts carrying special pays in addition to pay in the time scale”, –
(i) for the words “special pay”, wherever they occur, words “special allowance” shall be substituted;
(ii) for clause (2), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: –
“(2) The amount of any special allowance which may be sanctioned by the State Governments under clause (1A), shall be Rs.100, Rs.600, or Rs.800, as may, from time to time, be determined by the State Government concerned.”
[No.11021/1/98-ATS(TT)-C]
(Y.P. Dhingra)
Desk Officer
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The Central Government has decided to implement the recommendations made by the Fifth Central Pay Commission relating to the grant of special pay to the members of the All India Services with effect from the 1st August, 1997. With a view to implement this decision, the Indian Forest Service (Pay) Rules, 1968 are being amended accordingly with effect from the 1st August, 1997.
It is certified that no member of the Indian Forest Service is likely to be adversely affected by giving retrospective effect to these amendments.
[No. 14021/4/98-AIS(II)-C]
(Y.P. Dhingra)
Desk Officer
Note:- The Principal Rules were published in the Gazette of India vide Notification No.2/11/56-AIS(IV) dated 2.3.1968 as GSR No. 482 dated the 16th March, 1968 and subsequently amended vide
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| 1. | 2. | 3. |
| 1. | 1831 | 12-10-1968 |
| 2. | 1830 | 12-10-68 |
| 3. | 124 | 18-1-69 |
| 4. | 770 | 15-3-69 |
| 5. | 1269 | 31-5-69 |
| 6. | 2176 | 13-9-69 |
| 7. | 603 | 11.4.70 |
| 8. | 750 | 9.5.70 |
| 9. | 103(E) | 24.1.71 |
| 10. | 662 | 8.5.71 |
| 11. | 22E | 11.1.72 |
| 12. | 46E | 20.1.72 |
| 13. | 493 | 29.4.72 |
| 14. | 401E | 2.9.72 |
| 15. | 1313 | 14.10.72 |
| 16. | 1157 | 27.10.73 |
| 17. | 344 | 6.4.74 |
| 18. | 472E | 15.11.74 |
| 19. | 781 | 28.6.75 |
| 20. | 408E | 16.6.75 |
| 21. | 222E | 16.6.75 |
| 22. | 251E | 3.8.76 |
| 23. | 2268 | 23.8.75 |
| 24. | 2558 | 26.10.75 |
| 25. | 832E | 26.7.78 |
| 26. | 445E | 6.7.76 |
| 27. | 1285 | 1.10.77 |
| 28. | 632E | 5.10.77 |
| 29. | 14E | 6.1.76 |
| 30. | 696 | 3.6.78 |
| 31. | 361E | 13.7.78 |
| 32. | 362E | 13.7.78 |
| 33. | 935 | 29.7.78 |
| 34. | 437E | 29.8.78 |
| 35. | 773 | 9.6.79 |
| 36. | 487E | 25.8.80 |
| 37. | 563E | 30.9.80 |
| 38. | 566E | 1.10.80 |
| 39. | 1075 | 18.10.80 |
| 40. | 1035 | 1.11.80 |
| 41. | 827E | 3.11.80 |
| 42. | 632E | 4.11.80 |
| 43. | 22E | 17.1.81 |
| 44. | 32E | 23.1.81 |
| 45. | 361E | 23.5.81 |
| 46. | 377E | 2.6.81 |
| 47. | 387E | 9.6.81 |
| 48. | 601E | 16.11.81 |
| 49. | 606E | 17.11.81 |
| 50. | 654E | 14.12.81 |
| 51. | 295E | 1.4.82 |
| 52. | 355E | 26.4.82 |
| 53. | 357E | 27.4.82 |
| 54. | 439E | 31.5.82 |
| 55. | 531E | 20.8.82 |
| 56. | 25E | 12.1.83 |
| 57. | 479E | 9.6.83 |
| 58. | 838E | 8.11.83 |
| 59. | 32 | 21.1.84 |
| 60. | 119 | 11.1.84 |
| 61. | 94E | 19.2.85 |
| 62 | 127E | 28.2.85 |
| 63. | 309E | 26.3.85 |
| 64. | 328E | 29.3.85 |
| 65. | 490E | 22.6.85 |
| 66. | 204E | 14.2.86 |
| 67. | 267 | 12.4.86 |
| 68. | 665 | 30.3.86 |
| 69. | 764 | 20.9.86 |
| 70. | 779 | 27.9.86 |
| 71. | 797 | 27.9.85 |
| 72. | 830 | 4.10.86 |
| 73. | 838 | 4.10.86 |
| 74. | 881 | 18.10.86 |
| 75. | 165 | 14.3.87 |
| 76. | 286E | 13.3.87 |
| 77. | 408 | 30.5.87 |
| 78. | 618 | 15.8.87 |
| 79. | 801 | 31.10.87 |
| 80. | 827 | 7.11.87 |
| 81. | 837 | 14.10.87 |
| 82. | 838 | 14.11.87 |
| 83. | 433E | 6.4.88 |
| 84. | 547E | 4.5.88 |
| 85. | 835E | 3.8.88 |
| 86. | 353E | 10.3.89 |
| 87. | 553E | 16.5.89 |
| 88. | 455 | 1.7.89 |
| 89. | 833 | 11.11.39 |
| 90. | 917 | 16.12.40 |
| 91. | 934 | 30.12.40 |
| 92. | 265 | 5.1.90 |
| 93. | 589 | 22.9.90 |
| 94. | 604 | 29.9.90 |
| 95. | 727 | 8.12.90 |
| 96. | 729 | 8.12.90 |
| 97. | 126(E) | 5.3.91 |
| 98. | 474 | 24.8.91 |
| 99. | 526 | 14.9.91 |
| 100. | 563 | 5.10.91 |
| 101. | 583 | 19.10.91 |
| 102. | 22 | 9.1.93 |
| 103. | 539(E) | 6.8.1993 |
|---|---|---|
| 101. | 537(E) | 6.8.1993 |
| 105. | 686(E) | 4.11.1993 |
| 106. | 688(E) | 4.11.1993 |
| 107. | 438(E) | 9.5.1994 |
| 108. | 384 | 30.7.1994 |
| 109. | 515 | 22.10.1994 |
| 110. | 593 | 3.12.1994 |
| 111. | 265 | 3.6.1995 |
| 112. | 277 | 10.6.1995 |
| 113. | 340 | 22.7.1995 |
| 114. | 359 | 29.7.1995 |
| 115. | 376 | 12.8.1995 |
| 116. | 481 | 18.11.1995 |
| 117. | 504 | 2.12.1995 |
| 118. | 505 | 2.12.1995 |
| 119. | 551 | 16.12.1995 |
| 120. | 76(E) | 5.2.1996 |
| 121. | 78(E) | 5.2.1996 |
| 122. | 586(E) | 26.12.1996 |
| 123. | 588(E) | 26.12.1996 |
| 124. | 590(E) | 26.12.1996 |
| 125. | 18(E) | 17.1.1997 |
| 126. | 598(E) | 17.10.1997 |
| 127. | 414 | 20.12.1997 |
| 128. | 41 | 21.2.1998 |
| 129. | 170 | 29.8.1998 |
| 130. | 187 | 26.9.1998 |
| 131. | 618(E) | 14.10.1998 |
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