Entitlement of Government employees to travel by Air or Rail on Official duty shall be regulated as below :-

Grade—I (a) Employees drawing grade pay of Rs.8,800/- or more (including Officers of All India Service) serving in the State. Air or Air-conditioned First Class by Rail irrespective of whether the journey is within or outside the State. Grade—I (b) Employees drawing grade pay of Rs.6,600/- or more (including Officers of All India Service) serving in the State. i) Air Journey outside the State. ii) First Class or Air-conditioned Second Class by Rail for journey within or outside the State

Grade—II Employees drawing grade pay of Rs.4,400/- and above but below Rs.6,600/- First Class by Rail

Grade—III & IV Employees drawing grade pay below Rs.4,400/- Second Class by Rail

The Officers drawing the grade pay of Rs 10,000 and above are eligible to travel by air in Executive class.

Increment

The next annual increment in the revised pay structure shall be due on the date normally due in the existing scale of pay in four quarters viz., January, April, July and October except in cases where the pay of a Government employee is stepped up due to junior getting more pay than senior for whom the next increment shall be on completion of one year of service from the date of such stepping up of pay.

The annual increment shall be at the rate of three per cent of the pay + grade pay in the revised pay scales

STAGNATION INCREMENT : (i) The employees drawing Grade pay of Rs.6,600/- and above on completion of every 10 years of service shall be granted one increment at the rate of three per cent of basic pay including Grade pay.

(ii) In the case of employees who have completed 30 years of continuous service in the same post, they shall be granted one bonus increment at the rate of three per cent of basic pay including Grade pay.

(iii) In respect of employees who reached the maximum of the revised pay scale shall be allowed biennial increment at the rate of three per cent of basic pay including Grade pay as stagnation increment.