Lok Sabha Question No. 5106 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-02
Subject: Pay Fixation of re-employed Ex-servicemen
Ministry: COMMUNICATION
Asked by: Shri E T Mohammed Basheer

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5106 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  APRIL, 2025

## PAY FIXATION OF RE-EMPLOYED EX-SERVICEMEN

## 5106. SHRI E T MOHAMMED BASHEER:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Ministry of Communications has instructed Department of Posts to implement  the order of Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) vide ID Note No. 3/1/2024-P.P.Pay (Depn/reemp) Pt. 5 dated 09.08.2024 mentioned in Establishment Division/P.A.P. Section Department of Posts Dak Bhawan letter no. 02-61/2024-PAP dated 10/09/2024 with respect to the pay fixation of re-employed Ex-servicemen;

- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons for delay in implementation by the Department;
- (c) the number of Ex-servicemen got benefitted with the pay fixation, circle-wise;
- (d) whether Ministry of Communications proposes to instruct the Department of Posts to distribute a sample format of  pay fixation performa for following the same, Pan India; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (DR. PEMMASANI CHANDRA SEKHAR)

(a) & (b) The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) serves as the formulator of policy and the watch-dog of the Central Government, ensuring that certain accepted standards and norms, as laid down by it, are followed by all Ministries/Departments, including the Department of Posts under the Ministry  of  Communications.  These  standards  cover  various  aspects  such  as  recruitment,  service conditions,  postings/transfers,  deputations,  and  related  matters.  The  DoPT,  through  its  ID  Note  No. 3/1/2024-P.P.  Pay  (Dep/Re-emp)  Pt.5  dated  09.08.2024  addressed  to  Department  of  Posts,  merely clarified the applicability of Para 16(2) of OM No. 3/1/85-Estt-(Pay-II) dated 31.07.1986 in a specific case. No new general policy guidelines in the matter of fixation of Pay and Allowances of Ex-servicemen on appointment to Civil posts were issued in the said ID Note dated 09.08.2024. The Department of Posts, subsequently conveyed this clarification so received from DoPT to Delhi Circle with copies to all other Circles  through  Letter  No.  02-61/2024-PAP  dated  10.09.2024.  Thus,  the  instructions  were  promptly disseminated, and there was no delay in their circulation.

(c) to (e) The  pay  fixation  of  all  Ex-servicemen  appointed  to  civil  posts,  is  governed  by  the provisions  of  DoPT  OM  No.  3/1/85-Estt-(Pay-II)  dated  31.07.1986.  As  clarified  by  the  DoPT  in  its aforementioned ID Note dated 09.08.2024, the benefit under Para 16(2) of the ibid OM dated 31.07.1986 applies to Ex-Combatant Clerks and Storemen, appointed as Lower Division Clerks, Junior Clerks, and Store Clerks in civil posts. However, in the past five years, no Ex-servicemen have been appointed to the posts of Lower Division Clerks, Junior Clerks, and Store Clerks in the Department of Posts. Therefore, a sample format of pay fixation proforma for implementation across the Circles was not circulated.

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