We have reproduced Rules 14 and 13 of the respective rules which pertain to the date of next increment in a pay band. As noted, prior to the promulgation of the Rules of 2008, the increments were released in favour of a Government employee on different dates depending on the date of joining the service. However, the Central Government as well as the State Government rationalized this date of release of annual increment for all Government employees on 1st July of a particular year. In Rule 14 of Rules of 2008, therefore, it is provided that there will be uniform date of annual increment, namely, 1st July of every year. Such annual increment would be released to every employee completing 6 months and above in the running pay band as on 1st July. To obviate the difficulties of the existing employees, this rule provides that the first increment after fixation of pay on 01.09.2006 (i.e. the date from which the Rules of 2008 were made effective) or thereafter as per the option in the running pay band will be granted to the employees who had completed 6 months and above as on 01.07.2007. Similar provisions have been made in Rule 13 of the Rules of 2017.
