Government of West Bengal Personnel & Administrative Reforms Department W.B.C.S. Cell Nabanna, Howrah, Pin - 711102 NOTIFICATION No. 180-PAR(WBCS)/ID - 34/21 Dated 08/02/2021 1. Short title and commencement. 2. Application of the Rule. 3. Definitions. In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution of India, the Governor is pleased hereby to make the following rules, namely:~ Rul (1) These Rules may be called the West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) Officers’ (Pay) Rules, 2021 (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from 1% January 2021 (1) Save as otherwise provided by or under these rules, these rules shall apply to persons appointed to the West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) cadre appointed in accordance with the Rule 4 of the West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) Recruitment Rules, 1978. (2) Unless specifically extended under express order of the Government, these rules shall not apply to — (a) a member of the service who has retired on or before the afternoon of the 31" December, 2020, and () a member of the service who has been re-employed after retirement In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires: (2) “Basic pay’ means the pay drawn or liable to be drawn by an officer in the revised pay structures as determined under the West Bengal Services (Revision of Pay and Allowance) Rules, 2019, (b) “benchmark score of Seif Appraisal Report’ shall mean the minimum numerical weighted mean score arrived at fromoverall grading of Self Appraisal Report of last five years from the material point of time, scoring above which an officer shall be regarded as fit for advancement or empanelment, as the case may be, to the next higher grade; (c) “cadre" herein shall mean the West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) cadre: (4) “Cadre Officer” means an officer of the West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) cadre recruited under West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) Recruitment Rules, 1978; (e) ‘departmental examination’ means such examination conducted under West Bengal Services (Training & Examination) Rules, 1953 the passing of which under his service rules is a precondition for confirmation in the service in order to be eligible to be confirmed in the service; (f) "Direct Recruit” means a member of the cadre appointed directly through competitive examination conducted by the West Bengal Public Service Commission in accordance with the Rule 4(1)(a) of West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) Recruitment Rules, 1978; (g) ‘existing scale” means, ~ (in relation toa member of the cadre, the existing scale applicable to the post held by the him or, as the case may be, the personal scale applicable to him on the date of Notification of this rule, on account of his advancement or empanelment to a higher scale under specific or general orders of the Government, whether in a substantive or officiating or temporary capacity, and (li) in the case of a member of the cadre, who was on the date of notification of this rule, on deputation or on foreign service or on leave or who would have on that date officiated in one or more lower posts but for his officiating in a higher post, the scale of pay applicable to the post which he would have held;(h) “Existing Emoluments* means the sum of exi 19 Pay and existing dearness allowance allowed to the basic pay as and any other pay or allowances as may be determined by the Government time to time; (i) “Level in the pay matrix” shall mean the level corresponding to the existing pay band and grade pay as specified in schedule of the West Bengal services (revision of pay and allowances) Rules, 2019, @) “Promoted Officer’ means an officer appointed to the West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) in accordance with the methods stipulated in clause (b) or clause (c) of sub-rule (1) of Tule 4 of the West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) Recruitment Rules, 1978 as amended; (k) “Pay matrix’ means matrix specified in schedule i and schedule ji with levels of pay arranged in vertical cells as assigned to corresponding existing pay band and grade pay as mentioned in West Bengal services (revision of pay and allowances)Rules 2019. ()) *Pay" in the level means pay drawn in the appropriate cell of the level as specified in schedule-| and schedule-II_ as mentioned in West Bengal services (revision of pay and allowances)Rules,2019. (m) "Member of the Service" means a member of the West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) cadre; (n) "Schedule" means a Schedule appended to these rules, which ‘would be considered to be an integral part of this rules; (0) “Service” means the West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) service; (p) “Government” means the Government of West Bengal; (q) “Special Pay" shall be as defined in the West Bengal Service Rule Part | and as amended time to time.Note 1- terms and expressions not defined in these rules shall have the same meaning as respectively assigned to them in the West Bengal Services (Revision of Pay and Allowance) Rules, 2019, West Bengal Service Rule Part |, West Bengal Service Rule Part Il, West Bengal Services (Training & Examination) Rules, 1953, West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) Recruitment Rules, 1978 and such other relevant rules or order or as amended time to time. Note 2- The benchmark score applicable to the members of the service for advancement to a higher grade shall be such numerical value as noted against respective grade mentioned in ‘Schedule |. 4. Scales of payon —_The scales of pay admissible to a member of the Service under the appointment and — West Bengal Services (Revision of Pay and Allowance) Rules, 2019, subsequent shall be as follows: progression to higher levels. _(1)(a) Entry level / Junior Scale On being appointed as a member of (b) the Cadre, his pay will be fixed at level 16 in the Pay Matrix in ‘accordance with the method and schedule as specified in West Bengal Services (Revision of Pay and Allowance) Rules, 2019 ‘or any other Rules or Notification issued by the Government from time to time. Senior Time Scale- An officer, confirmed in the service under the provisions contained in The West Bengal Services (Appointment, Probation and Confirmation) Rules, 1979 and after satisfactory completion of eight years of service shall move to the level 17 in the Pay Matrix of West Bengal Services (Revision of Pay and Allowance) Rules, 2019 as career advancement provided he has achieved the prescribed benchmark score of Self Appraisal Report. On such advancement, his Pay in this level shall be fixed in accordance with the method and schedule specified in West Bengal Services (Revision of Pay and Allowance) Rules, 2019,awarding him two adcitional increments in the higher level, in ‘addition to the normal increment admissible in the lower level to the officer as per West Bengal Service Rule Part | Having appointed in this level, the cadre officer shall be designated as Deputy Secretary when posted at the Secretariat and equivalent to the rank of Deputy Secretary when posted outside the secretariat and will get all the entitlements, rank and status, applicable with this designation. (c) Junior Administrative Grade - An officer, after satisfactory completion of Sixteen years of service, shall move to the level 19 in the Pay Matrix of West Bengal Services (Revision of Pay and Allowance) Rules, 2019 as career advancement provided he has achieved the benchmark score of Self Appraisal Report, On such advancement, his Pay in this level shall be fixed in accordance with the method and schedule specified in West Bengal Services (Revision of Pay and Allowance) Rules, 2019 awarding him two additional increments in the higher level, in Addition to the normal increment in the lower level admissible to the officer as per West Bengal Service Rule Part | Having appointed in this level, the cadre officer shall be designated as Senior Deputy Secretary when posted at the Secretariat and equivalent to the rank of Senior Deputy Secretary when posted outside the secretariat and will get all the entitlements, rank and status, applicable with this designation. (2) Subject to the availability of vacant posts in the relevant Levels, eligible officers of the cadre shall be appointed to the next higher Levels in the Pay Matrix, as given below, in the following manner (i) Selection Grade- Level 21 in the Pay Matrix (i) Senior Selection Grade- Level 22 in the Pay Matrix (i) Super Time Scale- Level 24 in the Pay Matrix Provided that appointment of a member of the cadre to a higher5. Administrative Special level shall be made- (@) with due regards to seniority of the officers in the cadre as per civil list published and updated from time to time by the cadre controlling authority, (b) Achieving required benchmark score of Self Appraisal Report and clearance of the officer from vigilance's angle. Provided further that an officer of the cadre, even s/he is otherwise eligible, shall not be promoted to next higher level if he has not completed satisfactory service of 2 (two) years in his level of Pay Matrix. Provided also that, If the State Government in the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms considers it expedient to do so in the public interest, it would be empowered to relax the mandatory condition of minimum service mentioned in the First Proviso above. (3)(@) An officer of the Cadre, on being appointed to the Levels mentioned in Rule-(4)(2) by progression, and posted in the State Secretariat shall enjoy the following designations:- (i) At Level 21 in the Pay Matrix- Joint Secretary (i) At Level 22 in the Pay Matrix- Additional Secretary (ili) At Level 24 in the Pay Matrix- Special Secretary Provided that when an officer is posted outside the secretariat he will enjoy same rank and status and all the entitlements enjoyed by an officer of respective level, who may be posted in the State Secretariat. Pay of an officer who is appointed to any of the levels mentioned in Rule-(4)(2) by advancement, shall be fixed in each level in accordance with the method and schedule specified in West Bengal Services (Revision of Pay and Allowance) Rules, 2019 and awarding him two additional increments in the higher levels, in addition to the normal increment admissible in the respective lower levels to the officer as per West Bengal Service Rule Part | An officer of this cadre shall be eligible to draw Leave Compensation Allowance / Special Allowance as described init Allowance, Adoption of existing emoluments. a) Fixation of initial Pay of fresh recruits. Increment during probation period. Regulation of (ty increments. @) Schedule Il or any other Notification issued by the Government time to time modifying the entitlement or the Schedule II as the case may be. ‘An existing officer of the cadre shall continue to enjoy all the existing emoluments as he/she has been enjoying immediately before the date of effect of these Rules. The initial pay of a direct recruit shall be fixed at the minimum of the Entry Level officers in such manner as has been described in Rule 42 of the West Bengal Service Rules (Part-!) in the appropriate level of the Pay Matrix under in the West Bengal Services (Revision of Pay and Allowance) Rules, 2019. In cases of fixation of pay of an officer who has been appointed (on Promotion to the West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) cadre, his pay would be fixed in the manner described in rule 42A of the West Bengal Service Rules (Part). A direct recruit member of the service, during the period of his Probation shall be eligible to draw his increments as per rule 13 of the West Bengal Services (Training & Examination) Rules, 1953. Provided that, rule 14 of the said rules shall govern the manner of increment of a member of the service promoted in the cadre in accordance with the methods stipulated in clause (b) or clause (c) Of sub-rule (1) of rule 4 of the West Bengal Ci (Executive) Recruitment Rules, 1978, The rate of increment shall be regulated in accordance with the ‘West Bengal Services (Revision of Pay and Allowance) Rules, 2019 or any other Rules for the time being in force or in such manner as specified by the Government time to time. ‘The number of additional increments for the officers of the cadre shall be regulated as per the provisions mentioned in Rule 4.10. Overriding effect of these Rules. 11. Power to amend schedule, 12. Power to remove difficult 13. Power to give relaxations. The provisions of these Rules shall have effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other Rules, Schemes, Orders or Notifications for the time being in force and all such Rules, Orders or Notifications governing the service conditions of this cadre. Government in the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms would be empowered to amend any of the schedules or Part thereof, in the public interest with the approval of appropriate authority If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of these rules, the State Government may, by Notifications, remove such difficulty with a view to clarify the provision of the rules. If the State Government is satisfied that the operation of any of the provisions of these rules causes undue hardship to any member of the service, it may, by order, dispense with or relax the requirement of any of these rules to such extent and subject to such conditions may be consider necessarySchedule -I (See Note 2 of Rule 3.) Minimum average rating will be required for awarding different Scales of Pay as following : Number of old | Calculation of | Average and new formats | rating on weight | Minimum rating required for promotion/movement to of ACR/SAR weighted mean the scale of pay ( pre-revised ) | Scale [Seale [Scale | Scale | Scale No.7 |No18 | No.19 | No.20 | No.21 (45%) | (55%) | (65%) | (75%) | (asx) | 5 ACRs 5xae5, 4 1.80 2.20 2.60 3.00 3.40 @ACRS+1SAR | (4x4+1x9)25|5 2.25 275 (325 (375 [aa | SACRE+2SARs [(3x4+2«9)45]6 270 [330 [390 [450 |s.0 2 ACRs + 3 SARS (2x443x9)25/7 3.15 3.85 455 5.25 5.95 TACRs + 4 SARS | (1x44+4x9)+5/8 3.60 4.40 5.20 6.00 6.80 5S SARs. 5x95 9 4.05 4.95 | 5.85, | 6.75 7.65 | The following procedure will be adopted for calculation of five years’ average rating including SAR 2017-18 onwards: SARs with overall grading outstanding (8.01 to 10 ) will be given a score of 9 SARs with overall grading very good (6.01 to 8 ) will be given a score of 7 SARs with overall grading good (4.01 to 6 ) will be given a score of 5 SARs with overall grading average/below average (2.01 to 4/0 to 2 ) will be given a score of 0Schedule — 1 (See Rule 5) 1, Cash Compensation to all the Block Development Officers of the State which will be equivalent to 30 (thirty) days of their Pay and Dearness Allowances for every completed year of service as on 30th June of every year or on pro-rata basis for the completed months of service. 2. Posts which will be eligible for Special Allowance: Particulars of Posts Admissible Administrative / Special Allowance [Deputy Magistrate & Deputy Collector Rs. 1200/- Sub-Divisional Officer Rs. 1200/- Additional District Magistrate Rs. 1200/- District Magistrate Rs. 1300/- Joint Secretary Rs. 1000/- ‘Additional Secretary Rs. 1000/- Special Secretary Rs. 1000/- By order of the Governor hug Addl. Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal