BRIEF NOTE ON THE DEMAND FOR UPGRADED PAY UNDER PART B OF CCS (REVISED PAY) RULES, 2008 FOR HEADMASTERS (PRIMARY) AND HEADMASTERS (MIDDLE) UNDER THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION
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On the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission, the Govt. of India has granted upgraded pay for teachers, Vice Principals and Vice Principals and it has been included in Part B of the Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008. Grade Pay for the next Grade of each category of teachers has also been mentioned in the said rules, leaving no room for any ambiguity. However, it has been noticed that this upgraded pay has not been extended to the Headmasters (Primary) and Headmasters (Middle). Most of the Headmasters (Primary) and Headmasters (Middle) have already got the 1st and 2nd financial upgradation under the ACP Scheme in the posts of Primary School Teacher and Graduate Trained Teacher respectively, before they became Headmasters and before the effective date of implementation of the 6th CPC recommendations and were drawing the pay scales of teachers. On becoming Headmasters, these Headmasters were not given any Pay Fixation benefits as they were already in the same scale of pay or more than that.
As per Part B of the CCS (RP) Rules, 2008, the Grade Pay of PST is Rs. 4200. Grade Pay of Rs. 4600 is allowed to the PST on getting 1st ACP and Rs. 4800 is extended to PST on getting 2nd ACP. Since the post of Headmaster (Primary) has not been included in the Part B, they have been given the replacement Grade Pay of Rs. 4200 which is the Grade Pay of Entry Grade PSTs. In the same way, the Grade Pay of Entry Grade Graduate Trained Teacher (GTT) is Rs. 4600. Grade Pay of Rs. 4800 is extended to GTTs on getting 1st ACP and Grade Pay of Rs. 5400 is given to GTTs on the award of 2nd ACP. However, the Headmaster (Middle) on promotion from GTT is given the replacement Grade Pay of Rs. 4200 only on
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the plea that the post of Headmaster (Middle) does not find place in the Part B of CCS (RP), Rules, 2008. In certain cases, the Headmasters who got upgraded Grade Pay from 1.1.2006 while being a teacher, have been brought down to the Grade Pay of Entry Grade GTT/PST on their promotion to the post of Headmaster (Middle)/Headmaster (Primary). In this way, these Headmasters have been not only denied the financial benefits they were already enjoying but their subordinate teachers are placed at higher Grade Pay.
Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association, Andaman and Nicobar Islands consider this as an injustice meted out to the Headmaster (Primary) and Headmasters (Middle) and needs urgent rectification.
It is, therefore, submitted that this issue may please be considered favourably and the Headmaster (Primary) and Headmaster (Middle) may also be included in Para XVII of Section II of Part B in the CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008 as has been done in the case of Vice Principal, Principal, Education Officer, Asst. Director of Education, etc., in order to remove the anomaly in the Grade Pay and also to end the injustice meted out to the above categories of teaching staff.
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BRIEF NOTE ON THE DEMAND FOR UPGRADED PAY UNDER PART B OF CCS (REVISED PAY) RULES, 2008 FOR LEFT-OUT CATEGORIES OF TEACHING STAFF UNDER THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION
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Based on the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission, the Govt. of India has granted upgraded pay for teachers, Vice Principals, Principals, Education Officers, Asst. Director of Education, etc. and it has been included in Part B of the Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008. Grade Pay for the next Grade of each category of teachers has also been mentioned in the said rules, leaving no room for any ambiguity. It has, however, been noticed that certain categories of teaching staff have been excluded from the list. They are Physical Education Teachers, Primary School Resource Teachers, Music/ Art Teachers, Librarians, Craft Instructors, etc. The above categories of teachers were always considered for all kinds of benefits that were extended to the teaching community by the government in the past. In regard to Physical Education Teachers, Librarians and Craft Instructors, they have already been notified as ‘Miscellaneous Categories of Teachers’ in 1986 and 1997 by the 4th and 5th Central Pay Commissions respectively.
The Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is of the opinion that no category of teachers should be left out of the upgradation of pay under Part B as it will demoralise the affected categories which in turn will badly affect the teaching-learning process in the educational institutions.
It is, therefore, submitted that the above issue may kindly be considered favourably and upgraded Grade Pay be extended to the above-mentioned left-out categories of teaching staff working under the Education Department of Andaman and Nicobar Administration.
