The Indian Police Service (Pay) Rules, 2016
The Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Part III, Section 1(a), republished The Indian Police Service (Pay) Rules, 2016 through Government Order Ms. No. 965, Home (Police-1), dated 30th December 2016, based on a Government of India notification dated 23rd September 2016. These rules replace the Indian Police Service (Pay) Rules, 2007 and set the revised pay structure, pay matrix levels, and promotion related pay conditions for members of the Indian Police Service from 1st January 2016.
What this document is
The Tamil Nadu Government Gazette republished The Indian Police Service (Pay) Rules, 2016 through Government Order Ms. No. 965, Home (Police-1), dated 30th December 2016. The republished notification is from the Government of India, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel and Training, dated 23rd September 2016.
The rules are made under the All India Services Act, 1951. They expressly supersede the Indian Police Service (Pay) Rules, 2007, except for things already done or omitted before that supersession.
Who it affects
The Indian Police Service (Pay) Rules, 2016 apply to members of the Indian Police Service.
This includes:
- direct recruits to the Indian Police Service
- promoted officers appointed from a State Police Service
- officers serving in a State Cadre or Joint Cadre
- officers holding posts in substantive or officiating capacity, where the rules refer to existing pay, scale, lien, or officiation
For most property buyers or land owners, this document does not affect land rights or property transactions. It is a service pay rule for Indian Police Service officers.
What it changes
The Indian Police Service (Pay) Rules, 2016 introduce a revised pay structure based on a Pay Matrix and Levels of pay.
The levels listed in the extracted text are:
- Junior Scale, Level 10
- Senior Time Scale, Level 11
- Junior Administrative Grade, Level 12
- Selection Grade, Level 13
- Deputy Inspector General of Police, Level 13A
- Inspector General of Police, Level 14
- Additional Director General of Police, Level 15
- HAG plus, Level 16
- Apex Scale, Level 17
The rules also define key terms such as:
- basic pay
- existing pay structure
- existing scale
- revised pay structure
- pay in the level
- pay matrix
- promotion
- personal pay
- lien
- officiation
Key provisions
- The rules are called The Indian Police Service (Pay) Rules, 2016.
- They are deemed to have come into force on 1st January 2016.
- Appointment to the Senior Time Scale and above is regulated by promotion guidelines for various grades in the Indian Police Service.
- Eligibility periods mentioned in the text are linked to years of service counted from the year of allotment assigned under the Indian Police Service (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1988.
- Certain periods of extraordinary leave are excluded when calculating eligibility service.
- Appointment to the Selection Grade and above is by selection on merit, with due regard to seniority.
- Appointment in the Level of Selection Grade and above is subject to availability of vacancies and prior concurrence of the Central Government.
- A member of the service can draw pay in the Selection Grade and above only on appointment to those grades.
- Appointment to some higher grades is tied to completion of mandatory Mid Career Training Programme phases mentioned in the text.
- Officers appointed to the service on or after 1st January 2016 are allowed pay only in the revised pay structure.
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Common questions
Does this Gazette notification affect land ownership or property registration in Tamil Nadu?
No. The text is about pay rules for members of the Indian Police Service. It does not set rules on land ownership, registration, patta, or property transfer.
Did these rules replace an older pay rule?
Yes. The Indian Police Service (Pay) Rules, 2016 supersede the Indian Police Service (Pay) Rules, 2007, except for things already done or omitted before the change.
Who issued the notification republished in the Tamil Nadu Gazette?
The Tamil Nadu Government Gazette says the republished notification is from the Government of India, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel and Training, dated 23rd September 2016. It was republished through Government Order Ms. No. 965, Home (Police-1), dated 30th December 2016.
From when do the pay rules apply?
The text states that The Indian Police Service (Pay) Rules, 2016 are deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of January, 2016.
