M A C P S ORDER

M A C P S ORDER

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1. MACPS order is released on 18.09.2009 vide Lr.No:4-7/(MACPS0/2009-PCC Dt: 18.09.2009

2. The Scheme is know as Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS) for the Central Government Civilian Employees and which has come into operation w.e.f. 01.09.2008

3. The scheme is applicable to all Central Government Employees up to Grade Pay Rs.12000/= in PB-4.except Group ‘A’ service

4. The TBP{/BCR schemes shall stand withdrawn w.e.f. 01.09.2008

5. On grant of financial up gradation under this scheme, there shall be no change in designation, classification or higher status.

6. Before initiating action for placing the eligible employees under the MACPS, action may be taken to finalize all TBOP/BCR placements due for the period till 31.08.2008, by conduction meetings of screening committee and issuing necessary orders.

7. Screening committee shall be constituted in each Division/Region /Circle to consider the cases of different levels for grant of financial up gradations under the MACP Scheme. The recommendations of screening committee shall be placed before Director/PMG./CPMG as the case may be for approval.

8. The Screening committee shall follow a time schedule and meet twice in a year – preferably in the first week of January and first week of July of a year for advance processing of the cases maturing in that half.

9. No stepping up of pay in the pay band or grade pay would be admissible.

10. There shall be three financial up gradation under MACPS, counted from the direct entry grade on completion 10. 20 & 30 years respectively. Financial up-gradation will be admissible whenever a person has spent 10 years continuously in the same grade pay.

11. The MACPS envisages merely placement in the immediate next higher Grade pay

12. Benefit of pay fixation available at the time of regular promotion shall also be allowed at the time of financial up-gradation under this scheme. Therefore, the pay shall be raised by 3% of the total pay in the pay band and the grade pay drawn before such up-gradation. NEW PAY = (3% Increment of old pay +Grade pay) + Grade pay difference.

13. There shall, however be no further fixation of pay at the time of regular promotion, if it is in the same grade pay as under MACPS.

14. However, at the time of actual promotion if it happens to be in a post carrying higher grade pay then what is available under MACPS, no pay fixation would be available and only difference of grade pay would be made available.

15. With regard to fixation of pay on grant of promotion/financial up-gradation under MACP Scheme, a Government servant has an option under FR 22 (1) (a0 (1) to get his pay fixed in the higher post/ grade pay either from the data of his promotion/up-gradation or from the date of his next increment viz. 1^St July of the year. The pay and the date of increment would be fixed in accordance with clarification no.2 of Departments Expenditure’s O.M.No: 1/1/2008-1C dated 13.09.2008.

16. “Regular Service”, for the purpose of the MACPS shall commence from the date of joining of a post in direct entry grade on a regular basis either on direct recruitment basis or an absorption/re-employment basis.

17. If a financial up-gradations under the MACPS is deferred and not allowed after 10 years in a grade pay, due to the reason of the employee \s being unfit or due to departmental proceedings, etc, this would have consequential effect on the subsequent financial up-gradation which would also get deferred to the extent of delay in grant of first financial up-gradation.

18. The financial up-gradation would be on non-functional basis subject to fitness, in the hierarchy of grade pay with the PB –1. Thereafter, for up-gradation under the MACPS the benchmark of ‘Good’ would be applicable till the grade pay of Rs.6600/= in PB=3. The benchmark will be ‘Very Good’ for financial up-gradation to the grade pay of Rs.7600/= and above.

19. The MACPS contemplates merely placement on personal basis in the immediate higher Grade pay/grant of financial benefits only and shall not amount to actual /functional promotions of the employee concerned. Therefore no reservation order/roaster shall apply to the MACPS, which shall extend its benefits uniformly to all eligible SC/ST employees also.

20. Financial up-gradation under the MACPS shall be purely personal to the employee and shall have no relevance to his seniority position.

21. Pay drawn in the pay band and the grade pay allowed under the MACPS shall be taken as the basis for determining the terminal benefits in respect of retiring employee.

22. In case of an employee after getting promotions /ACP seeks unilateral transfer on a lower post or lower scale, he will be entitled only for second and third financial up-gradations on completion of 20/30 years of regular service under the MACPS, as the case may be, from the date of his initial appointment to the post in the new organizations.

I L L U S T R A T I O N

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training) Order No: 35034/3/2008-ESTT [D] Dated: 19.05.2009 vide Annexure –I Para.28. – C,

“If a Government servant has been granted either two regular promotions or 2nd financial up-gradation under the ACP Scheme of August, 1999 after Completion of 24 years of regular service then only 3rd financial Up- gradation would be admissible to him under the MACPS on completion of 30 years of service provided that he has not earned third promotion in the hierarchy”.

1. An official completed 10 years and above, but less than 16 years continuous service, he will get First promotion in 11th years or thereafter w.e.f. 01.09.2008.

2. An official completed 16 years of service and waiting for TBOP promotion, he will get first promotion either on 01.09.2008 or from the date of completion of 16 years.
3. Those officials who have got promotions either TBOP or First promotion on completion of 10 years from the last promotion date or 20 years , they will get second promotion in 21^st years.

4. Those officials who have got BCR promotion after completion of 26 years, they will get third promotion in 31^st year i.e. after completion of 30^th years.

5. Those officials who are due for BCR promotion and completed 26 years of service, they will get second promotion either on 01.09.2008 or from the date of completion of 26 years.