760-F(P1): Stagnation Increments Allowed under W.B.S. ROPA Rules 2019
Summary
This memorandum grants stagnation increments to West Bengal government employees reaching the maximum pay cell of their pay level under ROPA 2019. Employees are allowed up to six annual stagnation increments at their last drawn rate, capped at a maximum pay of Rs 2,01,000 per month.
Key Takeaways & Points
- Employees reaching the last cell of their pay level under ROPA 2019 are eligible for stagnation increments.
- Stagnation increments will be granted annually at the same amount as the last drawn increment.
- An employee can receive a maximum of 6 (six) stagnation increments.
- Total basic pay after adding stagnation increments cannot exceed Rs 2,01,000 per month.
- Relevant formal amendments to the W.B.S. (R.O.P.A.) Rules, 2019 will follow in due course.
GOVERNMENT ORDER
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
FINANCE (AUDIT) DEPARTMENT
NABANNA, MANDIRTALA, HOWRAH-711102
No. 760-F(P1)/FA/0/2M/134/19(N.B.)Pt. Dated, Howrah, the 17th February, 2020.
MEMORANDUM
It has come to the notice of the Government that after fixation of pay in the revised pay structure under the W.B.S. (R.O.P.A.) Rules, 2019, very few government employees are found to reach the last Cell (maximum Pay) of the particular Pay Level beyond which no further increment is admissible to them. The question of allowing stagnation increment(s) in such cases has been under consideration of the Government for sometime past.
After careful consideration of the matter, the Governor has been pleased to direct that a government employee, after fixation of pay in the revised pay structure under the W.B.S. (R.O.P.A.) Rules, 2019, reaching the last Cell (maximum Pay) of the applicable Level of the Pay Matrix shall be allowed annual increment for stagnation beyond the last Cell of the particular Level in the Pay Matrix at the same amount at which it was last drawn subject to a maximum of 6 (six) such increments provided that the pay on allowing such increment(s) in no case shall exceed ₹ 2,01,000/-.
Necessary amendments in the W.B.S. (R.O.P.A.) Rules, 2019 shall be made in due course.
Sd/- H. K. Dwivedi.
Additional Chief Secretary
to the Government of West Bengal.