COMBINATION OF APPOINTMENTS

1[36. The Chairman may appoint an employee already holding a post in a substantive or officiating capacity to officiate, as a temporary measure, in one or more of other independent posts at one time : _____________________________________________________________________

1[Amendment made by TR No.308 of 14.9.1976 and MOST(TW) letter No.PEB-8/76 of 3.2.1977 and effective from 24.2.1977.

Provided that no such appointment –

(a) of an employee referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 24 of the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963; or

(b) to a post referred to in the clause as aforesaid,

shall be made except with the prior approval of the Central Government. In such cases, the employee’s pay is regulated as follows :

(i) where an employee is formally appointed to hold full charge of duties of a higher post in the same office as his own and in the same cadre/line of promotion, in addition to his ordinary duties, he shall be allowed the pay admissible to him, if he is appointed to officiate in the higher post, unless the Chairman reduces his officiating pay under article 28, but no additional pay shall, however, be allowed for performing the duties of a lower post;

(ii) where an employee is formally appointed to hold dual charge of two posts in the same cadre in the same office carrying identical scales of pay, no additional pay shall be admissible irrespective of the period of dual charge :

Provided that if the employee is appointed to an additional post which carries a special pay, he shall be allowed such special pay;

(iii) where an employee is formally appointed to hold charge of another post or posts which is or are not in the same office, or which, though in the same office, is or are not in the same cadre/line of promotion, he shall be allowed the pay of the higher post, or the highest post, if he holds charge of more than two posts, in addition to ten per cent of the presumptive pay of the additional post or posts, if the additional charge is held for a period not exceeding 3 months and in exceptional cases 9 months;

(iv) no additional pay shall be admissible to an employee who is appointed to hold current charge of the routine duties of another post or posts irrespective of the duration of the additional charge;

(v) if a compensatory allowance is attached to one or more of the posts, the employee shall draw such compensatory allowance as the Chairman may fix :

Provided that such allowance shall not exceed the total of the compensatory allowances attached to all the posts.

37. Deleted [TR No.65 of 1933].