104. Whether LSG seniority fixed based on the date of joining??

 One Day, One Minute, One Rule – 84

84. What is the summary of the order concerning the fixation of pay for an Ex-Serviceman re-employed as a Postal Assistant (PA), including the official order number, date, and the specific rules involved?
The communication, dated 10.09.2024 and issued under F. No. 02-61/2024 – PAP, addresses the pay fixation for an Ex-Serviceman (Shri Amit Kumar Pandey) re-employed as a Postal Assistant (PA), specifically by referencing Para 16 of DoP&T O.M. No. 3/1/86-Estt-(P-II) dated 31.07.1986.

It cites Para 16(2) of the DoP&T O.M. from 1986, which clarifies that service as combatant clerks in the armed forces is equivalent to service as Lower Division Clerks (LDC)/Junior Clerks in civil posts. The ex-serviceman's pay must be fixed by putting in the number of completed years of service into the civil post's time scale (FR 27 invoked), and the pay will not be restricted to the pre-retirement pay

The notes that while the pay fixation instructions are clear for LDCs/Junior Clerks, the post of Postal Assistant (PA) is not explicitly mentioned. Despite this, the instructions are deemed "pretty clear."
The Assistant Director General directs the Chief Postmaster General, Delhi Circle, to take an administrative decision and subsequently instructs all Heads of Circles (other than Delhi Circle) to settle the instant case and other similar cases in accordance with the spirit of the DoPT's clarification (Para 3), thereby implying that the benefit of Para 16(2) should be extended to the PA post.