Public Relation Inspectors - 6th ( VI ) Central Pay Commission Report

7.36.30 In sofar as the issue of parity of pay scale of Publicity Inspectors (Rs.4500-8000) with Personnel Inspectors (Rs.5000-8000)  is concerned, it is seen that employees with five years Group C service and a graduate degree are eligible for selection to this post. This means that a person having a graduate degree and five years service in the scale of Rs.950-1500 can also be appointed directly as Publicity Inspector in the scale of Rs.4500-7000. A higher jump may not be justified. The Commission, accordingly, recommends that Publicity Inspectors may be granted only the corresponding replacement pay band PB-1 of Rs.4860-20200 along with a grade pay of Rs.2800. Direct recruitment of graduates takes place at the level of Senior Publicity Inspectors. Apart from the recruitment qualifications, the duties attached to the post are also onerous. As such, a higher scale on par with Assistants/analogous posts is justified in their case. In any case, Commission has recommended merger of the scales of Rs.5000-8000, Rs.5500-9000 and Rs.6500-10500. Senior Publicity Inspectors will, therefore, automatically be placed in the revised pay band PB-2 of Rs.8700-34800 along with grade pay of Rs.4200 corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale of Rs.6500-10500. In consonance with the principle adopted that, as far as possible, Group C cadres in Railways should have the apex Group C scale of Rs.7450-11500, the next higher post of Chief Publicity Inspector will stand upgraded to the next higher scale of Rs.7450-11500 corresponding to the revised pay band PB-2 of Rs.8700-34800 along with grade pay of Rs.4600

7.36.31 Re-designation as Asst. Information Officers is not desirable as the designation of Group B/A Officers in Railways are similar and this re-designation will cause confusion. As far as monetary benefit or compensatory leave in lieu of working on holidays/night shift is concerned, this would lead to similar demands from other Supervisory categories that fall under the classification of ‘excluded’ category. Accordingly, the demand cannot be conceded. As regards grant of Library Allowance, etc., it is observed that in the present times, almost all information is available on the internet. Therefore, Institutional Library Membership or Library Allowance is not warranted for this category.