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The Civil Servants Act, 1973 QUESTION #1836
Question 1
Under Section 11A on absorption of civil servants rendered surplus, if a civil servant is appointed to a lower post due to unavailability of an equivalent post, what happens to the pay he was drawing in the higher post?
  • It is reduced to the pay scale of the new lower post
  • It is frozen for one year and then reduced
  • The pay being drawn by him in the higher post shall remain protected✔️
  • It is replaced by a special personal allowance equal to the difference
Correct Answer Explanation
Section 11A provides that where a surplus civil servant is appointed to a lower post (due to unavailability of an equivalent post), the pay being drawn by him in the higher post immediately preceding his appointment to the lower post shall remain protected. This is the pay protection principle for surplus civil servants.