Reference Department of Legal Affairs U.O.No.A-12034/3/99-Admn.IV(LA) dated 30.6.2000 on the above mentioned subject.

2. It is clarified that the pay of non government officials on appointment in the personal staff of the Minister is regulated in terms of this Department’s O.M.No.2/8/97-Estt(Pay-II) dated 11.3.1998. If non-government officials are re-appointed in the personal staff of the Minster and there is no break period between one deputation to another deputation in the personal staff of Minster (if both deputation are with the personal staff of the Minster) and the pay scale of both deputation are identical, the service rendered earlier in the personal staff of the Minster will be taken into consideration on IInd deputation for the purpose of counting of increment and protection of pay drawn earlier in the personal staff of the Minster.