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Notifications: Specification of Degrees and other matters

Appendix -I

Consolidated statement based on letters No.F.1-22/97-U.I. issued on July, 1998; (Annexure
I), 22nd September, 1998 (Annexure Il) and 6 November, 1998 (Annexure Ill) by Ministry of
Human Resource Development.
Subject: Revision of pay scales of teachers in universities and colleges following the revision
of pay scales of Government employees on the recommendations of Fifth Central
Pay Commission.
1. (i) Pay Scales

A statement showing the existing and revised scales of pay is attached.
The revised scales of Demonstrators /Tutors is for the existing incumbents only.
No fresh recruitment shall be made to the cadre of Demonstrators/Tutors.(Annexure I)

(ii) Incentives for Ph.D/M.PhiI. (Annexure I)
(a) Four and two advance increments will be admissible to those who hold Ph.D. and
M.PhiI degrees, respectively, at the time of recruitment as Lecturers.
(b) One increment will be admissible to those teachers with M.Phil who acquire
Ph.D. within two years of recruitment.
(c) A Lecturer with Ph.D. will be eligible for two advance increments when he moves
into Selection grade as Reader.
(d) A teacher will be eligible for two advance increments as and when he acquires a
Ph.D. degree in his service career.

(iii) Career Advancement (Annexure I)
(a) Minimum length of service for eligibility to move into the grade of Lecturer
(Senior Scale) would be four years for those with Ph.D., five years for those with
M.Phil, and six years for others as a Lecturer, and for eligibility to move into the
Grade of Lecturer (Selection Grade)/Reader, the minimum length of service as
Lecturer (Senior Scale) shall be uniformly five years.

(b) For movement into grades of Reader and above, the minimum eligibility criterion
would be Ph.D. Those teachers without Ph.D. can go up to the level of Lecturer
(Selection Grade).

(c) A Reader with a minimum of eight years of service will be eligible for consideration
for appointment as a Professor.
(d) For every upward movement, a selection process would be evolved, for which
appropriate guidelines would be laid down by the UGC in consultation with the
Government.
(iv) Rewarding the Merit (Annexure I)
(a) A supertime scale of Rs.22000-500-24500 will be given to such Professors of
Eminence who are directly recruited and have completed 28 years of service. The
eligibility criteria and the selection process will be determined by the UGC.
(b) University Grants Commission would prepare a specific scheme in consultation
with Government to reward and recognise meritorious teachers who may not have
M.Phi1 Of Ph.D. but who have made outstanding contributions in teaching and
research,

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