Section 17(7) in Statutes of the National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh, 2017
(7)The Director, where he is the appointing authority, shall have the power to fix, on the recommendations of the Selection Committee, the initial pay of an incumbent at a stage higher than the minimum of the scale, but not involving more than five increments, in respect of posts to which appointment may be made by him under the powers vested in him by the provision of the Act or these Statutes.
