Section 5(9) in Indian Administrative Service (Pay) Rules, 2016
(9)[ On promotion from one grade to another in the Service, a member of the Service shall have an option to get his pay fixed in the Level of the higher post either from the date of his promotion or from the date on which he subsequently earns an increment in the lower scale in the manner provided in the relevant sub-rule above; in the latter case, on the date of promotion, a member of Service shall be placed at the next higher cell in the Level to which he or she is promoted with further re-fixation to be done in the manner provided in relevant sub-rule above with effect from the 1st day of January, or 1st day of July, the date of accrual of next increment in the lower scale.] [Substituted by Notification No. G.S.R. 824(E), dated 30.8.2018 (w.e.f. 8.9.2016).]
