Section 5(a) in Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Higher Standard Pay Scale Scheme) Rules, 1996
(a)An employee covered under these Rules who has not got any promotion or promotional scale/selection scale in his/her service career and has completed 27 years or more of regular satisfactory service before 1-1-1995 will be allowed, with effect from 1-1-1995, in place of his/her existing scale, the Third Higher Standard Pay Scale specified in Column 5 of Schedule 1 of these Rules;
