Section 100 in The Railway Protection Force Rules, 1987
100. Effect of reduction in rank, grade, or pay on seniority.
-100.1Reduction in a scale of pay, as distinct from reduction from higher rank or grade, shall not affect the position of a member of the Force on the seniority list.100.2in the case of reduction to a lower rank or to a lower scale of pay:-(i)if a member of the Force is punished with reduction to a lower scale of pay specified period, his seniority and pay shall be restored as soon as the period of punishment is over;(ii)if the member of the Force is punished with reduction to a lower rank or grade for a specific period, he shall be re-promoted automatically to the rank from which he was reduced, The seniority of such member of the Force shall be fixed at a position in the higher rank or grade at which it would have been but for his reduction;(iii)if the member of the Force has been punished by way of reduction from a higher rank or grade to a lower or grade, his seniority in the lower rank or grade shall be fixed with reference to which he would have been entitle debut for his promotion to the higher rank or grade from which he was reduced.
