CoMs decides to revise pay scale to constables

Council of Ministers of Himachal Pradesh decided to grant Higher pre-revised pay band and grade pay to state police constables who were appointed in years 2015 &16 .Cabinet meeting preside by Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur addressed the pending demand of revised pay scales and higher pay scale as after appointing seven to eight years in the state police around 4500 police constable are not paid the higher pay scale vis a vis to other police officials and employees of state forest department. Spokesperson of CoMs said that it  decided to grant higher pay structure to the categories of Police Constables appointed in 2015 and 2016 by allowing grant of higher pre – revised pay band and Grade Pay to Constables on notional basis , since the new Himachal Pradesh ( Revised Pay ) Rules – 2022 have  come into force on 1st January , 2022 effective from 1st January , 2016. The Constables now have the option for fixation of pay under the relevant factor of pay fixation and the payment of arrears of pay would depend upon their options under the revised rules