The arrears shall be paid during the Financial Year 2016-2017.
Explanation.- For the purpose of this rule, “arrears of pay” in relation to a Government servant, means the difference between-
(i) the aggregate of the pay and dearness allowance to which he is entitled on account of the revision of his pay under these rules for the period effective from the 1st day of January, 2016; and
(ii) the aggregate of the pay and dearness allowance to which he would have been entitled (whether
such pay and dearness allowance had been received or not) for that period had his pay and
allowances not been so revised.
