IAS Kerala Pay Fourth Amendment Rules 2026

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-01042026-271496 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 225] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2026/CHAITRA 11, 1948 2372 GI/2026 MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (Department of Personnel and Training) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 1st April, 2026 G.S.R. 244(E).— in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the all india services act, 1951 (61 of 1951), the central government, in consultation with the government of kerala hereby makes the following rules further to amend the indian administrative service (pay) rules, 2016, namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Indian Administrative Service (Pay) Fourth Amendment Rules, 2026. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette. 2. In the Indian Administrative Service (Pay) Rules, 2016, in Schedule II, (a) in Part A relating to Posts carrying pay above the Senior Scale of pay of the Indian Administrative Service under the State Governments, in the table, for the entry "Kerala” occurring in the first column and corresponding entries in the second column, the following shall be substituted namely:— "Kerala +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Chief Secretary to Government | Level 17 in the pay matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Additional Chief Secretary | Level 17 in the pay matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Principal Secretary to Government | Level 15 in the pay matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Principal Secretary to Government & Agricultural Production | Level 15 in the pay matrix | | Commissioner | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Resident Commissioner, New Delhi | Level 15 in the pay matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Director General, Institute of Management in Government | Level 15 in the pay matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Commissioners | Level 14 in the pay matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Secretary to Government | Level 14 in the pay matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Secretary to Chief Minister | Level 14 in the pay matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Secretary to Governor | Level 14 in the pay matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Commissioner, Land Revenue | Level 14 in the pay matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Commissioner of Disaster Management | Level 14 in the pay matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Additional Resident Commissioner, Kerala House, New Delhi | Level 14 in the pay matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Principal Director, Local Self Government Department | Level 14 in the pay matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Chairman and Managing Director, Kerala State Civil Supplies | Level 14 in the pay matrix | | Corporation | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Chairman and Managing Director, Kerala State Electricity Board | Level 14 in the pay matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Managing Director, Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation | Level 14 in the pay matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Managing Director, Kerala Financial Corporation | Level 14 in the pay matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Managing Director, Kerala State Road Transport Corporation | Level 14 in the pay matrix" | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ (b) in Part B relating to Posts carrying pay in the Senior Scale of the Indian Administrative Service under the State Governments including posts carrying Special Allowance in addition to pay, in the table for the entries occurring under Kerala the following shall be substituted, – "Special Secretary/Additional Secretary/Joint Secretary/Deputy Secretary to Government +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Special/Additional/Joint/Deputy Commissioner | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Secretary, Land Board | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Inspector General of Registrations | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director of Fisheries | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director, LSGD (Rural) | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director, LSGD (Urban) | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director, Information and Public Relations | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director of Tourism | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director of Sports and Youth Affairs | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director of Social Justice | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director, Scheduled Castes Development Department | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Labour Commissioner | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director of Employment and Training | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Commissioner, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | District Collectors | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director of Survey and Land Records | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director, Scheduled Tribe Development Department | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Sub Collectors Grade-I | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Commissioner, Entrance Examination | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Commissioner, Housing | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director, Collegiate Education | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director of General Education | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director, Information Technology Mission | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director, NORKA (Non Resident Keralites Affairs) | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Additional Director (General), Tourism | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Staff Officer to Chief Secretary | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director, Agriculture Development and Farmers' Welfare Department | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director, Industries and Commerce | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Registrar of Co-operative Societies | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Executive Director, State Poverty Eradication Mission | | (Kudumbashree) | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director, Women and Child Development | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director of State Lotteries | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Executive Director, Suchitwa Mission | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Special Commissioner, GST | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director, Environment and Climate Change | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director, Mining and Geology | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director of Coir Development | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Commissioner, Food Safety | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | State Mission Director, National Health Mission | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Mission Director, MGNREGS | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director, Dairy Development Department | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Director, Animal Husbandry Department | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Managing Director, Kerala Water Authority | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | General Manager, Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Managing Director, Kerala Tourism Development Corporation" | 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No. 11031/05/2025-AIS-II(B)] RAJESH KUMAR YADAV, Under Secy. NOTE: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number GSR 870 (E) dated the 08th September, 2016 and subsequently amended by the following GSR No. and date: +-------+-----------+------------+-------+-----------+------------+ | S. No. | GSR No. | Date | S. No. | GSR No. | Date | +-------+-----------+------------+-------+-----------+------------+ | 1. | 1062 (Ε) | 10.11.2016 | 21. | 619(E) | 05.08.2022 | +-------+-----------+------------+-------+-----------+------------+ | 2. | 1178 (E) | 27.12.2016 | 22. | 712(E) | 20.09.2022 | +-------+-----------+------------+-------+-----------+------------+ | 3. | 1194 (E) | 30.12.2016 | 23. | 758(E) | 30.09.2022 | +-------+-----------+------------+-------+-----------+------------+ | 4. | 575 (Ε) | 12.06.2017 | 24. | 930(E) | 30.12.2022 | +-------+-----------+------------+-------+-----------+------------+ | 5. | 1382 (Ε) | 10.11.2017 | 25. | 98(E) | 14.02.2023 | +-------+-----------+------------+-------+-----------+------------+ | 6. | 1429 (Ε) | 17.11.2017 | 26. | 879(E) | 06.12.2023 | +-------+-----------+------------+-------+-----------+------------+ | 7. | 1585 (Ε) | 22.12.2017 | 27. | 368 (Ε) | 04.07.2024 | +-------+-----------+------------+-------+-----------+------------+ | 8. | 566 (E) | 15.06.2018 | 28. | 445(E) | 23.07.2024 | +-------+-----------+------------+-------+-----------+------------+ | 9. | 819 (Ε) | 28.08.2018 | 29. | 7(E) | 03.01.2025 | +-------+-----------+------------+-------+-----------+------------+ | 10. | 1124 (E) | 16.11.2018 | 30. | 79 (Ε) | 27.01.2025 | +-------+-----------+------------+-------+-----------+------------+ | 11. | 1222 (E) | 19.12.2018 | 31. | 117(E) | 04.02.2025 | +-------+-----------+------------+-------+-----------+------------+ | 12. | 218 (E) | 13.03.2019 | 32. | 245(E) | 21.04.2025 | +-------+-----------+------------+-------+-----------+------------+ | 13. | 766 (E) | 09.10.2019 | 33. | 445(E) | 03.07.2025 | +-------+-----------+------------+-------+-----------+------------+ | 14. | 813(E) | 30.12.2020 | 34. | 460(E) | 10.07.2025 | +-------+-----------+------------+-------+-----------+------------+ | 15. | 51(E) | 28.01.2021 | 35. | 636(E) | 15.09.2025 | +-------+-----------+------------+-------+-----------+------------+ | 16. | 108(E) | 09.02.2021 | 36. | 957(E) | 31.12.2025 | +-------+-----------+------------+-------+-----------+------------+ | 17. | 465(E) | 01.07.2021 | 37. | 16(E) | 09.01.2026 | +-------+-----------+------------+-------+-----------+------------+ | 18. | 928(E) | 31.12.2021 | 38. | 39(E) | 16.01.2026 | +-------+-----------+------------+-------+-----------+------------+ | 19. | 182(E) | 09.03.2022 | 39. | 130(E) | 13.02.2026 | +-------+-----------+------------+-------+-----------+------------+ | 20. | 441(E) | 10.06.2022 | | | | +-------+-----------+------------+-------+-----------+------------+ Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. KUMER CHAND KUMER CHAND MEENA MEENA Digitally signed by Date: 2026.04.01 20:41:50 +05'30'