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Notification making the Indian Forest Service (Pay) Amendment Rules, 2025, to further amend the Indian Forest Service (Pay) Rules, 2016.

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The Central Government, in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the All India Services Act, 1951 (61 of 1951) and in consultation with the Government of Uttar Pradesh, hereby makes the Indian Forest Service (Pay) Amendment Rules, 2025. These rules shall come into force on their date of publication in the Official Gazette, which is May 23, 2025. The amendment substitutes the entries for "Uttar Pradesh" in Schedule II-A (Posts carrying pay above the Time Scale) and Schedule II-B (Posts carrying pay in the Senior Scale) of the Indian Forest Service (Pay) Rules, 2016. Schedule II-A is replaced with a detailed table listing various posts in Uttar Pradesh, such as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Chief Conservator of Forests, and Conservator of Forests, along with their assigned levels in the Pay Matrix (Levels 17, 16, 15, 14, 13A), specifying some locations like Prayagraj, Jhansi, Meerut, Bareilly, Lucknow, Agra, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Mirzapur, Dudhwa National Park, Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, Varanasi, Aligarh, Allahabad, Azamgarh, Basti, Chitrakutdhum Banda, Devipattan Gonda, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Ayodhya, Itawa Safari Park, and Shaheed Ashfaq Ullah Khan Zoological Park. Schedule II-B is replaced with a list of Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) posts in various territorial and wildlife divisions across Uttar Pradesh. The principal rules, the Indian Forest Service (Pay) Rules, 2016, were originally published vide GSR 924 (E) dated 28th September, 2016, and subsequently amended by various GSR notifications.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-24052025-263354 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 295] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2025/ JYAISTHA 2, 1947 MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 23rd May, 2025 G.S.R. 338 (E).โ€” 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 Uttar Pradesh hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Indian Forest Service (Pay) Rules, 2016 namely:- 1. (i) These rules shall be called the Indian Forest Service (Pay) Amendment Rules, 2025. (ii) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette 2. In the Indian Forest Service (Pay) Rules, 2016:- (a) In Schedule II- A Posts carrying pay above the Time Scale in the Indian Forest Service under the State Governments, in the Table, for the entry "Uttar Pradesh" appearing in the first column and the corresponding entry in the second column, the following shall be substituted, namely:- "Uttar pradesh +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & HoFF | Level 17 in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife)/ Chief Wildlife | Level 16 in the Pay Matrix | | warden | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Working Plan, | Level 16 in the Pay Matrix | | Research & Training) | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Project, | Level 15 in the Pay Matrix | | Planning & Agro-forestry) | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Southern | Level 15 in the Pay Matrix | | Region, Prayagraj | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Bundelkhand| Level 15 in the Pay Matrix | | Region, Jhansi | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Western | Level 15 in the Pay Matrix | | Region, Meerut | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Rohilkhand | Level 15 in the Pay Matrix | | Region, Bareilly | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Central | Level 15 in the Pay Matrix | | Region, Lucknow | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Agra Region, | Level 15 in the Pay Matrix | | Agra | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Eastern | Level 15 in the Pay Matrix | | Region, Gorakhpur | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests / Nodal officer | Level 15 in the Pay Matrix | | Forest Conservation Act 1980, UP, Lucknow | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, CAMPA | Level 15 in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests, Court Cases, Lucknow | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests (Divisional) Lucknow | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests (Divisional), Kanpur | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests Eastern Region, Gorakhpur | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests(Divisional), Mirzapur | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests, Administration (Gazetted) | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests, Administration (Non-Gazetted) | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests, Working Plan, Lucknow | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests, Policy Analysis & Co-ordination| Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests, Monitoring & Evaluation | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests, Project | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests/Director Forests Training Institute, | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | | Kanpur | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests/Director Forests Research Institute, | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | | Kanpur | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of forests/Field Director, Dudhwa National| Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | | Park | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of forests, Human Resource Development | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests, Extension & Publicity | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests, Land Records & Settlement | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests, Wildlife (Eastern) Gonda | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests, Wildlife (Western) Kanpur | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests, Planning and Joint Forest | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | | Management | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests, Wildlife and Eco-Development | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests, Finance & Accounts, Audit & Non- | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | | plan | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests, Protection & Vigilance | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests, Information Technology | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests, Wetland & Endangered Species | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests, Zoos & Safari and Member | Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | | Secretary, Zoo Authority | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chief Conservator of Forests/ Field Director, Pilibhit Tiger| Level 14 in the Pay Matrix | | Reserve | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator Of Forests, Silvicututist-Kanpur | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator Of Forests, Silvicututist-Bareilly | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator Of Forests, Silvicututist-Varanasi | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator Of Forests/Director National Zoological Park, | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | | Kanpur | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator of Forests (Territorial) Alllahabad | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator of Forests (Territorial) Azamgarh | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator of Forests (Territorial) Basti | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator of Forests (Territorial) Chitrakutdhum Banda | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator of Forests (Territorial) Devipattan Gonda | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator of Forests (Territorial) Moradabad | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator of Forests (Territorial) Meerut | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator of Forests (Territorial) Saharanpur | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator of Forests (Territorial) Varanasi | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator of Forests (Territorial) Jhansi | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator of Forests (Territorial) Bareilly | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator of Forests (Territorial) Agra | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator Of Forests, Aligarh Circle | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator Of Forests, Monitoring, Vindhya Varanasi | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator Of Forests, Monitoring, Terai Bareilly | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator Of Forests/Working Plan Officer | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator Of Forests, Monitoring, Lucknow | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator of Forests (Territorial) Ayodhya | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Conservator Of Forests / Director, Itawa, Safari Park | Level 13A in the Pay Matrix | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Director/Conservator of, Shaheed Ashfaq Ullah Khan Zoological| Level 13A in the Pay Matrixโ€ | | Park, Gorakhpur | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ (b) In Schedule-II B, Posts carrying pay in the Senior Scale of the Indian Forest Service under the State Governments including posts carrying special pay in addition to pay in the Time Scale for the entry Uttar Pradesh, the following shall be substituted, namely:- "DCF to Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Lucknow Deputy Conservator of Forests (Territorial) - Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Lucknow, Azamgarh, Ambedkarnagar, Badaun, Beharaich, Balia, Banda, Barabanki, Bareilly, Basti, Bijnore,Bulandshaher, Jhansi, Chitrakoot, Deoria, Etah, Etawah, Faizabad, Farrukhabad, Fatehpur, Firozabad, Gaziabad, Gazipur, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Hamirpur, Hardoi, Jaunpur, Kanpur, Lalitpur, Mainpuri, Mathura, Meerut, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Mohaba, North Kheri, South Kheri, Obra, Social Forestry Division, Pilibhit, Padrauna (Kushinagar),, Pratapgarh, Raibareilly, Rampur, Renukoot, Saharanpur, Shahjahanpur, Oria (Jalaun), Sitapur, Sonbhadra, Pilibhit, Sultanpur, Shivalik, Unnao, Varanasi, Kashi Wildlife, Katarniaghat, Wildlife Beharaich, Sohelwa Wildlife, Sohagibarwa Wildlife, Shrawasti, Sidharthanagar Gautambudha Nagar (Noida)" [F. No.16016/03/2017 - AIS-II (B)] KAVITA CHAUHAN, Under Secy. Note: The Principal Rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number GSR 924 (E) dated the 28th September, 2016 and subsequently amended by the following GSR No. and date:- +-------+-----------+------------+ | Sl.No.| GSR No. | Date | +=======+===========+============+ | 1. | 1105E | 30.11.2016 | +-------+-----------+------------+ | 2. | 1107 | 30.11.2016 | +-------+-----------+------------+ | 3. | 172 E | 27.02.2017 | +-------+-----------+------------+ | 4. | 180 E | 28.02.2017 | +-------+-----------+------------+ | 5. | 206 E | 08.03.2017 | +-------+-----------+------------+ | 6. | 262 E | 17.03.2017 | +-------+-----------+------------+ | 7. | 1003(E) | 08.08.2017 | +-------+-----------+------------+ | 8. | 1036(E) | 18.08.2017 | +-------+-----------+------------+ | 9. | 1452(E) | 27.11.2017 | +-------+-----------+------------+ | 10. | 1537(E) | 21.12.2017 | +-------+-----------+------------+ | 11. | 1587(E) | 27.12.2017 | +-------+-----------+------------+ | 12. | 511(E) | 29.05.2018 | +-------+-----------+------------+ | 13. | 289(E) | 04.04.2019 | +-------+-----------+------------+

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