Parity in the Pay Scale of Fire Fighting Staff of Central Government at par with the Delhi Fire Service (DoE & MHА): Agenda Item No. NC-49/7/26 – 49th NC (JCM) Meeting
(DoP&T O.M. No. 3/1/2025-JCA dated 03.06.2026)
Minutes of the 49th Meeting of the National Council (JCM) held on 11.05.2026 under the Chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary.
5.15 Item No. NC-49/7/26: Parity in the Pay Scale of Fire Fighting Staff of Central Government at par with the Delhi Fire Service (DoE & MHА)
The demand in brief is that based on the judgment of the CAT, New Delhi in OA No. 315/2022 dated 20.12.2022, the Pay Scale of the Fire Fighting Staff of Delhi Fire Service (Leading Fireman [level 4 to 5] & Fire-Operator/Fireman [level 3 to 4]) was revised with concurrence of DoE. However, the pay scale of Fire Fighting Staff of other Ministries / Departments has not been revised accordingly, even though Fireman is a common category.
Secretary, Staff Side mentioned that apart from Fire-fighting staffs in other UTS, there are firefighting staffs in Departments like Railways, MHA, Civil Aviation, Defence. Therefore, this issue needs to be examined comprehensively and not in isolation.
Decision: Chairman directed MHA to provide all the pending proposals to Department of Expenditure (DoE) to consider cases of Fire Fighting Staff of UTs. He also directed that DoE may request other Departments with Fire Fighting staff to provide proposal on this issue within three months’ time.
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