Facing a Pay Penalty: Will My Salary Increase After the Rigour Period Ends?

I have a penalty imposed as a reduction of basic pay to the initial stage with cumulative effect. My suspension date was 09.05.2018, and my reinstatement date was 25.01.2021. My rigour period will be over on 26.04.2024. After my rigour period is over, will I receive an increment from the initial basic pay or the basic pay before the penalty imposition? Kindly advise me.

Since the stoppage of increment was with cumulative effect, you will lose the increments for the years until 2024. You will get one increment once your punishment period is over. That means you will not get the past increment lost but will start getting an increment based on the basic pay you were receiving at the time of the punishment being awarded.

Relevance of Suspension Dates

What is the relevance of suspension dates here? It should be after reinstatement that the punishment of stoppage of increment for a certain number of years should have been awarded to you. Then the basic should be the basic at the time of reinstatement, right?

Where are you employed? Which law or regulation governs the proceedings that have been initiated and the punishment imposed? Please provide complete facts.

Suppose at the time of the penalty, your pay was Rs 100/-, and you have an annual increment of Re 1. You will not receive the Re 1 increment until 26/04/2024; thereafter, you will receive Rs 101/- as your pay.