The Himachal Pradesh Judicial Officers (Pay, Allowances and Conditions of Service) Act, 2003

THE HIMACHAL PRADESH JUDICIAL OFFICERS (PAY, 

ALLOWANCES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) ACT, 2003  

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 

Sections: 

1. Short title, extent and commencement. 

2. Definitions. 

3. Salaries. 

3-A. Power to amend Schedule. 

4. Powers to make rules. 

5. Saving. 

 SCHEDULE 

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THE HIMACHAL PRADESH JUDICIAL OFFICERS (PAY, 

ALLOWANCES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) ACT, 2003. 

(ACT NO. 13 OF 2003)
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(Received the assent of the Governor on 11
th
 August, 2003 and was 

published in Hindi and English in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-

ordinary), dated 13
th
 August, 2003, pp. 1287-1294). 

An Act to provide for the regulation of the pay 
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[, allowances] and 

conditions of service of the Judicial Officers in the State of 

Himachal Pradesh and for matters connected therewith or 

incidental thereto.  

 Amended, repealed or otherwise affected by,- 

(i) H.P. Act No. 23 of 2006
3, 

assented to by the Governor on 

11
th
 October, 2006, published both in Hindi and English in 

the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated 13
th
 

October, 2006, pp. 5271-5275. 

(ii) H.P Act No. 16 of 2007
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assented to by the Governor on 

21
st
 September, 2007, published both in Hindi and English 

in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh dated 26
th
 September, 

2007, pp. 5913-5915. 

                                                 
1.  Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of 

Objects and Reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated 

18
th

 July, 2003, pp. 808 and 814. 

2. Inserted vide H.P. Act No. 23 of 2006. 

3.  Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of 

Objects and Reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated 

25
th

 August, 2006, pp. 3967 and 3969. 

4.  Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of 

Objects and Reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated 

12
th

 March, 2007, pp. 11650-11651 and 11654-11655. 



2  THE HIMACHAL PRADESH JUDICIAL OFFICERS (PAY, ALLOWANCES AND 

CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) ACT, 2003 

(iii)  H.P. Act No. 5 of 2008
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 assented to by the Governor on 

28
th 

April, 2008, published both in Hindi and English in the 

Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh, dated  2
nd

 May, 2008, pp. 658-

660. 

(iv) H.P. Act No. 23 of 2010
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 assented to by the Governor on 

25
th
 September, 2010, published both in Hindi and English 

in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh, dated  28
th
 September, 

2010, pp. 5089-5092, effective from. 1
st
 January, 2006. 

BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the 

Fifty-fourth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:-   

1. Short title, extent and commencement.- (1) This Act may be 

called the Himachal Pradesh Judicial Officers (Pay 
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[, Allowances] and 

Conditions of Service) Act, 2003.  

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Himachal Pradesh.  

(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the First day of July, 

1996.  

2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-   

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[(a) “Allowances” means the allowances admissible to the 

Judicial Officers in Himachal Pradesh on 31
st
 July, 2006 

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[or such other allowances 

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[XXXXXXXXXXXXX] as 

may be notified from time to time by the State 

Government];] 

(aa) "Judicial Officers" means the persons appointed by the 

State Government to the Himachal Pradesh Higher Judicial 

Service and the Himachal Pradesh Judicial Service in the 

State;  

(b) "notification" means a notification published in the 

Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh;  

(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by the rules made under this 

Act;   

                                                 
1.  Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of 

Objects and Reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh, dated 20
th

 March, 2008, 

pp. 12926-12930 and 12935-12939. 

2. Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of 

Objects and Reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh, dated 21
st
 August, 

2010, pp. 3842 and 3846. 

3. Inserted vide H.P. Act No. 23 of 2006. 

4. Existing clause (a) renumbered as clause (aa) and new clause (a) Inserted vide 

H.P. Act No. 23 of 2006  

5. Added vide H.P. Act No. 16 of 2007. 

6.  The words, brackets and sign “admissible within the State (other than under All 

India Service Rules), in identical or similar scale or pay,” deleted vide H.P. Act 

No. 5 of 2008. 



THE HIMACHAL PRADESH JUDICIAL OFFICERS (PAY, ALLOWANCES AND  3 

CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) ACT, 2003 

(d) "SCHEDULE" means Schedule appended to this Act;   

(e) "State" means State of Himachal Pradesh; and   

(f) "State Government" means the Government of Himachal 

Pradesh.   

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[3. Salaries.- Notwithstanding anything contained in any rules made 

under any other  law for the time being in force, regulating the pay, 

allowances and other conditions of service, or any order or judgment passed 

by any court, the Judicial Officers in the State shall be paid the pay scales as 

specified in the Schedule and the rates of allowances and other conditions of 

service of such Officers shall be such as may be prescribed.] 

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[3-A. Power to amend Schedule.- The State Government may, by 

notification published in the Official Gazette, amend or substitute the 

Schedule, and thereupon the Schedule shall be deemed to have been amended 

accordingly.] 

4. Power to make rules.- (1) Subject to the provisions of section 3, 

the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules 
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[with retrospective effect] regulating the 

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[pay, allowances] and conditions of 

of service of the Judicial Officers.   

(2) Every rule made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be 

after it is made, before the Legislative Assembly, while it is in session for a 

total period of not less than fourteen days which may be comprised is one 

session or in two or more successive sessions and if,  before the expiry of the 

session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, the 

Assembly makes any modification in the rule or decides that the rule should 

not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form 

or be of no effect, as  the case may be, so, however, that any such 

modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of 

anything previously done under that rule.   

5. Saving.- Subject to the provisions of section 3, the rules applicable 

to the Judicial Officers, immediately before the commencement of this Act 

shall continue to regulate the 
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[pay, allowances] and conditions of service of 

the Judicial Officers until the rules in that behalf are made under this Act. 

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1.  Section 3 amended by Act No. 23 of 2006 and substituted vide H.P. Act No. 5 of 

2008. 

2.  Section 3-A inserted vide H.P. Act No. 23 of 2010. 

3.  In section 4 the words “with retrospective effect” inserted vide H.P. Act No. 5 of 

2008. 

4.  Substituted vide Act No. 23 of 2006. 

5.  Substituted vide H.P. Act No. 23 of 2006. 



4  THE HIMACHAL PRADESH JUDICIAL OFFICERS (PAY, ALLOWANCES AND 

CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) ACT, 2003 

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[SCHEDULE 

(See section 3) 

The Pay Scales for different cadres of the Judicial Officers: 

1.  Civil Judge (Junior Division),- 

(a)  Initial Scale:- Rs. 27,700-770-33090-920- 40540-1080-

44770. 

(b)  First stage Assured Career Progression Scale, after five years 

of service: Rs. 33090-920-40540-1080-45850. 

(c)  Second stage Assured Career Progression Scale, after another 

five years of service:- Rs. 39530-920-40450-1080-49090-

1230-54010. 

2.  Civil Judge (Senior Division),- 

(a) Initial Scale:- Rs. 39530-920-40450-1080-49090-1230-

54010. 

(b)  First stage Assured Career Progression Scale, after five years 

of service: Rs. 43690-1080-49090-1230-56470. 

(c)  Second stage Assured Career Progression Scale, after another 

five years of service:- Rs. 51550-1230-58930-1380-63070. 

3.  District Judges Cadre,- 

(a)  Initial Scale:- Rs. 51550-1230-58930-1380-63070. 

(b)  Selection Grade: (Available to 25% Officers of the cadre): Rs. 

57700-1230-58930-1380-67210-1540-70290. 

(c)  Super Time Scale (Available to 10% Officers of the cadre) : 

Rs.70290-1540-76450.] 

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1.  SCHEDULE substituted vide H.P. Act No. 23 of 2010.