As per this office UO Note cited above  the issue of availability of option to enter the 7th CPC wef 01072016 (ie  from the date of next increment in terms of proviso 1 of rule 5) to those employees who have got promotion / upgradation in a higher grade between 1st day of January  2016 and the date of notification of CCS (RP) Rules 2016 had been referred to MoD along with an illustration (given below) of pay fixation of an employee who got financial upgradation on 17-01-2016 in the grade pay of Rs 5400/- (PB 2)  MoD was requested to examine the issue and clarify the matter w