CAS Promotion Eligibility Calculator for Punjab UGC Teachers
An Assistant Professor moves from Level 10 to 11 after 4 years with a Ph.D., 5 with an M.Phil. and 6 otherwise; later stages need 5, 3, 3 and 10 years. Free
📄 Rules & sources ✅ 3 verified ⚠️ 1 not yet verified
- UGC Regulations 2018 (Minimum Qualifications, CAS) (18.07.2018) — www.ugc.gov.in · official copy saved
- UGC (3rd Amendment) Regulations 2023 (31.07.2023) — www.ugc.gov.in · official copy saved
- UGC (4th Amendment) Regulations 2024 (06.06.2024) — www.ugc.gov.in · official copy saved
- MHRD letter No. 1-7/2015-U.II(1) — 7th CPC pay revision of teachers (02.11.2017) — www.ugc.gov.in · official copy saved
✅ Verified from an official order
- Academic pay matrix, Levels 10–14: Level 10 ₹57,700 … Level 14 ₹2,18,200 — from 01.01.2016 · Order: Punjab Department of Higher Education notification No. HED-EDU10MISC/121/2022-5edu/I/434672/2022 dated 28.09.2022, para 2 and Annexure-I (Academic Levels 10–14; Level 15 excluded) · verified 18.10.2026 · Punjab Department of Higher Education (notification of 28.09.2022 — copy saved in the project)
- Annual increment 3% — 1 January or 1 July: 3%, 1 Jan / 1 Jul — from 01.01.2016 · Order: Punjab Department of Higher Education notification No. HED-EDU10MISC/121/2022-5edu/I/434672/2022 dated 28.09.2022, para 8 (3%; two dates, 1 January and 1 July) · verified 18.10.2026 · Punjab Department of Higher Education (notification of 28.09.2022 — copy saved in the project)
- Pay fixation on promotion — one notional increment, then the same or next higher cell: para 10 — from 01.01.2016 · Order: Punjab Department of Higher Education notification No. HED-EDU10MISC/121/2022-5edu/I/434672/2022 dated 28.09.2022, para 9 (one notional increment, then the same or next higher cell) · verified 18.10.2026 · Punjab Department of Higher Education (notification of 28.09.2022 — copy saved in the project)
⚠️ Not yet verified from an official order — confirm with your university before relying on it
- CAS promotion — years of service at each stage: 4/5/6 · 5 · 3 · 3 · 10 years — Para 11(f) applies the UGC Regulations 2018 to recruitment; the UGC 2018 promotion years are used. · Check here: Punjab Department of Higher Education (notification of 28.09.2022 — copy saved in the project)
How it works
You enter: Current Academic Level, Basic pay, Date placed in current level, Highest qualification, Institution, As on date. The result updates as you type. It applies Academic pay matrix, Levels 10–14; Annual increment 3% — 1 January or 1 July; Pay fixation on promotion — one notional increment, then the same or next higher cell — each checked against the official order (✅). It also uses CAS promotion — years of service at each stage — not yet confirmed from an official order for university teachers (⚠️), so check these with your university.