CAS Promotion Eligibility Calculator for Tamil Nadu 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 10–15 (UGC): Level 10 ₹57,700 … Level 15 ₹2,24,100 — from 01.01.2016 · Order: Tamil Nadu G.O.(Ms) No.145, Higher Education (H1) Department, dated 06.07.2018, para 2(B) · read on the official website 18.10.2026 — “The first academic level (corresponding to AGP of Rs.6000/-) is numbered as academic level 10 … entry pay Rs 57,700 (Level 10) to Rs 1,82,200 (Level 15)” · Tamil Nadu G.O.(Ms) No.145, Higher Education, 06.07.2018
- Annual increment 3% — 1 Jan, 1 Apr, 1 Jul or 1 Oct after one year: 3%, quarterly dates — from 01.01.2016 · Order: Tamil Nadu Revised Pay Rules 2017 (G.O.Ms.No.303, 11.10.2017), Rule 10; Tamil Nadu G.O.(Ms) No.145, Higher Education (H1) Department, dated 06.07.2018, para 2(D) · read on the official website 18.10.2026 — “There shall be four quarters for grant of increment namely, 1st January, 1st April, 1st July and 1st October of every year … an employee shall be entitled to only one annual increment” · Tamil Nadu Revised Pay Rules 2017, G.O.Ms.No.303 (Accountant General copy)
- Pay fixation on promotion — one notional increment, then the same or next higher cell: para 10 — from 01.01.2016 · Order: Tamil Nadu G.O.(Ms) No.145, Higher Education (H1) Department, dated 06.07.2018, para 2(N) · read on the official website 18.10.2026 — “he would be given a notional increment in his existing Academic Level” · Tamil Nadu G.O.(Ms) No.145, Higher Education, 06.07.2018
⚠️ 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 — G.O.(Ms) No.145 refers to CAS but does not repeat the years; the UGC Regulations 2018 years are used. · Check here: Tamil Nadu G.O.(Ms) No.145, Higher Education, 06.07.2018
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 10–15 (UGC); Annual increment 3% — 1 Jan, 1 Apr, 1 Jul or 1 Oct after one year; 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.