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Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition next-below-rule

Next below rule, the 'next below rule' is not a rule of any independent application. It sets out only the guiding principles for application in any case in which the President or the Governor proposes to regulate an officiating pay by special order under the second proviso to F.R. 30(1). The condition precedent to the application of the 'Next Below Rule' must, therefore, be fulfilled in each individual case before any action can be taken under this proviso, D.D. Suri v. Union of India, AIR 1979 SC 1596: (1979) 3 SCC 553: (1980) 1 SCR 24 [F.R. 30(1) Second Proviso]

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