8th Pay Commission and Leave Rules

The 8th Central Pay Commission was constituted on 3 November 2025 under the chairpersonship of Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, with an 18-month mandate to submit its recommendations to the Government. The Cabinet has fixed 1 January 2026 as the effective date for any revised pay and pension structure, with arrears payable for the intervening period until implementation in late 2027 or 2028.

This section tracks what the 8th CPC consultation has so far produced for leave-rule employees. The NC-JCM Staff Side memorandum, finalised on 13 April 2026 and submitted on 14 April 2026, is the central reference document. It contains specific asks on the Earned Leave accumulation ceiling (a demand to raise it from 300 to 400 days), on the CCL pay rule under the new pay matrix, and on the leave encashment treatment for the revised pay scales. We report demands as demands, recommendations as recommendations, and notifications as notifications. Speculative figures and unconfirmed effective dates do not appear here.

Memoranda submission deadline: 30 April 2026 (NC-JCM has requested an extension to 31 May 2026; not yet confirmed by the Commission).