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every six of those attaining the maximum of Class I (which would normally be after only to years
further!
the
service, at age 3would have alotones of getting
being held up there indefinitel
de I think to put it another way, The average wait at This point might become as much as 15 years.
It is questionable, therefore, whether,
unless the establishment-proportion of the proposed
new Special Class can be substantially increased,
there would be such a substantial concession to the
Service, even on the issue of "stagnation", as to
make the proposed deprivation of rent allowance a
reasonable quid pro quo.
I would mention in passing that I assume the
proposed three Grades of the new Special Class must
be regarded in practice as being consecutive on each
other, and not concurrent as shown in Mr. Galsworthy's
table.
Another point about the proposed new Special
Grade, consisting entirely of specific posts, is that in
practice
(usually
such a rigid system/leads to discontent.
The
men who are lucky enough to be "in the succession" for
the specific posts are in clover, but those in other
departments who, not necessarily through lack of
enterprise, never get a chance to acquire the type of
experience required for an existing "specific post"
are, unless such a post is created for them, deprived
of any prospect of getting beyond the $2,600 point.
Finally, the exclusion of these specific
posts from the right to qualify for acting allowance, as
proposed in paragraph 10 of the despatch, seems rather
invidious unless posts of similar status in other
branches of the public service are similarly excluded.
Rent allowance