8th Pay Commission deadline extension: Employee bodies can now submit their memorandum till May 31, 2026

A day after the National Council - Joint Consultative Machinery (NC-JCM) (staff side) requested the 8^th Pay Commission to extend the deadline of memorandum submission from April 30, 2026, the 8^th CPC today (Wednesday, April 29, 2026) extended the due date to May 31, 2026.

However, the Pay Commission didn’t agree to NC-JCM's request for allowing employee bodies to submit the memorandum's PDF and MS Word copies online as well as hard physical copies.

In a message, posted on its website, the 8^th Pay Commission said, “The last date for the submission of responses is May 31, 2026 (Sunday). All submissions are to be made only through the link specified. Paper-based memoranda/hard copies/pdf/emails of the memorandum are not being considered/ entertained by the Commission.”


“Authorised/nominated nodal/sub-nodal officers of ministries, departments, UTs and offices under their administrative control who wish to submit their representation/ memorandum/suggestions to the 8th Central Pay Commission can do so in a structured format under “Ministry / Department / Union Territory (UT)” category,” the message further said.

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In a meeting on Tuesday (April 28, 2026), NC-JCM had requested the 8^th Pay Commission chairperson to extend the memorandum submission date from April 30, 2026, to May 31, 2026. The employee body said that the deadline extension was needed since many employee organisations and pensioner associations were unable to submit their memorandum online.

Earlier, many employee and pensioners bodies had also requested to extend the deadline for memorandum submission.

What is the memorandum that employee bodies can submit to the 8th Pay Commission?

The memorandum mentions pay, pension, allowance, fitment factor-related demands of an employee or a pensioner body. They also have information about work conditions of employees.

For example, in the common memorandum on behalf of all employee and pensioner bodies, NC-JCM has demanded a 3.833 fitment factor and a minimum of Rs 69,000 basic pay from the 8th Pay Commission.

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However, different employee or pensioner units can submit their respective memorandums.

Who can submit a memorandum to the 8th Pay Commission?

In a message posted on its official website, the 8th Pay Commission said that it invites representations/memorandum/suggestions from central government employees – industrial and non-industrial, personnel belonging to the All India Services; personnel belonging to Defence Forces, personnel of Union Territories; officers and employees of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, members of regulatory bodies (other than the RBI) set up under the Acts of Parliament, Officers and employees of the Supreme Court, officers and employees of the High Court whose expenditure is borne by Union Territories, judicial officers of the subordinate courts in Union Territories, pensioners, service associations/unions, central government ministries/departments/ organisations/Union Territories.



Where can they submit their memorandum?

Anyone from the categories mentioned above can submit their memorandum on the 8th Pay Commission's official website through a link it has given.