Have you completed probation period of your previous job till date or you're still on probation period. You will be eligible for NIT pay scale once that probation period is over.
lien as contained in relevant FRs are given as follows:Y. 15.3.1 FR (13) Lien means the title of a government servant to hold on regular basis, either. immediaitely or on the termination of a period or periods of absence, a post, including a tenure.
FR 22-B: Governs fixation of pay of a government servant who is appointed as a probationer or on probation or as an apprentice in another service/cadre.
(i) Rule 35 to FR 22 is not applicable to the case, much less FR 22 -B is directly covered under Sections 40(1), 48(2), 48(4) of the Act read with 10(3), 10(4), 10(5) of the Regulations and Rule 2 of the General Rules framed under clause 56 of the Statute.