Government of lndia - Secretariat of the

Appoin~ments Cormnit tee of the Cabinel Milustry ofPersonne1, Public Grievances and f'e~lsioils

Department of Personnel and Training ......

OFFICE MEhI0IWL)UM

Attention is invited to para 6 of the central Stqfing Scllen~a cir~i~rlniei-1 ,yjkj~: i . I i c :

Departmeni's O.M. No . 36/77/94-EO(SM.1) dated the 5"' Januruy, 1906.

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2. The Appointments Committee of b e Cabinet has appl-oved ~ l ~ ~ ~ l l i f i c a l i ( ~ ~ ~ 0 1 1 J i ( entries in para 6 of the Central Staffir~g Scheme relating to eligibil~ly 01 vllic.:c~-r: ! \ ) I

holding posts of the level ofAdditi01~1 Secretary and Secretal y as fLllo\;\~s.-

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Seven yeurs 01' se~.\~ic:t.: i l l I 1 1 , . i scale o f l~s.18400 .,.Z%;lO(.l I

I llle parent carlrc oi' :;IL:J.\J~(:L: t i 1 1 i

aU officers r~ ih t :~ . I l l i 1 1 1 i 111. 1 i Central Secllela~it~l Se~~viq:~.:. I

J Twelity years o I' (,'; 111 1 1 1.1 ., ,:\

service will, nl 1exi1. ?L!V,-II

years' residrr~iy i l l 1.11~: ;I 1 i . 1 1 I Secrc~;lries" i ~ ~ i l o b i l i t ) ~ lisl i l l 1 respect of C:el~t rul fSei:!:t:~i:\ri;l~ Service o 1'licil.s. i

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Severi years of service in lfle scale of Rs.5900-6700 in the paent cadre or service and a minimurn of two years o f service lei? fur retirement, h r all officers other thun the .Central Seerelariat Service. Provided thar in respect of officers who bad h e n

appouited to ihe scale of Rs.2500-2750 (pre-IV Pay Conu$ssion) or were included in the panel approved f i r appointment to posts in the scale of Ps.2500-2750 under the Cenlral Staffing Scherne on or before 3 1.12.1985, a periotl

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equivalent revised scale'w~uld I i . , :1,;iGcie111,.

i Twenty years o f Group scr\licc wilh a1 le~jst szilen years' rcsidenc): i l l illc Joint Secretarjes' sui tabi l l~~ list in respec[ of. ~a11'ral Secretarial Service oficers.

Further, aparl from eligibihty condi~io~is prescribed above, it \vould conlinur lo be ensured t l~a r , fbs empanelmenr of ofticcrs ol ' l various Ccnlril Services Ciroup 1 'A' Rlr appoin~ri~crli to tllc 1 posts 0 1 ' .Scc:r-zlar.,y ; r ~ i d ~ A(i~j i l i~~~l ; , I

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'[\YO. yea1.s Ik:i\vec11 1 hc ol1ii:er.:. ol'llle 1AS and olliccr-s 0 1 ' o ~ i i c ~ Ce~l ln~l St.r\,ices. ~ j l ~ i l c 1 making. ils r.ecorl~r~~criciil~jo~~s. ill^ S p ~ i i S ~ C : I I ~ J I ~ ~ I I Z C ( I ! ' I : . ) I ! j - . . . - .. - -

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Mininlu111 of iwo yrars of service in a po'st carrying a . basic pay of Rs.7300 or above. (Note: Jil the case of All-India Services olficer.~ who stand allocated to different cadres, eligibility criteria will apply to

'the entire batch as soon as one officer of the batch has p u t in the required 2 years of senlice

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Minirnym of I\vo years o f l [ .

service ill a post canying a basic pay of Rs.2i300 or above. (No~e: In llle case o i AII-India services oficers who stand allocated ro dilfereni cadres,' eligibility criteria will apply to rhe enlire batch a s ' soon as one 0ffice.r of the batcli has put in the required 2 years

on a past ciirrying basic pay of ,?s. 7;;(1i?.f- l)..!\;l.: ,

i of service on a port caq i r ig a I hnsir pay 01' Ils.22-10il!- I'.jv.I. ' j

S1ringe111 c r i ~ ~ , id, oi- S C I < L I ~ ; ) I ~ Si I.I~;SCIII cri~criij I : : C ~ C ~ : I it ,,, would apply lo inembers of all / woulri a p l l l ~ - LO r ~ r ~ l ~ h e r . s oi a!!

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To: . , 1. . he . ~ h i e f secretaries of all State Goverrm~ents/Union Territories.

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Deputy Secretary to the Govenmlent of India

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officers in posts lillir~g ~li.iticr Cenlral Stafling Schcme in

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the Cmtral-staf f l ? g Scheme issued m d 5 F - t aT;-eno'. 36i+77/3&m(w21 I .,, .. ",.. .

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should be circulated by the ~&ablishment -05ficer f o r . , ¶, '.

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for various poqk, t h e i r r ; , s t i n i should-be made o p p mndatogy basis.' - . - . . .-. ..: .

{ii) Circulation of-nwes for placment, ~ ~ . . ~ ~ - : ~ : ~ . i ; . ~ . z t 0 2 - c..:.

off icers . expected L3 r-zn f r - . ~ ~ : c ~ ~ p,,t:>.,~ (:r- i l i n g, - . . . .

would c ~ m e n c e a t le;s :: 0r.a m~-.-:? beei r z 2:: 17::: r I:;..? scted .. .

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2- t h e Minister of State i n the M i n i s t r y of Personne,b~ .< .

Public Grievances and Pensions, unless the i r service5 1 .

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Appointments Committee of the Cabinet 'Mihistry. of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

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.! - The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has 2 " apppo&d the proposal to add the period spent in the APPPA ' Course in the tenure of the officers irrespective of whether

they are on thle first or subsequent deputation to the Centre.

2. The Department of Personnel and Training (Training . Division's) Part ~ l l e ' No.12013/3/98-Trg. is returned .

( B,.K. Datta ) Desk Officer (SM.1)

. The Depa,rtment of Personnel 6 Training, lsnrl A.K. Arora, ~olnf secreraryj, NEW DELHI .

Copy to:

PMO [Shri Ashok Saikia, Joint Secretary).

Cabinet Secretariat (Shri Rajeev Kher, Director).

PS to MOS(PP)/PPS to Secretary (P)/PS .to EO/RO(CM)/ G.Fi!e.

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e l i g i b i l i t y o f o f f i c e r s f o r h o l d i n g p o s t s o f t h e l e v e l of Unc:' S e c r e t a r y and a b o v e . I t ha:; now b e e n d e c i d e d , w i t h t h e ~ p p r ~ : , c : of . t h e appointment.^. :Committee . o f t h e C a b i n e t , t o p r e s c r i b e , I.

a f o l l o w i n g e l i g i b i 1 i . t ~ ' c r i t e r i a $ o r o f f i c e r s o f t h e Ceri1:r: S e c r e t a r i a t S e r v i c e (CSS) f ~ r the pos t of A d d i t i o n a l . S e c r e t a r y :

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N0.314/2004-EO(MM.1) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, P.G. & PESNIONS L,@ * '

DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING **********

New Delhi, the IP August, 2005

C I R C W L A R

Subject :- Policy regarding appointment of officers at different levels l~nder the Central Staffing Scheme.

d The undersigned is directed to say that the ACC has approved the following regarding appointment of oficers at different levels under the Central Staffing Scheme so as to obviate subjectiv~ty or arbitrariness :-

I > All DepartmentsIMinistries shall be requested to make available the details of the vacancies at the levels of Deputy ~ecretary/~irector/~oint Secretary along with detailed job description, experience, specific qualifications, etc.

, required for filling up each vacant post. The DoP&T shall put on its Website the details of the vacancies at the levels of DS/Director/Joint Secretary occurring during the course of the year.

t i 2 ) DoPGT shall issue an annual circular in ~c tobe r l~ovember to all the State L h GovernmentsKadre Controlling Authorities for forwarding the names of i oficers for posting under ,the Central Staffing Scheme durinq the next 1 -p21DnAe7 ~ t m - - -I-L - '- n7 F,

. . : ;Ji, ;ui i , c i i i s i iijiiiiiy iiiio account the demands1 job requirements of the various DepartmentsIMinistries, the ACR Gradings,

I - vigilance status, etc. shall take a decision about the retention of the names I in the Offer List. t

3) DoP&T shall place on its Website the Offer List containing the names of officers retained for posting under the Central Staffing Scheme.

4) DoP&T shall also place on its Website the Executive Record (ER) Sheets of all IAS officers containing the details of their qualifications, trainings, postings, etc. These ER sheets shall be continually up-dated and shall also be used in the computeiized programme for preparation of panels.

$/'- The Composition of the Civil Services .Board (CSB) shall be as follows:-

a) Cabinet Secretary Chairman ex-officio b) Secretary(P) Member ex-officio c) One secretary to the Gol : Member

to be appointed for an year at a time

d) Establishment Officer Member-Secretary ex-officio e) Secretary of the administrative MinistrylDepartment concerned

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. , ,, , , , , v ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ uroaa parameters shall be followed by the CSB for selehtion of officers at the level of Deputy SecretaryIDirectorlJoint Secretary:-

Officer should be on Offer List for Central deputation ; Educational qualifications and training of the officers; Whether the officer's spouse is already at the Centre and the officer contemplates to come on Central deputation; CDR utilization (utilization of Deputation Reserve); Mix of cadres; Due weightage to seniority in the Service; Quality of CRslPARs.

The computer programme devised for drawing draft panels for the consideration of the CSB shall, in addition to the above parameters, also factor in the following parameters :-

For Joint Secretary level :

il> . Preference to be given to states which have low CDR utilization ; ii). Preference to be given to officers who have been on Offer List for more

than two years and are yet to be given a posting; iii). Mix of different State cadres in the panel;

For Deputy Secretar~1Director.level:

i) - Inclusion of at least one IAS officer in the panel as far as possible; ii). Preference to be given to officers who are on the OfYer List for more than

. . . two years;

111) . Special requirement of the job.

7) If an officer lacks sufficient experience in a particular domain that may be required for a post, the relevant educational qualification of an officer shall be taken into accnl In+

8) Panels recommended by the Civil Services Bcard (CSB) shall be forwarded to the MinistrylDepartment concerned for obtaining the orders of the Minister-in-charge for selection as per paragraph 21(v) of the Central Staffing Scheme. Oraers of the Minister-in-charge should normally be forwarded within seven days of the receipt of the panel or, if the Minister is on tour, within seven days of I- is return from tour. If a selection is not completed within seven days of the receipt of the panel or on return from tour by the Minister, the Cabinet Secretary may be free to either :

a) directly forward all three names -on the panel to 'the ACC with full particulars of the officers, in the case of Joint Secretaries; or

b - arrange to issue appointment orders for the first name in the panel in the case df DirectorsIDeputy Secretaries.

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The DepartmentIMinistry concerned to which a panel of names is sent by the CSB for a post of Deputy SecretarylDirectorlJoint Secretary, shall select one of them. Approval of ACC shall be sought for the selection of officers o f the level of Joint Secretary.

10) In respect of appointments to 'the levels of Deputy SecretaryIDirector, it shall not be necessary to place the matter before the ACC even if the - DepadmentJMinistry selects an officer o t h e ~ - t h a n - t h u f f i ~ e ~ a t SI. No. 1 in the CSB panel.

11) Officers on Compulsory Wait having a balance tenure of less than one C". year may be repatriated to their parent cadres with the approval of the tb' L Cabinet Secretary and the MOS(PP) unless their services are found

it required for some specific joblassignment.

-. ., 12) Names of officers on Compulsory Wait for posting shall be circulated by

y".; the Establishment Officer for placement in panels as provided under the Central Staffing Scheme. If they are not selected for a post within three months of Compulsory Wait despite repeated circulation for various posts, their posting will be made on a mandatory basis.

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Circulation of names for plscement in respect of officers expected to return from long-term training shall commence at least one month before their expected date of reporting for posting.

Lateral transfer .while on Central deputationl shall be considered in the following instances :

Where the posts are of such nature that repeated circulations do not yield sufficient nominations; Where the instit~~tions/organizations are s ~ ~ c h that the prof~le feql~ired for the job does not co-relate w~th the profile of the ofhcer appointed; Where the posts are located in such places that sufficient nominations are ordinarily not received;

The cases of lateral transfer of officers on grounds of inefficiency, incompetence, unsatisfactory perfqrmance or incompatibiiity with the job requirements shall be considered only after the administrative MinistryJDepartment has obtained the off~cers' explanation on each alleged shortcoming. Such grounds of inefficiency, etc. shall not be held against the officers for imposing penalty, etc. or for recording in his ACR. These grounds shall be used only for the limited purpose of lateral transfer. In case it is felt that proceedings for penalty should be launched, such proceeding shall be taken up separately as per the existing rules and provisions.

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' . 16) After issuance of ACCIDoPT orders regarding appointment of an officer .. under the Central Staffing Scheme, a time of three weeks from the date of . > 1 ' .;q, **

, receipt of the order shall be given to the officer to join his new post: If no. ," A

response is received after three weeks or the officer fails to join, ti.;

+<. , process'of debarment shall be initiated after a notice to that effect is C issued to the officer concerned.

% \ 2. The above decision of the ACC is brought to the notice of all Ministries

and Departments of Government of India for information. - . n

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Director

1, All Ministries and Departments of Govt. of India. 2. All Cadre controlling authorities of Central Service Group 'A'.

INTERNAL DISTRIBUTION

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