CENTRAL
SECRETARIAT CLERICAL SERVICE RULES, 1962
(CORRECTED
UPTO JULY 1996)
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES &
PENSIONS
DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING
CENTRAL SECRETARIAT CLERICAL SERVICE
CONTENTS
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Sections |
Particulars |
Pages |
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1 |
3 to 27 |
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2 |
The Central Secretariat Clerical Service(seniority of transferred officers)
Regulations, 1963 |
28 to 29 |
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3 |
The Central Secretariat Clerical Service (Competitive Exam)
Regulations, 1965 |
30 to 37 |
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4 |
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38 to 42 |
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5 |
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43 to 49 |
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6 |
The Central Secretariat Clerical Service (Preparation of Common
Seniority Lists) Regulations, 1971 |
50 to 51 |
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7 |
The Central Secretariat Clerical Service (Amendment) Rules,
2010 |
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SECTION-1
THE CENTRAL
SECRETARIAT CLERICAL SERVICE RULES, 1962*
In
exercise of the power conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the
constitution and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the President
hereby makes the following rules, namely: -
1.
Short title and
commencement- (1) These rules shall be called the Central Secretariat Clerical
Service Rules, 1962.
(2). They shall come into force on the 1st
November, 1962.
2.
Definition- In these rules,
unless the context otherwise requires, --
(a)
"appointing authority" in relation to any grade means the
authority empowered under the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control
and Appeal) Rules, 1965, to make appointments to that Grade;
(b)
"appointed day" means the date on which these rules come into
force;
+(c)
"approved services" in relation to any grade means-
i)
in respect of an officer recruited directly to that grade, period or
periods of service rendered in that grade, but for his being on leave or
otherwise not being available, from first July of the year, following the year
in which the examination for direct recruitment was held, provided that where
there is a delay of more than three months in the appointment of any candidate, such delay is not due to
any fault on his part;
ii)
in respect of an officer recruited through departmental examination,
period or periods of service rendered in that grade, but for his being on leave
or otherwise not being available, from first July of the year for vacancies of
which such examination was held;
Provided that the
officer so recruited was appointed against the vacancies of the same year for
which such examination had been held;
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* Published with the Government of India, Ministry of
Home Affaire Notification No. 60/61-III-cs (A), dated the 28th
September, 1962, as amended from time to time in extra ordinary Gazette of
India vide GSR No. 1306 dated 28th September, 1962.
+ Amended vide Department of Personal & Training
Notification No. 12/5/94-CS dated 18th January, 1995 Published in
the Gazette of India dated 4th February, 1995 vide GSR No.
53-amendment made effective from 1st Feb. 1995.
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(iii) in respect of an officer recruited
through departmental examination who was appointed to the grade against the
vacancies of any year later than the year for which such examination had been
held, the period or periods of services rendered in that grade, but for his
being on leave or otherwise not being available, from first July of the year
against the vacancies of which they were appointed;
(iv)
in respect of an officer recruited on the basis of Length of service in
the lower grade/service, the period or periods of service rendered in that
grade but for his being on leave or otherwise not being available, from first
July of the year for which the
recruitment was made;
# (d)
“Authorised Permanent Strength”
in relation to grade of cadre means the number of sanctioned posts that Grade,
against which regular appointments may
be made;
(e)
“Cadre” means the group of posts in
Upper Division and Lower Division Grade of the service in any of the Ministries
or offices specified in column (2) of the First Schedule and in all the offices
specified against it in column (3) of that Schedule;
(f)
“Cadre Authority” in relation to any
cadre means the Ministry or Office specified in respect of that cadre in column
(2) of the First Schedule;
Note. - For the purpose of disciplinary matters, “Cadre Authority”
in relation to any cadre, however, means the Ministry or Office, specified in
respect of that cadre in column 2 or the Office specified in column 3 of the
First Schedule.
#
(g) “Cadre Officer” in relation to any grade of the service, means a
member of the Service of that grade;
(h)
Omitted
vide Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms No. 6/2/70-CS.II(i)
dated the 10th November, 1970;
(hh) “Common Seniority List”
in relation to any Grade means the seniority list of officers of that Grade
serving in all the cadres specified in the First Schedule as on the appointed
day and revised from time to time in accordance with the regulations to be
framed in this behalf by the Central Government;
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# Amended vide Department of Personnel
& Training Notification No. 12/3/93-CS.II dated 22nd November,
1995 - Published in the Gazette of India vide GSR No. 538 dated 9th
December, 1995.
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(i)
"Direct Recruit” means a person
recruited to the Lower Division Grade on the basis of a competitive examination
held by the Staff Selection Commission;
# (j)
“Duty Post” in relation to any
Grade, means a post sanctioned in that
Grade;
(k)
“Grade” means any of the Grades
specified in rule 3;
(l)
Omitted
vide Department of Personnel & Training Notification No. 12/3/93-CS.II
dated the 22nd November, 1995;
(m)
“Ministry” means a Ministry in the Government
of India and includes a Department of a Ministry or other Office specified in
column (2) of the First Schedule;
(n)
Omitted
vide Department of Personnel & Training Notification No. 12/3/93-CS.II
dated the 22nd November, 1995;
# (o) “Probationer”
means a direct recruit appointed to the lower division grade on probation in or
against a regular vacancy, in that grade;
# (oo) “Range
of Seniority” in relation to any grade means the range specified by the
Central Government in the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry
of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions for additional to Select;
(p)
“Schedule”
means a Schedule to these Rules;
(q)
“Service”
means the Central Secretariat Clerical Service;
(r)
“Select
List” means the Select List under sub-rule (3) of rule 11;
(rr) "Staff Selection
Commission" means the Staff Selection Commission set up in pursuance
of the Resolution of the Government of India in the Cabinet Secretariat
(Department of Personnel) No. 46/1/ (s)/74-Estt (B), dated the 4th
November, 1975;
(s)
Omitted
vide Department of Personnel & Training Notification No. 12/3/93-CS.II
dated the 22nd November, 1995;
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#Amended vide Department of Personnel
& Training Notification No.
12/3/93-CS-II dated 22nd November, 1995 - Published in the Gazette
of India vide GSR No. 538 dated 9th December, 1995.
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3. Composition of the
Service- (1) There shall be two Grades in the Service, namely:-
(i) The Upper Division Grade;
and
(ii) The Lower Division
Grade.
(2)
The
posts in both the Grades shall be non-gazetted posts classified as Central
Civil Service, Class III Ministerial.
4.
Constitution of separate
cadres- (1) A
separate cadre in respect of the two Grades of the services shall be
constituted for each Ministry or office specified in column (2)of the first
Schedule and all the offices specified against such Ministry or office in
column (3) of that Schedule, and officers of these Grades in each cadre
shall be born on a separate gradation
list drawn up for that cadre.
5.
Authorised Permanent Strength
and temporary strength of the Service- (1) The authorised permanent strength
of the two grades of the Service in each cadre on the appointed day shall be as
specified in the Second Schedule.
(2)
After
the appointed day, the authorised permanent strength of the two Grades in each
cadre shall be such as may from time to time be determined by the Central
Government.
(3)
The
cadre authority may make temporary additions to a cadre as it may deem
necessary from time to time.
6 Exclusion of duty
posts from the cadre- Any duty post in a Grade may be declared by the cadre
authority with the concurrence of the Department of Personnel and Training in
the Ministry of personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions to be excluded from
the cadre-
(i) if such post is required, for the time being, to be
filled by the appointment of persons possessing special or technical qualifications
or experience; or
(ii) if it is necessary, for the time being, to fill such post by a
person other than a cadre officer of the appropriate Grade;
and the post shall remain
excluded from the cadre so long as such declaration remains in force.
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7.
Initial Constitution of each
cadre- The
permanent and temporary officers of each Grade in each cadre on the appointed
day shall be as determined by the Deptt. of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions.
8.
Posting of Cadre officers- Every cadre officer shall,
unless he is on leave or otherwise not available for holding a duty post, be
posted against a duty post of the appropriate Grade in the cadre.
9.
Duty posts to be held by the cadre
officers-Every
duty post in a cadre shall, unless declared to be excluded from the cadre under
rule 6 or held in abeyance for any reason, be held by a cadre officer of the
appropriate Grade.
# 10.
Appointments to the service- All appointments shall be made to the
appropriate grade of the service and not against any specified duty post in
that Grade.
# 11. Recruitment
to the Upper Division Grade of the Service-
(1) Vacancies in Upper Division Grade of the service in any
cadre shall be filled by regular appointment of persons included in the Select
List for the grade in that cadre, such appointment being made in the order of
seniority in the Select List except when , for reasons to be recorded in
writing, a person is not considered fit for such appointment in his turn;
Provided that any persons
appointed to the Lower Division Grade shall be eligible for recruitment to
Upper Division Grade only if he has successfully completed the probation and
has either passed the typing test, or has been exempted, in accordance with the prescribed procedure,
from passing it;
Provided further that, if any
person appointed to the Lower Division Grade is considered for promotion in the
Upper Division Grade in any cadre in accordance with the provisions of this
sub- rule, all persons senior to him in the Lower Division Grade in that cadre
shall, if they have successfully completed the probation, also be so considered
notwithstanding that they may not have rendered eight years approved service in
that Grade;
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#Amended vide Department of Personnel
& Training Notification No. 12/3/93-CS.II dated 22nd November,
1995-Published in the Gazette of India vide GSR NO. 538 dated 9th
December, 1995.
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Provided also that if officers
within the range of seniority are not available in a cadre for promotions, the
appointments shall be made from a panel, furnished by the Central Government in
the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions of officers serving in the other cadres;
Provided also that while
considering the cases of officers belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Schedules
Tribes, and other special categories of persons, reservations shall be made in
accordance with such instructions as may be issued by the Department of
Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions from time to time.
(2) Ad hoc appointments to the Upper Division Grade may be
made from the persons included in the Lower Division Grade of a cadre in the
order of seniority, if they have
completed the length of approved service required for regular promotion
to that Grade;
Provided that no such person
appointed to the Lower Division Grade would be eligible for ad hoc appointment
to Upper Division Grade unless he has successfully completed the probation and
has either passed the typewriting test, or has been exempted, in accordance
with the procedure prescribed by the Central Government, from passing it;
Provided further that such ad
hoc appointments shall not be resorted to or will be terminated when persons
included in the select List for Upper Division Grade are available or has
become available to fill the vacancies;
Provided also that any adhoc
appointments, notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, shall not be
deemed to confer on the person so appointed, any right or claim to the Upper
Division Grade of service, or to seniority in that Grade;
Provided also that all such ad
hoc appointments shall be made and regulated in accordance with such
instructions as may be issued by the Department of Personnel and Training in
the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances from time to time.
(3) For the purpose of this rule, a Select
Li9st shall be prepared and may be revised from time to time. The procedure for preparing and revising the
Select List shall be as set out in the Third Schedule.
(4) Omitted vide Department of Personnel and Training Notification
No. 12/ 3/ 93 - CS II dated the 22nd November, 1995.
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11-A. Omitted vide Department of Personnel and Training
Notification No. 12/3/93-CS II dated the 22nd Nov. 1995.
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Recruitment to the Lower
Division Grade of the Service-
(1)
Vacancies
in the Lower Division Grade shall be filled in the following manner, namely:-
$(a) Fifteen percent of vacancies in each cadre may be filled
by appointment, by promotion, of Group D employees borne on regular
establishments working in the Ministries and offices participating in the
Central Secretariat Clerical Service, in the following manner, namely :-
$(i) Ten percent of the vacancies may be
filled on the basis of qualifying examinations held for this purpose by the
Staff Selection Commission; and
(ii)
Five
percent of the vacancies may be filled on the basis of seniority, subject ton
the rejection of the unfit, from amongst those Group D employees who are within
the range of seniority prescribed by the Department of Personnel and Training
qualified for appointment as Lower Division Clerk i.e. who have passed the
Matriculation or an equivalent examination of a recognised Board or University;
Provided that if sufficient
number of persons do not become available, the vacancies shall be filled in the
manner prescribed in clause (b)
Provided further that if more
of such employees than the number of vacancies available under this clause
qualify at the said examination, such excess employees shall be considered for
filling the vacancies arising in the subsequent years so that the employees
qualifying at an earlier examination are considered before those who qualify at
a later examination.
$(b) Eighty percent of the vacancies or such higher percentage as may
be determined by the Central Government in the Department of Personnel and
Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions in
accordance with the proviso to clause (a) shall be filled by direct recruitment
on the basis of competitive examination held for the purpose by the Staff
Selection Commission.
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$Modified vide Department of Personnel
& Training Notification No. 12/1/91-CS II dated 16th April, 1993
Published in the Gazette of India vide GSR No.234 dated 15th May,
1993.
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Provided that to the extent a sufficient
number of qualified candidates of the competitive examinations referred to in
clauses (a) and (b) are not available for appointment on the results of the
such examinations, the vacancies may be filled provisionally or on regular
basis, in such manner as may be prescribed by the Central Government in the
Department of Personnel in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions.
@ (c) Five percent of the vacancies may be filled
from amongst outstanding sportsmen to be recruited on a centralised basis on
the basis of selection to be made by the ^ Staff Selection Commission.
(1A) Notwithstanding
anything contained in sub rule (1) recruitment to the Lower Division Grade of
the Services may also be made from amongst persons holding post of Telephone
Operators in any Ministry or office
specified in column (2) and (3) of the First Schedule and who are declared
qualified for induction to the service on the results of the qualifying
examination held for this purpose by the Staff Selection Commission.
(IB) The
rules for the examination refereed to in sub-rule (1-A) shall be as determined
by regulations made by the Central Government in the Department of Personnel
and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
(2) Omitted vide Department of Personnel
& Training Notification No. 12/3/93 -CS.II dated the 22nd
November, 1995.
(3) Omitted vide Department of Personnel & Training
Notification No.12/3/93-CS. II dated the 22nd November, 1995.
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@ Modified
vide Department of Personnel and Training Notification No.6/3/81 -CS II dated 1st
January, 1990- Published in the Gazette of India vide GSR No. 56 dated 3rd
February, 1990.
^
Modified vide Department of Personnel & Training Notification
No.20/6/92-CS.II dated the 23rd
August, 1994 Published in the Gazette of India vide GSR No.460 dated 17th
September, 1994.
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(4)
The
rules for the competitive examinations refereed to in sub-rule (1) shall be as
determined by regulations made by the Central Government in the Department of
Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions and the allotment of candidates from the results of such examinations
to each cadre shall be made by the said Department.
! 12-A Power
to relax in certain cases- Notwithstanding anything contained in rule 12,
the cadre authority may fill not more than 5% of the vacancies in the Lower
Division Grade arising in a year, otherwise than as provided for in these
rules, by appointment of a son or daughter or wife or husband or brother or
sister of a Government servant who dies during the period of his service or is
retired on medical grounds under rule 38 of the Central Civil Services
(Pension) Rules, 1972, before attaining the age of 55 years (57 years for Group
'D' employees). Provided that the
aforesaid limit of5% mentioned above may be relaxed in exceptional cases with
the approval of the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
12-B Re-employment of officers-
Notwithstanding anything contained in rules 11 and 12, if the exigencies of
public interest so demand, any vacancy in any grade may, subject to the
instructions issued by the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry
of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions from time to time, in this behalf,
be filled by reemployment of an officer of that grade who has retired from
service.
13. Omitted vide Department of Personnel and
Training Notification No. 12/3/93-CS. II dated 22nd November 1995.
14. Probation- (1) Every direct
recruit to the Lower Division Grade of the Service shall initially be appointed
on probation, the period of probation being two years from the date of
appointment.
(2)
Every
person shall, when first appointed to the Upper Division Grade, be on trial'
for a period of two years from the date of appointment.
(3)
The
period of probation or trial specified in sub-rule (1) and (2) may, if the
appointing authority deems fit, be extended or curtailed in any case, but the
total period of extension of probation or trial shall not, save where it is
necessary by reasons of any departmental or legal proceedings pending against
the officers, exceed one year.
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! Modified
vide Department of Personnel & Training Notification No.12/5/90-CS.II dated
1st February, 1991-Published in the Gazette of India vide GSR No.
111 dated 23rd February, 1991.
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(4)
During probation or trial, a member of
the Service may be required to undergo such training and to pass such tests as
the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions may from time to time prescribe.
# 15. Confirmation-
(1)
When
a member of the service appointed to Lower Division Grade on Probation has
passed the prescribed tests (including typewriting tests held by the Staff
Selection Commission) or has been specifically exempted from passing the
typewriting test in consultation with Department of Personnel and Training in
the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, and completed his
probation to the satisfaction of the appointing authority, he shall become
eligible for being confirmed in that grade.
Until a probationer is confirmed under this rule or is discharged or
reverted under the provisions of rule 16, he shall continue to have the status
of a probationer.
(2)
Omitted
vide Department of personnel & Training Notification No. 12/3/93-CS.II
dated 22nd November, 1995.
16. Discharge or reversion- (1) An officer appointed to the Lower
Division Grade of the Service who has no lien on any post under the Central
Government or any State Government shall, while on probation, be liable to be
discharged from the Service at any time without notice; if
(i)
On
the basis of his performance or conduct during probation , he is considered
unfit for further retention in the service; or
(ii)
If
on the receipt of any information relating to his nationality, age, health, or
antecedents, the appointing authority is satisfied that he is ineligible or
otherwise unfit for being a member of the Service.
(2) An officer appointed to the Lower Division Grade of the
Service who holds a lien on a post under the Central Government or any State
Government may, while on probation be reverted to such post at any time in any
of the circumstances specified in sub-rule (1).
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# Amended
vide Department of Personnel & Training Notification No. 12/3/93-CS.II
dated 22nd November, 1995 Published in the Gazette of India vide GSR
No. 538 dated 9th December, 1995.
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(3)
An officer appointed to the Lower Division
Grade of the Service who is not considered for confirmation or continuance in
the Grade as the case may be, during or at the end of the period of probation
prescribed in sub-rule (1) of rule 14 or at the end of the extended period of
probation, if any, under sub-rule (3) of that rule, shall be discharged or reverted
in accordance with sub-rule (1) or sub-rule (2), as the case may be.
(4)
A
member of the Service on trial in the Upper Division who is not considered
suitable for continuance in that Grade during or at the end of the period of
trial prescribed in sub-rule (2) of rule 14 or the extended period. If any, under sub-rule (3) of that rule, shall be reverted to the
lower Division Grade.
17. Seniority - (1) The relative seniority
of members of the Service appointed to any Grade before the appointed day shall
be regulated by their relative seniority as determined before that day.
Provided that if the seniority
of any such officer had not been specifically determined before the appointed
day it shall be as determined by the Department of Personnel and Training in
the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
Provided further that the
seniority of an officer referred to in the proviso to clause(s) of rule 2 shall
be determined by the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of
Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions by taking into account the continuous length of regular service
rendered before the appointed day by such officer in the grade of Lower
Division or any higher grade in the offices of the Central Government.
(2)
All
permanent officers included in the initial constitution of a Grade under rule 7
shall rank senior to all persons substantively appointed to that Grade with
effect from a date after the appointed day, and all temporary officers included
in the initial constitution of a Grade under that rule shall rank senior to all
temporary officers appointed to that Grade after the appointed day.
# (3) Save as
otherwise provided in sub rule (5), the seniority of persons appointed to the
two Grades of the service shall be determined in the following manner, namely:-
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# Amended
vide Department of Personnel and Training Notification No. 12/3/93-CS.II dated
22nd November, 1995 published in the Gazette of India vide GSR No.
538 dated 9th December, 1995.
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I. UPPER DIVISION GRADE
The seniority inter se of
officers regularly appointed to the Grade shall be regulated by the order in
which their names are included in the select list.
Provided that seniority of a
person included in the Select List who refuses at any time to be appointed to
the Grade for reasons acceptable to the appointing authority, shall, on his
appointment to the Grade any time thereafter, be as per his position in the
Select List on the basis of which he is eventually appointed to the Grade.
II. LOWER
DIVISION GRADE
(a)
The
seniority inter se of officers regularly appointed to the Grade, shall
be regulated in the following manner namely :-
(i)
Those
appointed under sub clause (I) of clause
(a) of sub- rule (1) of rule 12 shall rank inter se in the order
in which their names are arranged in single list by the Staff Selection
Commission on the basis of their seniority in the parent Group D post, the
employees holding posts in a higher Grade to rank senior to those in the lower
Grade.
(ii)
Those
appointed under sub-class (ii) of clause (a) of sub rule (1) of rule 12 shall
rank inter se in the order of their seniority in the lower Grade.
(iii)
The
inter se seniority of persons referred to in items (1) and (ii) above
shall be in the ratio 2:1 that is to say, that the persons in these categories
shall be arranged by taking alternately two persons from amongst the category
of persons specified in item (i) and one person from amongst the category of
persons specified in item (ii) above respectively.
(iv)
Those
appointed under clause (c) of sub-rule (1) of rule 12 shall rank inter se
in the order recommended by the Staff Selection Commission.
(v)
Those
appointed under clause (b) of sub-rule (1) of rule 12 shall rank inter se
in the order of merit in which they are placed at the competitive examinations
on the results of which they are recruited, the recruits of an earlier
competitive examination being ranked senior to those of a latter examination.
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(vi)
The
inter-se seniority of persons referred to in items (I), (ii), (iv) and
(v) above shall be regulated according to the quotas fixed for each of the four
groups, in accordance with a roster maintained by each Cadre Authority,
starting with one persons referred to in item (ii) above, followed by 2 from
item (I) followed by 16 from item (v), followed by 1 from (iv) and so on.
(vii)
The
seniority of persons qualifying for appointment under sub-clause (I) of clause
(a) of sub-rule (1) of rule 12 in excess of the number of vacancies available
for that year and who are to be adjusted against the vacancies in subsequent
year and those appointed in subsequent year under clause (b) of sub-rule (1) of
rule 12, shall also be regulated in the manner provided in item (vi):
Provided that the seniority of
persons recruited through the examination referred to in rule 12 in whose cases
offers of appointment are revived after being cancelled and those appointed on
regular basis under the proviso to
clause (b) of sub rule (1) of rule 12 shall be such as may be determined by the
Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions.
(b)
Notwithstanding
anything contained in clause (a), the seniority of persons falling in the
category specified in sub-rule (IA) of rule 12 shall be such as may be
determined by the Central Government in the Department of Personnel &
Training in the Ministry of Personnel , Public Grievances & Pensions.
(c)
Persons
appointed to the Grade in accordance with rule 12 A shall rank inter se according to their date of
appointment:
Provided that persons so
appointed in a particular year shall en bloc be ranked junior to the persons
recruited on the basis of competitive examination held in that year;
(4) Omitted vide Department of Personnel & Training
Notification No. 12/3/93- CS.II dated 22nd November, 1995.
(5) The seniority of a member of the Service transferred from
one cadre to another under the third proviso to sub-rule (1) of rule 11 or
under rule 20 shall be determined in accordance with the regulations made by
the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions.
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#18. Pay- The scales of
pay attached to the two Grades of the service shall be determined by the
Central Government in the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry
of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, from time to time.
The scales of pay of the two
Grades are:
(i)
Upper
Division Grade Rs 1200-30-1560-EB-40-2040; and
(ii)
Lower
Division Grade Rs 950-20-1150-EB-25-1500.
19. Regulation of pay.
-(1) The pay and increments of officers of the two Grades shall be
regulated in accordance with the Fundamental Rules or other similar rules
relating to pay for the time being in force.
(2)
The
pay of a probationer may, on his completing each year of probation to the
satisfaction of the appointing authority and passing the prescribed periodical
tests, be raised by one stage in the time scale.
20.` Inter-cadre transfers.-
The Central Government in the Department of personnel and Training in the
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions may transfer a cadre
officer of any grade from one cadre officer of any grade from one cadre to
another cadre.
21. Constitution of new cadres.- The Central Government in
the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions may after the appointed day constitute new cadres of
the Service, by-
(i)
splitting
up an existing cadre into two or more cadres;
(ii)
combining
two or more existing cadres into one; or
(iii)
combining
staff drawn partly from two or more cadres.
#(2) The
authorised permanent strength in each Grade, as well as the relative seniority
of the officers in any new cadre constituted under sub rule (1), shall be
determined by the Central Government in the Department of Personnel and
Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
(3) After a new
cadre has been constituted under sub-rule (1) and its initial constitution
determined under sub-rule (2), all the other provisions of these rules shall
apply to such a cadre.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#Amended vide Department of
Personnel & Training Notification No.12/3/93-CS.II dated 22nd
November, 1995- Published in the Gazette of India vide GSR No. 538 dated 9th
December, 1995.
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22.. Regulations: - The Central Government in the
Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions may make regulations, not inconsistent with these
rules, to provide for all matters for which provision is necessary or expedient
for the purpose of giving effect to these rules.
23. Residuary matters:- In regard to matters not
specifically covered by these rules or by regulations or orders made or issued
thereunder, or by special orders, the members of the Service shall by governed
by the rules, regulations and orders applicable to the Central Civil Services
in general.
24.
Removal of difficulties and
power of the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions to act in special contingencies:-
(1) The
Central Government in the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry
of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions may from time to time issue such
general or special directions as may be necessary to remove difficulties in the
operation of any of the provisions of these rules.
(2)In the event of a large number of officers of any Grade
being rendered surplus on account of reduction of establishment in, or the
abolition of cadre, or on account of any schemes of administrative reform or
Reorganisation, the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions may issue special directives to the
cadre authorities regarding the absorption of such surplus officers and the
cadre authorities shall comply with such special directives.
24-APower to relax:-Where the cadre
authority is of opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do, it may, by
order, for reasons to be recorded in writing and in consultation with the
Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions relax any of these rules with respect with respect of
any class or category of persons or posts.
24-B.Saving:-Nothing in these rules shall
affect reservations, relaxation of age limit and other concessions required to
be provided for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and other special
categories of persons in accordance with the orders issued by the Central
government from time to time in this regards.
25. Interpretation:
-Where a doubt arises as to the interpretation of any of the provisions of
these rules , or the regulations made thereunder, the matter shall be referred
to the Central Government whose decision thereon shall be final.
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FIRST SCHEDULE
(See Rules 2 (e) and 2(f) 2(m) and (4)
Names of Ministries/Offices to whom the
Central Secretariat
Service Rule 1962 apply.
|
S. No. |
Ministry/Office |
Other offices to whom the rules apply |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
1. |
Ministry of Agriculture(Department of
Agriculture and Co-operation) |
(i) Directorate of Economics &
Statistics. (ii) Directorate of plan protection,
Quarantine and Storage. (iii)Department of Agricultural Resource
and Education. |
|
2. |
Ministry of Agriculture (Department of
Food) |
Directorate of Sugar. |
|
3. |
Ministry of Civil Supplies |
|
|
4. |
Ministry of Commerce |
(i)
Chief
Controller of Imports and Exports (ii)
All
India Handicrafts Board. |
|
5. |
Ministry of Communications |
Directorate General of Posts
and Telegraphs. |
|
6. |
Ministry of Defence |
|
|
7. |
Ministry of Education & Culture
(Department of Education). |
(i)
Department
of Culture (ii)
Office
of the Director General, Archaeology. |
|
8. |
Ministry of Energy (Department of Coal) |
|
|
9. |
Ministry of Energy (Department of
Power) |
(i)
Central
Electricity Authority (ii)
Central
Water Commission (iii)
Ministry
of Irrigation (iv)
National
Commission on Floods. |
|
10. |
Ministry of Finance (Department of
Expenditure) |
(i)
Department
of Economic Affairs (ii)
Banking
Division (iii)
Bureau
of Public Enterprises (iv)
Defence
Division (v)
Department
of Revenue (vi)
Office
of the Controller of Insurance, Simla. |
|
11. |
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(Department of Family Welfare.) |
Directorate General of Health Services. |
|
12. |
Ministry of Home Affairs. |
(i)
Cabinet
Secretariat (Department of Cabinet Affairs and Secretariat Cell) (ii)
Department
of Personnel & Administrative Reforms. (iii)
Ministry
of Planning (Department of Statistics excluding the Industrial Statistics
wing, Calcutta). (iv)
Prime
Ministry's office. (v)
Department
of Justice (vi)
Directorate
of co-ordination (Police Wireless and Police Computers). (vii)
Office
of the Registrar General of India. (viii)
Institute
of Secretarial Training & Management. (ix)
Office
of the Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. (x)
Staff
Selection Commission. (xi)
Commission
for SC/ST.
|
|
13 |
Ministry of Industry (Department of
Industrial Development) |
(i)
Bureau
of Industrial Costs and Prices. (ii)
Office
of the Development Commissioner, small Scale Industries. (iii)
Office
of the Economic Adviser to the Government of India. (iv)
Directorate
General of Technical Development. |
|
14 |
Ministry of Industry Dept. of Heavy
Industry. |
|
|
15. |
Ministry of Information &
Broadcasting. |
(i)
Direcorate
of Advertising and Visual Publicity (ii)
Directorate
General, All India Radio. (iii)
Press
Information Bureau (iv)
Publications
Division (v)
Office
of the Registrar of Newspapers for India. (vi)
Directorate
General, Doordarshan. |
|
16. |
Ministry of Labour |
(i)
Office
of the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) New Delhi. (ii)
Directorate
General of factory Advice Service and Labour Institute, Bombay. (iii)
Directorate
General of Employment and Training. (iv)
Labour
Bureau, Chandigarh/Simla. |
|
17. |
Ministry of Supply &
Rehabilitation. (Department of Rehabilitation ) |
|
|
18. |
Ministry of Supply and Rehabilitation.
(Department of Supply) |
Directorate general of Supplies and
Disposals. |
|
19. |
Ministry of Law, Justice & Company
Affairs (Department of Legal Affairs and Legislative Department). |
|
|
20. |
Ministry of Law, Justice and Company
Affairs (Department of company Affairs) |
|
|
21. |
Ministry of Petroleum, Chemicals &
Fertilisers (Department of chemicals and Fertilisers) |
|
|
22. |
Ministry of Petroleum, Chemicals &
Fertilisers (Department of Petroleum) |
|
|
23 |
Planning Commission (including
programme Evaluation Organisation) |
|
|
24. |
Ministry of Rural Reconstruction. |
(i)
Directorate
of Marketing and Inspection, Nagpur. (ii)
Directorate
of Marketing and Inspection, Faridabad.
|
|
25. |
Department of Science and Technology. |
Department of Environment . |
|
26. |
Ministry of Shipping and Transport. |
Border Roads Development Board. |
|
27. |
Ministry of Social Welfare. |
|
|
28. |
Ministry of Steel and Mines (Department
of Mines). |
|
|
29. |
Ministry of Steel & Mines
(Department of Steel). |
|
|
30. |
Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation. |
Directorate General of Civil Aviation. |
|
31. |
Union Public Service Commission . |
|
|
32. |
Ministry of Works and Housing. |
(i)
Office
of the Directorate General, Central Public Works Department
and Chief Engineer, CPWD, new Delhi, Madras, Bombay and Calcutta. (ii)
Directorate
of Estates (iii)
National
Buildings Organisation. (iv)
Directorate
of Printing (v)
Central
Public Health Environmental Engineering Organisation. |
|
|
|
|
-
23
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SECOND
SCHEDULE
Authorised permanent Strength of the two
Grades of the Central Secretariat Clerical Service in each cadre on the
appointed day.
(See rule 5 (1))
|
|
Authorised Strength |
Permanent |
|
|
Upper Division Grade |
Lower Division
Grade |
|
Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
370 |
968 |
|
Department of Company Law
Administration |
7 |
60 |
|
Ministry of Community Development
Panchayati Raj and Co-operation |
13 |
92 |
|
Ministry of Defence |
61 |
216 |
|
Ministry of Education |
25 |
189 |
|
Ministry of Finance (Expenditure
including Defence Division) |
78 |
411 |
|
Ministry of Finance (Economic affairs) |
39 |
243 |
|
Ministry of Finance (Revenue) |
29 |
201 |
|
Department of Agriculture |
95 |
275 |
|
Department of Food |
77 |
294 |
|
Ministry of Health |
106 |
270 |
|
Ministry of Home Affairs |
175 |
658 |
|
Union Public Service Commission |
27 |
158 |
|
Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting |
90 |
465 |
|
Ministry of Irrigation and Power |
97 |
328 |
|
Ministry of Labour and Employment |
72 |
248 |
|
Ministry of Law |
10 |
72 |
|
Ministry of Mines and Fuel |
25 |
100 |
|
Ministry of Scientific Research and
C.A. |
48 |
158 |
|
Ministry of Steel and Heavy Industries |
18 |
56 |
|
Department of Communications and Civil
Aviation. |
227 |
426 |
|
Department of Transport |
37 |
144 |
|
Ministry of Works, Housing and Supply. |
527 |
1,355 |
|
Planning Commission. |
47 |
231 |
|
Total |
2,300 |
7,600 |
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THIRD SCHEDULE
(See rule 11 (3)
Regulations for the constitution and
revision of the Select List for the Upper Division Grade of the Central
Secretariat Clerical Service.
1. Constitution: -- The Select List for the Upper Division Grade in each
cadre on its initial constitution under rule 7 shall be determined by the
Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions.
2.
Maintenance:-
(1) Subject to the provisions of clause (2) of this regulation,
additions to the Select List in any cadre after its constitution under
regulation I shall be made in such numbers as the cadre authority may determine
from time to time, keeping in view the existing and anticipated vacancies, and
in the proportion of 3:1 from-
#(a) Officers of the Lower Division Grade in that cadre who have
successfully completed the probation and have passed the typewriting test or
have been exempted, in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Central
Government from passing it and who have rendered not less than eight years of approved service in that Grade and are
within the range of seniority subject to rejection of the unfit:
Provided that where an officer of the
Lower Division Grade is rejected as unfit, the reasons for such rejection shall
be recorded in writing and communicated to the concerned officer.
(b)
Members
of the Lower Division Grade selected on the results of the limited departmental
competitive examinations held by the Staff Selection Commission for this
purpose from time to time, in the order of their merit.
Persons of the two categories referred to
above being included in the Select List by taking alternately three persons
from category (a) and one person from category (b) above, and so on, in that
order.
Note:-If officers within the range of
seniority are not available in a cadre for making additions to the Select List
from officers of category (a) above, such additions shall be made from a panel,
furnished by the central Government in the Department of Personnel and Training
in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions of officers
serving in the other cadres.
________________________________________________________________________
#Amended vide Department of Personnel
& Training Notification No. 12/3/93-CS.II dated 22nd November,
1995-Published in the Gazette of India vide GSR NO. 538 dated 9th
December, 1995.
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2. Until the results of the first limited departmental
competitive examination referred to in the preceding clause are announce,
additions to the select List for the Upper Division Grade may to the extent
existing vacancies in any cadre, necessitate this, be made by the cadre
authority from amongst permanent officers of the Lower Division Grade in that
cadre who have rendered not less than eight years' approved service in the
Grade, and are within the range of seniority in the order of their seniority,
subject to the rejection of the unfit.
Note I:- While considering the cases of
officers belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for making
additions to the Select List from officers of category (a) above, reservations
shall be made in accordance with such instructions as may be issued by the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances & Pensions from time to time.
Note II- If officers within the range of
seniority are not available in a cadre for making additions to the Select List
under sub-regulation (2), such additions shall be made from a panel, furnished
by the Central Government in the Department of Personnel and Training in
the Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances & Pensions of officers serving in the other cadres.
(3) The rules for the limited departmental competitive
examination referred to in clause (1) shall be as determined by the Department
of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances &
Pensions and the allotment of candidates from the results of this examination
to the various cadres shall be made by the said Department.
3. Seniority: - (1) Officers
included in the Select List for the Grade constituted under regulation 1 shall
be senior to those included therein after such constitution.
(2) Officers included in the Select List under
regulation 2 shall rank inter se in the order in which they are included
in the Select List.
Provided that an officer included in the Select List who
refuses at any time to be appointed to the grade for reasons acceptable to the appointing authority, shall, on his
appointment to the grade at any time thereafter, be placed immediately after
the officer who was last appointed to
that grade from the Select List.
4. Removal of names
from the Select List :- (1) Subject
to the exceptions made under clause (3) of this regulation an officer included
in the Select List for the Grade shall continue to be included in such list
till he is substantively appointed to that Grade.
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(2)
Officers
included in the Select List for the Grade who cannot be appointed to that Grade
or who are reverted therefrom for want of vacancies will continue to be
included in such list and retain the seniority assigned to them in the Select
List.
(3)
The
names of persons of the following categories shall be removed from the Select
List :-
(a)
Persons
substantively appointed to the Grade;
(b)
Persons
transferred to another Service or post;
(c)
Persons,
who die or retire from service or whose services are otherwise terminated; and
(d)
(i)
Persons officiating in the Upper Division Grade beyond the period of trial
specified in rule 14, who are reverted therefrom as a result of departmental
enquiry or proceedings under the Central Civil Services (Classification,
Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965; or
(ii)Persons who either during
or at the end of the period of trial in the Upper Division Grade prescribed in
rule 14, are reverted therefrom under sub-rule (4) of rule 16, on the ground of
unfitness to continue in that Grade; or
(iii)Persons not yet promoted
on trial to the Upper Division Grade, who on an annual review of the Select
List are found, because of deterioration in their record and/or conduct since
inclusion in the List, to have fallen below the required standard :
Provided that the removal of
the name of a person in category (iii) mentioned above who has been included in
the Select List on the results of the limited departmental competitive
examination referred to in paragraph 2 shall be made in consultation with the
Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances & Pensions.
SECTION-2
THE
CENTRAL SECRETARIAT CLERICAL SERVICE.
(SENIORITY
OF TRANSFERRED OFFICERS) REGULATIONS,
1963*
In pursuance of sub-rules (5) of rule 17 of the Central
Secretariat Clerical Services Rules, 1962, the Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and pensions makes the following regulations, namely: -
1.
Short titles: - These regulations may be
called the Central Secretariat Clerical Services (Seniority of Transferred Officers) Regulations, 1963.
2.
Definitions: - (1) In these regulations unless
the context otherwise requires:-
# (a)"approved and continuous service in the Grade" means the
periods of continuous approved service in the Grade during which a member of
the service would have held a duty post in that Grade but for his being on
leave or otherwise not being available for holding such duty post;
(b)"Competitive examination"means the competitive examination held
by the Staff Selection Commission for
direct recruitment to the Lower Division Grade of the Service;
(c)"Limited competitive examination" means the limited
departmental competitive examination referred to in paragraph 2 of the Third Schedule to the Rules;
(d)"new cadre' means the cadre to which a member of the service is transferred from another
cadre;
(e)"Old cadre" means the cadre from
which a member of the service is transferred to another cadre;
(f)"Rules" means the Central Secretariat Clerical Service Rules,
1962;
(g)"transferred officer" means a member of the Service transferred
from one cadre to another.
(2) All other words and expressions used in these regulations and not
defined herein shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Rules.
______________________________________________________________________________
*Published with the Government of India,
Ministry of Home Affairs Notification No.28/62.III/CS (A), dated the 26th
March, 1963, as amended from time to time.
#Amended /Modified vide Department of
Personnel & Training Notification No. 12/3/93-CS.II dated 22nd
November, 1995-Published in the Gazette of India vide GSR NO. 538 dated 9th
December, 1995.
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3 Seniority
of transferred officers:- (1) A member of the Service appointed to
a Grade before the appointed day and included in the initial constitution of
any cadre under rule 7 of the Rules, shall on his transfer to another cadre, be
assigned seniority vis-a vis the officers of that Grade included in the initial
constitution of the new cadre, with reference to his relative seniority vis-a
vis such officers as determined before the appointed day:
Provided that if the relative
seniority of transferred officer vis-ŕ-vis the other officers had not been
specifically determined before the appointed day, it shall be as determined by
the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions.
# (2) an officer of the Upper Division
Grade of the Service appointed to that Grade in any cadre after the appointed
day shall, on his transfer from his cadre to another cadre, be assigned
seniority vis-ŕ-vis officers appointed to that Grade in the new cadre after the
appointed day as follows-
(i) A
transferred officer who is included in the Select List for the Upper Division
Grade in the old Grade on the results of the limited Departmental Competitive
Examination shall be assigned seniority in the new cadre as if he had been
included in the Select List of the Grade in that cadre on the results of the
same Limited Departmental Competitive Examination;
(ii) A transferred officer who
is included in the Select List for the Upper Division Grade in the old cadre on
the basis of seniority in the Lower Division Grade shall be assigned seniority
in the new cadre just above the senior most officer promoted on the basis of
seniority to Upper Division Grade in the new cadre whose date of appointment is
later than that of the transferred officer.
(3) Omitted vide Department of
Personnel and Training Notification No.12/3/93-CS.II dated 22nd
November 1995.
(4) #An officer of the Lower
Division Grade appointed to that Grade in any cadre after the appointed day
shall, on his transfer to another cadre be assigned seniority below the
juniormost permanent or temporary officer, as the case may be appointed to the
Grade after the appointed day in the new cadre, who has obtained a higher rank
in the competitive examination on the results of which the transferred officer
was recruited, or who has been recruited on the results of an earlier
examination.
__________________________________________________________________________
#Amended Modified vide Department of
Personnel & Training Notification No. 12/3/93-CS.II dated 22nd
November, 1995-Published in the Gazette of India vide GSR NO. 538 dated 9th
December, 1995.
SECTION
3
(COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION) REGULATION, 1965*
In pursuance of sub-rule (4) of rule 12 of the Central
Secretariat Clerical Service Rules, 1962 and in suppression of the notification
of the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs, No.25/4/63-(iii)/CS
(A), dated 3.6.64, the Government of India in the Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions hereby makes the following regulations, namely:-
1. Short
title;- (1) These
regulations may be called the Central Secretariat Clerical Service (Competitive
Examination) Regulations, 1965.
(2) They shall come into force
on the date of their publication in the official Gazette.
2. Definitions:- (1) In
these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:-
(a)"anticipated
vacancies"
means the vacancies in the Lower Division Grade of the Service which, on the
basis of the likely future vacancies as anticipated before the declaration of
the results, may be required to be filled after filling the available
vacancies, but before the declaration of the results of the next following
Clerk Grade Examination;
(aa)"Available vacancies" means the vacancies in the Lower Division
Grade of the Service which are decided to be filled on the results of an
examination;
(aaa)"crucial date" means-
(i)
first
day of January of the year if the examination is notified to be held before
Ist
July of that year;
(ii)
1st
August of the year if the examination is notified to be held on or after 1st
July of that year.
(b)"examination" means
a competitive examination held by the Staff Selection Commission for direct
recruitment to the Lower Division Grade of the Service , and to posts of Lower
Division Clerks in such services, departments or offices, as may be notified
from time to time by the Government of India in the Department of Personnel and
Training;
__________________________________________________________________
*Published with Government of
India, Ministry of Home Affairs Notification No. 8/31/65-CS.II, dated the 15th November, 1965 as
amended from time to time.
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(bb)"ex-serviceman" means a person who has served in any rank
(whether as a combatant or not) in the Armed Forces of the Union for a continuous
period of six months and who had been released otherwise than by way of
dismissal on discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency;
Explanation- For the purpose of this clause, Armed Forces of
the Union shall include the Armed Forces of the former Indian States but does
not include members of the following forces, namely:-
(a)
Assam
Rifles,
(b)
Lok
Sahayak Sena, and
(c)
General
Reserve Engineer Force
(bbb) "Reserve list" means a list
containing the names in the order of merit, the number of which would be
decided before the declaration of the results of the examination, for being
utilised for making appointments to the Lower Division Grade of the Service
before the declaration of the results of the next following Clerks' Grade
Examination.
(c)"Scheduled Castes" and "Scheduled Tribes" shall have the meaning assigned to them by
clauses (24) and (25) respectively of article 366 of the Constitution of India.
(2)
All
other words and expressions used in these regulations and not defined herein
shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Central
Secretariat Clerical Service Rules, 1962.
3. Holding of the
examination- (1) The
examination shall be conducted by the Staff Selection Commission in the manner
notified from time to time by the Government of India in the Department of
Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
(2) The dates on which and the
places at which the examination shall be held shall be fixed by the Staff
Selection Commission.
4. Conditions of
eligibility- In order to be
eligible to compete at the examination, a candidate must satisfy the following
conditions, namely:-
(i)
Nationality-
(a) He must be a citizen of
India.
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(b) He must belong to such categories of
persons as may, from time to time, be notified in this behalf by the Government
of India in the Department of Personnel
and Training.
(ii) Age - He must have attained the age of 18 years and
must not have attained the age of 25 years on the crucial date;
Provided that
the Upper age limit may be relaxed in respect of such categories of persons as
may be notified, from time to time, in this behalf by the Government of India
in the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions, to the extent and subject to the conditions
notified in respect of each category.
(iii) Educational
qualifications:-He
must have passed the Matriculation examination of Board or University
established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a Provincial Act or a
State Act, or otherwise possess any qualifications recognised by the Central
Government as equivalent thereto:
Provided that in exceptional
cases, a candidate who, though not possessing any of the qualifications
specified in this clause may be treated by the Central Government as qualified
if he has passed such examinations conducted by any other institution as are in
the opinion of that Government ** of a standard sufficient to justify his
admission to the examination.
(iv) Omitted ++.
(v) Fees- He shall pay such fees as may be specified from
time to time by the Staff Selection Commission.
Provided that candidate
belonging to the categories indicated in column (1) of the Table below shall
pay such fees as are indicated in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the
said Table.
_________________________________________________________________
**Modified vide DP&AR
Notification No.88/18/72-CS.II dated the 8th June, 1972.
++Deleted vide Department of
personnel and Admn. Reforms, Ministry of Home Affairs Notification
No.11/3/1979-CS.II dated 23rd January, 1980.
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TABLE
|
1. |
2. |
|
(a) Candidates belonging to the
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. |
One-fourth of the fees specified from
time to time. |
|
(b) Candidates belonging to various
classes or categories or persons notified from time to time by Government for
exemptions or concessions or both in fees. |
Such proportion of the fees subject to
such conditions as may be specified in the orders issued by the Central
Government from time to time. |
5.
Omitted.
6. Decisions to
eligibility- The decision of the
Staff Selection Commission as to the eligibility or otherwise of a candidate
for admission to the examination shall be final and no candidate to whom a certificate
of admission has not been issued by the Staff Selection commission shall be
admitted to the examination.
7. Results (1) The names of the candidates who are
considered by the Staff Selection Commission to be suitable for appointment on
the results of the examination shall be arranged in the order of merit and
subject to the provisions of clauses (a) and (b) of sub-regulation (5) of
regulation 8, they shall be recommended for appointment in that order upto the
number of available vacancies and anticipated vacancies.
(2)The form and manner of
communication of the results of the examination to individual candidates shall
be decided by the Staff Selection Commission in their discretion and the Staff
Selection Commission shall not enter into any correspondence with the
individual candidates regarding the results.
8. Appointments- (1) Success at the examination shall
confer no right to appointment to the Lower Division Grade of the Service
unless the Central Government is satisfied, after such inquiry as may be
considered necessary, that the candidate, having regard to his character and
antecedents, is suitable in all respects for appointment to the service.
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(2)No candidate shall be appointed to the Lower Division
Grade of the Service unless he is, after such medical examination as the
Central Government may prescribe, found to be free from any mental or physical
defect which is likely to interfere with the discharge of the duties of the
Service.
(3) No person,-
(a) Who has entered into or
contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living, or
(b) Who, having
a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person,
shall be eligible
for appointment to the service:
Provided that the Central Government
may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law
applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and there are
other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.
(4) Save as provided in sub regulation 5 of
this regulation, appointments to the Lower Division Grade of the Service on the
results of any Examination shall be made to the extent of the available
vacancies in the order of merit of the candidates recommended by the Staff Selection
Commission for appointment, subject to the reservations of the candidates
belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, and for the
Ex-Servicemen in accordance with the orders issued from time to time by the
Government of India in the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry
of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, in this behalf.
(4A) A reserve
list containing names in the order of merit may also be drawn up for being
utilised for making appointments to anticipated vacancies in the Service, and
the candidates whose names are placed in such list shall, subject to the
provisions of sub-regulation (5) of this regulation, be considered for
appointment in the order in which their names appear in that list:
Provided that where any
candidate whose name is placed in the reserve list as aforesaid remains
unabsorbed by the time the results of the next following clerks' Grade
Examination are declared, such candidate shall have no claim for appointment on
the basis of the results of the earlier examination.
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(5)(a) Candidates belonging to
any of the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes may, to the extent the
number of vacancies reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes
cannot be filled on the basis of the general standard, be recommended by the
Staff Selection Commission by a relaxed standard to make up the deficiency in
the reserved quota, subject to the fitness of these candidates for selection to
the Service, irrespective of their ranks in the order of merit at the
examination.
(5)(b) Ex-Servicemen who are
considered by the Staff Selection Commission to be suitable for appointment on
the results of the examination shall be eligible to be appointed to the
vacancies reserved for them irrespective of their ranks in the order of merit
at the examination:
Provided that ex-servicemen
belonging to any of the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes may , to the extent the number of vacancies
reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes cannot be filled on
the basis of the general standard, be recommended by the Staff Selection
Commission by a relaxed standard to make up the deficiency in the quota
reserved for them out of the quota of vacancies reserved for ex-servicemen,
subject to the fitness of these candidates for selection to the Service
irrespective of their ranks in the order of merit at the examination;
Provided further that in any
one recruitment year, the total number of vacancies reserved for ex-servicemen,
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes taken together shall not exceed 45% of
the vacancies to be filled in that year.
(6) (i) Candidates shall have to pass, if not already passed one
of the periodical typewriting tests in English or Hindi held by the Staff
Selection Commission, at a minimum speed of 30 words in English or 25 words in
Hindi, per minute within a period of one year from the date of appointment
failing which no annual increment(s) shall be allowed to them until they have
passed the said test;
(ii)Candidates who do not pass
the said typewriting test within the period of probation shall be liable to be
discharged from service;
(iii)Notwithstanding anything
contained in clauses (i) and (ii) above, a candidate, who has been declared by
the competent medical authority, i.e., the Civil Surgeon, to be permanently
unfit to pass the typewriting test because of a physical disability may, in
consultation with the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions be exempted from the requirement of
passing the typewriting test and, in the event of his being so exempted, the
provisions of clause (i) and (ii) shall cease to be applicable to him from the
date of such exemption;
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(iv)Candidates, who had
already passed or may pass the said test within a period of 6 months from the
date of appointment will however be granted the first increment after 6 months
instead on one year's service which will be absorbed in the subsequent regular
increments. This concession is applicable
to the candidates who have already qualified in the 1964 Clerks' Grade
Examination and also to those who will qualify in the examination to be held in
1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, and 1973.
(v)Candidates who compete at
the examinations to be held in 1974 and thereafter shall be required to qualify
in a typewriting test to be held by the Staff Selection Commission as a part of
the examination, at a minimum speed of 30 words per minute in English or 25
words per minute in Hindi, before they are recommended for appointment and the
provisions of the foregoing clauses shall not apply to them;
Provided that a candidate, who
furnishes, along with his application for admission to the examination, a
certificate from the competent medical authority i.e. the Civil Surgeon,
declaring him to be permanently unfit to pass the typewriting test because of a
physical disability, may, with the prior approval of the Central Government in
the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions be exempted from the requirement of appearing and
qualifying at such test.
9. Penalty for misconduct- A
candidate who is or has been declared by the Staff Selection Commission to be
guilty of :-
(a)
obtaining
support for his candidature by any means or
(b)
impersonating,
or
(c)
procuring
impersonation by any person, or
(d)
submitting
fabricated documents or documents which have been tampered with, or
(e)
making
statements which are incorrect or false, or suppressing material information,
or
(f)
resorting
to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his candidature for
the examination or
(g)
using
unfair means in the examination hall, or
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(h)
misbehaving
in the examination hall, or
(i) attempt to commit or, as the case may be,
abetting the commission of all or any of the acts specified in the foregoing
clauses
may in addition to rendering himself liable to criminal
prosecution, be liable-
(A) to be
disqualified by the Staff Selection Commission from the examination for which he is a candidate, or
(B) to be debarred either permanently or for a specified period-
(i)
by
the Staff Selection Commission from any examination or selection held by them;
(ii) by the Central Government from any employment under them;
and
(C) if he is already in service under the
Central Government to disciplinary action
under the appropriate rules.
SECTION 04
THE CENTRAL SECRETARIAT CLERICAL SERVICE
(UPPER DIVISION GRADE LIMITED
DEPARTMENTAL
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION)
REGULATIONS, 1966*
In
pursuance of the provisions of clause (3) of regulation 2 of the Third Schedule
to the Central secretariat Service Rules, 1962, the Government of India in the
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions hereby makes the
following regulations, namely: -
1. Short title and
commencement- (1) These
Regulations may be called the Central Secretariat Clerical Service (Upper
Division Grade Limited Departmental Competitive Examination) Regulations, 1966.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in
the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions- (1) In these regulations, unless the context
otherwise requires-
(a)
"crucial date" means-
(i) first day of January of
the year if the examination is notified to be held before 1st July of that year.
(ii) first day of August of
the year of the examination is notified to be held on or after 1st
July of that year.
(b)
"equivalent grade" means any grade
under the Central or State Government the minimum and maximum of the scale of
pay of which were not less than Rs. 55 and Rs. 130, respectively, prior to the
1st July, 1959 and are not less than Rs. 110 and 180 respectively on
or after the 1st July, 1959;
(c)'examination" means a limited departmental competitive
examination held by the Staff Selection Commission for making additions to the
Select List for the Upper Division Grade of the Service;
________________________________________________________________________
*Published with the Government
of India, Ministry of Home Affairs Notification No.38/35/65-CS.II dated the 25th
April, 1966 as amended from time to time.
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# (d) "regularly
appointed Lower Division Clerk" means a clerk appointed to the Lower
Division Grade on a regular basis according to the procedure prescribed by the
Central Government;
(e) Scheduled Castes" and "Scheduled
Tribes" shall have the meanings assigned to them by clausses (24) and
(25) respectively of article 366 of the Constitution of India;
(f)"Selection"
means inclusion in the Select List for the Upper Division Grade of the Service.
(2)All other words and
expressions used in these regulations and not defined herein shall have the
meanings respectively assigned to them in the Central Secretariat Clerical
service Rules, 1962.
3. Holding
of the examination- (I) The
examination shall be conducted by the Staff Selection Commission in the manner
notified from time to time by the Government of India in the Department of
Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions.
(2)The dates on which and the
places at which the examination shall be held shall be fixed by the Staff
Selection Commission.
4. Conditions of eligibility- (1)#Any regularly appointed
Lower Division Clerk of the Service who satisfies the following conditions
shall be eligible to appear at the examination:-
(a) Length of Service- He should have on the crucial date, rendered not less
than five years' approved and continuous service in the Lower Division Grade of
the service:
Provided that if he had been
appointed to the Lower Division Grade of the Central Secretariat Clerical
Service on the results of the Competitive Examination, including a Limited
Departmental Competitive Examination, the results of such examination should
have been announced not less than five years before the crucial date and he
should have rendered not less than four years' approved and continuous service
in that Grade.
Provided that any period of
his absence of Military duties may be allowed to be counted towards the
prescribed length of service in the Lower Division Grade.
________________________________________________________________________
#Amended/Modified vide
Department of personnel and Training Notification No.12/3/93-CS.II dated the 22nd
November, 1995-Published in the Gazette of India vide GSR No.541 dated 9th
December, 1995.
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NOTE:- Lower Division Clerks who are on deputation to ex-cadre
posts with the approval of the competent authority will be eligible to be
admitted to the examination, if otherwise eligible. Provided that it shall not
apply to Lower Division Clerk who has been appointed to an ex-cadre post or to other Service on
'transfer' and does not have a lien in the Lower Division Grade of the Service.
(b)Age:-He should not be more that
50 years of age on the crucial date:
Provided that the Upper age
limit may be relaxed in respect of such categories of persons as may be
notified from time to time in this behalf by the Central Government to the
extent and subject to the conditions notified in respect of each category.
(c)
Typewriting Test- Unless exempted from passing
the typewriting test held by the Union Public Service Commission or Staff
Selection Commission, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions for
the purpose of confirmation, in the lower division grade, he should have passed
this test on or before the date of notification of the examination.
(2)Fee:-He shall pay such fees as may be specified from time to
time by the Staff Selection Commission;
Provided that candidates
belonging to the categories indicated in column (1) of the Table below shall
pay such fees as are indicated in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the
said Table.
TABLE
|
(1) |
(2) |
|
(A)
Candidates
belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. (B)
Candidates
belonging to various classes or categories of persons notified from time to
time by Government for exemptions or concessions or both in fees. |
One fourth of the fees specified from
time to time. Such proportion of the fees subject to
such conditions as may be specified in the orders issued by the Central
Government from time to time. |
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(3) Special
provision regarding eligibility of Lower Division Clerks joining military
service on account of the Emergency- Protection shall be afforded to lower
Division Clerks, Who because of their having joined (or been called up for)
military service during the present emergency, cannot appear in the
examination, in the manner prescribed from time to time by the Government of
India in the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions in this behalf.
5. Omitted.
6. Decision as to eligibility:- The decision of the staff Selection Commission as to the
eligibility or otherwise of a candidate for admission to the examination shall
be final and no candidates to whom a certificate of admission has not been
issued by the Staff Selection Commission shall be admitted to the examination.
7. Results:- (1) The names of
the candidates who are considered by the Staff Selection Commission to be suitable for selection
on the results of the examination shall be arranged in the order of merit and,
subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (3) of regulation 8, they shall be
recommended for selection in that order upto the number of appointments decided
to be made.
(2)
The
form and manner of communication of the results of the examination to
individual candidate shall be decided by the
Staff Selection Commission in their discretion and the Staff Selection
Commission shall not enter into any correspondence with the individual
candidate regarding results.
8.
Appointments-
(1)Success in the examination
confers no right to selection unless the cadre Authority is satisfied, after
such enquiry as may be considered necessary, that the candidate, having regard
to his conduct in service, is suitable in all respects for selection:
Provided that the decision as
to whether a particular candidate recommended for selection by the Staff
Selection Commission is not suitable shall be taken in consultation with the
Department of Personnel and Training.
(2) Save as provided in sub-regulation (3) of this regulation
selections on the results of any examination shall be made to the extent of the
available vacancies, in the order of merit of the candidates recommended by the
Staff Selection Commission, subject to reservations for the candidates of the
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in accordance with the orders issued from
time to time by the
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Government of India in the
Department of Personnel and Training in this behalf.
(1)
Candidates
belonging to any of the Scheduled Tribes may, to the extent the number of
vacancies reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes can not be
filled on the basis of the general standard, be recommended by the Staff
Selection Commission a relaxed standard to make up the deficiency in the
reserved quota, subject to the fitness of these candidates for selection
irrespective of their ranks in the order of merit at the examination.
9.
Penalty for misconduct;- A candidate who is or has
been declared by the Staff Selection Commission to be guilty of:-
(a)
Obtaining
support for his candidature by any means, or
(b)
Impersonating,
or
(c)
Procuring
impersonation by any person, or
(d)
Submitting
fabricated documents or documents which have been tampered with, or
(e)
Making
statements which are incorrect or false, or suppressing material information,
or
(f)
Resorting
to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his candidature for
the examination, or
(g)
Using
unfair means in the examination hall, or
(h)
Misbehaving
in the examination hall, or
(i)
Attempting
to commit or, as the case may be
abetting the commission of all or any of the acts specified in the
foregoing clauses,
May in addition to rendering
himself liable to criminal prosecution, be liable-
(A)
to
be disqualified by the Staff Selection Commission from the examination for
which he is a candate, or
(B)
to
be debarred either permanently or for a specified period-
(j)
by
the Staff Selection Commission from any examination or selection held by them;
(ii) by the central Government from any employment under them; and
(C) to disciplinary action
under the appropriate rules.
Section 05
THE CENTRAL
SECRETARIAT CLERICAL SERVICE
(LOWER
DIVISION GRADE QUALIFYING EXAMINATION FOR
GROUP
"D" STAFF) REGULATIONS, 1969*
In
pursuance of the provisions of sub-rule 4 of rule 12 of the Central Secretariat
Clerical Service Rule, 1962 the Government of India in the Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions hereby makes the following
regulations, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement -(1) These regulations may be called the Central
Secretariat Clerical Service (Lower Division Grade Qualifying Examination for
Group 'D' Staff) Regulations, 1969.
(2) They shall come into force
on the date of their publications in the official Gazette.
2. Definitions- (1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-
(a)
"crucial date" means-
(i) first day of January of the year if
the examination is notified to be held on or after 1st July of that
year.
(ii) first day of August of the year if the examination is notified to be held on
or after 1st July of that year.
(b)
"available vacancies " means the
vacancies in the Lower Division Grade of the Service which are decided to be filled on the results of an examination;
(c)
"examination' means a qualifying
examination held by the Staff Selection Commission for the appointment of Group
'D' employees to the Lower Division Grade of the Central Secretariat Clerical
Service;
______________________________________________________________________________
* Published with the Government of India,
Ministry of home Affairs Notification No.9/5/68-CS.II (ii) dated the 30th
April, 1969 as amended from time to time.
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(d)
"Regularly appointed Group 'D' employees'' means an employee appointed
in any of the Ministries or Departments or attached offices participating in
the Central Secretariat Clerical Service on a regular # basis according to the
prescribed procedure;
(e)
"Scheduled Castes" and "Scheduled
Tribes" shall have the meanings assigned to them by clause (24) and
(25) respectively of article 366 of the Constitution of India.
(2) Words and expressions used in these regulations and not
defined but defined in the Central Secretariat Clerical Service Rules, 1962,
shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the said rules.
3. Holding of the
examination- (1) The
examination shall be conducted by the Staff Selection Commission in the manner
notified from time to time by the Government of India in the Department of
Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions.
(2)The dates on which and the places at which the examination
shall be held, shall be fixed by the Staff Selection Commission.
4. Conditions of eligibility etc.-(1) Any permanent or regularly
appointed temporary Group D employee who satisfies the following conditions
shall be eligible to appear at the examination: -
(a) Length of service- He should have on the
crucial date, rendered not less than five years' approved and continuous
service as a Group 'D' employee or in any higher grade.
Note 1. The limit of five years of approved and continuous
service will also apply if the total reconable service of a candidate is partly
as a Group D employee in any Ministry or office participating in the Central
Secretariat Clerical Services and partly elsewhere in an equivalent or higher
grade.
Note 2. Group 'D' employee who are on deputation to ex cadre
posts with the approval of the competent authority will be eligible to be
admitted to the examination, if otherwise eligible. A group 'D' employee who has been appointed to an ex-cadre post
or to another Service on transfer and continues to have a lien in the Group 'D'
post for the time being will also be eligible to be admitted to the
examination, if otherwise eligible.
_______________________________________________________
#Modified provision vide Department of personnel and
Training Notification No. 12/3/93-CS.II dated 22.11.95- Published in the
Gazette of India vide GSR No. 540 dated 9th December, 1995
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(b) Age- He
should not be more than 50 years of age on the crucial date:
Provided that the upper age
limit may be relaxed in respect of such categories of persons as may be
notified from time to time in his behalf by the Central Government to the
extent and subject to the conditions notified in respect of each category.
(c) Educational
qualifications- He must have passed the Matriculation Examination of a
Board or University established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a
provincial Act or a State Act, Or otherwise possess any qualifications
recognised by the Central Government as equivalent thereto:
Provided that in exceptional
cases, a candidate who, though not possessing any of the qualifications
specified in this clause, may be treated by the Staff Selection Commission
qualified if he has passed such examinations conducted by any other
institution as are in the opinion of the Staff Selection Commission of a standard sufficient to justify his
admission to the examination.
(2)
Omitted
(3) Fees:
- He shall pay such fees as may be
specified from time to time by the Staff Selection Commission;
Provided that candidates belonging to
the categories indicated in column (1)
of the Table below shall pay such fees as are indicated in the corresponding
entry in column (2) of the said Table.
TABLE
|
(1) |
(2) |
|
(a)
Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. |
One-fourth of the fees Specified from time
to time. |
|
(c)
Candidates
belonging to various classes or categories of persons notified from time to
time by Government for exemption or concessions or both in fees. |
Such proportion of the fees subject to
such conditions as may be specified in the orders issued by the Central
Government from time to time. |
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(4) Special
provision regarding eligibility of Group 'D' employees joining military service
on account of the Emergency-Protection shall be afforded to Group 'D' employees
who because of their having joined, or having been called up for, military
service during the last emergency, cannot appear in the examination in the
manner prescribed from time to time by the Central Government in the Department
of Personnel and Training in this behalf.
5. Omitted.
6. Decision as to eligibility- The decision of the Central
Government in the Department of personnel and Training as to the eligibility or
otherwise of a candidate for admission to the examination shall be final and no
candidate to whom a certificate of admission has not been issued by the said
Commission shall be admitted to the examination.
7. Results-(1) The names of the candidates who are considered by the Staff Selection Commission to be suitable for appointment on
the results of the examination shall be arranged in a single list on the basis
of their seniority in the parent Group 'D' post, and subject to the provisions
of sub-regulation (3) of regulation 8 they shall be recommended for appointment
in that order upto the number of appointments decided to be made.
Note 1: Where there are more than one grades in Group 'D', the employees
holding posts in a higher grade should rank as seniors to other in the lower
grades.
Note 2: In case more number of
candidates than the number of vacancies available under clause (a) of sub-rule
(1) of rule 12 of the Central Secretariat Clerical Service Rules, 1962 qualify
at the examination conducted by the Staff Selection Commission, such excess
candidates shall be considered for filling the vacancies arising in the
subsequent years so that the candidates qualifying at an earlier examination
being considered for appointment before those qualifying at a latter examination.
(2) The form and manner of communication of the results of the
examination to individual candidates shall be decided by the Staff Selection
Commission who shall not enter into any correspondence with the individual
candidates regarding results.
8. Appointments -(1) Success in the
examination confers no right to selection unless the cadre Authority is
satisfied, after such enquiry as may be considered necessary, that the
candidate, having regard to his conduct in Service, is suitable in all respect
for selection;
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provided that the decision as to whether a
particular candidate recommended for selection by the Commission is not
suitable shall be taken in consultation with the Department of Personnel and
Training.
(2) No candidate shall be appointed to the Lower Division Grade of the
Service unless, he is, after such medical examination as the Central Government
in the Department of Personnel and Training may prescribe, found to be free
from any mental or physical defect which is likely to interfere with the
discharge of the duties of the Service.
(3) Save as provided in sub-regulation (4) of this regulation,
appointments to the Lower Division Grade of the Service on the results of the
examination shall be made to the extent of the available vacancies in the order
of seniority of the candidates in Group'D' as recommended by the Staff
Selection Commission for appointment, subject to the reservations for the
candidates of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes , ex-servicemen and
physically handicapped persons, in accordance with the orders issued from time
to time by the Central Government in the Department of Personnel and Training
in the behalf, but unfilled vacancies shall not be carried over to the next
year.
(4) Candidates belonging to any of the Scheduled Castes or the
Scheduled Tribes, or ex-servicemen or physically handicapped persons who are
considered by the Staff Selection Commission to be suitable for appointment on
the results of the examination with due regard to the maintenance of efficiency
of administration shall be eligible to be appointed to the vacancies reserved
for them irrespective of their seniority in Group D .
(5) (i) candidates shall have to pass if not already passed one of the
periodical type-writing tests in English or Hindi held by Staff Selection
Commission at a minimum speed of 30 words in English or 25 words in Hindi, per
minute within a period of one year from the date of appointment, failing which
no annual increments shall be allowed to them until they have passed the said
test.
(ii) Candidates who do not
pass the said type-writing test within the period of probation shall be liable
to be reverted to their substantive appointment or temporary posts held by them
before their appointment to Lower Division Grade.
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(iii)Notwithstanding anything
contained in clauses (i) and (ii)
above, a candidate, who has been declared by the competent medical, authority,
i.e., the Civil Surgeon, to be permanently unfit to pass the type-writing test
because of a physical disability, may in consultation with the Department of
Personnel and Training be exempted from the requirement of passing the
type-writing test and, in the event of his being so exempted, the provisions of
clauses (i) and(ii) shall cease to be applicable to him from the date of such
exemption.
(iv)Candidates,
who had already passed or may pass the said test within a period of six months
from the date of appointment will
however be granted the first increment after six months instead of one
year's service which will be absorbed in the subsequent regular increments.
This concession is applicable to the candidates who will qualify in the examination
to be held in 1969 and 1970.
(v)Omitted vide DP&AR
Notification No.8/19/74-CS.II dated 31.1.1976.
9 Penalty for misconduct- A candidate who is or has been declared by
the Staff Selection Commission to be guilty
of:-
(a)
Obtaining
support for his candidature by any means, or
(b)
Impersonating,
or
(c)
Procuring
impersonation by any person,or
(d)
Submitting
fabricated documents or documents which have been tampered with, or
(e)
making
statements which are incorrect or false, or suppressing material information,
or
(f)
resorting
to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his candidature for
the examination, or
(g)
using
unfair means in the examination hall, or
(h)
misbehaving
in the examination hall, or
(i)
attempting
to commit or, as the case may be, abetting the Commission of all or any of the
acts specified in the foregoing clauses,
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may in addition to rendering
himself liable to criminal prosecution, be liable-
(A) to be disqualified by the
Staff Selection Commission from the examination for which he is a candidate, or
(B) to be debarred either
permanently or for a specified period-
(j)
by
the Staff Selection Commission from any examination or selection held by them;
(ii)by the Central Government
from any employment under them; and
(C) to disciplinary action
under the appropriate rules.
SECTION 06
THE CENTRAL SECRETARIAT CLERICAL SERVICE
(PREPARATION OF
COMMON SENIORITY LISTS) REGULATIONS, 1971*
In
pursuance of rule 22 read with clause (hh) of rule 2 of the Central Secretariat
Clerical Service Rules, 1962, the Central Government in the Department of
Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions hereby makes the following regulations, namely:-
1.
Short title and commencement- These regulations may be
called the Central Secretariat Clerical Service (Preparation of common
Seniority Lists) Regulations, 1971.
2.
Definitions - In these regulations, unless
the context otherwise requires:-
(a)
"Competitive examination" in
relation to a grade of the Service means the competitive examination held by
the commission or by the Staff Selection Commission for direct recruitment to
that grade:
(b)
"Government" means the Central
Government in the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(c)
"Rules " means the Central
Secretariat Clerical Service Rules, 1962.
(d)
Words and expressions used in these regulations and
not defined but defined in the rules shall have the meanings respectively
assigned to them in the rules.
3. Preparation of the
common seniority lists- (1) Common seniority lists of officers of the Upper
Division Grade and the Lower Division Grade, respectively, of all cadres who
have rendered not less than five years' and eight years' approved service in
their respective Grade shall be prepared for each of the two Grades as on the 1st
January of every year.
(2) Subject to their inter se seniority in their
respective cadre being maintained, the names of officers of the same Grade
shall be arranged in a single List, in the following order, namely: -
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*Published with the Government of India,
Departmental of Personnel & Admn. Reforms Notification No.9/4/69-CS.II
dated the 14th April, 1971, as amended from time to time..
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I -UPPER
DIVISION GRADE
#(a) officers appointed on regular basis to the
Grade before the appointed day shall be arranged in the order of their
seniority in that Grade as on the appointed day.
#(b) In the combined list, the names of officers
appointed under clause (b) of sub-regulation (1) of regulation (2) in the Third
Schedule to the Rules shall be arranged by placing each other immediately above
the senior most officer who was appointed to the Grade under clause (a) of
sub-regulation (1) of Regulation 2 of the said Schedule who is junior to him in
his cadre.
II
- LOWER DIVISION GRADE.
(a)Officers appointed regularly to
the Grade before the appointed day shall be arranged in the order of their
seniority in that grade as on the appointed day.
(b)Other officers appointed to the Grade
on the results of the competitive examination shall be arranged according to
their order of merit in the examination, those appointed from an earlier
examination being placed above those appointed from a later examination. Persons appointed to the Grade on a regular
basis under the proviso to clause (b) of sub-rule (1) of rule 12 of the rules
shall be placed in each case below the officers appointed to the Grade on the
results of the competitive examination, who are senior to them in their
respective cadres.
4. Power to relax--
Where the Central Government is of opinion that it is necessary or expedient so
to do, it may by order, for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the
provision of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons or
posts.
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# Modified/Amended vide Department of Personnel &
Training Notification No. 12/3/93 - CS. II dated the 22nd November,
1995,- Published in the Gazette of India vide GSR No. 542 dated 9th
December, 1995.