7th PAY COMMISSION NEWS - CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES NEWS

Strengthening of administration - Periodical review under FR 56/Rule 48 of CCS(Pension) Rules – Dopt Orders No.25013/1/2013-Estt (A) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training North Block, New Delhi-110 001 Dated : 21 March, 2014 Office Memorandum Subject : Strengthening of administration - Periodical review under FR 56/Rule 48 of CCS(Pension) Rules Instructions exist on the need for periodical review of performance of Government servants with a view to ascertain whether the Government servant should be retained in service or retired from service in the public interest. Provisions in this regard are contained in FR 56 (j), FR 56(l) and Rule 48(1) (b) of CCS(Pension) Rules, 1972. 2. As per these instructions the cases of Government servant covered by FR 56(j). 56(l) or Rule 48(1) (b) of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 should be reviewed six months before he/she attains the age of 50/55 years, in cases covered by FR 56(...

Dopt issued Orders on Consolidated Instructions on Forwarding of Applications of Government Servants for Outside Employment 

Dopt Orders on 29th December 2005 - Reservation for the Persons with Disabilities No. 36035/3/2004-Estt(Res) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL &TRAINING New Delhi, Dated the 29th December, 2005 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject- Reservation for the Persons with Disabilities. With a view to consolidating the existing instructions, bringing them in line with the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights & Full Participation) Act, 1995 and clarifying certain issues including procedural matters, the following instructions are issued with regard to reservation for persons with disabilities (physically handicapped persons) in posts and services under the Government of India. These instructions shall supercede all previous instructions issued on the subject so far. 2. QUANTUM OF RESERVATION (i) Three percent of the vacancies in case of direct recruitment to Group A, B, C and D posts shall be res...

Dopt Orders - Reservation for persons with disabilities - Computation of reservation - Implementation of the judgement of Hon'ble Supreme Court in the matter of Union of India & Anr. Vs. National Federation of Blind & Ors. No.36012/24/2009-Estt(Res) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training North Block, New Delhi, Dated the 3rd December 2013 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Reservation for persons with disabilities- Computation of reservation - Implementation of the judgement of Hon'ble Supreme Court in the matter of Union of India & Anr. Vs. National Federation of Blind & Ors. The undersigned is directed to refer to this Departments OM No.36035/3/2004-Estt.(Res) dated 29.12.2005, a copy of which is enclosed for ready reference, through which this Department had issued consolidated instructions regarding reservation for persons with disabilities. The instructions were in consonance with the pro...

Dopt Orders - Relaxation in eligibility condition for Combined Section Officers/PS Grade Limited Departmental Competitive Examination-2012 & 2013 No. 4/4/2012-CS-II(A) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel & Training Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Dethi-110003. Date: 22nd November, 2013 ORDER Whereas the Central Secretariat Stenographers Service Private Secretary Grade (Limited Departmental Competitive Examination) Regulations, 2010 provide that for being eligible to appear in the Private Secretary Grade (Limited Departmental Competitive Examination) any regular Personal Assistant of the Central Secretariat Stenographers’ Service (CSSS) possessing a Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University, on the crucial date, inter-alia, should satisfy the following condition :- He/She should have rendered not less than three years’ of approved and continuous service in the grade. Provided that if he/she had been appointed to the...

Record Note of the meeting held on 24.10.2013 at 3.00 PM to discuss the possible Terms of Reference (ToR) for the 7th CPC with the representatives of the Staff Side of JCM. IMMEDIATE No16/15/2012-JCA Government of India Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions Department of Personnel & Training North Block, New Delhi 19th November, 2013 Sub: Record Note of the meeting held on 24.10.2013 at 3.00 PM to discuss the possible Terms of Reference (ToR) for the 7th CPC with the representatives of the Staff Side of JCM The undersigned is directed to forward herewith a copy of the Record Note of the meeting held with Staff Side on 24.10.2013 to discuss the possible Terms of Reference of the Seventh Central Pay Commission. sd/- (Ashok Kumar) Deputy Secretary (JCA) Record Note of the meeting held Qn 24.10.2013 at 3.00 PM to discuss the possible Terms of Reference (ToR) for the 7th CPC with the representatives of the Staff Side of JCM A meeting was held on 24.10.2013 at 3.00 PM in Comm...

No. AB-14017/32/2012-Estt. (RR) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions Department of Personnel and Training New Delhi Dated the 18th November, 2013 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Model Recruitment Rules for the various posts of Accounts Cadre-reg. The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department's OM of even number dated 31.10.2013 enclosing the revised Model RRs for the post of Junior Accounts Officer/Accountant and Accounts Officer of Accounts Cadre. The Model RRs for the post of Junior Accounts Officer/Accountant have been issued in respect of those posts which have pre-revised pay scale of Rs. 1640-2900 (as per 4th CPC which has been subsequently revised to Rs. 5500-9000 on implementation of 5th CPC) and accordingly, the Model RRs have been issued in PB-2 and GP-Rs. 4200. These Model RRs are not applicable for those posts of accountant which were in the pre-revised scale of Rs. 4500-7000 revised to PB-1, GP Rs. 2800. 2.  Hindi version will follow...

18019/7/2013-Estt. (L) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, PG and Pensions (Department of Personnel & training) Old JNU Campus, New Delhi Dated the 23 October, 2013. OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Simplification of procedure for verification of service — adherence to the revised format - regarding. The undersigned is directed to invite attention to the provisions of the Supplementary Rules which relate to maintaining records of service of a Government employee. The provisions of SR- 199 and 202 require that "Every step in a Government servant's official life must be recorded in his Service Book and each entry must be attested by the Head of his Office...." (SR199) and that "It shall be the duty of every Head of Office to initiate action to show the Service Books to the Government servants under his administrative control every year.....The Government servants shall inter alia ensure......    that their services have been duly verified and certified as such...

No. 18019/6/2013-Estt(L) Government of India/Bharat Sarkar Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training New Delhi, 21st October, 2013 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Timely payment of dues of encashment of leave to Government servants retiring on attaining the age of superannuation — need to obviate delays in payment of such dues - regarding. The undersigned is directed to state that in terms of the provisions of rule 39 of the CCS(Leave) Rules, 1972, the authority competent to grant leave is suo mote required to issue an order granting cash equivalent of leave salary for both earned leave and half pay leave, if any, at the credit of the Government servant on the date of his retirement, subject to the prescribed limits. 2. It has since been brought to the notice of this Department that the concerned administrative authorities as indicated in First Schedule to the said rules including authorities subordinate to the leave sanctioning authori...

Relaxation of requirement of 4 APARs for Section Officer LDCE 2012 & 2013 No.6/1/2013-CS-I(P) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training) Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi October 23, 2013 ORDER Whereas the Central Secretariat Service Section Officers’ Grade (Limited Departmental Competitive Examination) Regulations, 2010 provide that for being eligible to appear in the Section Officers’ Grade (Limited Departmental Competitive Examination) (hereinafter referred to as ‘examination’) an officer of the Assistants’ Grade of the Central Secretariat Service (CSS) or of Personal Assistants’ Grade (Stenographer Grade ‘C’) of the Central Secretariat Stenographers’ Service (CSSS) possessing a Bachelor’s Degree of a recognised university or equivalent shall, inter-alia, satisfy the following condition on the crucial date: "He shall have rendered not less than five years’ approved service and shall also have, earned at...

Dopt Orders 2013 - Recruitment to Group 'C' posts in Pay Band-I, with Grade Pay of Rs.1800/- (pre-revised Group `D' posts). No.AB-14017/6/2009-Estt (RR) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Personnel & Training New Delhi, dated the 21st October 2013 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Recruitment to Group 'C' posts in Pay Band-I, with Grade Pay of Rs.1800/- (pre-revised Group `D' posts).   This Department vide OM of even number dated 12.5.2010 requested all the Ministries/ Departments to intimate their requirements for Non-Technical Group 'C' posts in PB-1 Grade Pay Rs.1800/- to the SSC immediately in order that the Commission could initiate action for recruitment. The Ministries/Departments were also advised to take action simultaneously for framing Recruitment Rules for these posts in accordance with the Model RRs already circulated vide OM dated 30.4.2010. 2. It has, however, come to the notice ...

Dopt Orders - Extension in deputation tenure beyond the prescribed limit of seven years/premature repatriation from a Non—Central Staffing Scheme post – reg. F. No.9/25/2006-E0 (MM-I) Government of India Department of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training) North Block, New Delhi, 17th  October, 2013 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Sub:- Extension in deputation tenure beyond the prescribed limit of seven years/premature repatriation from a Non—Central Staffing Scheme post – reg. As per the ACC directions, an officer working on a Central Staffing Scheme (CSS) post is allowed an additional tenure of two years on his shift to a Non-Central Staffing Scheme post and vice-versa, subject to cadre clearance and further subject to the maximum limit of seven years outside the cadre at a stretch. While allowing the shift, the tenure of the officers is specified/fixed. Similarly as per extant policy, officers working on a CSS post on their premature repatr...

DOPT ORDERS 2013 - Dopt issued guidelines regarding handling of complaints in Ministries / Departments No.104/76/2011-AVD.1 Government of India Ministry of Personnel & Public Grievances & Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training) New Delhi, Dated October 18, 2013 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject:- Guidelines regarding handling of complaints in Ministries / Departments. The undersigned is directed to say that the instructions regarding dealing with anonymous and pseudonymous complaints as contained in this Department’s OM No. 321/4/91-AVD.III, dated 29th September, 1992 and as reiterated vide DOP&T’s OM No. 371/38/97-AVD.III, dated 3/11/1997, being at variance with instructions issued by CVC in this regard vide circular No.3(V)/99/2 dated 29th June, 1999, No. 98/DSP/9, dated 31st January, 2002 and 11th October, 2002, had been receiving the attention of the Government for the past some time. 2. The matter was examined afresh in consultation with the Central Vigilance C...

Dopt issued consolidated instructions on incentives for sportspersons F.No. 14034/01/2013-Estt.(D) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training) North Block, New Delhi Dated the 3rd Oct, 2013 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject : Consolidated Instructions on incentives for sportspersons. regarding. The undersigned ¡s directed to refer to the subject mentioned above and to say that various instructions have been issued by the Government from time to time to provide incentives for recruitment, promotion, Increment etc.  of meritorious sportsmen. All the instructions issued till date have been consolidated under easily comprehensible headings for the facility of reference and guidance of all concerned. These consolidated Instructions have been uploaded on this Department’s website http://www.persmin.nic.in   in the dynamic form (0M & Orders-Establishment-(B)Personnel- (I) Service Matters-(m) Sportsperson/Sports...

Dopt published ISTM-Handbook for Inquiry Officers and Disciplinary Authorities... INSTIUTE OF SECRETARIAT TRAINING & MANAGEMENT MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS (GOVERNMENT OF INDIA) AdmnistraIive Block, J.N.U Campus (Old) New Delhi 110067 Umesh Kumar Director R FOREWORD In pursuance of the recommendations of the Committee of Experts which was set up to review the procedure of Disciplinary/Vigilance Inquiries, the Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) had directed the Institute of Secretariat Training and Management to bring out an updated Handbook for Inquiry Officers and Disciplinary Authorities. Shri Sethu Ramalingam an Ex-Faculty of ISTM in vigilance matters who was entrusted with this work submitted the draft of the handbook well in time. Though every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy and correctness of the contents in the handbook, yet, in case the readers come across any errors or omissions, they may kindly bring the same to the notic...

Dopt issued orders on ad-hoc appointments in PS Grade of CSSS… Continuance of ad-hoc appointments in PS Grade of CSSS reg. No. 5/8/2006-CS.II Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Personnel & Training Lok Nayak Bhavan New Delhi, Dated 24th September 2013. OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: - Continuance of ad-hoc appointments in PS Grade of CSSS reg.    The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s O.M. of even number dated 17.10.2012 and 04.04.2013 on the subject mentioned above and to say that further continuance of ad-hoc appointments of officials upto S.No.1175 as per the updated CSL issued vide OM No.4/7/2011-CS-II(A) dated 13/07/20 12 has been reviewed in this Department.    Since availability of regular PS of CSSS through normal modes of recruitment prescribed under the CSSS Rules may take some more time, it has been decided that the term of adhoc appointments of these officers in the PS grade...

Railway Board issued orders on Children Education Allowance regarding reimbursement of Examination Fee RBE No. 93/2013 PC-VI No. 324 Government of India Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) No.E(W)2008/ED-2/4 New Delhi, Dated: 12-09-2013 The General Manager (P), All Indian Railways & Production Units. Sub : Children Education Allowance —Reimbursement of Examination Fee. Please refer to Railway Board’s letter of even number dated 01.10.2008 followed by subsequent letters regarding revised policy instructions / clarifications on Children Education Allowance admissible to Railway Servants, based on the recommendations of Sixth Central Pay Commission. 2. Now, DOP&T has issued further clarification thereby including ‘examination fee’ as part of reimbursable item under Children Education Allowance with effect from the current financial year in terms of their Office Memorandum No. 12011/01/2012-Estt.(AL) dated 31-07-2013. The same is being circulated herewith for guidance of ...

Dopt issued orders on Children Education Allowance regarding reimbursement of Examination Fee No.12011/01/2012-Estt.(AL) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension Department of Personnel & Training Block-IV, Old JNU Campus, New Delhi, July 31, 2013 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Children Education Allowance - Reimbursement of Examination Fee. Subsequent to issue of Department of Personnel & Training’s O.M.No.12011/03/2008-Estt.(Allowance) dated 2nd September, 2008, and subsequent clarifications issued from time to time on the subject cited above, a number of references have been received on reimbursement of 'examination fee'. After due consideration of the references, in consultation with the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure, it has been agreed to allow reimbursement of 'examination fee' as part of reimbursable items as indicated in para 1(e) of O.M. dated 2nd September, 2008, with effect from the current academic ...

APAR SYSTEM FOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES SYSTEM TO BE REVISED The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has finally kicked in a process to change the Performance Appraisal (PAR) system for bureaucrats, asking for the views of other ministries on an improved system which borrows heavily from the model followed in Singapore. As per a DoPT note circulated to other ministries, the new system will make the annual appraisal process more objective in nature than the numerical rating system followed at present. Also, any superior giving an “outstanding” ranking to a junior will have to cite a “specific achievement” to justify the ranking, as per the note. The new system will also follow the model of the Singapore Civil Service that links the pace of promotions to an estimation of the highest level of work an offence can competently handle before his retirement and considers the official’s intellectual qualities, result orientation and leadership qualities for appraisal. DoPT will...

Model Recruitment Rules for the various posts in Official Language Cadre for Subordinate Offices No. AB-14017/46/2011-Estt (RR) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions Department of Personnel and Training New Delhi Dated the 19th September , 2013 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Model Recruitment Rules for the various posts in Official Language Cadre for Subordinate Offices. The Model RRs for the posts of Hindi Officer, Senior Translator and Junior Hindi Translator in OL cadre issued by this Department have been reviewed in the light of 6th CPC recommendations. 2. After 6th CPC, Department of Expenditure in their OM dated 24.11.2008 and 27.11.2008 have clarified that similarly designated posts existing outside the Central Secretariat Official Language Service (CSOLS) Cadre in various subordinate officers of the Central Government have been granted the same pay scale as granted to CSOLS. The designation with pay scale for various posts in OL Cadre in the subordinat...