No. 35035/7/97-Estt(D)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.

(Department of Personnel and Training)

………….

New Delhi-110001

February  16, 2005

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

 

Subject:-

DPC Guidelines – No supersession in promotions – regarding.

 

            The undersigned is directed to refer to DoPT OM No. 35034/7/97-Estt (D) dated 8.2.2002 on the above noted subject and to say that in accordance with the decision of the Government not to permit supersessions in promotions, all Ministries/Departments were requested to take immediate steps to amend the Service/Recruitment Rules of various services/posts/grades so as to appropriately incorporate the mode of promotion as ‘selection’ in place of ‘selection by merit’ and ‘selection-cum-seniority’, as the case may be,  to bring them in conformity with the above decision of the Government  and to make promotions accordingly. To facilitate the amendments to the relevant Service Rules/Recruitment Rules,  consultation with DoPT before carrying out the required amendments was dispensed with.

 

2.         It has been brought to the notice of this Department by the UPSC that the Ministries/Departments have not initiated action to amend the Service Rules/Recruitment Rules and the Commission is being requested to hold DPCs in accordance with existing Service Rules/Recruitment Rules which provide for supersessions. Accordingly, the Commission has decided that any proposal for DPC, which is received and is found to be against the revised policy instructions, will be returned to the Ministries/Departments. A proposal would be considered only when the relevant Service Rules/Recruitment Rules were amended as envisaged in the DoPT OM dated 8.2.2002.

 

4.         As orders in the matter were issued almost 3 years back, a situation where the Rules have still not been amended in conformity with the above decision of the Government cannot be justified or allowed to continue. All Ministries/Departments are, accordingly, requested to ensure that they review all Recruitment/Service Rules and carry out amendments in conformity with the decision contained in DoPT O.M. dated 8.2.2002 through a time bound exercise.    

 

5.         A status report in this regard may be furnished to this Department latest by 31^st May 2005.  The decision of the UPSC may also be noted. 

 

 

(Alok Saxena)

Director

To

     All Ministries/Departments of the Government of India.

Copy to:-

 

1.      The President’s Secretariat, New Delhi.

2.      The Prime Minister’s Office, New Delhi.

3.      Cabinet Secretariat, New Delhi.

4.      Rajya Sabha Secretariat/ Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi.

5.      The Registrar General, Supreme Court of India.

6.      The Registrar, Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi.

7.      The Comptroller and Audit General of India, New Delhi.

8.      Secretary, Union Public Service Commission w.r.t. his D.O No. F.10/7/2001-AUC dated 4.1.2005.

9.      Staff Selection Commission, New Delhi.

10. All attached offices under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.

11. National Commission for Scheduled Castes, New Delhi.

12. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, New Delhi.

13. National Commission for OBCs, New Delhi.

14. Secretary, National Council(JCM), 13, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi

15. Establishment Officer & A.S.

16. All Officers and Sections in the Department of Personnel and Training.

17. Director(CS), Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market, New Delhi.

18. Facilitation Center, DoP&T

19. Establishment (D) Section.

 

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