[ TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART-II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i) ]

Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)

New Delhi, dated the $30^{\text {th }}$ September, 2014

NOTIFICATION

G.S.R. $\qquad$ (E) – In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 and clause (5) of article 148 of the Constitution and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India in relation to the persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Residents of the State of Jammu and Kashmir (Relaxation of Upper Age Limit for Recruitment to Central Civil Services and posts) Rules, 1997, namely:-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Residents of the State of Jammu and Kashmir (Relaxation of Upper Age Limit for Recruitment to Central Civil Services and posts) Amendment Rules, 2014.
   (2) They shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the $1^{\text {st }}$ day of January, 2014.
2. In the Residents of the State of Jammu and Kashmir (Relaxation of Upper Age Limit for Recruitment to Central Civil Services and posts) Rules, 1997, in rule 1, in sub-rule (3), for the figures ” 2013 “, the figures ” 2015 ” shall be substituted.
   

Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide notification number G.S.R. 208(E) dated the $10^{\text {th }}$ April, 1997 and subsequently amended vide:-

1. G.S.R. 826(E) dated the $27^{\text {th }}$ December, 1999;
2. G.S.R. 919(E) dated the $22^{\text {nd }}$ December, 2001;
3. G.S.R. 879(E) dated the $10^{\text {th }}$ November, 2003;
4. G.S.R. 707(E) dated the $6^{\text {th }}$ December, 2005;
5. G.S.R. 761 (E) dated the $7^{\text {th }}$ December, 2007;
6. G.S.R. 839 (E) dated the $23^{\text {rd }}$ November, 2009; and
7. G.S.R. 915(E) dated the $30^{\text {th }}$ December, 2011.

To
The Manager,
Government of India P.ress,
Mayapuri, Ring Road,
New-Delhi.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Central Government has decided to extend the age relaxation to all persons who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu and Kashmir during the period from the 1st day of January, 1980 to the 31st day of December, 1989 for a further period of two years beyond 31st December, 2013.

1. It is clarified that nobody’s interest will be adversely affected by the retrospective effect being given to the rules.

(Mapata Kundra)
Joint Secretary to the Government of India

Copy to :-

1. All Ministries/Departments of the Government of India.
2. All State Governments/Union Territory Administration.
3. Office of C\&AG w.r.t. U.O. No. 140-स्टाफ हक (नियम)/29-2011 दिनांक 11.09.2014.
4. UPSC w.r.t. their letter No. F.22/17/94-E 1 (B) dated $26^{\text {th }}$ September, 2014
5. MHA (Kashmir Division) w.r.t. their I.D. Note No. 13012/22/99-K.VI dated $20^{\text {th }}$ August, 2014.
6. Staff Selection Commission, CGO Complex. New Delhi.
7. Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi.
8. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi.
9. Secretary, National Council of (JCM), 13, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi.
10. All attached and sub-ordinate offices of DOPT.
11. Principal DG(M\&C), PIB, Ministry of I\&B.
12. Ministry of Railways/Department of Financial Services/Department of Public Enterprises/Department of Atomic Energy/ Department of Space/Department of Electronics/Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for issue of similar orders for appointment to posts under their control/Nationalised Banks/Public Sector Undertakings.
13. NIC for placing this information on the web site of DOPT.