Seniority Regulations for IAS/IPS/IFoS Officers – Uttarakhand Cadre

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This order details amendments to seniority regulations for IAS/IPS/IFoS officers in the Uttarakhand cadre, following court cases and departmental reviews. It addresses the determination of seniority based on pre-amended rules, service rendered as Deputy Collector, and the placement of officers within select lists for the years 2009, 2010, and 2011. The document meticulously outlines how seniority is calculated, considering factors like qualifying service, year of allotment, and promotion status, and supersedes a previous order dated April 30, 2013. It also instructs the Uttarakhand government to withdraw any pending court cases related to these issues.

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No. 14014/18/2005-AIS-I
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension
Department of Personnel and Training
North Block, New Delhi
Date 15.02.2018

ORDER

Whereas, this Department in the wake of Hon’ble High Court of Punjab and Haryana order dated 01.02.2010 in CWP No.15798/2009 in the case of Praveen Kumar, an State Civil Service officer of Punjab cadre Vs Union of India and as confirmed by Hon’ble Supreme Court, issued notification dated 18.4.2012 for making amendment in the respective seniority regulations for IAS/IPS/IFoS. These amendments were however made applicable to the Select Lists prepared as per the ratio laid down in the case of Praveen Kumar and accordingly, seniority/year of allotment of the officers included in the said Select Lists were determined as per the amended seniority regulations.
2. And whereas, consequent upon dismissal of SLP No.4930-4931 of 2016 and Review Petition No. 001428 -001429/2017 filed by DoPT in the case of F.R. Jamadar and other connected court cases filed by the Ministry of Home Affairs viz. CA No. 4419 of 2016 -UOI Vs Kailash Chandra Agarwal \& Ors, CA No. 8199 of 2016 UOI Vs Arvind Kumar Sharda \& Ors, CA No. 8200 of 2016 -UOI Vs Keval Krishna Indoria \& Ors, CA No. 1396 of 2016 -UOI Vs R.A. Sanjeev and WP (C) No. 301 of 2016 -N.K.S. Chauhan Vs UOI, this Department vide OM No. No.14014/14/2014-AISI dated 21.8.2017 has decided to apply the amended seniority regulations prospectively i.e. w.e.f. 18.04.2012.
3. And whereas, this Department vide OM No.14014/14/2014-AIS-I dated 03.11.2017 has decided that Seniority/year of allotment of officer appointed after 18.4.2012 against the vacancies arisen between 1.2.2010 to 18.4.2012 may be fixed as per pre-amended seniority rules throughout the Cadres.
4. And whereas, further, this Department vide OM No.14014/14/2014-AIS-I dated 22.01.2018 has also decided to count the service of the officer rendered in the rank of Deputy Collector or equivalent upto the $31^{\text {st }}$ December of the vacancy year against which he has been appointed to the IAS.
5. And therefore, the seniority /year of allotment of officers appointed by promotion to IAS of Uttarakhand cadre from Select List 2009, 2010 and 2011 notified during the period from 1.2.2010 to 18.4.2012/ prepared against the vacancies arisen during the said period have been reviewed and re-determined by applying preamended seniority rule 3 (3)(ii) of IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987 read with clarification dated 21.08.2017, 03.11.2017 and 22.01.2018 as under:


Weightage Formula as per pre-amended Seniority Rules is as under:-

Completed years of qualifying service Weightage in years
12 4
15 5
18 6
21 7
23 8
26 9
27 10 (Maximum)
  1. (Prepared against vacancies arisen between 1.1.2009 to 31.12.2009)

| Sl. No. | Name of the Officer (S/Snn) | Date from which holding continuous service in SCS not below the rank of Deputy Collector or equivalent. | Completed year of service rendered in the rank not below that of Deputy Collector or equivalent upto the 31st December of the year for which the meeting of the committee to make selection was held to prepare the Select List on the basis of which the said officer(s) were appointed to IAS (Fractions if any, are to be ignored) i.e. 31.12.2009. | Total weightage in years in terms of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987 as amended from time to time, till date. | Year of allotment entitled | Name, year of SL and YOA of the officer in PQ (SCS), immediately senior to the one whose name is in column no. 02 | Year of Allotment assigned | |—————————–|————————————————————–|————————————————————–|————————————————————–|————————————————————–|————————————————————–|————————————————————–|————————————————————–| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | | 1. | Vijay Kumar Dhaundiyal | 01.07.1986 | 23 | 8 | 2001 | Dr. Mohan Chandra Joshi allotted 2000 batch on the basis of SL of 2008. | 2001 | | 2. | Harbansh Singh | 31.10.1987 | 22 | 7 | 2002 | As at Sr No. 1 in Col. 2 | 2002 |

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6.1 As per Rule 4 of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987, the officer whose name has been mentioned at SI. No. 1 of the select list of 2009 shall be placed below Dr. R Meenakshi Sundaram, the only RR IAS officer of 2001 batch and above Shri Nitesh Kumar Jha, the senior most RR IAS officer of 2002 batch of Uttrakhand cadre.
6.2 As per Rule 4 of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987, the officer whose name has been mentioned at SI. No. 2 of the select list of 2009 shall be placed below Shri D. Senthilpandiyan, junior most RR IAS officer of 2002 batch and above Smt. Sowjanya, the senior most RR IAS officer of 2003 batch of Uttrakhand cadre.
7.

Select List-2010
(Prepared against vacancies arisen between 1.1.2010 to 31.12.2010)
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4. Indu Dhar 06.10 .1993 17 5 2005 As at Sr
No. 3 in
Col. 2
2005
5. Vinod Prasad 24.07 .1994 16 5 2005 As at Sr
No. 4 in
Col. 2
2005
6. Sushil Kumar 30.01 .1995 15 5 2005 As at Sr
No. 5 in
Col. 2
2005
7. Hari Chand
Semwal
18.09 .1995 15 5 2005 As at Sr
No. 6 in
Col. 2
2005

7.1 As per Rule 4 of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987, the officer whose name has been mentioned at SI. No. 1 to 3 of the select list of 2010 shall be placed below Shri Harbansh Singh, junior most promotee IAS officer of 2002 batch (SL-2009) and above Smt. Sowjanya, the senior most direct recruit IAS officer of 2003 batch of Uttrakhand cadre.
7.2 As per Rule 4 of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987, the officer whose name has been mentioned at SI. No. 4 to 7 of the select list of 2010 shall be placed below Shri S A Murugesan, the junior most RR IAS officer of 2005 batch and above Shri Asheesh Joshi, senior most RR IAS officer of 2006 batch of Uttarakhand cadre.
8.

Select List-2011
(Prepared against vacancies arisen between 1.1.2011 to 31.12.2011)
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2. Bhupal Singh
Manral
27.07 .1994 17 5 2006 As at Sr No.
1 in Col. 2
2006
3. Vinay Shankar
Pandey
14.07 .1997 14 4 2007 As at Sr No.
2 in Col. 2
2007
4. Dependra
Chaudhary
01.02 .1998 13 4 2007 As at Sr No.
3 in Col. 2
2007
5. Surendra
Narayan
Pandey
07.12 .2000 11 4 2007 As at Sr No.
4 in Col. 2
2007
6. Vinod Kumar
Suman
14.09 .2000 11 4 2007 As at Sr No.
5 in Col. 2
2007

8.1 As per Rule 4 of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987, the officer whose name has been mentioned at SI. No. 1 of the select list of 2011 shall be placed below Shri Hari Chand Semwal, junior most promotee IAS officer of 2005 batch and above Shri Asheesh Joshi, senior most RR IAS officer of 2006 batch of Uttarakhand cadre.
8.2 As per Rule 4 of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987, the officer whose name has been mentioned at SI. No. 2 of the select list of 2011 shall be placed below Shri Brijesh Kumar Sant, junior most RR IAS officer of 2006 batch and above Dr. Deepak Rawat, senior most RR IAS officer of 2007 batch of Uttarakhand cadre.
8.3 As per Rule 4 of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987, the officers whose name has been mentioned at SI. No. 3 to 6 of the select list of 2011 shall be placed below Dr. Neeraj Kharwal, junior most RR IAS officer of 2007 batch and above Shri Sridhar Babu Addanki, senior most RR IAS officer of 2008 batch of Uttarakhand cadre.
9. This issues with the approval of Secretary(P) in supersession of this Department’s order of even number dated 30.04 .2013 and is subject to outcome of any court case pending in any court of law.

Ordered accordingly.
(Udai Bhan Singh)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Tel: 23094142
Copy to:-
(i) The Chief Secretary, Government of Uttrakhand, for onward transmission to the officer concerned. . It is also requested that necessary steps may be taken to withdraw all the cases on the similar issue pending in any court of law.
(ii) The Accountant General, Government of Uttrakhand, Dehradun
(iii) US(S-I)/US-AIS-III)/(EO (PR)
(iii) RO (CM)
(iv) NIC, for uploading on DoPT’s website.