This Office Memorandum from the Department of Personnel & Training outlines the process for promoting Section Officers of the Central Secretariat Service (CSS) to the Grade I (Under Secretary) level. It details the required documentation – including Complete ACRs/APARs, vigilance status, and deputation details – that Ministries/Departments must submit to UPSC for consideration. The memorandum specifies deadlines for submission and emphasizes the importance of maintaining up-to-date information in the web-based cadre management system (cscms.nic.in). It also references relevant guidelines regarding APAR disclosures and benchmark grading. The document includes annexures listing the officers under consideration and proformas for submitting the required information. It stresses the need for active cooperation from all Ministries/Departments to ensure a smooth and timely process.
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No.5/3/2015-CS.I(U)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, PG and Pensions
(Department of Personnel \& Training)
$2^{\text {nd }}$ Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan, New Delhi-110003
Dated the $31^{\text {st }}$ March, 2015
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Promotion of Section Officers of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) to Grade I (Under Secretary) – Furnishing of CR dossiers, vigilance clearance, etc.
The undersigned is directed to say that this Department is in the process of bringing out up to date Select Lists in the grade of Under Secretary in consultation with UPSC. Proposal for preparation of USSL-2014 will be forwarded to UPSC shortly on receipt of complete information from Ministries/ Departments. This Department has initiated action for preparation of proposal for USSL-2015 also.
2. Officers of General category up to SOSL-2006 and Officers of SC/ST categories up to SOSL-2007 are likely to be in the zone of consideration for USSL-2015. This Department now requires requisite documents in respect of General category officers belonging to SOSL-2006 and SC/ST category officers belonging to SOSL-2007. The names of these officers are indicated at Annexure-I \& Annexure-II to this O.M.
3. Ministries / Departments concerned are, therefore, requested that the following documents / information in respect of Section Officers (as indicated in Annexure) complete in all respects may be made available to CS.I Division at the earliest, and in any case latest by 30.04 .2015 in the prescribed Proforma-I:
(i) Vigilance status;
(ii) Statement of minor / major penalties, if any, imposed in the last 10 years
This information should also be furnished in the vigilance module of the web based cadre management system at cscms.nic.in
(iii) Whether any of these officers is on deputation and / or absorbed in any Organization in continuation of deputation (date of deputation / date of absorption should be indicated); and
3.1 CR Dossiers Complete ACRs / APARs up to 2014-2015 should be furnished. If for any reason ACR / APAR is not available, No Report Certificate (NRC) should be furnished with reasons for non-recording of ACRs / APARs. The ACRs / APARs should be properly arranged (year wise) in the dossier before forwarding to this Department.-: 2 :-
3.2 Scanning and uploading The ACRs / APARs from 2005-2006 onwards should be scanned, uploaded and the grading entered in the web based cadre management system at cscms.nic.in. CR dossiers received without entering of data or without uploading in the web based system will be returned. For any guidance in this regard, they should contact CMC Ltd. Officials at Tele.: 24629890.
3.3 Ministries / Departments concerned are also requested to ensure that following actions in respect of officers in the zone of consideration for USSL-2015 is duly completed:
(a) provisions of DoP&T’s O.M. No.21011/1/2010-Estt.(A) dated 14.5.2009 regarding disclosure of APARs have been complied with; and,
(b) action in terms of DoP&T’s O.M. No.21011/1/2010-Estt.A dated 13.4.2010 have been completed regarding below benchmark grading in ACRs prior to the reporting period 2008-09 and objective consideration of representation by the competent authority against remarks in the APAR concerned.
A certificate to this effect should be furnished by the Ministries / Departments concerned in Proforma-II.
3.4 Personal information in Proforma-III. All the officers in the zone of consideration and the nodal officers concerned should also ensure that their complete and up to date data is available in the Web Based Cadre Management system which is hosted at cscms.nic.in. In the absence of complete data in the web based cadre management system, their names will not be considered for USSL.
3.5 Retired Officers In terms of DoPT’s OM No. 22011/4/98-Estt.(D) dated October 12, 1998, retired officers are also to be considered to arrive at the correct zone of consideration for relevant year. Accordingly, information as above should be forwarded in case of such officers also.
- All Officers concerned, in their own interest, are requested to pursue with the Administration Division concerned to ensure that the said documents / information (including ACRs / APARs) in their respect are furnished to this Department urgently. This Department seeks active cooperation of all the Ministries / Departments to gather the information at the earliest.
[Signature]
( Y. Srinivasaragavan)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Tele: 24629412
To
All the Ministries/Departments concerned| SINo. | CSL No. | Name S/Shri/Smt. | Cat. | Date of birth | Present posting (Ministry/Department) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | 8762 | Pramod Bhardwaj | Gen | 04/07/1978 | Economic Affairs |
| 2 | 8764 | Shobhit Gupta | Gen | 29/07/1976 | DONER |
| 3 | 8766 | Satish Kumar | Gen | 01/01/1977 | Health \& Family Welfare |
| 4 | 8768 | Anurag Goel | Gen | 26/12/1973 | Expenditure |
| 5 | 8770 | Niraj Singh | Gen | 02/11/1973 | Home Affairs |
| 6 | 8772 | Paras Kumar Singh | Gen | 05/08/1972 | Textiles |
| 7 | 8774 | Rahul Deo Diwakar | Gen | 05/01/1973 | Industrial Policy \& Promotion |
| 8 | 8776 | Santosh Kumar | Gen | 18/12/1972 | Revenue |
| 9 | 8778 | Soumyajit Ghosh | Gen | 11/10/1974 | Expenditure |
| 10 | 8780 | Kundan Nath | Gen | 01/06/1969 | Higher Education |
| 11 | 8782 | Avinash Chander | Gen | 12/10/1977 | Revenue |
| 12 | 8784 | Pulok Sen Gupta | Gen | 11/03/1971 | Civil Aviation |
| 13 | 8786 | D. Dan Barnwal | Gen | 17/09/1973 | Labour \& Employment |
| 14 | 8788 | Arvind Kumar Jha | Gen | 20/11/1969 | Staff Selection Commission |
| 15 | 8790 | Balram Singh | Gen | 14/01/1972 | Petroleum \& Natural Gas |
| 16 | 8792 | Anuj Kumar | Gen | 01/10/1968 | Industrial Policy \& Promotion |
| 17 | 8794 | Surajit Indu | Gen | 03/01/1967 | Defence |
| 18 | 8796 | Nishat Kumar | Gen | 01/12/1975 | Commerce |
| 19 | 8798 | Pramod Kumar Verma | Gen | 28/11/1975 | Expenditure |
| 20 | 8800 | Shameem Uddeen Ansari | Gen | 11/07/1976 | Rural Development |
| 21 | 8802 | Shambhu Nath Pal | Gen | 01/05/1972 | Corporate Affairs |
| 22 | 8804 | Vikas Tripathi | Gen | 10/01/1972 | Higher Education |
| 23 | 8806 | Milind Mujumdar | Gen | 12/11/1971 | Staff Selection Commission |
| 24 | 8808 | Dilip Kumar | Gen | 04/01/1972 | Home Affairs |
| 25 | 8810 | Neelam | Gen | 30/04/1973 | Economic Affairs |
| 26 | 8812 | Kulvinder Singh | Gen | 16/09/1978 | Heavy Industries |
| 27 | 8814 | Imtiyaz Ahmad Kamal | Gen | 22/07/1973 | Culture |
| 28 | 8816 | Ranajit Kumar Roy | Gen | 07/12/1974 | Union Public Service Commission |
| 29 | 8818 | Rajesh Sarswat | Gen | 01/07/1970 | Personnel \& Training |
| 30 | 8820 | Tara Chandar | Gen | 10/08/1977 | Culture |
| 31 | 8822 | Asghar Ali | Gen | 10/08/1978 | Industrial Policy \& Promotion |
| 32 | 8824 | Ratnakar Yadav | Gen | 25/07/1977 | Health \& Family Welfare |
| 33 | 8826 | Anupam Pandey | Gen | 30/05/1971 | Urban Development |
| 34 | 8828 | Anil Yadav | Gen | 04/10/1969 | Economic Affairs |
| 35 | 8830 | Sanjay Kumar Tiwari | Gen | 15/03/1974 | Prime Minister’s Office |
| 36 | 8832 | Shariq Saeed | Gen | 04/03/1976 | Petroleum \& Natural Gas |
| 37 | 8834 | Unni Krishnan T. | Gen | 28/05/1972 | Culture |
| 38 | 8836 | Anil Bajpai | Gen | 29/12/1973 | Personnel \& Training |
| 39 | 8838 | Aditya Narayan | Gen | 01/04/1972 | Expenditure |
| 40 | 8840 | Rajeev Kumar Das | Gen | 31/10/1970 | Posts |
| 41 | 8842 | Shanti Negi | Gen | 12/10/1968 | Science \& Technology |
| 42 | 8844 | Monika Yadav | Gen | 19/07/1968 | Youth Affairs \& Sports |
| 43 | 8846 | Md. Nadeem | Gen | 22/01/1970 | Steel |
| 44 | 8848 | Neetu Malhotra | Gen | 02/02/1978 | Youth Affairs \& Sports |
| 45 | 8852 | Sabak Lal Prasad | Gen | 05/05/1973 | Agriculture \& Cooperation |
| 46 | 8854 | Sanjay Kumar | Gen | 05/12/1968 | Expenditure | 47 | 8856 | Kaushik Choudhury | Gen | 25/09/1970 | Defence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | 8858 | V. Kalyani | Gen | 30/07/1956 | Information \& Broadcasting | |||||||
| 49 | 8860 | Manish Ranjan Shrivastav | Gen | 04/10/1975 | Cabinet Secretariat | |||||||
| 50 | 8864 | Ajay Kumar | Gen | 15/11/1973 | Agriculture \& Cooperation | |||||||
| 51 | 8868 | Sarala Devi P.P. | Gen | 30/11/1955 | Science \& Technology | |||||||
| 52 | 8870 | Pothuraju Vinay Kumar | Gen | 08/06/1970 | Mines | |||||||
| 53 | 8872 | Chandra Shekhar | Gen | 09/12/1959 | Revenue | |||||||
| 54 | 8874 | V.P. Rajvedi | Gen | 12/01/1967 | Commerce | |||||||
| 55 | 8876 | K. Srinivasan | Gen | 18/11/1958 | Textiles | SINo. | CSL No. | Name (S/Shri/Smt.) | Cat. | Date of birth | Present posting (Ministry/Department) | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 1 | 9116 | Rakesh Kumar | SC | 05/08/1973 | Health & Family Welfare | |||||||
| 2 | 9118 | Ashok Kumar | SC | 15/07/1972 | Rural Development | |||||||
| 3 | 9120 | Praveen Kumar | SC | 10/01/1969 | Health & Family Welfare | |||||||
| 4 | 9122 | Harit Kumar Shakya | SC | 07/10/1977 | Commerce | |||||||
| 5 | 9124 | Rajender Singh Sidhu | SC | 01/05/1975 | Mines | |||||||
| 6 | 9126 | Ram Kishan Trehan | SC | 01/04/1957 | Food & Public Distribution | |||||||
| 7 | 9128 | Vinod Kumar | SC | 08/08/1969 | Corporate Affairs | |||||||
| 8 | 9130 | Balasubramanian P. | SC | 26/05/1964 | Personnel & Training | |||||||
| 9 | 9132 | Jnanatosh Roy | SC | 01/06/1967 | Cabinet Secretariat | |||||||
| 10 | 9133 | Sailesh Kumari | SC | 15/07/1955 | Economic Affairs | |||||||
| 11 | 9134 | Uma Chopra | SC | 07/07/1965 | Defence | |||||||
| 12 | 9135 | Surinder Rani | SC | 08/02/1957 | Home Affairs | |||||||
| 13 | 9136 | Vijay Kumar | SC | 14/07/1962 | Higher Education | |||||||
| 14 | 9138 | Sobeer Singh | SC | 05/01/1972 | Petroleum & Natural Gas | |||||||
| 15 | 9140 | Shiv Nandan Kumar | SC | 15/02/1966 | Micro Small & Medium Enterprises | |||||||
| 16 | 9141 | Shiv Charan | SC | 11/11/1956 | Supply | |||||||
| 17 | 9142 | Amarjeet Sroa | SC | 06/10/1971 | Health & Family Welfare | |||||||
| 18 | 9144 | Nar Singh Chauhan | SC | 03/07/1958 | Urban Development | |||||||
| 19 | 9145 | V.K. Khuttan | SC | 14/04/1957 | Personnel & Training | |||||||
| 20 | 9146 | Sunil Kumar Bhardwaj | SC | 10/12/1962 | Defence | |||||||
| 21 | 9148 | Puran Chand | SC | 10/12/1957 | Labour & Employment | |||||||
| 22 | 9150 | Ram Raj | SC | 15/08/1957 | Home Affairs | |||||||
| 23 | 9151 | Arun Kumar | SC | 01/07/1964 | Urban Development | |||||||
| 24 | 9152 | Micheal Sundar Paul Dara | SC | 14/08/1968 | Urban Development | |||||||
| 25 | 9153 | Indu S. Kumbhare | ST | 01/07/1962 | Tribal Affairs | |||||||
| 26 | 9154 | Narender Kumar | SC | 15/09/1961 | Shipping | |||||||
| 27 | 9155 | Lakhmi Chand | SC | 01/08/1966 | Revenue | |||||||
| 28 | 9156 | Vidyawati | SC | 15/08/1972 | Power | |||||||
| 29 | 9157 | Debadutta Behera | SC | 10/07/1968 | Information & Broadcasting | |||||||
| 30 | 9158 | Arun Kumar | SC | 23/10/1968 | Labour & Employment | |||||||
| 31 | 9159 | Sarla Kumari | SC | 26/10/1970 | Agriculture & Cooperation | |||||||
| 32 | 9161 | Gokul Chand | SC | 22/06/1962 | Science & Technology | $\begin{aligned} & \text { Sl. } \ & \text { No. } \end{aligned}$ | Name of the officers | CSL No. |
Whether clear from vigilance angle or not. Indicate Clear/Not Clear as the case may be. If not clear please provide complete details ( This information should also be updated by the nodal officer concerned in the Vigilance module of Web Based Cadre Management System at cscms.nic.in ) |
Minor/major penalties imposed, if any, since 1.7.2005 (This infornation should also be updated by the nodal officer concerned in the Vigilance module of Web Based Cadre Management System at cscms.nic.in ) |
Whether the officer has been on deputation, long leave, long term training during the select list period or absorbed in any organization (please indicate period of deputation/ date of absorption). Also indicate if resigned, took VRS or expired and date of occurrence of event |
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| :–: | :–: | :–: | :–: | :–: | :–: | |||||||
| (Signature of the officer certifying the above details) Name, designation: $\qquad$ Date: $\qquad$ |
# CERTIFICATE |
It is certified that the action as under has been completed in respect of the following officers in the zone of consideration for USSL-2015:
(i) provisions of DoP\&T’s OM No. 21011/1/2005-Estt.(A)(Pt.II) dated 14.5.2009 regarding disclosure of APARs have been complied with; and,
(ii) action in terms of DoP\&T’s OM No. 21011/1/2010-Estt.A dated 13.4.2010 has been completed regarding below benchmark grading in ACRs prior to the reporting period 2008-09 and objective consideration of representation by the competent authority against remarks in the APAR concerned. A copy of the decision of the competent authority disposing representation has also been placed in the ACR/APAR dossier of the officer (wherever applicable).
List of officers in the zone of consideration:
| SI.No. | CSL No. | Name | Date of Birth | Remarks if any |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Signature: $\qquad$
Name \& Designation of the officer: $\qquad$
Ministry/Department: $\qquad$
Telephone No. $\qquad$# PERSONAL INFORMATION
| 1. | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2. | CSL No. | |
| 3. | Designation | |
| 4. | Date of Birth | |
| 5. | Present Ministry/Department | |
| 6. | Personal contact number | |
| 7. | Educational qualification |
- Experience (including deputation details)
Note: The information furnished here should exactly tally with the information available in the web based cadre management system. If the information in the web based system is not up to date, that should be first corrected through nodal officer/ DoPT before submitting this form. For any guidance in this regard, officers may contact Shri Satya Prakash, SO, DoPT at Tele: 24629414.
| Designation | Ministry/Department (including deputation details) |
Period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | ||
Certified that I have verified the data in respect of me in the web based cadre management system and the data available therein is correct and up to date.
(Signature of the officer)
Name: $\qquad$
Date: $\qquad$# (For Admin. Division of Ministry/ Department)
Forwarded.
It is certified that the details of the officer in the web based cadre management is complete, correct and up to date.
The officer is clear from vigilance angle.
Signature:
Name:
Designation:
Date: $\qquad$