ORDER

In continuation of this Department’s Orders of even number dated 29.06.2022 \& 30.06.2022, approval of the competent authority is hereby conveyed for inclusion of 7 Assistant Section Officers (ASOs) of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) as in Annexure-I, in the Section Officers’ Select List for the year 2021 against Seniority Quota, after having been found ‘fit’ by the Departmental Promotion Committees (DPCs) in its meetings held in their respective Cadre Units and clear from vigilance angle on the basis of the information received from the Ministries/Departments till date.
2. Ministries/Departments, where the officers approved for inclusion in SO SL 2021(SQ) are currently posted, are requested to notify the appointment of these officers as per Annexure-I to this Order to the grade of Section Officer of CSS on regular basis subject to:
i) assumption of charge of the post of Section Officer on regular basis
ii) If an officer is undergoing penalty, notification should not be issued for regular promotion and in such cases notification should be issued only after the currency of the penalty is over in terms of DoPT’s O.M. No.22034/5/2004-Estt.(D) dated 15.12.2004. Such cases should also be informed to this Department.
iii) The officers, who were in service on the crucial date i.e. as on 1.7.2021 but have since retired as ASO/Section Officer (ad-hoc) subsequently on superannuation or otherwise, have also been included in the Select List of Section Officers in terms of this Department’s OM No. 22011/4/98-Estt. (D) dated 12.10.1998 to identify the correct zone of consideration for the relevant Select List. However, their appointment need not be notified since retired persons would not be available for actual promotion from a prospective date.
3. Some officers, who are included in SO SL 2021 (Seniority Quota) may be on deputation as on date. To avail the benefit of promotion, such officers have two options:
(i) They may repatriate to CS-I Division to avail promotion
(ii) They may avail proforma promotion from the date of promotion of their immediate junior.

4 The officers who are presently on deputation and opt for (i) above, may submit their willingness within in 7 working days and report to DOPT, CS-I Division within 30 working days from the date of issue of this Order for their further posting, failing which action shall be taken in terms of this Department’s OM dated 08.04.2011 (debarment conditions). In case of (ii), the officer concerned may submit a request, within 7working days from the date of issue of this Order, for proforma promotion, under intimation to their borrowing organization, failing which it would be presumed that the officer is not willing to avail regular promotion against SO SL 2021 (Seniority Quota)
5. It may also be brought out clearly in the Notification/appointment orders that the appointment of the officers shall be subject to the outcome of the following Court cases and also subject to any other order passed by any competent courts in any other connected matters:
(i) Civil Appeal No.629/2022 in Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and connected matters (Jarnail Singh batch of cases).
(ii) Matters relating to seniority, promotion etc in SO/ASO grade, if any, filed in any competent court till date
6. In terms of Rule 2 (c) (iii) of CSS Rules, approved service in respect of the officers included in SO SL 2021(SQ) will count from $1^{\text {st }}$ July 2021. However, in terms of DPC guidelines, promotions are effective from a prospective date only and no notional fixation of pay from a date prior to the date of actual promotion shall be allowed.
7. A copy of the promotion order issued in respect of the above officers may invariably be endorsed to this Department for record on the same day at harinarayan.mp14@nic.in. The cadre units are also requested to furnish the information in this regard to this Department (CSI Division) by 05.07 .2022 positively in the enclosed proforma (AnnexureII).
8. Promotion of officers may please be updated by the cadre units concerned in the Web Based Cadre Management System.
9. The Select List 2021 (SQ) shall be finalized upon receipt of DPC recommendations from all Cadre Units and this order does not convey seniority in the Select List concerned and the same will be issued later.

Encl: As above.
(Zachariah Thomas)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
To

1. Director/Deputy Secretary (Admn./Estt.) of the Ministries/Departments concerned (through DOPT’s web-site)
2. Officers concerned (through DOPT’s web-site)
3. SO(A), CS-I, DOPT
4. Hindi Section, DOPT for Hindi version
5. Guard FileANNEXURE-I to Order No.6/12/2022-CS-I(S) dated 01.07.2022

*Unwilling/on leave/on training/left service prior to issue of this Order etc.