F.No.6/14/2022-CS-I(S)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, PG \& Pensions
Department of Personnel \& Training

Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated the $30^{\text {th }}$ June, 2022

ORDER

In continuation of this Department’s OMs dated 13.06.2022 and 22.06.2022 conveying the zone of consideration for promotion to SO grade of CSS under Seniority Quota for the year 2022, the approval of the competent authority is hereby conveyed for promotion of 634 Assistant Section Officers (ASOs) of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) as in Annexure-I as Section Officers of CSS, 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 as above for promotion 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) The promotion will be effective from 01.07 .2022 or the date of assumption of charge of the post of Section Officer on regular basis if it is later than 01.07.2022
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) Submission of the undertaking in the following format:
“With reference to Department of Personnel \& Training Order No.6/14/2022-CS-I(S) dated 30.06.2022, I hereby assume the charge of the post of Section Officer of CSS on regular basis w.e.f. (FN/AN).
I understand that my appointment being made in the year 2022 against the SO LDCE 2016-18 vacancies is only conditional till results of LDCE are declared and that in the event of my name not getting included in the SO SL 2022 or for previous years either under Seniority Quota or if I do not qualify SO LDCE for the aforesaid years, I will have no claim to continue to hold the post of Section Officer and I will stand to be reverted to the post of Assistant Section Officer (ASO) of CSS.”
iv) All Ministries/Departments may ensure submission of the above undertaking before notifying appointment of the promoted officers.
3. Some officers, who are approved for promotion as above 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 to avail promotion
(ii) They may avail proforma promotion under Next Below Rule (NBR) 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 7 working days from the date of issue of this Order, for proforma promotion under NBR, under intimation to their borrowing organization, failing which it would be presumed that the officer is not willing to avail regular promotion as Section Officer.
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. 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 (CS-I Division) by 04.07.2022 positively in the enclosed proforma (Annexure-II).
7. Promotion of officers may please be updated by the cadre units concerned in the Web Based Cadre Management System.
8. The Select List 2022 (SQ) shall be finalized upon receipt of DPC recommendations from all Cadre Units \& declaration of results of LDCE 2016 to 2018 and review and finalization of US Select Lists from 2015 onwards. Further, this order does not convey any 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
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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 File

ANNEXURE-I to Order No.6/14/2022-CS-I(5) dated 30.06.2022

ANNEXURE-II to Order No.6/14/2022-CS-I(S) dated 30.06.2022