No.4/2/2014-CS-I (D) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training)

Lok Nayak Bhavan, New Delhi $19^{\text {th }}$ September, 2014

ORDER

The President hereby appoints the officers of Grade-I (Under Secretary) of the Central Secretariat Service (CSS) whose names appear in para 2 below to the Selection Grade (Deputy Secretary) in PB-3 ( Rs 15600-39100) with a grade pay of Rs 7600/- by promotion on ad-hoc basis with effect from 01.10.2014, initially for a period up to 30.06 .2015 or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
2. On promotion on ad-hoc basis, the officers are allocated to the Ministries/Departments as shown against their names:

• Personal upgradation

1. The aforesaid ad-hoc promotion of the officers is subject to the following conditions:-
   (i) The ad-hoc promotion is subject to the final outcome of the pending Writ Petition No. 4097/2011 (Arun Gaur Vs Garima Singh \& Ors), W.P. No. 4616/2011 (V.S.Pandey \& Ors Vs. Garima Singh \& Ors), W.P. No. 7619/2011 (UPSC Vs Garima Singh \& Ors), W.P. No.2176/2012 (Union of India Vs. Garima Singh \& Ors) and other connected Writ Petitions Nos. W.P.(C) 2523/2012 (Union of India Vs. Anant Kishore Saran), W.P. (C) 2524/2012 (Union of India Vs. Shersha and Anr), W.P. (C) 2525/2012 (Union of India Vs. Syed Eram Rizvi and Anr), W.P. (C), W.P. (C) 2526/2012 (Union of India Vs. Sandeep Kumar Gupta), and W.P.(C) 2527/2012 (Union of India Vs. Soumya Chattopadhyay and Anr) in the High Court of Delhi and also any other order by any competent court in any of the connected matters, apart from the above.
   (ii) The ad-hoc promotion is further subject to vigilance clearance in terms of this Department’s O.M. No. 22011/4/91-Estt.(A) dated 14.9.92, O.M. No. 22012/1/99Estt.(D) dated 25.10.2004 and O.M. No.22034/4/2012-Estt(D) dated 2.11.2012 the

Ministry/Department where the officer is working should relieve the officer only after verifying that no disciplinary proceedings are pending or contemplated against the officer. In case of pendency of such proceedings, the matter may be reported to this Department immediately.
(iii) The promotion on ad hoc basis is effective from the date of assumption of charge by the officer of the post of Deputy Secretary in the Ministry/Department to which he/she been posted.
(iv) The ad-hoc promotion to the Selection grade (Deputy Secretary) of CSS shall not bestow on the incumbents any claim for their regular promotion to the grade.
(v) The service rendered on ad-hoc basis in the grade would not count for the purpose of seniority in that grade or for promotion to the next higher grade.
(vi) The ad hoc promotion shall not confer any right on the incumbents to continue in the grade indefinitely and may be terminated at any point of time without giving any reasons thereof.
4. The Ministries/Departments shall relieve the officers immediately from the date of effectiveness of the order to enable them to take up their assignment as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry/Department allocated. No request for retention of the officers in the same Ministry/Department would be entertained.
5. If any officer fails to join the promotional post in the new Ministry/Department within one month of the date of issuance of this order without prior approval of this Department, the orders of ad-hoc promotion in respect of such officer shall stand cancelled automatically.
6. A copy of the notification implementing the order may be endorsed to this Department.

To

1. Officers concerned
2. The Joint Secretary(Admn/Estt) of the Ministries/Departments concerned
3. US (U) / US (APAR)
4. DOP\&T, Hindi Section, North Block, New Delhi- for Hindi version
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