This Office Memorandum addresses the promotion of 21 Grade-I (Under Secretary) officers to the Selection Grade (Deputy Secretary) on an ad hoc basis. It reiterates the requirement for officers to assume charge of their promoted posts within 30 days of the order, or risk cancellation of their promotion. Requests for extensions from the Staff Selection Commission, Prasar Bharti, and the Department of Telecommunications on behalf of specific officers were considered but ultimately denied. The memorandum firmly directs all concerned officers to assume charge by June 30th, 2014, to avoid automatic cancellation of their promotions.
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OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Promotion to the Selection Grade (Deputy Secretary) of CSS.
The undersigned is directed to invite attention to this Department’s Order of even number dated 15.5.2014 whereby 21 officers of Grade-I (Under Secretary) were promoted to the Selection Grade (Deputy Secretary) on ad hoc basis.
2. It was directed in the abovesaid Order that “If an officer including an officer on deputation fails to assume charge of the post of Deputy Secretary in the Ministry/Department to which he/she has been posted on promotion, within 30 days of issue of the order by DOP\&T without the prior approval of the Cadre Controlling authority for extension in joining time, his/her ad-hoc promotion will automatically stand cancelled.” It is imperative, therefore, that all the officers promoted had to assume the charge of the promoted post by 14.6.2014. However, Staff Selection Commission and Prasar Bharti, the controlling Organisations of Shri R K Ranjan and Shri Arvind Kumar respectively, have requested for extension of time in their case citing important work being handled by them. Another officer, Shri Shiv Mohan Dass Chawla, has also requested through his controlling Department, i.e., D/o Telecommunications for extension on personal grounds.
3. The competent authority has considered the requests for extension of time in respect of officers mentioned in para 2 but has not agree to it. It has been decided that the officers should assume the charge of the promoted posts by 30.6 .14 (FN) failing which their promotion order shall be cancelled forthwith without any further notice. SSC, Prasar Bharti etc. are, therefore, requested to direct the concerned officers to assume the charge of the promoted post by the stipulated date. The officers concerned may also ensure compliance of the directions.
Uthnge Niti
(Parminder Singh)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Tel.No. 24642705
To
- Officers concerned
- Staff Selection Commission, Block 12, C.G.O. Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003 w.r.t. their D.O. No.A-22017/11/2002-Estt.ll dated June 6, 2014.
- Prasar Bharti, Directorate General: All India Radio, Akashvani Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delh w.r.t. their Letter No.A-19011/2/2014-SV/563 dated $4^{\text {th }}$ June, 2014.
- Department of Telecommunications, 415-Sanchar Bhawan, 20, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001 dated $6^{\text {th }}$ June, 2014.