A recent decision from the government details the process for integrating a deserving officer from the Non-State Civil Service into the prestigious Indian Administrative Service. This particular case involves an officer joining the Joint Assam-Meghalaya Cadre. The announcement clarifies the officer’s seniority and year of allotment, which has been meticulously determined using established seniority rules and a specific weightage formula for prior qualifying service. This ensures a fair and transparent method for assigning seniority based on years of service and adherence to the 1987 IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, along with subsequent amendments. The officer’s year of allotment has been determined as 2020, with specific placement relative to other officers. This move reflects the government’s commitment to career progression within its services and the systematic management of its administrative personnel, with clear guidelines for their placement within the hierarchy, ensuring proper integration among existing officers.
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No. 14015/03/2024-AIS-I Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training
North Block, New Delhi Dated the 19th March, 2025
ORDER
Consequent upon appointment to IAS of Joint Assam-Meghalaya Cadre from Non-State Civil Service of Assam Segment, on the basis of inclusion of his name in the Select List 2023 (Non-SCS category), vide this Department’s notification No. 14015/03/2024-AIS-(I) B dated 20.02.2025 and on receipt of the proposal from the Government of Assam vide their letter No. AAI.01/2024/121 dated 26.02.2025, the seniority/year of allotment of the officer has been computed under Rule 3(3)(iii) of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987, as amended vide notification No. 14014/4/2011-AIS-I dated 5.5.2016 and other relevant rules as amended from time to time, as per following weightage formula:
| Completed years of qualifying service | Weightage in years |
|---|---|
| 12 | 3 |
| 15 | 4 |
| 18 | 5 |
| 21 | 6 |
| 23 | 7 |
| 25 | 8 |
| 27 | 9 (Maximum) |
- Select List – 2023 (Non-SCS Category) (Against vacancies arisen between 01.01.2023 to 31.12.2023)
| Sl. No | Name of the Officer (Shri/Smt) | Date from which holding continuous service in a post equivalent to the post of Deputy Collector or higher post. | Completed year of continuous service in the rank of Dy. Collector or equivalent the State Civil Service till 31st December of the year for which the meeting of the committee to make selection was held to prepare the Select List on the basis of which the said officer was appointed to IAS (Fractions if any, are to be ignored) i.e. 31.12.2023. | Total weightage in years in terms of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987 as amended from time to time. | Year of allotment entitled | Name, year of SL and YOA of the officer in PQ (Non-SCS), immediately senior to the one whose name is in column no. 02 | Year of Allotment assigned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuntal Moni Sarmah Bordoloi | 28-02-2014 | 09 | 03 | 2020 | Smt. Varshaty Das (YoA:2012, SL:2019) | 2020 |
Contd…2-2.1 As per Rule 4 of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987, the officer whose name has been mentioned at SI. No. 1 in the Select List of 2023 (Non-SCS) shall be placed below Shri Richard Yantham, the junior most RR IAS officer of 2020 batch of the joint Assam-Meghalaya cadre and above Shri Parikshit Thoudam, senior most RR IAS officer of 2021 batch of Joint Assam-Meghalaya Cadre.
3. The order may be conveyed to the concerned officer.
(Sanjay Kumar Chaurasia)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Ph. No. 23093063
Email: uss1@nic.in
Copy to:-
- The Chief Secretary, Government of Assam, Department of Personnel (Personnel-A), Assam Secretariat (Civil), Dispur – 781006 for onward transmission to the officer concerned.
- The Accountant General, Government of Assam.
- US(AIS-III)/US{EO (PR)}/US {EO (CM)}