IMMEDIATE

F. No. 6/17/2012-CS-I(S)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances \& Pensions
Department of Personnel \& Training
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$2 $^{\text {nd }}$ Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market, New Delhi -110003, Dated the 4 August, 2014

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : Promotion of Assistant to Section Officer grade on ad-hoc basis – Extension thereof
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s OM No. 6/10/2013-CS-I(S) dated $31^{\text {st }}$ December, 2013 vide which the zone of ad-hoc promotion to Section Officer grade of CSS was extended by this Department.
2. As the availability of regular Section Officers may take some more time, it has now been decided to extend the period of ad-hoc promotion in SO grade in respect of officers whose names appear in Annexure to this OM, beyond $30^{\text {th }}$ June, 2014 upto $31^{\text {st }}$ December, 2014 subject to the following conditions:-
(i) The period of ad-hoc promotion would be upto $31^{\text {st }}$ December, 2014 or till the date of retirement of the officer or until further orders, whichever is earlier;
(ii) The extension in the period of ad-hoc promotion shall be subject to vigilance clearance in terms of DOP\&T’s OM No. 22011/4/91-Estt(A) dated $14^{\text {th }}$ September, 1992, OM No. 22012/1/99-Estt(D) dated $25^{\text {th }}$ October, 2004 and OM No. 11012/9/86-Estt.(A) dated $24^{\text {th }}$ December, 1986 and also any other instructions on the subject;
(iii) The ad-hoc appointment shall not confer on the appointees any right to continue in the grade indefinitely or for inclusion in the Select List of Section Officers for regular appointment or to claim seniority in the Section Officers grade of CSS;
(iv) Ad-hoc appointment would continue till regular candidates in Section Officer grade are available either through Seniority quota or Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LDCE). In the event of the ad-hoc appointees not qualifying for regular appointment in either of these two categories, they shall be reverted to the Assistants’ grade on availability of such regular officers from the date the regular Section Officers join duty in their respective cadre units allotted to them by this Department.
3. Any discrepancies in the Annexure may be brought to the notice of this Department.

B. 2014

(R. Venkatesan)

Under Secretary to the Government of India
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To
The Cadre Units of CSS,
Ministry/Department of
Deputy Secretary/Director (Admn./Estt.)

Annexure to DOPTs Om No. 6/10/2013-CS.I(S) dated