The Department of Personnel and Training issued an Office Memorandum regarding the pay fixation of Grade I officers of the Central Secretariat Service (CSS) who were included in the Selection Grade (Deputy Secretary) CSS Select Lists of 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. The approved service of these officers counts from July 1st of the respective Select List year, and their pay may be fixed accordingly. Actual financial benefits are available from the date the officers are appointed and assume the charge of Deputy Secretary. All administrative ministries are requested to notify the appointments and take action regarding pay fixation. The appointment of those who retired without being appointed to the CSS Selection Grade shall not be notified. The pay fixation benefit would be admissible only to those retired officers who had assumed the charge of Deputy Secretary prior to their superannuation.
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No.4/12/2001-CS.I (D)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. and Pensions
(Department of Personnel \& Training)
Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market
New Delhi Dated the $13^{\text {th }}$ February, 2009
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Fixation of pay of the officers of Grade I (US) of CSS, on inclusion in the Selection Grade (Deputy Secretary) of CSS Select List of 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006
Select Lists of Selection Grade (Deputy Secretary) of CSS for the years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 have been finalised and issued vide this Department’s OM No.4/1/2007-CS.I(D) dated 26.12.2008, OM No.4/4/2008-CS.I(D) dated 7.1.2009 and OM No.4/9/2008-CS.I(D) dated 30.1.2009 respectively. Names of the officers who have been considered fit for inclusion in CSS Selection Grade (Deputy Secretary) Select Lists for the above years, but have since retired on attaining the age of superannuation or otherwise, have also been included in the Select Lists as per the existing instructions.
2. The question of fixation of pay of the officers who are included in the Select List of Selection Grade (Deputy Secretary) of CSS for the years 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 has been considered in this Department. Since the approved service in respect of such officers in terms of Rule 2(c)(iii) of the CSS Rules 1962, counts from the $1^{\text {st }}$ July of the respective Select List Year, the pay of such officers may be fixed in terms of the provisions contained in FR 22(I)(a)(i) i.e. w.e.f. $1^{\text {st }}$ July of the respective Select List year in which they have been so included, on notional basis. The actual financial benefits, however, would be available only from the date the officers are so appointed and assumed the charge of, Deputy Secretary.-2-
- All Administrative Ministries/Departments are requested to notify the appointments of the officers on a regular basis w.e.f. 1st July of the respective year in which the officers have been included, if not already done and take action regarding fixation of pay in respect of officers working under them, in accordance with para 2 above. These instructions shall not apply in the case of officers who were granted pay benefits under this Departments’ OM No.4/21/2004-CS.I dated 11.3.2005.
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The appointment of those who retired on superannuation or otherwise as Under Secretary without being appointed to the CSS Selection Grade (Deputy Secretary) shall not be notified, in terms of the provisions contained in this Department’s OM No.22011/4/98-Estt.(D) dated 12.10.1998. The pay fixation benefit would be admissible only to those retired officers who had assumed the charge of Deputy Secretary prior to their superannuation etc and are figuring in the above mentioned Selection Grade Select Lists. Such benefits, if any, are to be granted by the Ministries/Departments from where the officers retired and are also to be informed accordingly.

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