The Indian Forest Service (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1997, have been amended by the Government of India. These amendments, effective from their publication in the Official Gazette, introduce changes to how seniority weightage is calculated for Indian Forest Service officers. Specifically, the rules now detail weightage based on years of service: up to 12 years of service grants one year of weightage for every completed four years, with a minimum of three years; service between 12 and 21 years grants one year of weightage for every completed three years; and service beyond 21 years grants one year of weightage for every completed two years, capped at a maximum of three years. These changes were made in consultation with state governments and are intended to update the existing seniority regulations.
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[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i) ]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS
DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING
New Delhi, the 18th April, 2012
NOTIFICATION
G.S.R. _______________ (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the All India Services Act, 1951 (61 of 1951), the Central Government, after consultation with the Governments of the States concerned, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Indian Forest Service (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1997, namely:-
- (1) These rules may be called the Indian Forest Service (Regulation of Seniority) Amendment Rules, 2012.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
- In the Indian Forest Service (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1997, in rule 3, in sub-rule (3) for clause (ii), –
(A) The words “immediately before the year” shall be omitted;
(B) For sub-clauses (a) and (b), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:-
“(a) for the service rendered by him upto twelve years, he shall be given a weightage of one year for every completed four years of service, subject to a minimum of three years;
(b) for the service rendered by him beyond 12 years, as referred to in sub-clause (a) and upto 21 years, he shall be given a weightage of one year for every completed three years of service;
(c) for the service rendered by him beyond 21 years, as referred to in sub-clause (b), he shall be given a weightage of one year for every completed two years of service, subject to a maximum of three years”.
No. 14014/4/2011-AIS-I (C)
(NARENDRA GAUTAM)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part II Section 3(i) vide number GSR 738(E) dated the $31^{\text {st }}$ December, 1997 and further amended vide GSR 551(E) dated the $30^{\text {th }}$ August, 2005.
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Under Secretary to the Government of India
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