The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has modified the eligibility criteria for officers seeking positions at the Additional Secretary and Secretary levels. The modifications relate to the required years of service and pay scales, specifically addressing those in the Central Staffing Scheme. The revised criteria include service in revised pay scales, Group A service, and residency in specific suitability lists. All-India Services officers allocated to different cadres and members of all services are subjected to stringent selection criteria. Special Committee of Secretaries (SCOS) would also lay emphasis on service rendered by such officers in posts falling under the Central Staffing Scheme in the Central Secretariat.
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No.36/15/2001-EO(SM-I)
Government of India Secretariat of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training
New Delhi the 20 July, 2001.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Attention is invited to para 6 of the Central Staffing Scheme circulated vide this Department’s O.M. No. 36/77/94-EO(SM.I) dated the $5^{\text {th }}$ Januray, 1996.
2. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved modification of the entries in para 6 of the Central Staffing Scheme relating to eligibility of officers for holding posts of the level of Additional Secretary and Secretary as follows:-
| Level | Years of service In Group ‘A’ | Remarks (Existing provisions) |
Remarks (Modified provisions as approved by the ACC) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Secretary |
25 | Seven years of service in the scale of Rs.5900-6700 in the parent cadre or service and a minimum of two years of service left for retirement, for all officers other than the Central Secretariat Service. Provided that in respect of officers who had been appointed to the scale of Rs.2500-2750 (pre-IV Pay Commission) or were included in the panel approved for appointment to posts in the scale of Rs.2500-2750 under the Central Staffing Scheme on or before 31.12.1985, a period | Seven years of service in the scale of Rs. $18400-22400$ in the parent cadre or service for all officers other than the Central Secretariat Service. Twenty years of Group ‘A’ service with at least seven years’ residency in the Joint Secretaries’ suitability list in respect of Central Secretariat Service officers. |
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
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The Chief Secretaries of all State Governments/Union Territories.
Secretaries of all Ministries/Departments of the Government of India. PMO (Shri Ashok Saikia, Joint Secretary).
Cabinet Secretariat (Shri R. Bhattacharya, Joint Secretary).
PS to MOS(PP)/Dir.(ACC)/DS(SM)/DS(MM)/PPS to Secy(P)/PS to
EO/RO(CM)/Guard File.
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India