This office memorandum details the posting of Direct Recruitment Assistant Section Officers (DR-ASOs) against vacant Section Officer posts across various Ministries/Departments of the Central Civil Services (CSS). Initially, 65 vacant posts were adjusted on a temporary basis, and subsequently, an additional 68 Section Officer posts were temporarily utilized for this purpose. The annexure provides a detailed breakdown of vacancies, adjustments, and the number of ASOs adjusted against vacant posts for each ministry/department as of October 1, 2016, with updates as of November 15, 2016, and December 30, 2016. This aims to address an overall shortage of Section Officers in the CSS.
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F.No.7/15/2016-CS.I(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel \& Training)
$2^{\text {nd }}$ Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market, New Delhi, Dated the $30^{\text {th }}$ December, 2016
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Posting of DR ASOs against the vacant posts of Section Officer regarding.
Reference is invited to this Department’s O.M. of even number dated 15.11.2016 whereby 65 vacant posts of DR-ASOs were adjusted against the posts available in Section Officers’ grade on temporary basis with the approval of the competent authority in terms of GFR-254 as there is an overall shortage in Section Officers’ Grade in various Ministries/Departments of CSS.
2. Now, in addition to the above, 68 posts of Section Officers have been temporarily utilized while posting the ASOs vide order of even number dated 27.12.2016 and the details are given in the Annexure.
3. This is for records and information of all Ministries/Departments of CSS concerned.
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Tel.No. 24642705
To
(i) All Ministries/Departments of CSS (through website of this Department)
(ii) US, CS.I(S), DoPT, New Delhi.| S.No. | Ministry/Department | Vacancies in SO Grade as per cadre record as on 01.10.2016 | ASO adjusted against the vacant post of SO vide O.M. dated 15.11.2016 | ASO adjusted against the vacant post of SO vide O.M. dated 30.12.2016 |
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | Agriculture & Cooperation | 18 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Ayush | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Civil Aviation | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Coal | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Commerce | 40 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Consumer Affairs | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Corporate Affairs | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Culture | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Defence | 88 | 10 | 7 |
| 11 | DONER | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Earth Science | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Environment & Forest | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Expenditure | 110 | 4 | 10 |
| 15 | Fertilizers | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Food & Public Distribution | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Health & Family Welfare | 40 | 1 | 4 |
| 18 | Higher Education | 43 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | Home Affairs | 41 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 | Industrial, Policy & Promotion | 46 | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | Information & Broadcasting | 19 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Labour & Employment | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Law & Justice | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Mines | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Minority Affairs | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | New & Renewable Energy | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | Niti Aayog | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Personnel & Training | 25 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | Petroleum & Natural Gas | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Posts | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | Power | 22 | 3 | 2 |
| 33 | Road Transport & Highways | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Rural Development | 16 | 4 | 1 |
| 35 | Science & Technology | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Shipping | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Skill Development & Enterpreneurship | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Social, Justice & Empowerment | 22 | 2 | 2 |
| 39 | Steel | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Supply Division | 23 | 1 | 2 | 41 | Telecommunications | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42* | Textiles | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| *43 | Tribal Affairs | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 44 | UPSC | 38 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 45 | Urban Development | 40 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 46 | Water Resources | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 47 | Women \& Child Development | 9 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 48 | Youth Affairs \& Sports | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 821 | 65 | 68 |