This Office Memorandum from the Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions, Department of Personnel & Training, details the categories of Benchmark Disabilities considered suitable for promotion to the Under Secretary Grade of the Central Secretariat Service (CSS). It references previous notifications regarding the subject and requests all Ministries/Departments participating in CSS to urgently provide detailed information on Under Secretaries and Section Officers with Benchmark Disabilities, including disability certificates, by June 15, 2022. The information is needed to complete preparatory activities for the 2021 and subsequent years. The memorandum emphasizes the importance of assigning ‘TOP PRIORITY’ to this request.
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F.No.5/13/2022-CS-I(U) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions Department of Personnel & Training
2nd Floor, A Wing, Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market New Delhi, dated the 10th June, 2022
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Reservation to Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBDs) in promotions in Under Secretary Grade of CSS.
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s OM No.36012/1/202-Estt.(Res-II) dated 17.05.2022 on the above subject.
- The categories of Benchmark Disability identified as suitable for the post of Under Secretary of CSS in terms of Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Notification dated 04.01.2021 are as under:
| Sl. No. | Clause | Identified suitable category of Benchmark Disabilities | Functional Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | Blindness & Low vision | B, LV |
| 2 | b | Deaf and hard of hearing | D, HH |
| 3 | c | Locomotor disability including leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims, | Locomotor Disability – OA, OL, OAL, BL, Leprosy cured (LC), Dwarfism (Dw), Acid Attack victims(AAV) |
| 4 | e | Multiple disabilities from amongst clauses a, b & c above, but including the deaf and blindness. | OA, LV; OL, LV; OA, HH; OL, HH; LV, HH |
Note: The abbreviations used are as given in the Notification dated 04.01.2021
- Accordingly, in continuation to this Department’s O.M No.5/12/2022-CS-I (U) dated, the Ministries/Departments of Government of India who are participating in CSS are requested to provide urgently the detailed information of Under Secretary (ad-hoc) and Section Officers (SOs) of CSS, who belong to Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBDs) category in the following format:
Ministry/Department:
| Sr. No. | Name | DoB | Category (Gen/SC/ST) | SO SL | CSL No. if available | Type of Disability and % of disability | Disability-Permanent or Temporary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
- The above information, complete in all respects along with a copy of disability certificate issued by a competent authority in respect of the officer(s) concerned, may be provided urgently to this Department latest by 15.06.2022 to the undersigned or at uscs1-dopt@nic.in. This information is required urgently for completing the preparatory activities for US SL 2021 and onwards.
- This may be assigned TOP PRIORITY.
R. Chakrapani
Under Secretary to the Government of India Ph:24624046
To All the Ministries/Departments of Government of India (through DOPT website) [Director/Deputy Secretary (Admn./Estt.)]