This Office Memorandum details a revised rotational transfer policy for Private Secretaries (PSOs) and Senior Private Secretaries (Sr. PPSs) within the Central Secretariat Service (CSSS). The policy categorizes Ministries/Departments into Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’, mandating transfers between these groups after a six-year tenure, with reduced tenures for specific Cadre Units like Defence and Personnel & Training. Officers within two years of superannuation are exempt. The memorandum outlines procedures for option exercises, placement considerations (vacancies, experience, seniority), and verification of officer lists by respective Ministries. It also specifies exemptions for officers serving in PMO, Cabinet Secretariat, and offices of Attorney/Solicitor Generals. Annexures provide lists of Ministries in each group, officers covered under the RTP, and vacancy details.
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No. 2/2/2017-CS.II (A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)
3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan
Khan Market, New Delhi-110003
Dated: 5th June, 2017
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Rotational transfer of PSO/Sr. PPS of CSSS- Furnishing of personal information thereof – reg.
The undersigned is directed to say that as per this Department’s OM dt. 22.07.2015, the rotational transfer under RTP in the Sr.PPSs/PSOs grade of CSSS is to be undertaken in the month of June. It has therefore, been decided to carry out rotational transfer in the grade of PSOs/Sr. PPSs of CSSS on the basis of the proposed revised rotational transfer policy, on the following parameters:
(i) Ministries/Departments are categorized into Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’ for posting/transfer.
(ii) The proposed RTP provides tenure of six years for PSO/Sr. PPS in a Ministry/Department, if an officer has served his tenure in Group ‘A’, he/she will be mandatorily transferred to Group ‘B’ and vice versa.
(iii) The tenure in respect of Cadre Units of Defence, Personnel & Training, Home Affairs, Legal Affairs and Expenditure is however, reduced by one year. The officials in these five Ministries have, therefore, to be considered for transfer under RTP on completion of 5 years of service in that Cadre Unit.
(iv) An officer who is to be transferred out from the current Ministry/Department on completion of prescribed tenure may also be allowed option for posting in a Ministry/Department where he/she earlier served subject to the condition that there is a gap of period which is equal to tenure prescribed for the post.
(v) Officers who are within two years of superannuation have been exempted from rotational transfers.
(vi) For calculation of residency in a Ministry/Department, the cut-off date has been taken as 01.07.2017.
(vii) The Placement Committee will recommend posting of officers under RTP keeping in view relevant factors viz., vacancies, past experience, seniority, specialized training done, preference for posting etc.
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- This Department’s OM dt. 22.07.2015 provides that officers serving in PMO, Cabinet Secretariat, Offices of Attorney Generals Solicitor General and Addl. Solicitor Generals are exempted under RTP. It is considered necessary that these offices may be allowed to retain officers of choice beyond the prescribed tenure under RTP. However, these officers will be notified about the officers matured for transfer and if the office concerned decides to retain any of the officers also keeping in view the willingness of the officers concerned, it will inform DOP&T. In view of this, PMO, Cabinet Sectt. etc. are requested to intimate this Deptt., if any of the officers figuring in the list attached with this O.M. is to be retained as per the RTP.
- List wise distribution of Ministries/Departments is at Annexure-I. The list of brief details of officers who are likely to be considered for rotational transfer is at Annexure-II. The information relating to vacancies is at Annexure-III.
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All the Ministries/Departments are requested to verify the list of officers (Annexure-II) and any addition or deletion, if required, may kindly be brought to the notice of this Department without any delay before 13th June, 2017.
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The officers listed at Annexure-II are requested to exercise their options for further posting in the Ministries/Departments in the other Group or as the case may be as per proposed revised RTP latest by 13.06.2017 in the format at Annexure-IV. Maximum three choices within the available vacancies may be exercised. If option is not received by 13.06.2017, it will be presumed that the officer has no specific choice and posting will be decided by the Placement Committee accordingly.
(Prad) (Prac) (rep A)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
Telefax: 24623157
To
All the concerned Ministries/Departments of CSSS.
Group ‘A’
| S. No. | Ministry /Department |
|---|---|
| 1 | Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries |
| 2 | Agriculture & Cooperation |
| 3 | Culture |
| 4 | Defence |
| 5 | Personnel & Training |
| 6 | Earth Science |
| 7 | Food & Public Distribution |
| 8 | Home Affairs |
| 9 | Human Education |
| 10 | Legal Affairs |
| 11 | Minority Affairs |
| 12 | Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises |
| 13 | Niti Aayog |
| 14 | Posts |
| 15 | Rural Development |
| 16 | Social Justice & Empowerment |
| 17 | Supply Division |
| 18 | Tribal Affairs |
| 19 | Union Public Service Commission |
| 20 | Urban Development |
| 21 | Women & Child Development |
| 22. | DONER |
| Total | |
| — | — |
| 1 | Civil Aviation |
| 2 | Coal |
| 3 | Commerce |
| 4 | Consumer Affairs |
| 5 | Corporate Affairs |
| 6 | Environment, Forests & Climate Change |
| 7 | Expenditure |
| 8 | Fertilizers |
| 9 | Health & Family Welfare |
| 10 | Information & Broadcasting |
| 11 | Industrial Policy & Promotion |
| 12 | Labour & Employment |
| 13 | Mines |
| 14 | New & Renewable Energy |
| 15 | Petroleum & Natural Gas |
| 16 | Power |
| 17 | Road Transport & Highways |
| 18 | Science & Technology |
| 19 | Shipping |
| 20 | Steel |
| 21 | Telecom |
| 22 | Textiles |
| 23 | Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation |
| 24 | Youth Affairs & Sports |
Contd. Annexure-I
Ministries/Departments for reduced tenure of posting by one year
| S. No. | Ministry /Department |
|---|---|
| 1 | Personnel & Training |
| 2 | Defence |
| 3 | Expenditure |
| 4 | Home Affairs |
| 5 | Legal Affairs |
| PSOs/Sr. PPSs of Group ‘A’ covered under RTP as on 01.07.2017 |
| S.
No | Name(Shri/
Smt./Ms.) | DOB | Grade | SLY | Cadre unit where
presently working | Working since |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | R.K. Mangal | 14 / 10 / 1961 | PSO | 2015 | Rural Dev. | 01 / 04 / 2011 |
| 2 | Kusuma
Padmanabhan | 01 / 03 / 1961 | PSO | 2015 | DoP&T | 06 / 04 / 2011 |
| 3 | Anita Chugh | 05 / 05 / 1964 | Sr. PPS | 2015 | Posts | 02 / 05 / 2011 |
| 4 | C.S. Mehta | 01 / 10 / 1962 | Sr. PPS | 2015 | Legal Affairs | 06 / 05 / 2011 |
| 5 | Joana Barretto | 21 / 08 / 1964 | Sr. PPS | 2015 | DONER | 02 / 05 / 2011 |
| 6 | S. Sudershan | 06 / 03 / 1963 | Sr. PPS | 2015 | SJ&E | 01 / 04 / 2011 |
| 7 | S.C. Baweja | 02 / 05 / 1962 | Sr. PPS | 2015 | DOP&T | 29 / 03 / 2011 |
| 8 | Shashi Suri | 25 / 05 / 1962 | Sr. PPS | 2015 | Home Affairs | 26 / 04 / 2011 |
PSOs/Sr. PPSs of Group ‘B’ covered under RTP as on 01.07.2017
| 1 | Sunil Kumar
Gupta | 22 / 03 / 1962 | PSO | 2015 | Coal | 04 / 03 / 2011 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | R. Pradeep
Kumar | 14 / 08 / 1962 | PSO | 2015 | IP&P | 09 / 12 / 2010 |
| 3 | Murli Dhar | 22 / 03 / 1961 | PSO | 2015 | Expenditure | 05 / 04 / 2011 |
| 4 | N.
Krishnamurthy | 15 / 04 / 1963 | Sr. PPS | 2015 | Environment, Forests
& Clmt chng. | 01 / 07 / 2011 |
| 5 | Ajay Srivastava | 16 / 12 / 1961 | Sr. PPS | 2015 | I & B | 06 / 12 / 2010 |
| 6 | Jagjit Singh | 22 / 10 / 1959 | Sr. PPS | 2015 | Environment, Forests
& Clmt chng. | 29 / 04 / 2011 |
| 7 | Virendar
Aggarwal | 02 / 10 / 1964 | Sr. PPS | 2015 | Expenditure | 01 / 06 / 2011 |
| 8 | Nisha Arora | 26 / 01 / 1960 | Sr. PPS | 2015 | Expenditure | 01 / 05 / 2011 |
Group ‘A’
| S. No. | Ministry/Department | Vacancy |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries | 0 |
| 2 | Agriculture & Cooperation | 0 |
| 3 | Culture | 0 |
| 4 | Defence | 0 |
| 5 | Personnel & Training | 2 |
| 6 | Earth Science | 0 |
| 7 | Food & Public Distribution | 0 |
| 8 | Home Affairs | 1 |
| 9 | Higher Education | 0 |
| 10 | Legal Affairs | 1 |
| 11 | Minority Affairs | 0 |
| 12 | Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises | 0 |
| 13 | Niti Aayog | 0 |
| 14 | Posts | 1 |
| 15 | Rural Development | 1 |
| 16 | Social Justice & Empowerment | 1 |
| 17 | Supply Division | 0 |
| 18 | Tribal Affairs | 0 |
| 19 | Union Public Service Commission | 0 |
| 20 | Urban Development | 0 |
| 21 | Women & Child Development | 0 |
| 22. | DONER | 1 |
| Total | 8 |
Group ‘B’
| S. No. | Ministry/Department | Vacancy |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Civil Aviation(Tourism) | 0 |
| 2 | Coal | 1 |
| 3 | Commerce | 0 |
| 4 | Consumer Affairs | 0 |
| 5 | Corporate Affairs | 0 |
| 6 | Environment, Forests & Climate Change | 2 |
| 7 | Expenditure | 3 |
| 8 | Fertilizers | 0 |
| 9 | Health & Family Welfare | 0 |
| 10 | Information & Broadcasting | 1 |
| 11 | Industrial Policy & Promotion | 1 |
| 12 | Labour & Employment | 0 |
| 13 | Mines | 0 |
| 14 | New & Renewable Energy | 0 |
| 15 | Petroleum & Natural Gas | 0 |
| 16 | Power | 0 |
| 17 | Road Transport & Highways | 0 |
| 18 | Science & Technology | 0 |
| 19 | Shipping | 0 |
| 20 | Steel | 0 |
| 21 | Telecom. | 0 |
| 22 | Textiles | 0 |
| 23 | Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation | 0 |
| 24 | Youth Affairs & Sports | 0 |
| Total | 8 |
Proforma for filling up option
| 1. | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2. | CSL No. | |
| 3. | Designation | |
| 4. | Date of Birth | |
| 5. | Present Ministry/Department |
|
| 6. | Personal contact Number | |
| 7. | Educational Qualification | |
| :– | :– | :– |
| :– | :– | :– |
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| ii | ||
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Certified that I have verified the data in respect of me in the web based cadre management system and the data available therein is correct and up the date.
(Signature of the officer)
Date:
Signature of Under Secretary(Admn.)
Department/ Ministry
Tel.