A recent administrative directive outlines the meticulous process for determining the seniority and year of allotment for officers transitioning from the State Civil Service into the prestigious Indian Administrative Service (IAS) for the Punjab Cadre. This crucial exercise, governed by the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules of 1987, involves a detailed weightage formula based on an officer’s completed years of qualifying service. For instance, 12 years of service translate to 3 years of weightage, progressively increasing to a maximum of 9 years for 27 or more years of service.
The directive specifically addresses officers from the Select Lists of 2021 and 2022. It meticulously details the continuous service record in the State Civil Service, the total weightage earned, and the resulting year of allotment. Furthermore, it clarifies the placement of these newly allotted IAS officers in relation to existing IAS officers, ensuring a clear hierarchy. For the 2021 list, officers are placed below Shri Ravinder Singh and above Dr. Sona Thind. Similarly, for the 2022 list, officers are placed below Shri Viraj Shyamkarn Tidke and above Shri Harpreet Singh. These assignments are vital for career progression and administrative clarity within the civil services.
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No. 14015/18/2023-AIS(I) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Personnel & Training AIS-I(S-II&III) Section
North Block, New Delhi Dated: 28.01.2025
ORDER
Consequent upon appointment from State Civil Service to IAS of Punjab Cadre on the basis of inclusion of their names in the Select Lists of 2021 and 2022 vide DoPT’s Notification No. 14015/18/2023-AIS(I)-B dated 30.12.2024 and on receipt of the proposal from the Government of Punjab vide their letter No. 5/1/2023-IAS(7)/15 dated 03.01.2025, the seniority / year of allotment of these officers have been computed under Rule 3(3)(ii) of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987 as amended vide Notification No. 14014/04/2011-AIS-I(A) dated 18.04.2012 and other relevant rules as amended from time to time as per following weightage formula:
| Completed years of qualifying service | Weightage in years |
|---|---|
| 12 | 3 |
| 15 | 4 |
| 18 | 5 |
| 21 | 6 |
| 23 | 7 |
| 25 | 8 |
| 27 | 9 (Maximum) |
2. Select List of 2021 (SCS)
(Prepared against vacancies arisen between 01.01.2021 to 31.12.2021)
| Sl. No. | Name of the Officer (S/Shri/Smt) | Date from which holding continuous service in the State Civil Service not below the rank of Deputy Collector or equivalent. | Completed year of continuous service in the State Civil Service not below the rank of Dy. Collector or equivalent till 31st December of the year for which the meeting of the committee to make selection was held to prepare the Select List on the basis of which the said officers were appointed to IAS (Fractions if any, are to be ignored) i.e. 31.12.2021. | Total weightage in years in terms of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987 as amended from time to time. | Year of allotment entitled | Name, year of SL and YOA of the officer in PQ (SCS), immediately senior to the one whose name is in column no. 02 | Year of Allotment assigned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rahul Chaba | 08.06.2004 | 17 | 4 | 2017 | Shri Ravinder Singh (SL 2020, YOA 2017) | 2017 |
| 2 | Anupam Kaler | 08.06.2004 | 17 | 4 | 2017 | As at Sr No. 1 in Col. 2 | 2017 |
| 3 | Dalwinderjit Singh | 11.07.2004 | 17 | 4 | 2017 | As at Sr No. 2 in Col. 2 | 2017 |2.1 As per Rule 4 of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987, the officers whose names have been mentioned at SI. No. 1 to 3 of the Select List of 2021 (SCS) shall be placed below Shri Ravinder Singh (PB:2017), the junior most promotee IAS (SCS) officer of 2017 batch and above Dr. Sona Thind (PB:2017), the senior most promotee IAS (Non-SCS) officer of 2017 batch of Punjab Cadre. |
Select List of 2022 (SCS) (Prepared against vacancies arisen between 01.01.2022 to 31.12.2022)
| SI.No. | Name of the Officer (S/Shri/Smt) | Date from which holding continuous service in the State Civil Service not below the rank of Deputy Collector or equivalent. | Completed year of continuous service in the State Civil Service not below the rank of Dy Collector or equivalent till 31st December of the year for which the meeting of the committee to make selection was held to prepare the Select List on the basis of which the said officers were appointed to IAS (Fractions if any, are to be ignored) i.e. 31.12.2022. | Total weightage in years in terms of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987 as amended from time to time. | Year of allotment entitled | Name, year of SL and YOA of the officer in PQ (SCS), immediately senior to the one whose name is in column no. 02 | Year of Allotment assigned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sukhjeet Pal Singh | 10.02.2005 | 17 | 4 | 2018 | Dalwinderjit Singh (SL 2021, YoA 2017) | 2018 |
| 2. | Jasbir Singh-II | 08.06.2004 | 18 | 5 | 2017 | As at Sr No. 1 in Col. 2 | 2018* |
| 3. | Vimmi Bhullar | 28.06.2004 | 18 | 5 | 2017 | As at Sr No. 2 in Col. 2 | 2018* |
| 4. | Navjot Kaur | 27.01.2006 | 16 | 4 | 2018 | As at Sr No. 3 in Col. 2 | 2018 |
- Seniority/year of allotment of officers mentioned at SI. No. 2 & 3 in the Select List of 2022 (SCS) has been restricted under proviso to the rule 3(3)(ii) of IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987 which provide that an officer shall not be assigned year of allotment earlier than year of allotment assigned to other officer senior to him in that Select List or appointed on the basis of earlier Select List.
3.1 As per Rule 4 of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987, the officers whose names have been mentioned at SI. No. 1 to 4 of the Select List of 2022 (SCS) shall be placed below Shri Viraj Shyamkarn Tidke (RR:PB:2018), the junior most RR IAS officer of 2018 batch and above Shri Harpreet Singh (RR:PB:2019), the senior most RR IAS officer of 2019 batch of Punjab Cadre.
The order may be conveyed to the concerned officer(s).
(Sanjay Kumar Chaurasia) Under Secretary to the Government of India Tel. No: 011-23093063 Email: uss1@nic.in
Copy to:
- The Chief Secretary, Government of Punjab, Chandigarh – 160001 – for onward transmission to the officers concerned.
- The Accountant General, Punjab, Chandigarh – 160001.
- US (AIS.II)/US AIS(III)/US(EO-PR)/ SO(EO-CM)
- NIC, for uploading on the DoPT’s website.