This order details amendments to seniority regulations for IAS/IPS/IFoS officers in the Punjab cadre, following court cases and departmental reviews. It addresses the determination of seniority/year of allotment for officers included in Select Lists, applying amended regulations prospectively from 18.04.2012. The document outlines specific weightage formulas for calculating seniority based on years of service and provides detailed lists of officers with their revised seniority and year of allotment, considering factors like Deputy Collector rank and relevant court rulings. It also clarifies the placement of officers within Select Lists based on their promotion status and RR/IAS status.
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No.14014/17/2006-AIS-1
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
North Block, New Delhi
Date 26.022018
ORDER
Whereas, this Department in the wake of Hon’ble High Court of Punjab and Haryana order dated 01.02.2010 in CWP No.15798/2009 in the case of Praveen Kumar, an State Civil Service officer of Punjab cadre Vs Union of India and as confirmed by Hon’ble Supreme Court, issued notification dated 18.4.2012 for making amendment in the respective seniority regulations for IAS/IPS/IFoS. These amendments were however made applicable to the Select Lists prepared as per the ratio laid down in the case of Praveen Kumar and accordingly, seniority/year of allotment of the officers included in the said Select Lists were determined as per the amended seniority regulations.
2. And whereas, consequent upon dismissal of SLP No.4930-4931 of 2016 and Review Petition No. 001428 -001429/2017 filed by DoPT in the case of F.R. Jamadar and other connected court cases filed by the Ministry of Home Affairs viz. CA No. 4419 of 2016 -UOI Vs Kailash Chandra Agarwal \& Ors, CA No. 8199 of 2016 -UOI Vs Arvind Kumar Sharda \& Ors, CA No. 8200 of 2016 -UOI Vs Keval Krishna Indoria \& Ors, CA No. 1396 of 2016 -UOI Vs R.A. Sanjeev and WP (C) No. 301 of 2016 -N.K.S. Chauhan Vs UOI, this Department vide OM No. No.14014/14/2014-AIS-I dated 21.8.2017 has decided to apply the amended seniority regulations prospectively i.e. w.e.f. 18.04.2012.
3. And whereas, this Department vide OM No.14014/14/2014-AIS-I dated 03.11.2017 has decided that Seniority/year of allotment of officer appointed after 18.4.2012 against the vacancies arisen between 1.2.2010 to 18.4.2012 may be fixed as per pre-amended seniority rules throughout the Cadres.
4. Further, this Department vide OM No.14014/14/2014-AIS-I dated 22.01.2018 has also decided to count the service of the officer rendered in the rank of Deputy Collector or equivalent upto the 31st December of the vacancy year against which he has been appointed to the IAS.
5. And therefore, the seniority /year of allotment of officers appointed by promotion to IAS of Punjab cadre from Select List 2008-A, 2009, 2010 and 2011 notified during the period from 1.2.2010 to 18.4.2012/ prepared against the vacancies arisen during the said period have been reviewed and re-determined by applying pre-amended seniority rule 3 (3)(ii) of IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987 read with clarification dated 21.08.2017, 03.11.2017 and 22.01.2018 as under:
Weightage Formula as per pre-amended Seniority Rules is as under:-
| Completed years of qualifying service | Weightage in years |
|---|---|
| 12 | 4 |
| 15 | 5 |
| 18 | 6 |
| 21 | 7 |
| 23 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 25 | 9 |
| 27 | 10 (Maximum) |
6. Select List 2008-A (Prepared against vacancies arisen between 01.01.2008 to 31.12.2008)
| S.No. | Name of the Officer (S/Shr/Shri) | Date from which holding rank not below that of Dy. Collector in SCS or equivalent | Completed year of service rendered in the rank not below that of Deputy Collector or equivalent upto the 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 officer(s) were appointed to IA (Fractions if any, are to be ignored) (31.12.2008) | Total weightage in years in terms of the IA (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987 amended from time to time, till date. | Year of allotment entitled | Name, year of SL and YOA of the officer in P (SCS), immediately senior to the one whose name is in column no. 02 | Year of Allotment assigned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 1 | Rupender Singh Randhawa # | 23.04.1986 | 22 | 7 | 2001 | Shri Harkesh Singh allotted 2001 batch on the basis of SL of 2008. | 2001 |
| 2 | Prithi Chand (SC) # | 23.04.1986 | 22 | 7 | 2001 | As column 2 above | 2001 |
| 3 | Mohinder Singh (SC) # | 23.04.1986 | 22 | 7 | 2001 | As column 2 above | 2001 |
| 4 | Paramjit Singh (SC) # | 30.04.1986 | 22 | 7 | 2001 | As column 2 above | 2001 |
| 5 | Harjit Singh (SC) | 23.04.1986 | 22 | 7 | 2001 | As column 2 above | 2001 |
Since, retied.
6.1 As per Rule 4 of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987, officers of Select List of 2008-A mentioned at SI. No. 1 to 5 shall be placed below Shri Harkesh Singh, junior most promotee IAS officer of 2001 batch (SL – 2008) and above Dr. Zade Vijay Namdeorao, senior most RR IAS officer of 2002 batch of Punjab Cadre.
7.
Select List 2009
(Prepared against vacancies arisen between 01.01.2009 to 31.12.2009)
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7.1 As per Rule 4 of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987, officers of Select List of 2009 mentioned at SI. No. 1 shall be placed below Shri Baldeo Purushartha, junior most RR IAS officer of 2002 batch (SL of 2008) and above Shri Kamal Kishor Yadav, senior most RR IAS officer of 2003 batch of Punjab Cadre.
7.2 As per Rule 4 of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987, officers of Select List of 2009 mentioned at SI. No. 2 shall be placed below Shri Rajat Agarwal, junior most RR IAS officer of 2003 batch and above Shri Arshdeep Singh Thind, senior most RR IAS officer of 2004 batch of Punjab Cadre.
8.
Select List 2010
(Prepared against vacancies arisen between 01.01 .2010 to 31.12 .2010 )
Page 4 of 7
| 3. | Manvesh Singh Sidhu |
15.04.1991 | 19 | 6 | 2004 | As at Sr No. 2 in Col. 2 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4. | Dharam Pal | 12.04.1991 | 19 | 6 | 2004 | As at Sr No. 3 in Col. 2 | 2004 |
| 5. | Gagandeep Singh Brar |
13.04.1991 | 19 | 6 | 2004 | As at Sr No. 4 in Col. 2 | 2004 |
| 6. | Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal | 16.04.1991 | 19 | 6 | 2004 | As at Sr No. 5 in Col. 2 | 2004 |
| 7 | Arun Sekhri | 13.02.1991 | 19 | 6 | 2004 | As at Sr No. 6 in Col. 2 | 2004 |
| 8 | Manjit Singh Narang | 28.05.1993 | 17 | 5 | 2005 | As at Sr No. 7 in Col. 2 | 2005 |
| 9. | D.S. Mangat | 10.07.1991 | 19 | 6 | 2004 | As at Sr No. 8 in Col. 2 | 2005 * |
| 10 | Smt. Jaswinder Kaur | 04.12.1992 | 18 | 6 | 2004 | As at Sr No. 9 in Col. 2 | 2005 * |
| 11 | Indu Malhotra | 04.12.1992 | 18 | 6 | 2004 | As at Sr No. 10 in Col. 2 | 2005 * |
| 12 | Amar Partap Singh Virk | 04.12.1992 | 18 | 6 | 2004 | As at Sr No. 11 in Col. 2 | 2005 * |
| 13 | Gurpreet Kaur Sapra | 15.12.1992 | 18 | 6 | 2004 | As at Sr No. 12 in Col. 2 | 2005 * |
| 14 | Preet Dev Singh Shergill # | 15.12.1992 | 18 | 6 | 2004 | As at Sr No. 13in Col. 2 | 2005 * |
| 15 | Gurlovieen Singh | 07.12.1992 | 18 | 6 | 2004 | As at Sr No. 14 in Col. 2 | 2005 * |
| 16 | Ashwani Kumar | 09.12.1992 | 18 | 6 | 2004 | As at Sr No. 15 in Col. 2 | 2005 * |
| 17 | Ravinder Singh # | 04.12.1992 | 18 | 6 | 2004 | As at Sr No. 16 in Col. 2 | 2005 * |
| 18 | Ritu Aggarwal | 03.12.1992 | 18 | 6 | 2004 | As at Sr No. 17 in Col. 2 | 2005 * |
# Since, retired.
- Seniority/year of allotment of officers mentioned at SI. No. 9 to 18 in the Select List of 2010 has been restricted under provisions of 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.
8.1 As per Rule 4 of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987, officers of Select List of 2010 mentioned at SI. No. 1 shall be placed below Shri Mohinder Pal Arora, junior most promotee IAS officer of 2003 batch (SL of 2009) and above Shri Arshdeep Singh Thind, senior most RR IAS officer of 2004 batch of Punjab Cadre.
8.2 As per Rule 4 of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987, officers of Select List of 2010 mentioned at SI. No. 2 to 7 shall be placed below Ms. Kavita Singh, junior most RR IAS officer of 2004 batch and above Dr. Basant Garg, senior most RR IAS officer of 2005 batch of Punjab Cadre.
8.3 As per Rule 4 of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987, officers of Select List of 2010 mentioned at SI. No. 8 to 18 shall be placed below Ms. Tanu Kashyap, junior most RR IAS officer of 2005 batch and above Dr. Abhinav, senior most RR IAS officer of 2006 batch of Punjab Cadre.
9.
Select List-2011
(Against vacancies arisen between 1.1.2011 to 31.12.2011)
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| 6. | Manpreet Singh | 04.12 .1992 | 19 | 6 | 2005 | As at Sr No. 5 in Col. 2 |
2005 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | Jaskiran Singh | 04.12 .1992 | 19 | 6 | 2005 | As at Sr No. 6 in Col. 2 |
2005 |
| 8. | Dilraj Singh | 04.12 .1992 | 19 | 6 | 2005 | As at Sr No. 7 in Col. 2 |
2005 |
\$ Included in Select List of 2011 after Review vide this Department’s Notification No. 22012/28/2017-AIS(I)-B dated 27.09.2017.
- Seniority/year of allotment of officers mentioned at SI. No. 1 in the Select List of 2011 has been restricted under provisions of 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.
9.3 As per Rule 4 of the IAS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1987, officers of Select List of 2011 mentioned at SI. No. 1 to 8 shall be placed below Ms. Ritu Aggarwal, junior most promotee IAS officer of 2005 batch and above Dr. Abhinav, senior most RR IAS officer of 2006 batch of Punjab Cadre.
- This issues with the approval of Secretary (P) superstation of this Department’s orders of even number dated $06.07 .2012,30.04 .2013$ and 17.12 .2013 and is subject to outcome of any court case pending in any court of law.
Ordered accordingly.
(Udai Bhan Singh)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Tel: 23094142
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- The Chief Secretary, Government of Punjab, Chandigarh for onward transmission to the officers concerned. It is also requested that necessary steps may be taken to withdraw all the cases, if any, on the similar issue pending in any court of law.
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