STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT
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Secretariats. The independence of the Rajya Sabha Secretariat is ensured through the<br />
following provisions:<br />
(i) The Rajya Sabha Secretariat (Recruitment and Conditions of Service)<br />
Rules were framed and promulgated with effect from 15 March 1957, by the<br />
President of India, in consultation with the Chairman, Rajya Sabha, under article<br />
98(3) of the Constitution of India. These Rules have the force of law. The<br />
powers conferred on the Chairman by these Rules are exercised by him through<br />
Recruitment and Conditions of Service Orders issued from time to time.<br />
(ii) Posts in the Secretariat of Rajya Sabha are excluded from the purview of<br />
the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) under the provisions of the UPSC<br />
(Exemption from Consultation) Regulations, 1958.<br />
(iii) The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, is not applicable to persons<br />
appointed in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat. Any dispute regarding service matters<br />
can be raised only in the High Court of Delhi and the Supreme Court of India.<br />
(iv) In matters of recruitment of Officers and staff to both the Secretariats the<br />
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is not consulted. Two Secretariats<br />
directly recruit personnel under the orders of their respective Presiding Officers<br />
whenever necessity for such a recruitment arises. Earlier, there was a Joint<br />
Recruitment Cell for both the Rajya Sabha Secretariat and the Lok Sabha<br />
Secretariat to hold recruitment examinations/ interviews for selecting candidates<br />
for appointments. However, in the year 2008, Rajya Sabha Secretariat has got its<br />
separate recruitment cell.<br />
(v) Question of revision of pay scales of officers and staff of the Secretariat<br />
has been kept outside the purview of the Pay Commissions appointed by the<br />
Government of India from time to time. Before 1973, on the basis of<br />
recommendations made by the Central Pay Commissions, the pay, allowances,<br />
etc. of the officers and staff of the Secretariat used to be suitably revised under<br />
orders issued by the Chairman after consulting the Ministry of Finance.<br />
Thereafter, separate Parliamentary Pay Committees were constituted in the light<br />
of the recommendations of the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Central Pay<br />
Commissions in 1973, 1986, 1997 and 2008, respectively for deciding pay,<br />
allowances, etc. of the employees of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariats.<br />
The present Parliamentary Pay Committee consists of Chairman, Estimates<br />
Committee, Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, Chairman, Public<br />
Undertakings Committee, Minister of Finance, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs<br />
and a Member of Rajya Sabha. Chairman, Estimates Committee is the ex-officio<br />
Chairman of the Committee and both Secretaries-General of Lok Sabha and Rajya<br />
Sabha are associated with the Committee.<br />
(vi) According to well established convention, the orders applicable to the<br />
Ministries/ Departments of the Government of India do not ipso facto, apply to<br />
the officers and staff of the Secretariats of the two Houses, unless explicitly<br />
adopted for this purpose. The orders of Government of India are adopted in the