ANNEXURE - I

ELIGIBILITY 1.1
Guidelines for the preparation of offer list for
consideration for appointment to the post of
Joint Secretary/Director/Deputy Secretary under
the Central Staffing Scheme during the year 2005
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ANNEXURE - I
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(B)
JOINT SECRETARY
Officers adjudged suitable as per the list at Annexure VI.
Officers who had earlier been on Central deputation on a Central Staffing
Scheme post should have complete the mandatory 'cooling off' period after
joining in their parent cadre on reversion from the earlier Central deputation.
DIRECTOR
Officers who have completed 14 years of service and have been granted Non
Functional Selection Grade in the cadre in Group 'A'. Officers who have completed
14 years of service and are drawing at least Rs. 13,125/- basic pay in the pay scale of
Rs. 12,000/- (revised) would be retained as Deputy Secretary and could be appointed
as Director subsequently subject to availability of a sanctioned post of a Director.
Note: Officers of 1991 batch would be considered for appointment as Directors only
after June, 2005.
(C) Officers who have completed 9 years of service in Group 'A' and who are
drawing a basic pay of Rs. 10,650/- p.m. or more in the pay scale of Rs. 10,000-
15,200/-.
Note: Officers of 1996 batch would be considered for appointment as Deputy
Secretaries only after June, 2005.
1.2 Only officers whose records are graded as Very Good and above should be
sponsored.
2. An officer being nominated should be willing to serve anywhere in india.
3.1 Stations outside Delhi where posts are likely to be available for
Deputation/appointment to posts under the Central Staffing Scheme during the year
2005 are indicated at Annexure-III.
3.2 Preference if any for any of those stations, in respect of officers on offer, may
be clearly indicated.

COOLING OFF
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4. An officer will be considered for deputation to the Central Staffing Scheme
posts of Deputy Secretary, Director or Joint Director only if he has complete
mandatory 'cooling off' period of 3 years prior to the proposed date of his appointment
at the Centre after his previous deputation, if any. The cooling off period would
commence on the date on which the officer reports to his cadre on reversion from
Central deputation including extended deputation arising out of proceeding on study
leave EOL etc. while being on Central Deputation without reverting to the cadre. It
has been decided to leave to the Cadre Controlling Authorities to decide on how the
cooling-off period should be spent by the officers of various Services between two
spells of Central Deputation. In order words, it will not be mandatory that an officer
has to necessarily render the cooling off period service in his own cadre. In the case of
All India Service Cadres pertaining exclusively to States in the North East, namely
Assam-Meghalaya, Manipur-Tripura, Sikkim, Nagaland and Jammu & Kashmir, the
prescribed cooling off period is of 2 years.
VIGILA NCE CLEARANCE
4. An officer will be considered for deputation to the Central Staffing Scheme
posts of Deputy Secretary, Director or Joint Secretary only if he has completed
mandatory cooling off period of 3 years prior to the proposed date of his appointment
at the Centre after his previous deputation, if any. The cooling off period would
commence on the date on which the officer reports to his cadre on reversion from
Central Deputation including extended deputation arising out of proceeding on study
leave EOL. Etc. while being on Central Deputation Authorities to decide on how the
cooling-off period should be spent by the officers of various Services between two
spells of Central Deputation. In other words, it will not be mandatory that an officer
has to necessarily render the cooling off period service in his own cadre. In case. In
the case of All India Service Cadres pertaining exclusively to States in the North East,
namely Assam-Meghalaya, Manipur-Tripura, Sikkim, Nagaland and Jammu &
Kashmir, the prescribed cooling off period is of 2 years.
VIGILANCE CLEARANCE
5. Only the officers clear from the vigilance angle should be placed on offer; in
case anything adverse comes to the notice of the cadre authority against the officer,
subsequent to an officer being placed on offer or retained on offer, the same should be
conveyed to this Department immediately. A certificate of vigilance clearance may be
forwarded by no less then an officer of the rank of Under Secretary to the
Government of India.

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DEBARMENT
6. If an officer on offer given a Central Staffing Scheme posting does not report
either on his own volition or at the instance of the cadre authority, he would debarred
from consideration for a post under the Central Staffing Scheme for a period of 5
years. Withdrawal of names even at a stage as early as when it is on a panel
recommended by the Civil Services Board, result in debarment for 5 years. As per
instructions contained in letter No. 14/1/98-FA(UN) dated 26.2.1998 and No.
1/1/2003-FAS, dated 8.5.2003 on the Department of Personnel and Training an officer
who is debarred from being taken on deputation to a posting under the Central
Staffing Scheme is also to be debarred from being given Cadre Clearance for being
deputed on foreign assignments/consultancies abroad during the period of debarment.
Officers, who have already been debarred should not be offered before the debarment
period is over.
CONFIDENTIAL ROLL
7. The Confidential Rolls of the officers on offer must be made available
complete upto 31.3.2004. If the Confidential Rolls are missing, an officer will not be
considered for being retained on offer.
NOTICE TO OFFICERS ON OFFER
8. Sufficient notice may be given to the officers, whose names have been
sponsored so as to enable them to prepare themselves for deputation to assignments
under the Central Staffing Scheme. This could be done by ascertaining their
willingness and putting them on notice about the cadre authority's intention of
deputing them.