ANNEXURE - I

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.