Recruitment Rules

Recruitment Rules

In accordance with Rule 16(4) & (5) of the Civil Services Examination Rules, 2011, the Union Public Service Commission maintains a consolidated Reserve List of candidates which includes General, Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Casts and Scheduled Tribes candidates ranking in order of merit below the last recommended candidate under respective category.

 

There is no such [enabling] provision in the various recruitment Rules in the Department of Posts.

 

Recruitment t0 Indian Postal Service Group ‘A’ posts is on the basis of Indian Postal Service (Group ‘A’) Rules, 1987.  The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India vide notification, number GSR 437 dated 6^th June, 1987 and subsequently amended vide number GSR 496 dated 1^st October, 1994, GSR 29 dated 20^th January, 1996, GSR 185 dated 18^th Mach, 1997 and GSR 428(E) dated 11^th June, 1999.  

 

The Department has released the list of 27 officers promoting them on regular basis in JTS.  How many of them will be repatriating to distant places to earn one annual increase of pay/ increment is anybody’s guess?

 

For the last two/three years supplementary DPCs are being held to promote ASPOs/IPs to Group “B” officers against the vacancies caused due to refusals etc.  The situation is still more worse in the case of promotions orders in HSG I, HSG II, and LSG where incidence of refusal is more 50 to 75%.  Almost similar is the case of promotions on seniority cum fitness basis in the cadre of Postmen / MTS.  

 

Incidence of refusal to accept promotions will be on increase in future. The convening of next DPC to fill up the resultant vacancies is time consuming process.  The solution lies in amending the Recruitment Rules to make provision for reserve list of 50% officers of respective category.    

 

Amending/updating the Recruitment Rules is still more difficult. As a result of acceptance of recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission and the old pay scales having been replaced by the Pay Band and Grade Pay, Indian Postal Service Group A Recruitment Rules, Postal Service Group B and other Recruitment Rules are still to be amended/updated. Instructions in this regard have already been issued by Department of Personnel & Training through O.M. No. AB.14017/61/2008-Estt. (RR) on 24.3.2009. It is imperative that the review of the Recruitment Rules/Service Rules is taken up at regular intervals in order to make them relevant to the rapidly changing needs of the organisation.

 
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