RECRUITMENT/APPOINTMENTS,
SENIORITY AND PROMOTIONS
RECRUITMENT
Civil Servants (Appointment, Promotion
and Transfer) Rules, 1973
Sl.
No. 1
In
exercise of the powers conferred by section 25 of the Civil Servants Act, 1973
(LXXI of 1973), the President is pleased to make the following rules, namely:-
PART I – GENERAL
1.
These
rules may be called the Civil Servants (Appointment, Promotion and Transfer)
Rules, 1973.
2.
In
these rules, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
(a)
"appointing
authority", in relation to a post means the person authorized under rule 6
to make appointment to that post;
(b) "Central Selection Board"
means a Board constituted by the Federal Government, for the purpose of selection
for promotion or transfer to,-
(i)
posts
in basic pay scale 18 in the District Management Group and the Police Group; and
(ii)
posts
in basic pay scales 19 to [21] and equivalent, consisting of such persons as
may be appointed by Federal Government from time to time;]
(c)
"Commission"
means the Federal Public Service Commission;
(d) "Departmental Promotion
Committee" means a Committee constituted for the purpose of making selection
for promotion or transfer to posts under a Ministry, Division, Department or
Office of the Federal Government in [basic pay scales 18 ["except
the posts specified in sub- clause (i) of clause (b),] and below and
equivalent;]
(e)
"Departmental
Selection Committee" means a Committee constituted for the purpose of
making selection for initial appointment to posts under a Ministry, Division,
Department or Office of the Federal Government in [basic pay scales 15 and below
and equivalent;]
3.
(1)
Appointments
to posts shall be made by any of the following methods, namely:-
(a)
by
promotion or transfer in accordance with Part II of these rules; and
(b)
by
initial appointment in accordance with Part III of these rules.
(1)
The
method of appointment and the qualifications and other conditions applicable to
a post shall be as laid down by the Ministry or Division concerned in consultation
with the Establishment Division.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in
sub-rule (I), or the method of appointment laid down in the recruitment rules, a
person who is rendered surplus as a result of the reorganization or abolition
of a Division, Department, Office or permanent post in pursuance of any
Government decision or as a measure of economy may be appointed to a post in
the basic pay scale to which he belonged, if he possesses the qualifications,
and fulfills other conditions, applicable to that post"].
(3) Where a person referred to in sub-rule
(3),-
(i)
possesses
educational qualifications which are considered interchangeable with, or
equivalent to, the qualification prescribed in the relevant recruitment rules;
or
(ii)
fulfills
the prescribed qualifications and the conditions for initial appointment to the
post in the relevant rules except the condition relating to prescribed
experience, the appointing authority may, for reasons to be recorded in
writing, relax the requirement of educational qualifications or, as the case
may be, the prescribed experience].
4.
(1)
In
each Ministry, Division, Department or Office of the Federal Government, there
shall be one or more Departmental Promotion Committees, and Departmental
Selection Committees, the composition of which shall be determined by the
Ministry or Division concerned in consultation with the Establishment Division.
(2)
Each
such Committee shall consist of at least three members one of whom shall be
appointed Chairman.
5.
Where
an appointing authority for posts
in basic pay scales 15 and below and equivalent] does not accept the recommendation
of a Departmental Selection or Departmental Promotion Committee, it shall
record reasons therefore and obtain orders of the next higher authority.
