No. 35035/7/97-Estt(D)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
(Department of Personnel and Training)
………….
New Delhi-110001
February 16, 2005
OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- DPC Guidelines – No supersession in promotions – regarding.

The undersigned is directed to refer to DoPT OM No. 35034/7/97-Estt (D) dated 8.2.2002 on the above noted subject and to say that in accordance with the decision of the Government not to permit supersessions in promotions, all Ministries/Departments were requested to take immediate steps to amend the Service/Recruitment Rules of various services/posts/grades so as to appropriately incorporate the mode of promotion as ‘selection’ in place of ‘selection by merit’ and ‘selection-cum-seniority’, as the case may be, to bring them in conformity with the above decision of the Government and to make promotions accordingly. To facilitate the amendments to the relevant Service Rules/Recruitment Rules, consultation with DoPT before carrying out the required amendments was dispensed with.

2. It has been brought to the notice of this Department by the UPSC that the Ministries/Departments have not initiated action to amend the Service Rules/Recruitment Rules and the Commission is being requested to hold DPCs in accordance with existing Service Rules/Recruitment Rules which provide for supersessions. Accordingly, the Commission has decided that any proposal for DPC, which is received and is found to be against the revised policy instructions, will be returned to the Ministries/Departments. A proposal would be considered only when the relevant Service Rules/Recruitment Rules were amended as envisaged in the DoPT OM dated 8.2.2002.

4. As orders in the matter were issued almost 3 years back, a situation where the Rules have still not been amended in conformity with the above decision of the Government cannot be justified or allowed to continue. All Ministries/Departments are, accordingly, requested to ensure that they review all Recruitment/Service Rules and carry out amendments in conformity with the decision contained in DoPT O.M. dated 8.2.2002 through a time bound exercise.

5. A status report in this regard may be furnished to this Department latest by 31st May 2005. The decision of the UPSC may also be noted.

(Alok Saxena)
Director
To
All Ministries/Departments of the Government of India.