THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY

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MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

(Department of Personnel and Training)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi tlie 21 st February, 2002

S.0.222(E).—In pursuance of the provisions of sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 2 of the Fourth Schedule to the

Central Secretariat Service Rules, 1962, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel

and Training), in consultation with the Union Public Service Commission, hereby makes the following regulations, further

to amend the Central Secretariat Service Section Officers' Grade/Stenographers' Grade 'B' (Limited Departmental Competitive

Examination) Regulations, 1964, namely:—

1.(1) These Regulations may be called the Central Secretariat Service Section Officers' Grade/Stenographers'

Grade 'B' (Limited Departmental Competitive Examination) Amendment Regulation, 2002.

(2) They shall be deemed to have come into force on the 3rd day of October, 2000.

2. In the Central Secretariat Service Section Officers' Grade/Stenographers' Grade *B' (Limited Departmental

Competitive Examination) Regulations, 1964, in regulation 7, after sub-regulation (2), the following shall be inserted, and

shall be deemed to have been inserted on and from the 3rd day of October, 2000, namely :—

"(3) Candidates belonging to any of the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes may, to the extent the number

of vacancies reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled. Tribes cannot be filled on the basis of the general

standard, be recommended by the Commission by a relaxed standard to make up deficiency in the reserved quota, subject

to the fitness of these candidates for selection to the Service irrespective of their ranks in the order of merit at the

examination."

Explanatory Note—hi conformity with the instructions issued vide this Department's O.M No. 36012/23/96-Estt

(Res.) Vol. 11 dated 3-10-2000, pursuant to the Constitution (82nd Amendment) Act, 2000, the Central Government has

decided to restore the provision of sub- regulation (3) of regulation 7 of the Central Secretariat Service Section Officers¹

Grade/Stenographers¹ Grade 'ET (Limited Departmental Competitive Examination) Regulations, 1964, which provided for

relaxed qualifying standards in favour of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes candidates to make up the

deficiency in the reserved quota. The aforesaid provision of sub-regulation (3) of regulation 7 earlier stood omitted vide this

Departmcnt'sNotiflcationNo. S.0.1047(E)dated30-ll-1998, in compliance with the Supreme Court¹ sjudgement in the case

of S. Vinod Kumar V/s. Union of India.

Footnote—Tlie principal regualtions werepublised vide notification number GSR 523 dated the 23rd March, 1964

and subsequently amended vide No. GSR 1 dated 24th December, 1974 and Notification No. S.O. 1047(E) dated

30-11-1998.

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R. K. GOEL, Director (CS)