Gujarat Gazette, No. 3, Part Part IV-A, 15 January 2026

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The Gujarat Government Gazette PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

Vol. LXVII ] THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2026 / PAUSHA 25, 1947 [ No. 3

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PART IV-A

Rules and Orders (Other than those published in Parts I, I-A, and I-L) made

by the Government of Gujarat under the Central Acts

HOME DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar, 8th October, 2025

CONSTITUTION OF INDIA.

No. GG/135/2025/HD/MKM/e-file/8/2023/3897/E1:- In exercise of the powers conferred by proviso to article 309 of the Constitution of India and in supersession of all the rules made in this behalf, the Governor of the

Gujarat hereby makes the following rules to provide for regulating the conditions of service of persons appointed to the post of Jamadar, Class- III, in the subordinate service of the Directorate of Prohibition and Excise, in so far as they relate to their passing of departmental examination, to be eligible for promotion to the post of Sub- Inspector, Class III, in the subordinate service of the Directorate of Prohibition and Excise, Gujarat State, namely: -

1. Short title, commencement and application. -

       (1)    These  rules  may  be  called  the  Sub-Inspector,  Class  III,  in  the  Directorate  of  Prohibition  and  Excise,
              Departmental Examination Rules, 2025.
       (2)    They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
       (3)    They shall apply to persons appointed to the post of Jamadar, Class III, in the subordinate service of the
              Directorate of Prohibition and Excise, Gujarat State by promotion or by direct selection.
2.     Definitions. -  In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, -
       (a)    'Appendix' means an Appendix appended to these rules;
       (b)    'Appointed date' means the date on which these rules shall come into force;
       (c)    'Director' means the Director of Prohibition and Excise, Gujarat State;
       (d)    'Examination' means the departmental examination prescribed under these rules for promotion to the post
              of  Sub-Inspector,  Class  III,  in  the  subordinate  service  of  the  Directorate  of  Prohibition  and  Excise,

Gujarat State;

1314 GUJARAT GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15-01-2026 [ PART IV-A (e) "Government" means the Government of Gujarat;

(f) "Old rules" means the rules in force immediately before the appointed date;

(g) "Relevant departmental examination" means departmental examination prescribed under the old rules;

(h) 'Sub-Inspector' means a Sub-Inspector, Class III, in the subordinate service of Directorate of Prohibition and Excise, Gujarat State;

(i) 'specified chances' means the number of chances specified in these rules within which a person is required to pass the examination;

(j) 'specified period' means the period specified in these rules within which a person is required to pass the examination.

3. Requirement to pass examination. -

(1) The person appointed to the post of Jamadar shall be required to pass the examination to be eligible for promotion to the post of Sub-Inspector.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), where any person has been exempted from passing the relevant departmental examination under the old rules before the appointed date, he shall not be required to pass the examination under these rules.

4. Eligibility to appear in examination. -

(1) No person shall be eligible to appear in the examination unless he has completed two years' service after his appointment on the post of Jamadar.

(2) No person shall be eligible to appear in the examination unless he has passed the post-training examination for the post of Jamadar or he has been exempted from the post-training examination by the competent authority, if any.

5. Specified chances and period for passing examination. -

(1) To be eligible for promotion to the post of Sub-Inspector, a person shall be required to pass the examination within a period of three years and within three chances from the date of his completing two years' continuous service after his appointment on the post of Jamadar:

Provided that a person belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes may be given one additional chance without payment of prescribed fees, which shall have to be availed of within a period of one year from the date of declaration of the result of the examination of his third chance.

(2) If a person fails to pass the examination referred to in these rules within the specified period and within the specified chances, he shall notwithstanding such failure, be eligible to appear at any time in the examination on payment of an examination fee as may be determined by the Government from time to time and if he passes the said examination, he shall be eligible for promotion:

Provided that such person shall not be entitled to claim seniority over those persons who have passed the examination earlier than him and have been promoted to the post of Sub-Inspector under these rules before he became eligible for such promotion on passing the examination.

(3) Not appearing in the examination shall be considered as a chance.

6. Syllabus and scheme of examination. –

(1) The syllabus for the examination shall be as specified in the Appendix A.

(2) The examination shall consist of four papers each of 100 (one hundred) marks. The examination shall consist of Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) except Paper IV, which shall be descriptive.

(3) The candidate shall be allowed to answer the questions of Papers with the help of books, whereas, Paper IV shall be required to be answered without books.

Explanation: "With books" means the original book of the subjects approved by the Government or the institute having bare Acts and / or rules without any commentaries or case laws and includes manuals issued under the Act published or approved by the Government.

7. Medium of examination. -

The medium of the written examination shall be Gujarati or English as per instructions given in the Question paper.

8. Holding of examination. -

(1) The Director shall hold the examination at least twice a year.

(2) The Director shall communicate the tentative programme of examination to the concerned Heads of the Offices at least ninety days before the provisional date determined by the Director.

(3) A person, who desires to appear in the examination shall be required to send his application in the Form as specified in Appendix B, to the Director through the concerned Heads of the Offices for enlisting his name as a candidate for such examination at least sixty days prior to the date of the examination.

(4) The concerned Heads of the Offices in which the person is serving, shall scrutinise the application with regard to his eligibility for appearing in the examination and forward the same to the Director with Certificate of Eligibility as specified in Appendix C.

(5) If the applicant subsequently decides not to appear at the examination, he shall give intimation thereof to the Director through concerned Heads of the Offices at least thirty days before the date of commencement of examination.

(6) If any person fails to appear in the examination after having enlisted his name as a candidate without giving intimation as referred in sub-rule (5), he shall be deemed to have lost one chance to pass the examination:

Provided that the Director may condone the failure on the part of the person to give intimation referred to in sub-rule (5) and the consequences arising there from, if it is satisfied that the person has failed to give intimation within the time limit for the reasons beyond his control.

(7) The Director shall admit the candidate to the examination based on the certificate issued by the concerned Heads of the Offices that he is eligible to appear in the examination.

(8) The place, date and time for holding the examination shall be fixed and communicated by the Director to the concerned Heads of the officers and the same shall be communicated to the candidates by the concerned Heads of the Offices.

9. Qualifying Standard for passing examination. –

(1) The qualifying standard for passing the examination shall be fifty percent (50%) of the total marks assigned to paper.

(2) An unsuccessful candidate who secures fifty percent (50%) or more marks in any one or more papers shall be exempted from appearing in those papers at the subsequent examinations.

(3) In case a candidate is not able to obtain the qualifying standard in only one question paper in the examination, such candidate shall be given grace marks up to 5% of total marks for that question paper and thereafter, if he obtains the marks equal or more than qualifying standard, he shall be declared pass.

10. Result of examination. - The Director shall publish the result of the examination on its Official website and shall forward the same to the Home Department and concerned Heads of the Offices. The concerned Heads of the Office shall intimate the result to the candidates.

11. Prohibition to use certain devices in the examination hall. -

No candidate shall be allowed to carry with him any electronic communication devices like a cellular phone, calculator, laptop, pager, smart watch, i-pad etc. in the examination hall.

13. Incentives. - The candidate who secures eighty per cent (80%) or more aggregate marks in the examination in the first chance shall be paid such amount as an incentive as determined by the Government.

14. Repeal and Saving. – The old rules made for the promotion to the post of Sub-Inspector, Class III, in the Directorate of Prohibition and Excise and any other rules corresponding thereto in force immediately before coming into force of these rules are hereby repealed:

Provided that such repeal shall not affect the things done or actions taken under any of the rules so repealed.

APPENDIX A

(see rule 6(1))

Syllabus for the departmental examination for promotion to the post of Sub-Inspector, Class III, in the subordinate service of Directorate of Prohibition and Excise.

Paper I

Time: Three hours

Total Marks: 100.

Objective-With books (MCQs) 1. Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949.

2. Bombay Rectified Spirit Rules, 1951.

3. Bombay Foreign Liquor and Rectified Spirit (Transport) fees Rules, 1954.

4. Bombay Foreign Liquor Rules, 1953.

5. Bombay Foreign Liquor Storage in bond Regulations, 1959.

6. Gujarat Foreign Liquor (Import and Export) Rules, 1965.

7. Bombay Prohibition (Manufacture of Spirit) (Gujarat) Rules, 1963.

8. Bombay Molasses Rules, 1955.

9. Bombay Molasses storage and supply Regulations, 1959.

10. Gujarat Through Transport Rules, 1966.

11. Gujarat Methyl Alcohol Rules, 1981.

12. Gujarat Rottengur and Ammonium Chloride (Manufacture and Possession) Rules, 1977.

13. Bombay Denatured Spirit Rules, 1959.

14. Gujarat Denatured Spirituous Preparation Rules, 1962.

15. Gujarat Spirit Denaturing Rules, 1964.

16. Bombay Prohibition (Privileges Fees) Rules, 1954.

Paper II

Time: Three hours

Total Marks: 100.

Objective-With books (MCQs) 1. The Gujarat Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1971 and Gujarat Civil Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1971.

2. The Gujarat Civil Services (General Conditions of Services) Rules, 2002.

3. The Gujarat Civil Services (Joining Time, Foreign Service, Deputation Out of India, Payment during Suspension) Rules, 2002.

4. The Gujarat Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 2002.

5. The Gujarat Civil Services (Additions to Pay) Rules, 2002.

6. The Gujarat Civil Services (Pensions) Rules, 2002.

7. The Gujarat Civil Services (Traveling Allowance) Rules, 2002.

8. The Gujarat Civil Services (Pay) Rules, 2002.

9. The Right to Information Act, 2005.

10. The Gujarat Right to Information Rules, 2010.

Note: The above shall include all amendments, circulars, Notifications and Orders etc. issued thereunder from time to time.

Paper III

Time: Three hours

Total Marks: 100.

Objective-With books (MCQs) 1. The Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930.

2. Bombay Dangerous Drugs Rules, 1935.

3. Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

4. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

Chapter I and Chapter III, Section 58, Chapter VI, IX, XII, XIII, XIV, XVII, XVIII (Section 336 to 344) and XIX (Section 356).

5. The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023- Section 1 to 121.

6. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

Chapter II, III, IV, XI-B, XXII, XXVI (Section-338,339,360), XXXIV (Section- 473,474).

Note: The above shall include all amendments, circulars, Notifications and Orders etc. issued thereunder from time to time.

Paper IV

Time: 3 hours

Total Marks: 100.

Descriptive-Without books 1. Ascertainment of Proof Strength of Alcohol for a given sample.

2. Convert the above found Proof Strength into Volume by volume Percentage.

3. Calculate Escort Charges for a given route.

4. Calculate Duty for a given Quantity of Foreign Liquor.

5. Calculate Transport Fees for given Quantity of Foreign Liquor or Rectified Spirit.

6. Distillery and Warehouse management and procedure based on the Colonel Bedford's Technical Excise Manual and the Bombay Excise Manual. The questions in this paper shall be set to test the general knowledge by the Candidate.

7. Office Procedure Manual (For Non-Secretariat Offices only).

8. Letter Writing :

(a) Formal Letter.

(b) D.O. Letter.

(c) Confidential Letter on a matter.

9. Report Writing: Report to Superintendent/ Head Office on matters such as confiscation, sealing a premise, addition/deletion of a Product, quota increase/decrease in case of denatured spirit license/ distillery license, application for a foreign liquor license, addition or deletion of name of partners/directors in a firm/company, vigilance related matter, inquiry etc.

10. Panchnama/ Rojkam Writing.

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APPENDIX B

(See rule 8(3))

Form of Application

Application for appearing in the Departmental Examination for promotion to the post of Sub-Inspector, Class III, in the

Directorate of Prohibition and Excise.

Place:

(Signature of applicant)

Date:

APPENDIX C

(see rule 8(4))

CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY

Certified that-

(1) The above particulars are verified and found correct.

Shri/Smt./Kum……………………………. is eligible to appear at the Departmental Examination for promotion to the post of Sub-Inspector, Class III, in the Directorate of Prohibition and Excise to be held in ……………

(2) * Necessary fee is paid; a copy of the Challan is attached herewith.

(3) *Candidate is granted an additional chance; a copy of the order is attached.

Place:

Date:

Signature and designation of the

Head of Department/Office

* Strike out whichever is not applicable

By order and in the name of the Governor of Gujarat,

MAYURSINH VAGHELA,

Deputy Secretary to Government.

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HOME DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar, 8th January, 2026

THE OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT, 1923.

No.GG/06/2026/SB.5/OSA/102025/08:- WHEREAS the Government of Gujarat is of the opinion that the information with respect to, or the destruction or the obstruction of or interference with the place specified in the Schedule appended hereto would be useful to an enemy;

NOW THEREFORE, in exercise of the power conferred by sub-clause (d) of clause (8) of section 2 of the Official Secrets Act, 1923 (XIX of 1923) read with the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Notification No.21/20/62/ Poll (I), dated the 4th May, 1963, the Government of Gujarat hereby declares with effect on and from the date of publication of this notification, in the Official Gazette, HPCL Rajasthan Refinery LTD (HRRL) 's Arab Mix Crude Oil Pipeline's Sectionalizing Valv Station 07 (SV-07) Ganjisar Village, Ta: Santalpur, Dist: Patan described in the Schedule to be 'the prohibited place' for the purposes of the said Act.

SCHEDULE

Survey No, Name of the place and the description of Boundaries of the place.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Gujarat,

DHARA BRAHMBHATT,

Section Officer.

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INDUSTRIES AND MINES DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar, 6th January, 2026

CONSTITUTION OF INDIA.

No.GU/2026/01/UKM/112018/324/D-1:- In exercise of the powers confired by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Gujarat hereby makes the following rules to repeal the Senior Industries Inspector, Class-III and Junior Industries Inspector, Class-III (Competitive Examination) Rules, 2019, as follows, namely:-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Senior Industries Inspector, Class-III and Junior Industries Inspector, Class-III (Competitive Examination) (Repeal) Rules, 2026.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. The Senior Industrie Inspector, Class-III and Junior Industries Inspector, Class-III (Competitive Examination) Rules, 2019 issued under the Government Notification, Industries and Mines Department, No. GU/2019/2/UKM/ 112018/324/D-1, dated the 20th February 2019 are hereby repealed:

Provided that such repeal shall not affect anything done or any action taken under the rules, so repealed.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Gujarat,

JIGAR PATEL,

Deputy Secretary to Government.

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