Kerala Gazette No. 9 dated 3rd March 2009.
PART I
Section iv
GOVERNMENT OF KERALA
Planning and Economic Affairs (B) Department
NOTIFICATION
G. O. (P) No. 9/2009/Plg. Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 20th February 2009.
S. R. O. No. 200/2009.—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Kerala Public Services Act, 1968 (19 of 1968) and in supersession of all the existing Special Rules on the subject, Government of Kerala hereby make the following Special Rules in respect of the Kerala Statistics and Economics Subordinate Service, namely:—
RULES
1. Short title and Commencement.—(1) These rules may be called the Kerala Statistics and Economics Subordinate Service Special Rules, 2009.
(2) They shall come into force at once.
2. Constitution.—The service shall consist of the following categories of officers, namely:—
Category 1—Deputy Health Officer
Category 2—Research Assistant/Statistical Inspector/Computer Supervisor/Extension Officer (Planning and
Monitoring)
Category 3—Statistical Assistant Grade I/Statistical Investigator Grade I/Computer Operator Grade I/Junior Statistical Inspector
Category 4—Statistical Assistant Grade II/Statistical Investigator
Grade II/Computer Operator Grade II
G.160/2009/DTP (1).
23. Appointment.—Appointment to the various categories specified in column (2) of the Table below, shall be made by the method of appointment specified against each in Column (3) thereof, namely:—
TABLE
Category
Category Method of appointment
No.
(1)
(2)
(3)
1 Deputy Health Officer Addition to the cadre of Senior
Sanitary Inspector in the Department
of Health Services.
2 Research Assistant/Statistical By promotion from category 3 Inspector/Computer
Supervisor/Extension Officer
(Planning & Monitoring)
3 Statistical Assistant Grade I/ (i) By promotion from category (4) Statistical Investigator Grade I/
Computer Operator Grade I/
Junior Statistical Inspector (ii) By transfer from Lower Division
Typist and Confidential Assistant
Grade II of the Department of
Economics and statistics.
Note.—(1) Lower Division Typist/Confidential Assistants Grade II having Bachelors Degree either in Economics or Statistics or Mathematics or Commerce in Statistics can choose appointment by transfer to the cadre of Statistical Investigator Grade I on the basis of their option. Before choosing, every person has to file an option. The option once filed shall be final and no other choice allowed.
3(1) (2)
(3)
(2) Seniority based on the services of the persons in the feeder category concerned shall be the basis for appointment by promotion.
(3) Inter-se seniority for appoitment by transfer will be decided on the basis of Rule 27 A of the General Rules of Kerala State and Subordinate Service Rules.
(4) The existing persons under the category of Typist and Confidentional Assistant shall be exempted from acquiring Degree qualification for promotion.
4 Statistical Assistant Grade II/ (i) By direct recuritment.
Statistical Investigator Grade II/
Computer Operator Grade II/ (ii) By transfer from the members of
the Kerala Last Grade Service
employed in the Department of
Economics and statistics who have
put in the service of not less than
three years.
Note.—(1) Appointment by direct recruitment and by transfer shall be in the ratio of 10:1. In the absence of qualified hands for appointment by transfer, the vacancies shall be filled by direct recruitment.
(2) The existing persons in the Last Grade Service (acquired with SSLC qualification) shall be exempted from acquiring Degree qualification for promotion to category 4.
(3) The existing persons in category 2, 3 and 4 shall be exempted from acquiring Degree qualification for promotions.
44. Qualifications.—No person shall be eligible for appointment to any of the categories specified in column (2) of the table below by the method of appointment specified in column (3) unless he possesses the qualifications specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) thereof, namely:—
TABLE
Category Method of appointment Qualifications
Sl. No.
(1) (2)
(3)
(4) 1 Deputy Health Officer Addition to the cadre of ..
Senior Sanitary Inspector in the Department of Health Services
2 Research Assistant/ By promotion ..
Statistical Inspector/ Computor Supervisor/ Extension Officer (Planning & Monitoring)
3 Statistical Assistant (i) By promotion ..
Grade I/ Statistical Investigator (ii) By transfer A Bachelors Degree either in Economics or Grade I/Computer Operator Grade I/Junior in Statistics or Statistical Inspector Mathematics o r C o m m e r c e w i t h Statistics from a recognized University or Institution.
4 Statistical Assistant (i) By direct A Bachelors Degree Grade II/Statistical recruitment either in Economics or Investigator Grade II/ in Statistics or Computer Operator Mathematics o r C o m m e r c e w i t h Grade II Statistics from a recognized University or Institution
(ii) By transfer A Bachelors Degree either in Economics or Statistics or Mathematics o r C o m m e r c e w i t h Statistics from a recognized University or Institution.
55. Appointing Authority.—The Appointing Authority in respect of the categories mentioned in Column (1) of the table below shall be as specified in the corresponding entry in Column (2) thereof, namely:—
TABLE
Category Appointing Authority
(1)
(2)
Category 1 Director of Health Services Category 2 and 3 Director of Economics and Statistics Category 4 (in the Directorate) Administrative Officer
Category 4 (in the Districts) Deputy Director
6. Age Limit.—No person shall be eligible for appointment by direct recruitment to any of the categories, if he has not completed 19 years of age or if he has completed 35 years of age on the first day of January of the year in which applications for appointment are invited. Usual relaxation in upper age limit shall be allowed to candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.
7. Reservation of Appointment.—The rules relating to reservation of appointment contained in rules 14 to 17 of Part II of the Kerala State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1958 shall apply to appointments to the service by direct recruitment.
8. Probation.—(1) Every person appointed to any of the categories (except promotion to the posts of Stastistical Assistant Grade-I, Statistical Investigator Grade-I and Computer Operator Grade-I/Junior Statistical Inspector) shall, from the date on which he joins duty, be on probation,—
(a) if recruited direct or by transfer, for a total period of two years on duty in the Stastistical Subordinate Service within a continuous period of three years; and
(b) if appointed by promotion, for a total period of one year on duty in the Statistical Subordinate Service within a period of two years.
(2) A probationer in category 2 shall within the period of probation work in the field as Statistical Inspector for one year (on duty) unless he has previously worked in the field for three years either as Statistical Investigator Grade I or as Statistical Investigator Grade II or both. Field duty will be in6 any one of the major field surveys conducted by Department of Economics and Statistics (in the District Offices or Taluk Statistical Offices) and pass Account Test (Lower or Higher) unless he has passed the test previously.
(3) A probationer appointed by transfer to category 3 from Lower Division Typist/Confidential Assistant (Grade II) shall within the period of probation, work in the field for one year as Statistical Investigator Grade I and pass the Manual of Office Procedure and Account Test (Lower or Higher) unless he has passed previously.
9. Tests.—A probationer in category 4 shall within the period of probation pass the Manual of Office Procedure if he has not passed the same. For promotion from category 4 to category 3 he has to pass the Account Test (Lower or Higher).
By order of the Governor,
TEEKA RAM MEENA, Secretary to Government.
Explanatory Note
(This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its general purport.)
Special Rules for the Kerala Statistics and Economics Subordinate Service were re-issued in 1978, as per G. O. (P) No. 78/78/GAD dated 31-1-1978 and published as S. R. O. No. 131/78 in the Kerala Gazette No. 7 dated the 14th February, 1978. During the subsequent years amendments to some of the provisions in the rules were issued. Certain other provisions have become obsolete. The changed circumstances due to the passage of time have necessitated amendments to yet other provisions. In order to incorporate the amendments and also for making further amendments wherever necessary, Government have decided to issue the Special Rules in supersession of all the rules on the subject.
This Notification is intended to achieve the above object.