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लद्दाख, 10 अप्रैल, 2025
LADAKH, THURSDAY, APRIL, 10, 2025
Part II - Section 3
के न्द्र-शासति प्रदेश लद्दाख प्रशानि ADMINISTRATION OF UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH
Health and Medical Education Department
File No. E 9414 A/994/2022-EST SEC (DHS)/43-56.
Notification
Ladakh, the 8th of April 2025.
S.O. 37._ In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, read with the Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi Notification No. S.O. 5088(E), dated 1st November, 2022 and in supersession of all earlier notifications on the subject matter, the Lieutenant Governor (Administrator) of Union Territory of Ladakh, hereby makes the following rules regulating the method of recruitment to the post of Director Health Services in the Ladakh Health and Medical Education Department, namely:-
LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 21. Short title and commencement:-
a. These rules may be called the Ladakh Administration, Director Health Services in the Ladakh Health and Medical Education Department Recruitment Rules, 2025.
b. These rules shall come into force from the date of their publication in the official Gazette.
2. Number of Posts, Classification, and Level in the Pay Matrix:-
The number of said posts, its classification, and Level in the Pay Matrix attached thereto shall be as specified in columns (2), (3), & (4) of the Schedule annexed hereto.
3. Method of recruitment, age limit, other qualifications:-
The method of recruitment to the said post, age limit, qualifications, and other matters relating to said posts shall be as specified in columns (5) to (13) of the Schedule annexed hereto.
4. Provision for Resident Criteria for appointment by direct recruitment: -
The eligibility for appointment will be subject to residency requirements prescribed in any Act, Rule, Regulation, or Order in force in the Union Territory of Ladakh.
5. Disqualification: -
No person,
a) who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living;
OR
b) who, having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with any
person(s) shall be eligible for appointment to the said post.
Provided that the Lieutenant Governor (Administrator) of Ladakh may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law, applicable to such person(s) and the other party to the marriage or there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the operation of these rules.
6. Power to relax: -
Where the Lieutenant Governor (Administrator) is of the opinion that, it is necessary orLADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 3 expedient to do so, he may, by order for reasons to be recorded in writing and in consultation with UPSC, relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons.
7. Savings: -
Nothing in these rules shall affect reservations, relaxation in age limit, and other concessions required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and other special
categories in accordance with the Rules, Instructions, or Orders issued by the Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh.
By order and in the name of the Lieutenant Governor, Ladakh.
Sd/-
Dr. Vasanthakumar Namasivayam, (IAS)
Commissioner/Secretary
Health and Medical Education Department
Copy to the: - 1. Secretary, Union Public Service Commission. 2. Joint Secretary (Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Copy also to the: - 1. All Administrative Secretaries. 2. Secretary to Lieutenant Governor. 3. Administrative Secretary, General Administration Department. 4. Deputy Commissioners/CEOs, LAHDC, Leh/Kargil. 5. Director Health Services, Ladakh. 6. All Heads of the Departments. 7. Joint Director, Information. 8. Technical Director, NIC, Leh. 9. Superintendent, Archives, Archaeology & Museums. 10. Pvt. Secretary to Chief Secretary, UT of Ladakh for the information of Chief Secretary, UT Ladakh. 11. Pvt. Secretaries to Chairman/Chief Executive Councilor, LAHDCs, Leh/Kargil for information of the Hon'ble CECs.
12. Order/Stock file.
Jigmet Angchuk (JKAS) Under Secretary Health and Medical Education DepartmentLADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 4
13 Point Schedule – Annexure I
RECRUITMENT RULES FOR THE POST OF DIRECTOR HEALTH SERVICES IN LADAKH
HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
| 1 | Name of Post | Director Health Services | |||
| 2 | Number of Posts | 01* (One) 2025 *Subject to variation dependent on workload | |||
| 3 | Classification | General Central Service, Group 'A' (Non- Ministerial Gazetted) | |||
| 4 | Level of Pay Matrix | L-13 (123100-215900) | |||
| 5 | Whether Selection post or Non- Selection post. | Selection Post | |||
| 6 | A ge limit for Direct Recruits | Not Applicable | |||
| 7 | Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits. | N ot Applicable | |||
| 8 | Whether age and educational qualifications prescribed for the direct recruitment will apply in the case of promotees. | N ot Applicable | |||
| 9 | Period of probation, if any | Not Applicable | |||
| 1 0 | Method of Recruitment, whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation/absorption and percentage of the vacancies to be filled by various methods. | ||||
| Method | Percentage | ||||
| By Promotion | 100 | ||||
| 1 1 | In case of recruitment by promotion/deputation/absorption, grades from which promotion/deputation/absorption are to be made. | Promotion: From Deputy Director Health Services/Senior Consultant in level-12 in the pay matrix with 5 years of regular service and from Consultant in pay level - 11 with 10 years of regular service in the pay matrix in the grades rendered after appointment thereto on a regular basis. Note 1: The eligibility list for promotion shall be prepared with reference to the date of completion by the officers of the prescribed qualifying service in the respective grade/post. Note 2: The eligibility service for promotion to the post of Director Health Services shall continue to 3 years for persons holding feeder |
| posts of Deputy Director Health Services and Senior Consultant on regular basis on the date of Notification of these Rules. | ||
| 1 2 | I f a D.P.C exists, what is its composition? | Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC): 1. Chairman / Member UPSC - Chairman 2. Administrative Secretary H&ME - Member Administrative Secretary GAD - Member |
| 1 3. | Circumstances in which Union Public Service Commission is to be consulted in making recruitment. | Consultation with UPSC is not necessary. |
Jigmet Angchuk (JKAS) Under Secretary Health and Medical Education Department "No legal responsibility is accepted for the contents of publication of advertisements/publications in this part of The Ladakh Gazette. Persons notifying the advertisements/public notices will remain solely responsible for the legal consequences and also for any other misrepresentation etc."