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Part II - Section 3

केन्द्र-शासित प्रदेश लद्दाख प्रशािन

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 8^th 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 1^st 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:-

लद्दाख, 10 अप्रैल, 2025

LADAKH, THURSDAY, APRIL, 10, 2025

भारत सरकार

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

एस.जी.-एल.डी.-अ.-10042025-1485

SG-LD-E-10042025-1485

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1. 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;

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.

Power to relax: -

Where the Lieutenant Governor (Administrator) is of the opinion that, it is necessary or

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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.

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: -

Secretary, Union Public Service Commission.

Joint Secretary (Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of

India.

Copy also to the: -

All Administrative Secretaries.

Secretary to Lieutenant Governor.

Administrative Secretary, General Administration Department.

Deputy Commissioners/CEOs, LAHDC, Leh/Kargil.

Director Health Services, Ladakh.

All Heads of the Departments.

Joint Director, Information.

Technical Director, NIC, Leh.

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 Department

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13 Point Schedule – Annexure I

RECRUITMENT RULES FOR THE POST OF DIRECTOR HEALTH SERVICES IN LADAKH

HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Name of Post

Director Health Services

Number of Posts

01* (One) 2025

*Subject to variation dependent on workload

Classification

General Central Service,

Group ‘A’ (Non- Ministerial Gazetted)

Level of Pay Matrix

L-13 (123100-215900)

Whether Selection post or Non- Selection

post.

Selection Post

Age limit for Direct Recruits

Not Applicable

Educational and other qualifications

required for direct recruits.

Not Applicable

Whether age and educational qualifications

prescribed for the direct recruitment will

apply in the case of promotees.

Not Applicable

Period of probation, if any

Not Applicable

Method of Recruitment, whether by direct

recruitment or by promotion

deputation/absorption

and percentage of

the vacancies to be filled by various

methods.

Method

Percentage

By Promotion

100

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

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posts of Deputy Director Health Services and

Senior Consultant on regular basis on the date of

Notification of these Rules.

If 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

13.

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.”

ZAHIDA

BANO

Digitally signed

by ZAHIDA BANO

Date: 2025.04.10

15:04:17 +05'30'

MICHAEL

MANNY

DSOUZA

Digitally signed by

MICHAEL MANNY

DSOUZA

Date: 2025.04.10

15:58:30 +05'30'