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असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
प्राधिकार से प्रकाशित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
Part II - Section 3
केन्द्र-शासित प्रदेश लद्दाख प्रशािन
ADMINISTRATION OF UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH
Health and Medical Education Department Union Territory of Ladakh.
Notification
Ladakh, the 04th July, 2025.
S.O. 81.—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 notification 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 Consultant
in the Ladakh Health & Medical Education Department, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement:-
i.
These rules may be called the Ladakh Administration, Consultant in the Ladakh Health &
Medical Education Department Recruitment Rules, 2025.
ii.
These rules shall come into force from the date of their publication in the official Gazette.
लद्दाख, 08 जुलाई, 2025
LADAKH, TUESDAY, JULY, 08, 2025
भारत सरकार
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
एस.जी.-एल.डी.-अ.-08072025-1545
SG-LD-E-08072025-1545
LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 2
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 column (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 column (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 or
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, UT Ladakh.
Sd/-
Sanjeev Khirwar, IAS
Principal 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.
LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 3
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 Advisor, Ladakh for information of the Advisor.
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
LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 4
13 Point Schedule - Annexure I
RECRUITMENT RULES FOR THE POST OF CONSULTANT IN LADAKH
HEALTH & MEDICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
1
Name of the Post
Consultant
2
Total Number of Post
115* (One hundred and fifteen) 2025
1. Consultant ENT (05)
2. Consultant Psychiatrist (03)
3. Consultant TB (02)
4. Consultant Radiologist (05)
5. Consultant Physician (13)
6. Consultant Anaesthetist (15)
7. Consultant Surgeon (14)
8. Consultant Gynecologist (18)
9. Consultant Pathologist (05)
10. Consultant Paediatrician (13)
11. Consultant Orthopedics (09)
12. Consultant Ophthalmologist (06)
13. Consultant Dermatologist (02)
14. Consultant Microbiologist (01)
15. Consultant Biochemistry (01)
16. Consultant Emergency Medicine (01)
17. Consultant Forensic Specialist (01)
18. Consultant PMR Specialist (01)
*Subject to variation dependent on workload
3
•
Classification
General Central Service
Group ‘A’ (Non- Ministerial)
4
Level of Pay Matrix
L-11 (67700-208700)
5
Whether Selection Post or Non- Selection
Post.
Selection Post
6
Age limit for Direct Recruits
Not exceeding 40 years
Note 1: Relaxable for government servants upto 5 years
in accordance with the instructions or orders issued by
the Central Government.
Note 2: The crucial date for determining the age limit
shall be as advertised by UPSC
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7
Educational
and
other
qualifications
required for direct recruits.
Essential:
i.
A
MBBS
degree
qualification,
recognized as per Chapter VI of
National Medical Commission Act
2019.
ii.
A post Graduate Degree or Diploma in
the concerned speciality, recognized as
per Chapter VI of National Medical
Commission Act 2019.
iii.
Three years experience in the concerned
speciality after obtaining the post-
graduate degree or five years experience
in the speciality after obtaining the post-
graduate diploma.
Note:
The
exact
requirements
for
the
concerned specialty(ies) will be specified at the
time of recruitment.
Desirable: NA
Standard Note:
i.
Qualifications are relaxable at the
discretion of the U.P.S.C., for reasons
to be recorded in writing, in the case of
candidates otherwise well qualified.
ii. The
qualification(s)
regarding
experience is / are relaxable at the
discretion of the U.P.S.C for reason to
be recoded in writing in the case of
candidates belonging to Scheduled
Castes or Scheduled Tribes if at any
stage of selection the U.P.S.C., is of the
opinion that sufficient number of
candidates from these communities
possessing the requisite experience are
not likely to be available to fill up the
vacancies reserved for them.
8
Whether age and educational qualifications
prescribed for the direct recruits will apply
in the case of promotees.
1. Age (No)
2. Educational qualifications (Yes).
9
Period of probation if any
01 for Direct recruits and promotees
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10
Method of Recruitment, whether by Direct
Recruitment or by Promotion or by
deputation/transfer and percentage of the
vacancies to be filled by various methods.
Method
Percentage
Direct Recruitment
75
Promotion failing which by
Deputation (ISTC), failing
both by Direct Recruitment.
25
11
In
case
of
recruitment
by
promotion/deputation/Absorption,
grades
from
which
promotion/deputation/absorption,
to
be
made.
Promotion:
From Medical Officer in Level-9 in the pay matrix with
7 years of regular service in the grade.
Note 1: - The eligibility service for promotion to the
post of consultant shall continue to be two years for
persons holding feeder post of Medical Officer, on
regular basis on the date of Notification of these Rules.
Note 2: The Note 1 shall not be applicable to direct
recruits appointed in the grade of Medical Officer in the
Union territory of Ladakh after 31st October, 2019.
Note 3: Note: Where the total number of post in any
discipline in Consultant Grade is one, then the post
shall be filled up by promotion from amongst the
incumbent Medical Officers possessing the relevant
post graduate qualifications and experience, failing
which by direct recruitment.
Deputation / ISTC
Officers
under
Central
/
State
Governments/Union territories/ Government
Medical Colleges / Autonomous / Statutory
organization / Public Sector Undertakings /
University / Recognized research Institution:
(a) i) Holding analogous posts on regular
basis in the parent cadre/department; or
ii) With (07) years of regular service in the
level-9 in the pay matrix or equivalent
in the parent cadre/departments; and
AND
(b) i) Having a recognized MBBS degree
qualification included in the Chapter VI
of National Medical commission Act
2019: and
ii) Post graduate degree or diploma in the
concerned speciality recognized as per
the Chapter VI of National Medical
Commission Act 2019.
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iii) Three years’ experience in the
concerned speciality after obtaining the
post-graduate degree or five years’
experience in the speciality after
obtaining the post-graduate diploma.
Standard Note:
The departmental officers in the feeder
category who are in direct line of promotion
will not be eligible for consideration for
appointment
on
deputations.
Similarly,
deputationists shall not
be eligible for
consideration for appointment by promotion.
Period of deputation including period of
deputation in another ex-cadre post held
immediately preceding this appointment in the
same or some other organization / department
of the Central Government shall ordinarily not
to exceed three years. The maximum age limit
for appointment by deputation (ISTC) shall be
not exceeding 56 years as on the last date of
receipt of applications.
12
If a D.P.C exists, what is its composition?
Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC):
1. Chairman/Member UPSC - Chairman
2. AdministrativeSecretary H&ME - Member
3. Administrative Secretary GAD - Member
4. Director Health Services - Member
Departmental Confirmation Committee (DCC)
1. Administrative Secretary H&ME -
Chairman
2. Administrative Secretary GAD -
Member
3. Director Health Services -
Member
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13
Circumstances in which Union Public
Service Commission is to be consulted in
making recruitment.
Consultation with UPSC is necessary on direct
recruitment and promotion.
Jigmet Angchuk (JKAS)
Under Secretary
Health and Medical Education Department
UT Ladakh.
“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: 2025.07.08
11:21:18 +05'30'
MICHAEL
MANNY
DSOUZA
Digitally signed by
MICHAEL MANNY
DSOUZA
Date: 2025.07.08
14:13:28 +05'30'