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PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
लद्दाख, 08 अक्टू बर, 2025
LADAKH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER, 08, 2025
Part II - Section 3
के न्द्र-शासित प्रदेश लद्दाख प्रशासन ADMINISTRATION OF UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH
SCHOOL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
NOTIFICATION
Ladakh, the 19th September 2025
S.O No. 108: 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 Deputy Chief Education Officer /District Education Planning Officer/ Principal Hr. Sec. School/HOD DIET in the Ladakh School Education Department, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement: -
a. These rules may be called the Ladakh Administration Deputy Chief Education Officer / District
Education Planning Officer/Principal Hr. Sec. School/HOD DIET, in Ladakh School 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 paras 2 to 4 of the Schedule annexed hereto.
3. Method of recruitment, age limit, other qualifications: -
The method of recruitment, age limit, qualifications and other matters relating to said posts shall be as specified in paras 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, Regulations 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.
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 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/-
(Bhanu Prabha - IAS)
Administrative Secretary
School Education Department
Copy to the: 1. Secretary, Union Public Service Commissioner. 2. Joint Secretary (Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh), Ministry of Home Affairs. Copy also to the: 1. All Administrative Secretaries. 2. Secretary to the Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor UT Ladakh. 3. Deputy Commissioner / CEO LAHDC Leh / Kargil. 4. Director, School Education Department, UT Ladakh. 5. All Head of the Departments. 6. Joint Director Information Department UT Ladakh. 7. Technical Director NIC, UT Secretariat, Leh. 8. Superintendent Archives, Archaeology & Museums. 9. Private Secretary to Chief Secretary for kind information of Chief Secretary to Hon'ble Lt.
Governor UT Ladakh.
10. Private Secretary to Chairman / Chief Executive Councilor LAHDC, Leh
/ Kargil for kind information of the Hon'ble CECs UT Ladakh.
11. Stock file
(Sumera Shafi, JKAS) Under Secretary
School Education Department
SCHEDULE
| 1 | Name of Post | Deputy CEO / DEPO/Principal HSS/HOD DIET |
| 2 | No. of Posts | 58 (2023) * Remark: Subject to variation dependent on work load. |
| 3 | Classification | General Central Service Non-Ministerial Gazetted Group, A |
| 4 | Pay level in the Pay Matrix | Level – 10-A (Rs.56600-179800) |
| 5 | Whether Selection post / Non- Selection Post | Selection Post |
| 6 | Age Limits for Direct Recruits | Not Applicable |
| 7 | Educational and other Qualification required for direct recruits | NA |
| Qualification Standard Note | NA | |
| Experience Standard Note | NA |
| 8 | Whether age & educational qualification prescribed for Direct Recruitment will apply in the case of promotes | Age: NA Educational Qualification: NA | |||
| 9 | Period of Probation, if any | 2 years | |||
| 10 | 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 | ||
| Promotion | 100% | ||||
| 11 | In case of recruitment by Prom/Dep./abs. grades from which prom/dep./abs to be made | Promotion: Senior Lecturer/Lecturer/ Zonal Education Officer / Headquarter Assistant in the scale of Rs. 52700- 166700) of Pay Level-9 with 02 years' regular service in the grade. Standard Note: Where juniors who have completed their qualifying/eligibility service are being considered for promotion, their senior would also be considered provided they are not short of the requisite qualifying / eligibility service by more than half of such qualifying /eligibility service or 2 years, whichever is less and have successfully completed their probation period for promotion to the next higher grade along with their juniors who have already completed such qualifying/eligibility service | |||
| 12 | If a Departmental Promotion Committee exists, what is its composition | Departmental Promotion Committee: 1. Chairman or Member UPSC (Chairman) 2. Administrative Secretary - SED (Chairman) |
| 3. Director School Education (Member) Departmental Confirmation Committee: 1. Administrative Secretary - SED (Chairman) 2. Administrative Secretary – GAD (Member) 3. Director School Education (Member) | ||
| 13 | Circumstances in which UPSC to be consulted in making recruitment | Consultation with UPSC is necessary for promotion. |
(Sumera Shafi, JKAS) Under Secretary School 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."