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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
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.
लद्दाख, 08 अक्टूबर, 2025
LADAKH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER, 08, 2025
भारत सरकार
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
एस.जी.-एल.डी.-अ.-08102025-1606
SG-LD-E-08102025-1606
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
BHANU
PRABHA
Digitally signed
by BHANU
PRABHA
Date: 2025.10.08
13:20:27 +05'30'
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
Method
Percentage
by direct recruitment or by
Promotion
100%
promotion or by deputation/
absorption and percentage of the
vacancies to be filled by various
methods.
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
Departmental Promotion Committee:
1. Chairman or Member UPSC (Chairman)
2. Administrative Secretary - SED (Chairman)
Committee exists, what is its
composition
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.”
BHANU
PRABHA
Digitally signed by
BHANU PRABHA
Date: 2025.10.08
13:21:02 +05'30'
MICHAEL
MANNY
DSOUZA
Digitally signed by
MICHAEL MANNY
DSOUZA
Date: 2025.10.08
16:23:05 +05'30'