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EXTRAORDINARY

प्राधिकार से प्रकाशित

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Part II - Section 3

केन्द्र-शासित प्रदेश लद्दाख प्रशािन

ADMINISTRATION OF UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH

File no:- A/1223/2026-EST SEC (DHS)

Health and Medical Education Department Union Territory of Ladakh.

Notification

Ladakh the 22^nd April, 2026.

S.O. 176 — 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

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

Associate Professor Dentistry in the Ladakh Health & Medical Education Department,

namely:-

लद्दाख, 30 जुलाई, 2026

LADAKH, THURSDAY, JULY, 30, 2026

भारत सरकार

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

एस.जी.-एल.डी.-अ.-30072026-1782

SG-LD-E-30072026-1782

LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 2

1. Short title and commencement:-

These rules may be called the Ladakh Administration, Assistant Professor Dentistry in the

Ladakh Health & Medical Education Department Recruitment Rules, 2026.

ii.

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 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.

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.

LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 3

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.

Sd/-

(Dr. Laltinkhuma Franklin, IAS)

Commissioner Secretary

Health and Medical Education Department

By order and in the name of the Lieutenant Governor, Ladakh.

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 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.

Amir Suhail, JKAS

Under Secretary

Health and Medical Education Department

LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 4

SCHEDULE

RECRUITMENT RULES FOR THE POST OF ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DENTISTRY IN

LADAKH HEALTH & MEDICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

1. Name of the Post

Associate Professor Dentistry

2. Number of Post

01* (One) 2026

*Subject to variation dependent on workload

3. Classification

General

Central

Service

Group

“A”

(Non-

Ministerial)

4. Level of Pay Matrix

Level-12 (78800-209200)

Whether Selection Post or Non-

Selection Post.

Not Applicable

6. 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

recruits will apply in the case of

promotees.

Not Applicable

9. Period of probation, if any

Not Applicable

10.

Method of Recruitment, whether by

Direct Recruitment or by Promotion

deputation/transfer

and

percentage of the vacancies to be

filled by various methods.

Method

Percentage

Deputation

including

Short

Term Contact/ Promotion.

100

11.

case

recruitment

promotion/deputation/transfer, grades

from which promotion /deputation

/transfer, to be made.

Deputation/Including

short-term

contract

(ISTC)/Promotion;

Officers under the Government of India or State

Government or Union Territories or Autonomous or

LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 5

Government

Medical

College

Statutory

Organization or Public Sector Undertakings or

University or Recognized Research Institution :

(i) Holding analogous post on a regular basis

in the parent cadre or department, or

(ii)

With five years service in the grade

rendered after appointment thereto on

a regular basis in Level 11 of Pay

Matrix or equivalent in the parent

cadre or department;

Possessing

the

following

educational

qualification and experience: -

Essential Qualification:

Master of Dental Surgery (M.D.S)

from an Institution duly recognized by

Dental Council of India.

ii.

Should be registered in a State Dental

Council or Dental council of India.

iii.

Should have at least two Research

Publications (only original papers,

meta-analysis, systematic reviews, and

case series that are published in

journals

included

Medline,

PubMed, Central Science Citation

Index,

Science

Citation

Index,

Expanded Embase, Scopus, Director

of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) will

be considered)

LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 6

iv.

Should have completed the basis

course

Medical

Education

Technology

from

Institutions

designated by NMC.

Should have completed the basic

course in Biomedical Research from

Institutions designated by NMC.

Note: The departmental Assistant Professor Dentistry

in Pay level-11 with four years of regular service and

having the educational qualifications, experience and

eligibility criteria as indicated in SI. No.(B) above

shall be considered along with the outsiders. If the

departmental candidate is selected for appointment to

the post, the post shall be treated as having been

filled by promotion.

Standard Note:

The period of deputation including the 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 exceed four years. The maximum

age limit for appointment by deputation 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?

Not Applicable

LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 7

13.

Circumstances in which Union Public

Service

Commission

consulted in making recruitment.

Consultation with UPSC is not necessary

“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.”

FRANKLIN

LALTINKH

UMA

Digitally signed

by FRANKLIN

LALTINKHUMA

Date: 2026.07.30

13:18:43 +05'30'

P T

RUDRA

GOUD

Digitally signed

by P T RUDRA

GOUD

Date: 2026.07.30

15:59:46 +05'30'