GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

CHIEF SECRETARIAT (HEALTH)

(G.O. Ms. No. 28, dated 7th May 2014)

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, read with

Notification No. F5/4/65-GP, dated the 11th January 1965 of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India,

New Delhi and in supersession of the earlier notifications issued vide G.O. Rt. No. 3025, dated 3-8-1992 of the

Health and Welfare Department (Health), Puducherry, save as respect things done or omitted to be done before

such supersession, His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, hereby makes the following rules regulating

the method of recruitment to the Group 'C' post of Plumber in the Directorate of Health and Family Welfare Services,

Government of Puducherry, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (i) These rules may be called the Government of Puducherry,

Directorate of Health and Family Welfare Services, Group 'C' post of Plumber Recruitment Rules, 2014.

(ii) It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the official gazette.

2. Number of post, its classification and Pay Band and Grade Pay/Pay Scale .— The number of the said post,

its classification and the Pay Band and Grade Pay/Pay Scale attached thereto, shall be as specified in columns (2)

to (4) of the Schedule annexed hereto.

3. Method of recruitment, age-limit and other qualifications.— The method of recruitment to the said

post, age-limit, qualification and other matters relating thereto, shall be as specified in columns (5) to (13) of the

said Schedule.

4. Disqualifications.— 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,

shall be eligible for appointment to the said post:

Provided that the Lieutenant-Governor may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal

law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and there are other grounds for so doing, exempt

any person from the operation of this rule.

5. Power to relax.— Where the Lieutenant-Governor, is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so

to do, he may, by order and for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the provisions of these rules with

respect to any class or category of persons.

6. Savings.— Nothing in these rules shall affect the reservations, relaxation in upper age-limit and other

concessions required to be provided for the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes and other special categories of

persons in accordance with the orders issued by the Government from time to time in this regard.

SCHEDULE

RECRUITMENT RULES FOR THE POST OF PLUMBER

1. Name of the post

Plumber

2. Number of posts

14 (Fourteen) [2014] Subject to variation dependent on

work-load.

3. Classification

General Central Service–Group 'C' Non-Gazetted–

Non-Ministerial.

4. Pay Band and Grade Pay/Pay Scale

Pay Band 1– ` 5,200-20,200 + Grade Pay ` 1,900

5. Whether selection post or non-selection post

Non-selection

6. Age-limit for direct recruits

Between 18 and 30 years (Relaxable for Government

servants up to 40 years in accordance with the orders or

instructions issued by the Government, provided such

Government servants are working for not less than

3 years in posts which are in the same line or allied cadres

and where a relationship can be established that the

services rendered by them in the department will be useful

for efficient discharge of duties in the post for which

selection is made).

Note : (1) In the case of recruitment made through

advertisement, the crucial date for determining the age-limit

shall be the closing date for receipt of applications.

Note : (2) In the case of recruitment made through the

Employment Exchange, the crucial date for determining the

age-limit shall, in each case, be the last date up to which

the Employment Exchanges are asked to submit the names.

7. Educational and other qualifications required for :

(i) S.S.L.C./Matriculation (or) its equivalent.

direct recruits.

(ii) Certificate in the trade of Plumber /Fitter issued by an ITI /

Institution recognised by Government.

8. Whether age and educational qualifications :

Not applicable

prescribed for direct recruits will apply in the

case of promotees.

9. Period of probation, if any

Two years (for direct recruits only)

10. Method of recruitment, whether by direct :

(i) 25% by promotion failing which by direct recruitment; and

recruitment or by promotion or by deputation/

(ii) 75% by direct recruitment

absorption and percentage of the vacancies to

be filled by various methods.

11. In case of recruitment by promotion /deputation/ :

Promotion from Workshop Attendants of Health Department

absorption, grades from which to be made.

with 3 years service in the grade rendered after

appointment thereto on a regular basis and possessing

experience in plumbing/allied works.

Note : (1) Where juniors who have completed their

qualifying/eligibility service are being considered for

promotion, their seniors would also be considered provided

they are not short of the requisite qualifying service by

more than half of such qualifying/eligibility service or two

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.

Note : (2) For the purpose of computing minimum

qualifying service for promotion, the service rendered on

a regular basis by an officer prior to 1-1-2006 /the date

from which the revised pay structure based on the Sixth

Central Pay Commission recommendations has been

extended, shall be deemed to be service rendered in the

corresponding Grade Pay/Pay Scale extended based on the

recommendations of the Pay Commission.

12. If a Departmental Promotion Committee/Recruitment :

Group 'C' Departmental Promotion Committee (for

Committee exists, what is its composition?

considering promotion)/Departmental Confirmation

Committee (for considering confirmation)/Recruitment

Committee—

(i)

Secretary to Government (Health)

. . Chairman

(ii) Director (Health)

. .

Member

(iii) Under Secretary (Health)

. . Member

13. Circumstances in which Union Public Service :

Not applicable

Commission is to be consulted in making

recruitment.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

V. JEEVA,

Under Secretary to Government (Health).

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