GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

CHIEF SECRETARIAT (ENVIRONMENT)

(G.O. Ms. No. 17/2015-Envt., dated 7th June 2015)

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3A) of section 12 of the Water (Prevention and Control

of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974) the Puducherry Pollution Control Committee, with the previous approval of

the Lieutenant-Governor, Union territory of Puducherry, hereby makes the following regulations for the Group 'B'

post of Junior Scientific Assistant and the Group 'C' post of Data Entry Operator in the Puducherry Pollution Control

Committee, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (i) These regulations may be called the Puducherry Pollution

Control Committee (Method of recruitment, terms and conditions of service of Junior Scientific Assistant and Data

Entry Operator) Regulations, 2015.

(ii) They shall come into force on and from the date of their publication in the official gazette.

Definitions.— In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(a) "Appellate Authority" means the Lieutenant-Governor, Union territory of Puducherry for Group 'A'

and Group 'B' posts and the Chairman, Puducherry Pollution Control Committee for Group 'C' posts.

(b) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Committee;

Control Board;

(d) "Employee" means any officer or servant appointed as staff of the Committee as shown in column (1)

of' Schedule;

(e) "Member-Secretary" means the Member-Secretary of the Committee;

(f) "Post" means a post in Group 'B' or Group 'C' according as such post is specified in Group 'B'

or Group 'C' as the case may be in column (3) of Schedule.

3. Provisions with respect to existing employees.— All persons who are employees of the Committee at

the commencement of these regulations shall be deemed to have been appointed to the corresponding posts as

specified in Schedule.

4. Officers and other employees of the Committee.— The nature and categories of officers and other

employees of the Committee and the Pay Band and Grade Pay/ Pay Scale thereof shall be as specified in Schedule

appended to these regulations.

5. Number, classification, Pay Band and Grade Pay/Pay Scale, method of recruitment, age-limit and other

qualifications.—The name of the posts, their number, classification, Pay Band and Grade Pay /Pay Scale, the method

of recruitment, age-limits, qualifications and other matters relating to the said posts, shall be as specified in

columns (2) to (12) of the Schedule aforesaid.

6. Pay, allowances, leave and other conditions of service of officers and other employees.— (1) The Pay

Band and Grade Pay/Pay Scale of employees of the Committee shall be as specified in column (4) of the Schedule.

(2) The rules and orders for the time being in force applicable to the officers and servants, holding posts

of corresponding Grade Pay under the Government of Puducherry, shall regulate the conditions of service in respect

of allowances, leave, probation, seniority, promotion, joining time, joining time pay, conduct, discipline, age of

superannuation, retirement benefits, leave travel concession, children education allowance and reimbursement of

tuition fees, advances including interest bearing advances, medical facilities and other conditions of service of the

employees of the Committee.

7. Appointing authority.— (1) All appointments to Group 'B' posts shall be made by the Chairman with the

prior approval of the Government.

(2) All appointments to Group 'C' posts shall be made by the Member-Secretary with the prior approval of

the Government.

8. Saving.— Nothing in these regulations shall affect the reservations, relaxation of age-limit and other

concessions required to be provided for the scheduled castes, ex-servicemen and other backward classes, and other

special categories of persons in accordance with the orders issued by the Government of Puducherry from time to

time in this regard.

9. Power to relax.— Where the Committee is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do, it

may, in consultation with the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (Personnel Wing), Government

of Puducherry and with the approval of Government of Puducherry, by order and for reasons to be recorded in

writing, relax any of the provisions of these regulations with respect to any class or category of persons.

10.

Matters with respect to which no provision has been made.— Matters relating to the conditions of

service of officers and other employees with respect to which no provision has been made in these regulations,

shall be referred to the Government of Puducherry for its decision.

SCHEDULE-I

RECRUITMENT RULES FOR THE POST OF JUNIOR SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT

1. Name of the post

Junior Scientific Assistant

2. Number of posts

2 (Two) [2015] Subject to variation dependent on work-load.

3. Classification

Group 'B'

4. Pay Band and Grade Pay/Pay Scale

Pay Band 2– ` 9,300-34,800 + Grade Pay ` 4,200

5. Whether selection post or non-selection post

Selection

6. Age-limit for direct recruits

Not exceeding 30 years. (Relaxable for Government

servants up to 5 years in accordance with instructions or

orders issued by the Government.)

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 :

Postgraduate degree in Chemistry/Microbiology/

direct recruits.

Environmental Science/ Biochemistry/Ecology from

a recognized University.

Note: Qualifications are relaxable at the discretion of the

competent authority, for reasons to be recorded in writing,

in the case of candidates otherwise well qualified.

8. Whether age and educational qualifications :

Age: No

prescribed for direct recruits will apply in the

Educational qualifications : No, but must possess at least

case of promotees.

a degree in Science in the subjects as at column (7).

9. Period of probation, if any

Two years

10. Method of recruitment, whether by direct ^:

(i) 50% by promotion failing which by deputation

recruitment or by promotion or by deputation/

(including short-term contract) failing both by direct

absorption and percentage of the vacancies to

recruitment; and

be filled by various methods.

(ii) 50% by direct recruitment

Note: (1) The incumbent holding the post on regular basis

shall be deemed to have been appointed to the post at the

initial constitution.

Note: (2) The suitability of the incumbent holding the post

on ad hoc basis for more than 5 years shall be assessed

by the Recruitment Committee and if found suitable he/she

shall be appointed to the post on regular basis and shall

be deemed to be an appointment by direct recruitment.

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

Promotion: Junior Laboratory Assistant in Pay Band-1

absorption, grades from which promotion/deputation/

` 5,200-20,200 with Grade Pay ` 1,900 with 18 years service

absorption to be made.

in the grade rendered after appointment thereto on regular

basis and have completed in the existing post minimum

10 days of training in ambient air and stack monitoring/

water quality monitoring/microbiological assessment in

waste water conducted by Central Pollution Control Board

or State Pollution Control Boards or Union Territory

Pollution Control Committees or in recognized Universities/

Research Institutions.

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/eligibility

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.

Deputation (ISTC): Officers under the Central/State

Governments /Union Territories/Statutory/Autonomous

Organizations/Recognised Research Institutions/Public

Sector Undertakings/Universities -

(a) (i) Holding analogous posts on regular basis; or

(ii) with 6 years' regular service in posts in PB-1:

` 5,200-20,200 with Grade Pay of ` 2,800; and

(b) Possessing the educational qualification prescribed for

direct recruits under column (7).

(The departmental officers in the feeder category who are

in direct line of promotion shall not be eligible for

consideration for appointment on deputation. Similarly,

deputationists shall not be eligible for consideration for

appointment by promotion. Period of deputation (ISTC)

including the period of deputation (ISTC) in another

ex-cadre post held immediately preceding this appointment

in the same or some other organization/department of the

Central/State Governments/Union Territories shall ordinarily

not exceed 3 years. The maximum age-limit for appointment

by deputation (ISTC) shall be not exceeding 56 years as

on the closing date of receipt of applications.)

Note: For the purpose of appointment on deputation basis,

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 except

where there has been merger of more than one pre-revised

scale of pay into one grade with a common Grade Pay/

Pay Scale, and where this benefit will extend only for the

post or posts for which that Grade Pay/Pay Scale is the

normal replacement grade without any upgradation.

12. If a Departmental Promotion Committee exists, :

Selection Committee (for direct recruitment/deputation)—

what is its composition?

(a) Chairman (Puducherry Pollution

. . Chairman

Control Committee).

(b) One member from MoEF

. . Member

(c)

Two experts to be nominated by the

. . Member

Chairman.

(d) J o int/Dep uty/Und er Secretary . . Member

(Environment), Government of

Puducherry

(e) Member-Secretary (Puducherry Pollution . . Member

Control Committee).

Departmental

Promotion

Committee/Departmental

Confirmation Committee(for considering confirmation)—

(a)

Chairman (Puducherry Pollution

. . Chairman

Control Committee).

(b) J o i n t /D e p u t y/ U n d e r S e cr e t ar y

. . Member

(Environment), Government of

Puducherry.

Control Committee).

SCHEDULE-II

RECRUITMENT RULES FOR THE POST OF DATA ENTRY OPERATOR

1. Name of the post

Data Entry Operator

2. Number of posts

2 (Two) [2015] Subject to variation dependent on work-load.

3. Classification

Group 'C'

4. Pay Band and Grade Pay/Pay Scale

Pay Band 1– ` 5,200-20,200 + Grade Pay ` 2,800

5. Whether selection post or non-selection post

Not applicable

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 Central 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 posts 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) A degree in Computer Science/Computer Applications/

direct recruits.

Information Technology from a recognized University.

(OR)

Any degree with one year Diploma in Computer Science/

Computer Applications/Information Technology from a

recognized University/Institutions.

(ii) Speed of 8000 depressions per hour.

(iii) A pass in skill test to be conducted by the Recruitment

Committee.

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

10. Method of recruitment, whether by direct ^:

By direct recruitment

recruitment or by promotion or by deputation/

Note: (1) The incumbent holding the post on regular basis

absorption and percentage of the vacancies to

shall be deemed to have been appointed to the post at the

be filled by various methods.

initial constitution.

Note: (2) The suitability of the incumbent holding the post

on ad hoc basis for more than 5 years shall be assessed

by the Recruitment Committee and if found suitable he/she

shall be appointed to the post on regular basis and shall

be deemed to be an appointment by direct recruitment.

Note: (3) Vacancies caused by the incumbents being away

on deputation or long illness or study leave or under other

circumstances for a duration of one year or more may be

filled on deputation basis from officials of Puducherry

Administration—

(i) Holding analogous posts on regular basis; and

(ii) Possessing the educational qualifications prescribed

for direct recruitment under column (7).

Note: (A) Period of deputation including the period of

deputation in another ex-cadre post held immediately

preceding this appointment in the same or some other

organizations or department of the Government shall

ordinarily not exceed three years.

Note: (B) The maximum age-limit for appointment by

deputation shall be "not exceeding 56 years" on the closing

date for receipt of applications.

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

Not applicable

absorption, grades from which promotion/

deputation/absorption to be made.

12. If a Departmental Promotion Committee exists, :

Group 'C' Departmental Promotion Committee

what is its composition?

(for confirmation)/ Recruitment Committee—

(a)

Chairman (Puducherry Pollution . . Chairman

Control Committee).

(b) Member-Secretary (Puducherry Pollution . . Member

Control Committee).

(c)

D e p u t y / U n d e r S e c r e t a r y t o . . Member

Government (Environment).

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

E. RAJESWARI,

Under Secretary to Government

(Environment).

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