GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

CHIEF SECRETARIAT (EDUCATION-I)

(G.O. Ms. No. 58, dated 30th September 2015)

NOTIFICATION

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

Notification No. F.5/4/65-GP., dated 11th January 1965 of the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs,

New Delhi and in supersession of the notification issued under G.O. Ms. No. l07-Edn.-I, dated 28th October 2008

and published as Supplement to Gazette No. 47 of the 18th November 2008, save as respects things done or omitted

to be done, before such supersession, the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry hereby makes the following rules,

regulating the method of recruitment to Group 'A' post of College Librarian in the Directorate of Higher and Technical

Education, Puducherry, namely:—

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

Department of Higher and Technical Education Group 'A' Gazetted post of College Librarian Recruitment

Rules, 2015.

(ii) These rules shall come into force on and from the date of their 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 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, qualifications 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, Puducherry 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. Saving.— (1) Nothing in these rules shall affect the reservations, relaxation in upper age-limit and other

concessions required to be provided for the scheduled castes and other special categories of persons in accordance

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

(2) Nothing in these rules shall affect the appointments and promotions already made in accordance with

the rules hereby superseded.

SCHEDULE

RECRUITMENT RULES FOR THE POST OF COLLEGE LIBRARIAN

1. Name of the post

College Librarian

2. Number of posts

8* (Eight) [2015] *Subject to variation dependent on work-load.

1. Tagore Arts College, Puducherry

. .

2. Bharathidasan Government College for

. .

Women, Puducherry.

3. Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for Postgraduate . .

Studies, Puducherry.

4. Arignar Anna Government Arts and Science . .

College, Karaikal.

5. Avvaiyar Government College for Women, . .

Karaikal.

6. Mahatma Gandhi Government Arts College, . .

Mahe.

7. Dr. S.R.K. Government Arts College, Yanam . .

8. Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College,

. .

Puducherry.

Total

. .

3. Classification

General Central Services–Group 'A' Gazetted–

Non-Ministerial.

4. Pay Band and Grade Pay/Pay Scale

Pay Band–3 ` 15,600-39,100 + Academic Grade Pay of ` 6,000

5. Whether selection post or non-selection post

Not applicable

6. Age-limit for direct recruits

Not exceeding 35 years (Relaxable for Government servants

up to 5 years in accordance with the instructions/orders

issued by the Central Government.)

Note: The crucial date for determining the age-limit shall

be the closing date for receipt of applications from

candidates in India (and not the closing date prescribed

for those in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh,

Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Ladakh Division

of Jammu and Kashmir State, Lahaul and Spiti Districts

and Pangi Sub-Division of Chamba District of Himachal

Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands or Lakshadweep.)

7. Educational and other qualifications required for :

Essential:

direct recruits.

(i) Master's Degree in Library Science/Information

Science/Documentation

Science

equivalent

professional degree with at least 55% of the marks (or an

equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system

is followed) and a consistently good academic record with

knowledge of computerization of Library.

(ii)

Qualifying in the National Level Test conducted for

the purpose by the University Grants Commission or any

other agency approved by the University Grants Commission

or the Tamil Nadu-Puducherry Joint State Level Eligibility

Test.

Note: (1) Candidates who are or have been awarded Ph.D.

Degree in accordance with the University Grants

Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award

of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2009, shall be exempted from

the requirement of the minimum eligibility condition of

NET/SLET/JSLET.

Note: (2) A relaxation of 5% will be allowed at the Graduate

and Master's level for the SC/ST/Differently abled

(Physically and Visually Differently abled) categories for

the purpose of eligibility and for assessing good academic

record. The eligibility marks of 55% marks (or an equivalent

grade in a point scale wherever grading system is

followed) and the relaxation of 5% to the categories

mentioned above are permissible, based on only the

qualifying marks without including any grace marks

procedures.

Note: (3) A relaxation of 5% will be allowed from 55%

to 50% of the marks to the Ph.D. Degree holders

who have obtained their Master's Degree prior to

19th September 1991.

Note: (4) The qualifications are relaxable at the discretion

of the Union Public Service Commission for reasons to be

recorded in writing in case of candidates otherwise well

qualified.

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

One year for direct recruits

10. Method of recruitment, whether by direct

By direct recruitment

recruitment or by promotion or by deputation/

Note: (1) Vacancies caused by the incumbents being away on

absorption and percentage of the vacancies to be

deputation or long illness or study leave or under other

filled by various methods.

circumstances for a duration of one year or more may be

filled on deputation basis from officers of Central

Government—

(A) holding analogous posts on regular basis in the

parent cadre/department; and

(B) possessing the educational qualifications prescribed

for direct recruits under column (7).

(Period of deputation including 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 three years. The maximum age-limit for appointment

by deputation shall not be exceeding 56 years as on the

closing date of receipt of applications.)

Note : (2) 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

extend only for the post(s) for which that Grade Pay/

Pay Scale is the normal replacement grade without any

upgradation.

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

Not applicable

absorption, grades from which promotion/

deputation/absorption is to be made.

12. If a Departmental Promotion Committee exists, :

Group 'A' Departmental Confirmation Committee—

what is its composition?

(1) Chief Secretary to Government, . . Chairman

Government of Puducherry.

(2) Secretary to Government (Education), . . Member

Government of Puducherry.

(3) Director of Higher and Technical . . Member

Education, Government of Puducherry.

13. Circumstances in which the Union Public :

Consultation with Union Public Service Commission necessary

Service Commission is to be consulted in making

while making direct recruitment.

recruitment.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

M. GUNASEKARAN,

Under Secretary to Government (Education).

GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

CHIEF SECRETARIAT (EDUCATION-I)

(G.O. Ms. No. 59, dated 12th October 2015)

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred under (e) and (g) of sub-section (1) of section 26 of University Grants

Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956) and in pursuance of the MHRD O.M. No.F.23/7/2008-IFD, dated 23rd October 2008,

read with Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure), O.M. No.F.1-1/2008-IC, dated 30th August 2008 and in

terms of the MHRD Notification No.1-32/2006-U.II/U.I(1), issued on 31st December 2008 and in supersession of the

University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualifications Required for the Appointment and Career Advancement of

Teachers in Universities and Institutions Affiliated to it) Regulations, 2000 issued by the University Grants

Commission vide Regulation No.F.3-1/2000(PS), dated 4th April 2000, together with all amendments made therein

from time to time and published in State Gazette No. 21 of 22nd May 2012 (G.O. Ms. No. 44, dated 7th May 2012), with

the approval of the Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi, vide Letter F.No.3/28(8)/2015-RR, dated

29th September 2015, the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, hereby makes the following rules regulating the method

of recruitment to the Group 'A' posts of Assistant Professor in Government Arts and Science Colleges and

Postgraduate Study Centre in the Higher and Technical Education Department under the Government of Puducherry,

namely:—

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

Department of Higher and Technical Education, Assistant Professors in Government Arts and Science Colleges

and Postgraduate Study Centre Recruitment Rules, 2015.

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

2. Application.— These rules shall apply for recruitment to the posts as specified in column (1) of

the Schedule annexed hereto.

3. Number of posts, its classification and Pay Band and Grade Pay/Pay Scale.— The number of the

said posts, its classification and Pay Band and Grade Pay/Pay Scale attached thereto, shall be as specified in

columns (2) to (4) of the said Schedule.

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

said posts, age-limit, qualifications and other matters relating thereto shall be as specified in columns (5) to (13) of

the Schedule.

5. 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 posts:

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.

6. Power to relax.— Where the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry 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 and in consultation with the

Union Public Service Commission, relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category

of persons.

7. Saving.— 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 ASSISTANT PROFESSORS IN GOVERNMENT

ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGES AND POSTGRADUATE STUDY CENTRE

1. Name of the post

Assistant Professor (in Government Arts and Science

Colleges and Postgraduate Study Centre).

2. Number of posts

629* (Six hundred and twenty-nine) (2015) *Subject to

variation dependent on work-load.

1. Assistant Professor (Tamil)

. .

2. Assistant Professor (Hindi)

. .

3. Assistant Professor (Mathematics)

. .

4. Assistant Professor (Physics)

. .

5. Assistant Professor (Chemistry)

. .

6. Assistant Professor (Botany)

. .

7. Assistant Professor (Zoology)

. .

8. Assistant Professor (Economics)

. .

9. Assistant Professor (Commerce)

. .

10.

Assistant Professor (Logic/Philosophy)

. .

11.

Assistant Professor (History)

. .

12.

Assistant Professor (Corporate Secretaryship) . .

13.

Assistant Professor (Home Science)

. .

14.

Assistant Professor (Telugu)

. .

15.

Assistant Professor (Politics)

. .

16.

Assistant Professor (Malayalam)

. .

17.

Assistant Professor (Sociology and Social Work) . .

18.

Assistant Professor (English)

. .

19.

Assistant Professor (French)

. .

20.

Assistant Professor (Computer Science)

. .

21.

Assistant Professor (Arabic)

. .

22.

Assistant Professor (Psychology)

. .

23.

Assistant Professor (Co-operative Management) . .

24.

Assistant Professor (Public Administration) . .

25.

Assistant Professor (Tourism)

. .

Total

. . 629

3. Classification

General Central Services–Group 'A' Gazetted–

Non-Ministerial.

4. Pay Band and Grade Pay/Pay Scale

Pay Band–3 ` 15,600-39,100 + Academic Grade Pay of

` 6,000 per month.

5. Whether selection post or non-selection post

Not applicable

6. Age-limit for direct recruits

Not exceeding 35 years (Relaxable for Government servants

up to 5 years in accordance with the instructions or

orders issued by the Central Government.)

Note: The crucial date for determining the age-limit shall

be the closing date for receipt of applications from

candidates in India (and not the closing date prescribed

for those in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh,

Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Ladakh Division

of Jammu and Kashmir State, Lahaul and Spiti Districts

and Pangi Sub-Division of Chamba District of Himachal

Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands or Lakshadweep.)

7. Educational and other qualifications required for :

Essential:

direct recruits.

(i) Good academic record as defined by the concerned

University with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade

in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) at

the Master's Degree level in a relevant subject from an

Indian University, or an equivalent degree from an

accredited foreign University.

(ii) Besides fulfilling the above qualifications, the

candidate must have cleared the National Eligibility Test

(NET), conducted by the University Grants Commission,

CSIR or Tamil Nadu-Puducherry Joint State Level Eligibility

Test or similar test accredited by the University Grants

Commission like SLET/SET.

(iii) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-clauses (i)

and (ii) above, candidates, who are, or have been awarded

a Ph.D. Degree in accordance with the University Grants

Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award

of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2009, shall be exempted from

the requirement of the minimum eligibility condition of

NET/JSLET/SET.

(iv) NET/JSLET shall also not be required for such

Masters Programmes in disciplines for which NET/JSLET

is not conducted.

Note : (1) The good academic record means a minimum

of 50% of marks in each of the public examinations

beginning 12th grade.

Note : (2) Qualifications are relaxable at the discretion of

the Union Public Service Commission for reasons to be

recorded in writing in case of candidates otherwise well

qualified.

Note : (3) A relaxation of 5% may be provided at the

graduate and master's level for the Scheduled Caste/

Scheduled Tribe/Differently abled (Physically and Visually

differently abled) categories for the purpose of eligibility

and for assessing good academic record during direct

recruitment to teaching positions. The eligibility marks of

55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale

wherever grading system is followed) and the relaxation

of 5% to the categories mentioned above are permissible,

based on only the qualifying marks without including any

grace mark procedures.

Note : (4) A relaxation of 5% may be provided from 55%

to 50% of the marks to the Ph.D Degree holders, who have

obtained their Master's Degree prior to 19th September 1991.

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

One year for direct recruits

10. Method of recruitment, whether by direct ^:

By direct recruitment

recruitment or by promotion or by deputation/

Note : (1) Vacancies caused by the incumbents being away on

absorption and percentage of the vacancies to be

deputation or long illness or study leave or under other

filled by various methods.

circumstances for a duration of one year or more may be

filled on deputation basis from the officers of Central/State

Government/Union Territories–

(A) holding analogous posts on regular basis in the

parent cadre/department; and

(B) possessing the qualifications prescribed for direct

recruits under column (7).

(Period of deputation including the period of deputation

in another ex-cadre post held immediately preceding this

appointment in the same or some other organisation/

department of the Central Government shall ordinarily not

to exceed three years. The maximum age-limit for

appointment by deputation shall not be exceeding 56 years

as on the closing date of receipt of applications.)

Note : (2) 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(s) for which the Grade Pay/

Pay Scale is the normal replacement grade without any

upgradation.

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

Not applicable

absorption, grades from which promotion/

deputation/absorption is to be made.

12. If a Departmental Promotion Committee exists, :

Group 'A' Departmental Confirmation Committee—

what is its composition?

(1) Chief Secretary to Government, . . Chairman

Government of Puducherry.

(2) Secretary to Government (Education), . . Member

Government of Puducherry.

(3) Director of Higher and Technical

. . Member

Education, Government of Puducherry.

13. Circumstances in which the Union Public :

Consultation with Union Public Service Commission necessary

Service Commission is to be consulted in making

while making direct recruitment.

recruitment.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

M. GUNASEKARAN,

Under Secretary to Government (Education).

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