GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

CHIEF SECRETARIAT (AGRICULTURE AND FORESTS)

(G.O. Ms. No. 18/Ag., Puducherry, dated 18th September 2017)

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 Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India,

New Delhi and in supersession of the notification issued in G. O. Ms. No. 34/Ag., dated 26th June 1989 of the

Chief Secretariat (Agriculture), Puducherry, in so far as Schedule relating to the Group ‘C’ post of Electrician in the

Agriculture Department, Government of Puducherry is concerned and in G.O. Ms. No. 36/Ag., dated 26th June, 1989

of Chief Secretariat (Agriculture), Puducherry published as Supplement to the Gazette No. 31 of the 1st August

1989 in so far as the Schedule-I relating to the post of Electrician-cum-Mechanic in the Agriculture Department,

Government of Puducherry is concerned 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 the

Group ‘C’ post of Electrician in the Agriculture Department, Puducherry, namely:—

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

Agriculture Department, Group ‘C’ post of ‘Electrician’ Recruitment Rules, 2017.

(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 Level in the Pay Matrix.— The number of the said post, its

classification, and the Level in the Pay Matrix 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, is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so

to do, he/she 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.— Nothing in these rules shall affect the reservations, relaxations in upper age-limit and other

concessions required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes, 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 ELECTRICIAN

1. Name of the post

Electrician

2. Number of posts

4 (Four) [2017] Subject to variation dependent on work-load.

3. Classification

General Central Services – Group 'C'—Non–Gazetted–

Non–Ministerial.

4. Level in the Pay Matrix

Level-2 in the Pay Matrix

(Pre-revised PB-1 ` 5,200-20,200 + Grade Pay of ` 1,900)

5. Whether selection post or non-selection post

Not applicable

6. Age-limit for direct recruits

Between 18 and 30 years of age (Relaxable for Government

servants up to 40 years in accordance with the instructions

or orders 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 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 the

Employment Exchanges are asked to submit the names.

7. Educational and other qualifications required for

ITI Certificate in the trade of Electrician with two years

direct recruits.

experience in auto-wiring.

Note (1) : Qualification are relaxable at the discretion

of the Competent Authority for reasons to be recorded

in writing, in the case of candidates otherwise well

qualified.

Note (2) : The qualification regarding experience is

relaxable at the discretion of the Competent Authority in

the case of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes or

Schedules Tribes if, at any stage of selection, the

Competent Authority is of the opinion that sufficient

number of candidates from these communities possessing

the requisite experience are not likely to be available to

fill up the vacancies reserved for them.

8. Whether age and educational qualifications prescribed :

Not applicable

for direct recruits will apply in the case of promotees.

9. Period of probation, if any

‘‘Two years for direct recruits’’

10. Method of recruitment, whether by direct ^:

‘‘By deputation failing which by direct recruitment’’

recruitment or by promotion or by deputation/

absorption and percentage of the vacancies to be

filled by various methods.

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

Officials of Puducherry Administration–

absorption, grades from which promotion/deputation/

(a) (i) holding analogous posts on regular basis in the

absorption is to be made.

parent cadre/department : (or)

(ii) with three years regular service in Level-1 in the

Pay Matrix; and

(b) possessing the qualification and experience prescribed

for direct recruits in column (7).

(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 or Departments of the Central/

State/Union Territory Governments shall ordinarily not

exceed 3 years. The maximum age-limit for appointment by

deputation shall be not exceeding 56 years on the closing

date of receipt of applications).

Note : For the propose 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

Group 'C' Departmental Confirmation Committee (for

exists, what is its composition?

considering confirmation)/Recruitment Committee:—

(1)

Secretary to Government,

. . Chairman

(Agriculture)

(2)

Joint/Deputy/Under Secretary to

. .

Member

Government (Agriculture).

(3)

Director of Agriculture

. . Member

13. Circumstances in which the Union Public Service

Not applicable

Commission is to be consulted in making

recruitment.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

M. SARATHI,

Deputy Secretary to Government.

(Agriculture and Forests).

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