GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

CHIEF SECRETARIAT (HEALTH)

(G.O. Ms. No. 48, Puducherry, dated 2nd June 2022)

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. 80/71-Health and Family Planning, dated

2nd February 1971 of the Department of Health and Family Planning, Puducherry, published in the Supplement to

the Gazette No. 11 of the 16th March 1971, Government of Puducherry, save as respects things done or omitted to

be done before such supersessions, the Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry, hereby makes the following rules,

regulating the method of recruitment to the Group 'B' (Non-Gazetted) post of Drugs Inspector in the Department of

Drugs Control, Government of Puducherry, namely:-

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

Department of Drugs Control, Drugs Inspector (Group 'B' Non-Ministerial) Recruitment Rules, 2022.

(ii) These shall come into force on and from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Application.— These rules shall apply to the post specified in Column 1 of the Schedule Annexed to

these rules.

3. Number of post, its classification, Level in the Pay Matrix.— The number of the said post, its

classification, Pay Band and Grade Pay, attached thereto, shall be as specified in columns (2) to (4) of the Schedule

Annexed hereto.

4. 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 column (5) to (13) of the said

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 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.

6. 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 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 of 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 DRUGS INSPECTOR

1. Name of the post

Drugs Inspector

2. Number of posts

4 (2022) *Subject to variation dependent on workload.

3. Classification

General Central Service-Non-Ministerial-Non-Gazetted-

Group 'B'.

4. Level in the Pay Matrix

Level-6

(` 35,400-1,12,400 in the Pay Matrix)

5. Whether selection post or non-selection post

Not applicable.

6. Age-limit for direct recruits

Not exceeding 30 years (Relaxable for Government servants

up to 5 years in accordance with orders or instructions

issued by the Central Government).

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

as advertised by the Competent Authority.

7. Educational and other qualifications required for :

Essential

direct recruits.

(i) Degree in Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Sciences or

Medicine with specialization in Clinical Pharmacology

or Microbiology from a recognized University or

equivalent;

(ii) (a) Eighteen months' experience in the manufacture

of at least one of the substances specified in

Schedule 'C' to the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules,

1945; or

(b) Eighteen months' experience in testing of at least

one of the substances specified in Schedule 'C'

to the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 in a

laboratory approved for this purpose by the

Licensing Authority; or

manufacturing any of the substances specified

in Schedule 'C' to the Drugs and Cosmetics

Rules, 1945 during the tenure of their services

as Drugs Inspector.

Note 1: Qualifications are relaxable at the discretion of the

Competent Authority, for reasons to be recorded

in writing, in the case of the candidates otherwise

well qualified.

Note 2: The qualification(s) regarding experience is/are

relaxable at the discretion of the Competent

Authority, for reasons to be recorded in writing

in the case of candidates belonging to the

Scheduled Castes or Scheduled 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 :

Age

: Not applicable.

prescribed for direct recruits will apply in the case

Educational qualification : Not applicable.

of promotees.

9. Period of probation, if any

Two years

Note :

Direct recruits would be required to complete a

mandatory induction training of at least two weeks

duration as prescribed by the Competent

Authority, for completion of probation.

10. Method of recruitment, whether by direct :

Direct recruitment

recruitment or by promotion or by deputation/

Note :

Vacancies caused by incumbents being away on

absorption and percentage of the vacancies to be

deputation or long illness or study leave or under

filled by various methods.

other circumstances for a duration of one year or

more may be filled on deputation basis from

officials of Central Government/State Government/

Union Territory:-

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

the parent cadre or Department; or

(ii) with six years service in the grade rendered

after appointment thereto on a regular basis

in Level-5 in the Pay Matrix (pre-revised Pay

Band-1 ` 5,200-20,200 with Grade Pay

` 2,800) or equivalent in the parent cadre or

Department; and

(b)

Possessing the educational qualification and

experience prescribed for direct recruits

under colomn 7.

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 or departments

of the Central/State/Union Territory Governments

shall ordinarily not exceed 3 years. The maximum

age limit for appointment by deputation shall not

be exceeding 56 years as on the closing date of

receipt of applications.

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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, :

Departmental Confirmation Committee

what is its composition?

(1) Chief Secretary to Government of

. . Chairperson

Puducherry.

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

Government of Puducherry.

(3) Under Secretary/Deputy Secretary . . Member

to Government (Health),

Government of Puducherry.

13. Circumstances in which the Union Public Service :

Consulation with Union Public Service Commission is

Commission to be consulted in making recruitment.

not necessary.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

A. PUNITHAMARY,

Under Secretary to Government (Health).

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