: RECRUITMENT RULES FOR THE POST OF JUNIOR ACCOUNTS OFFICER,

RECRUITMENT RULES

Supplement to the Gazette No. 43

of the 25th October 2022

Published by Authority of Government of Puducherry3

GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

(G.O. Ms. No. 72/FD/F2/A2/2022-23, Puducherry, dated 20th October 2022)

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by the provisio to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, read with the Notification No. F.5/1/65-GP., dated 11th January, 1965 and 24/78/68-DPH(S), dated 24th September, 1968 of Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi and in supersession of Finance Department's Notification issued in G.O. Ms. No. 75/77/F.1(B), dated 24th March, 1977 published in the Gazette of Puducherry, the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, hereby make the following rules regulating the method of recruitment to the Group 'B' post of Junior Accounts Officer, Government of Puducherry.

1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called the Government of Puducherry, Group 'B' post of Junior Accounts Officers Recruitment Rules (Amendment), 2022.

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

2. Number of post, classification and Scales of Pay.— The number of said post, its classification and pay band with Grade pay 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 posts, age-limit, qualifications and other matters relating thereto shall be specified in columns (5) to (14) 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 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.

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 and in consultation with Union Public Service Commission, relax any of the provisions of these rules with the respect to any class or category of persons.

6. Savings.— 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 JUNIOR ACCOUNTS OFFICER

1. Name of the post

: Junior Accounts Officer

2. Number of post

: 56 (Fifty-six) [2021] *Subject to variation dependent on

work-load.

3. Classification

: General Central Service Non-Ministerial Gazetted Group-'B'.

4. Level in the Pay Matrix : Level–7 Remark : (` 44,900-1,42,400) in the Pay Matrix.

5. Whether selection post or non-selection post : Selection Post

6. Age-limit for direct recruits

: Not applicable

8. Whether age and educational qualifications : Age : Not applicable prescribed for direct recruitment will apply in the Educational qualification : Not applicable case of promotees.

9. Period of probation, if any : Not applicable

10. M e t h o d o f r e c r u i t m e n t , w h e t h e r b y d i r e c t : Method Percentage

recruitment or by promotion or by deputation/ absorption and percentage of the vacancies to 1. Promotion 100 be filled by various methods.

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

a b s o r p t i o n , g r a d e s f r o m w h i c h p r o m o t i o n / deputation/absorption to be made. Superintendent in Level 7 (` 44,900-1,42,400) in the Pay Matrix (Pre-revised Pay Band-2, ` 9,300-34,800 + Grade Pay ` 4600) with two years service in the grade rendered after appointment thereto on regular basis and having successfully completed the short term training in the Institute of Government Accounts Finance(INGAF), Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance or National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM).

Note 1 : Only those Superintendent who have opted for promotion to the Accounts Cadre will be eligible for promotion.

Standard Note

Where, juniors who have completed their qualifying/ eligibility service are being considered for promotion, their senior 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 2 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.

12. If, a Departmental Promotion Committee exists, : Departmental Promotion Committee :—

what is its composition?

1. Chief Secretary,

. . Chairman

Government of Puducherry.

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

Puducherry.

3. Director of Accounts and Treasuries, . . Member

Puducherry.

Departmental Confirmation Committee :—

1. Not applicable (Chairman)

2. Not applicable (Member)

3. Not applicable (Member)

13. Circumstances in which Union Public Service : Consultation with Union Public Service Commission is not Commission to be consulted in making recruitment. necessary.

Communication with Ministry/Department : Not Applicable

K. GOVINDARAJAN,

Under Secretary to Government (Finance).

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