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

7. Educational and other qualifications required for

Essential

Qualification:Not applicable Experience :Not applicable

Desirable

Qualification:Not applicable Experience :Not applicable

Qualification Standard Note

Experience Standard Note

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. Method of recruitment, whether by direct

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

absorption, grades from which promotion/

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.

direct recruits.

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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