GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

LABOUR DEPARTMENT

(G.O. Ms. No. 1/Lab.,/SW/A4/2025/58, Puducherry, dated 03rd February 2025)

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 in G.O. Ms. No. 9, dated 19th July 2006, of the Labour

Department, Government of Puducherry and published as a Supplement to the Official Gazette No. 31, dated

1st August 2006, 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', Non-Ministerial post of Junior Employment Officer in the Labour Department, Puducherry, namely:-

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

Labour Department, Group 'C' post of Junior Employment Officer Recruitment Rules, 2025.

(ii) They shall come into force on 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 posts, classification and Level in the Pay Matrix.— The number of the said posts, their

classification and the Level in the Pay Matrix attached thereto, shall be as specified in the columns (2) to (4) of the

said Schedule annexed to these Rules.

4. 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.

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, Puducherry 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, relax any of the provisions of these

rules with respect to any class or category of persons.

7. 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, the Scheduled Tribes, Ex-servicemen 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 EMPLOYMENT OFFICER

1. Name of the post

Junior Employment Officer

2. Number of posts

4 (Four) [2025] 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–5 ( 29,200 - 92,300).

5. Whether selection post or non-selection post

Non-Selection

6. Age-limits for direct recruits

Between 18 and 30 years

(Relaxable for Government Servants up to 40 years of age

in accordance with the 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.

A Degree in Economics or Statistics of a recognized

University.

Desirable

Should have studied Tamil or Malayalam or Telugu as one

of the subjects in SSLC or Matriculation or Higher

Secondary level or above.

Note : Qualifications are relaxable at the discretion of

Competent Authority for reasons to be recorded in writing,

in the case of candidates otherwise well qualified.

8. Whether age and educational qualifications :

Age

: No

prescribed for direct recruits will apply in the case

Educational qualification : No, but must possess at least

of promotees.

a Degree of a recognized

University.

9. Period of probation, if any

Two years for direct recruits

Note : The direct recruits shall have to complete the

induction training of at least two weeks within the period

of probation.

10. Method of recruitment, whether by direct :

By promotion, failing which by deputation, failing both,

recruitment or by promotion or by deputation/

by direct recruitment.

absorption and percentage of the vacancies to

be filled by various methods.

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

Promotion

absorption, grades from which promotion/

deputation/absorption is to be made.

Employment Information Assistant in Level-4 in the Pay

Matrix with 5 years of service in the grade rendered after

appointment thereto on regular basis and successfully

completed the training programme as prescribed by the

Department.

Note 1 : The requirement of training for promotion is not

applicable to the officers holding the feeder post on regular

basis on the date of notification of these rules.

Note 2 : Where juniors who have completed their

qualifying/eligibility service are being considered for

promotion, their seniors would also be considered for

promotion, their seniors would also be considered provided

they are not short of the requisite qualifying/eligibility

service or two 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.

Deputation

Officers of Puducherry Administration-

(a)

(i) Holding analogous post on regular basis in the

Parent cadre/Department; or

(ii) With 5 years regular service in posts in the Level 4

in the Pay Matrix; and

(b)

Possessing the educational qualifications prescribed

for direct recruits under Column 7.

Note 1 : The Departmental Officers in the feeder category

who are in the direct line of promotion shall not be eligible

for consideration for appointment on deputation. Similarly,

the deputationists shall not be eligible for consideration

for appointment by promotion.

Note 2 : 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

be "not exceeding 56 years" on the closing date of receipt

of applications.

12. If, a Departmental Promotion Committee exists,

Group 'C' Departmental Promotion Committee (for

what is its composition?

Considering Promotion)/Departmental Confirmation

Committee (for considering confirmation)/Recruitment

Committee :—

(1) Secretary to Government (Labour)

. . Chairman

(2) Commissioner of Labour

. . Member

(3) Joint/Deputy/Under Secretary to

. . Member

Government (Labour).

13. Circumstances in which Union Public Service :

Not applicable

Commission is to be consulted in making recruitment.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

S. SANDIRAKUMARAN,

Under Secretary to Government (Labour).

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