RECRUITMENT RULES
Supplement to the Gazette No. 14 of the 8th April 2025
Published by Authority of Government of Puducherry 3
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
CHIEF SECRETARIAT (HOUSING)
(G.O. Ms. No. 07/2025-Hg., Puducherry, dated 27th March 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.24/78/68-DH(S), dated 24th September, 1968 of the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi and in supersession of the Notification issued under G.O. Ms. No. 10/91/F6, dated 1st April 1991 of Finance Department (Housing), Government of Puducherry and the corrigendum issued vide G.O. Ms. No. 4/92/F6, dated, 21st February, 1992 of Finance Department (Housing), Government of Puducherry and published in the Gazette No. 19, dated 7th May, 1991, save as respect 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 'A' post of Chief Town Planner in the Town and Country Planning Department, Government of Puducherry, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement.— (a) These rules may be called the Government of Puducherry, Town and Country Planning Department, (Group 'A' Gazetted) post of Chief Town Planner, Recruitment Rules, 2024.
(b) 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 post, classification and Scale of Pay.— The number of post, its classification and the Pay Band and Grade Pay or Pay Scale attached thereto shall be as specified in columns (2) to (4) of the Schedule annexed to these rules.
4. Method of recruitment, age-limit, other qualifications, etc.— The method of recruitment, age-limit, qualifications and other matters relating to the said post 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, it 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. Savings.— Nothing in these rules shall affect the reservations, relaxations of 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 Central Government from time to time in this regard.
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SCHEDULE
RECRUITMENT RULES FOR THE POST OF CHIEF TOWN PLANNER
1. Name of the post
: Chief Town Planner
2. Number of post
: 1 (One) [2024] *Subject to variation dependent on work-load 3. Classification
: General Central Service – Non-Ministerial – Gazetted,
Group 'A'.
4. Pay Level in the Pay Matrix : 12, Remark : Level–12 ( 78,800 - 2,09,200) in Pay Matrix 5. Whether selection post/non-selection post : Not Applicable
6. Age-limit for direct recruits
: Not Applicable
7. Educational and other qualifications required for : Essential
direct recruits.
Qualification : Not Applicable
Experience : Not Applicable
Desirable
Qualification : Not Applicable
Experience : Not Applicable
8. W he ther a ge a nd ed uc a t i on al q ua l ifi c at io n : Age : Not Applicable
Educational qualification : Not Applicable prescribed for direct recruits will apply in the case of promotees.
9. Period of probation, if any : Not Applicable
10. Method of recruitment, whether by direct : Method : Deputation including Short Term Contract/ rec ruitment by promoti on or b y dep utati on/ Promotion. absorption and percentage of the vacancies to be filled by various methods. Percentage : 100
11. In case of recruitment by promotion/deputation/ : Deputation (ISTC)/Promotion
absorption, grades from which promotion/ deputation/absorption is to be made. Officers under Central/State Governments/Union Territories/ recognized Research Institutes/Public Sector Undertakings/ Statutory/Autonomous Organizations/Universities:
(a) (i) holding analogous post on regular basis in the
Parent cadre/Department; or
(ii) with 5 years service rendered after appointment to the post on a regular basis in the Level 11 of Pay Matrix or equivalent in the parent cadre or
Department; and 5
(b) Possessing the following Educational Qualifications
and Experience:
(i) Postgraduate Degree in Town Planning or City
Planning or Urban Planning or Housing or Country
Planning or Rural Planning or Infrastructure or
Regional or Transport or Environmental Planning
from a recognized University or Institute.
(ii) Ten years experience in Urban and Regional
Planning or Development Control or Planning
Legislation or Geographic Information system in
the Central Government or State Governments or
Union Territories or Universities or Recognized
Research Institutions or Public Sector Undertakings
or Autonomous or Statutory Organizations.
Desirable
Associate Membership of the Institute of Town Planners,
India.
Note 1 : The Departmental Senior Town Planner in Level 11
of Pay Matrix with 5 years of regular service in the grade
and having the educational qualifications and experience
prescribed for considering appointment on deputation
basis is considered along with the outsiders. If, the
Departmental candidate is selected for appointment to the
post, it shall be treated as having been filled by promotion.
Note 2 : Deputation tenure and age-limit : 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/Department of the
Central Government shall ordinarily not exceed four years.
The maximum age-limit for appointment by deputation shall
be not exceeding 56 years as on the last date of receipt of
application.
12. If, a Departmental Promotion Committee exists, : Departmental Promotion Committee :—
what is its composition?
(1) Not Applicable . . Chairman
(2) Not Applicable . . Member
(3) Not Applicable . . Member 6
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 is to be consulted in making recruitment. necessary.
(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)
S. MURUGESAN,
Under Secretary to Government (Housing).
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