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No. 50 Poudouchéry

Jeudi

19

Juin

2025

No.

Puducherry

Thursday

19th

June

2025

(29 Jyaistha 1947)

GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

CHIEF SECRETARIAT

(ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS WING)

(G.O. Ms. No. 04/A2/ARW/2025, Puducherry, dated 19th June 2025)

NOTIFICATION

The Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, is pleased to establish the

Administrative Training Institute of Puducherry, as functional autonomous

Society.

2. The Society shall be registered under the Societies Registration

Act, 1860 (Central Act 21 of 1860).

3. The Memorandum of Association along with the rules and

regulation of the said Society shall be appended to this order.

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[PART–II

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF THE

ADMINISTRATIVE TRAINING INSTITUTE OF PUDUCHERRY

1. Name.— The name of the Society shall be the “Administrative

Training Institute of Puducherry”.

2. Office.— The registered office of the Society shall be

situated at the 1st Floor, C-Block, Training Hall, Chief Secretariat,

Puducherry-605 001.

3. Objects.— (1) The main objects of the Society shall be.-

(i) to implement the National Training Policy and the Union

territory of Puducherry Training Policy and to perform the roles assigned

under the aforesaid training policies and to recommend appropriate

training policies to the Government;

(ii) to develop a professional, impartial and efficient Civil Service

that is responsive to the needs of the Citizens by conducting the required

training programmes to the employees working in the various

Government Departments/Undertakings/Local Bodies etc., of this

Administration;

(iii) to emphasize the development of proper ethics and

commitment to work;

(iv) to play a key role in assisting the Departments in the

process of shifting to a competency based-framework for training

(as applicable); the competency framework shall be used to ensure that

the Civil Servants have the requisite knowledge, skills and attitude to

effectively perform the functions, they are entrusted with;

(v) to network with the other International/National/State

Training Institutions to share the learning resources, experience and

expertise;

(vi) to serve as the policy making body to work out, test,

validate and implement training strategies for all employees of the

Government of Puducherry, including those at the administrative and

the managerial level;

(vii) to set up different centres to provide training and academic

inputs in different areas of the Governance/Administration and public

policy;

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(viii) to develop training programme for competency based

training framework and provide digital training content on the online

platform of iGOT under Mission Karmayogi;

(ix) to develop foundational, induction, mid-career mandatory

training programme prescribed for various services/posts in a combination

of online/offline blended mode training; and

(x) to provide advisory and/or consultancy services to the

Government, other autonomous Government organisation and other

Institutions.

For the purpose of achieving the above objects, the Society shall

function as the Apex Training Institute for the Union territory of

Puducherry under the National Training Policy, 2012 and the Union

territory of Puducherry Training Policy, 2012. The Society shall carry

out the following activities, namely:-

(i) Conduct of various Training Programmes to the Ministerial

Staff on the Administrative and the Financial matters and other Technical

Training to the Departments on need basis;

(ii) Provide induction training to the new entrants to the

Government Service;

(iii) Ensure that all Trainers who join the Institute are deputed

at the earliest possible opportunity to undergo programmes for “Training

of Trainers”;

(iv) Organize conference, seminars, workshops etc., on the

relevant subjects;

(v) Establish collaborative linkage with other International/

National Level/State Level Training Institutes in India and abroad;

(vi) To develop training infrastructure and manpower in the

Union territory of Puducherry;

(vii) Maintain database of trained manpower for future

reference;

(viii) To tie up with iGoT Karmayogi and Capacity Building

Commission whenever required for development of online digital training

materials; and

(ix) To deal with any other matters entrusted by the Government

or as may be decided by the Governing Body.

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4. Governing Body.— (1) The signatories to this Memorandum of

Association shall constitute the first Governing Body of the Society,

and shall hold office as such till the Governing Body is constituted, as

provided in this clause.

(2) The Governing Body of the Society shall consist of the

following Members, namely:-

1. Chief Secretary to Government

. . Chairperson . . Ex Officio

Chairperson

2. Secretary to Government (Finance) . . Member

. . Ex Officio

Member

3. Secretary to Government

. . Member

. . Ex Officio

(Administrative Reforms Wing).

Member

4. Secretary to Government

. . Member

. . Ex Officio

(Personnel).

Member

5. District Collector, Puducherry

. . Members

. . Ex Officio

and Karaikal/Regional

Members

Administrators, Mahe and Yanam.

6. Director (Planning)

. . Member

. . Ex Officio

Member

7. Additional Secretary/Joint

. . Member

. . Ex Officio

Secretary/Deputy Secretary/

Member

Under Secretary to Government

Secretary.

(Administrative Reforms Wing).

8. Three Non-official Members from the Academic and Administrative

field who are experts in the field of Public Administration/Public Policy/

Good Governance/Finance/Development, to be nominated by the

Government of Puducherry.

Provided that,-

(i) The Members appointed to the Governing Body by virtue

of their office shall cease to be the Members, when they cease to hold

such office; and

(ii) Non-official Member shall cease to hold office, if, he resigns

or becomes of unsound mind or is adjudged as an insolvent or is

convicted of a criminal offence involving moral turpitude;

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(iii) Full time Non-official Members shall be paid honorarium as

may be decided by the Governing Body;

(iv) The Governing Body may co-opt any other person, who is

an expert in the specific subject and may perform ably as a Resource

person, as a Member of the Governing Body;

(v) The Non-official Members appointed to the Governing Body,

shall hold office for three years from the date of the order nominating

them to the Governing Body, subject to the proviso under sub-clause

(2) above.

5. Amendment of the Memorandum.— Any amendment in the

Memorandum of Association shall be subject to the approval of the

Governing Body and the approval of the Government.

6. Signatories of the Memorandum of Association.— We, the

several persons whose names and addresses are given below having

accociated ourselves for the purposes as described in the Memorandum

of Association and set out our several and respective hands hereunder,

form ourselves into a Society registered under the Societies Registration

Act, 1860 of this day.

Sl.

Name

Occupation

Address

No.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

1. Dr. Sharat Chauhan,

Chief Secretary to

Chief Secretariat,

I.A.S.

Government.

Puducherry.

2. Shri. Ashish Madhaorao Secretary to Government

Chief Secretariat,

More, I.A.S.

(Finance).

Puducherry.

3. Shri. Pankaj Kumar

Secretary to Government

Chief Secretariat,

Jha, I.A.S.

(Administrative Reforms

Puducherry.

Wing).

4. Dr. A. Muthamma,

Secretary to Government

Chief Secretariat,

I.A.S.

(Works).

Puducherry.

5. Shri. S.D. Sundaresan,

Secretary to Government

Chief Secretariat,

I.A.S.

(Welfare).

Puducherry.

6. Shri. R. Kesavan,

Secretary/Special

Chief Secretariat,

I.A.S.

Secretary to Government

Puducherry.

(Personnel).

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7. Shri. A. Kulothungan, District Collector,

Department of

I.A.S.

Puducherry.

Revenue and

Disaster

Management,

Puducherry.

Place : Puducherry

Date :

We, the above named persons, whose signatures are subscribed

hereunder desire to form ourselves into Society under the Societies

Registration Act, 1860.

1. Signed

Chief Secretary to Government

2. Signed

Secretary to Government (Finance)

3. Signed

Secretary to Government (Administrative Reforms Wing)

4. Signed

Secretary to Government (Works)

5. Signed

Secretary to Government (Welfare)

6. Signed

Secretary/Special Secretary to Government (Personnel)

7. Signed

District Collector, Puducherry

Witnesses:-

1. Signed

Under Secretary to Government (Administrative Reforms Wing),

Chief Secretariat, Puducherry.

2. Signed

Superintendent, Administrative Reforms Wing, Chief Secretariat,

Puducherry.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE

TRAINING INSTITUTE OF PUDUCHERRY

1. Short title.— These rules and regulations shall be called,

‘The Administrative Training Institute of Puducherry Rules and

Regulations, 2025’.

2. Definitions.— In these rules, unless the context otherwise

requires, --

(a) “Act” means, the Societies Registration Act, 1860

(Central Act 21 of 1860) as in force in the Union territory of Puducherry;

(b) “Chairperson” means, the Chairperson of the Governing

Body;

(c) “Governing Body” means, the Governing Body of the Society;

(d) “Government” means, the Administrator of the Union territory

of Puducherry appointed under Article 239 of the Constitution;

(e) “Member” means, the Member of the Governing Body or the

Society

(f) “Meeting” means, a Meeting of the Governing Body

(g) “Member-Secretary” means, the Member-Secretary of the

Governing Body,

(h) “Society” means, the Administrative Training Institute of

Puducherry.

3. (a) Office.— The Office of the Society shall be situated at

the 1st Floor, C- Block, Chief Secretariat, Puducherry-605 001.

(b) Working hours.— Subject to the control of the Governing

Body, the working hours of the Society shall be as prescribed by the

Member-Secretary and as per the requirements.

4. Register of Members.— (1) The Governing Body shall maintain

a Register wherein, the address and occupation of all the Members shall

be entered. Change of address shall be notified by the Member

concerned to the Chairperson of the Governing Body, who shall enter the

new address in the Register. If, a Member fails to notify his new address,

the address in the Register of Members shall be deemed to be his correct

address.

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(2) The Governing Body shall make the Bye-Laws not

inconsistent with the objects of the Society for enrolment of the

Members of the Society.

5. Authorities of the Society.— The following shall be the

Authorities of the Society, namely:-

The Governing Body and such other Committee or Committees,

as may be appointed under these rules or by the Governing Body from

time to time, specifying their duties, powers and functions.

6. Governing Body.— (1) The Governing Body/Board of Governance

shall include all the Members as are specified in clause 4 of the

Memorandum of Association. The Governing Body shall meet atleast

once in a year.

(2) The Governing Body shall co-opt. from time to time for such

period as may be deemed fit, the representatives of other organisations

or institutions which may be concerned with the work or programme of

the Society and individuals with special knowledge or interest in such

work or programmes.

(3) The following are the functions of the Governing Body/Board

of Governance, namely:-

(a) The Board shall be responsible for laying down the

training policies of the Administrative Training Institute and

making its operational guidelines.

(b) The Board shall also conduct the periodical review of

implementation of the training policy and if, necessary give its

suitable recommendations for the best implementation of the

policy.

(c) The Board shall be empowered to constitute Committees

for different aspects of the Governance of Administrative

Training Institute and training related matters and oversee the

affairs of the Institute.

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7. The Executive Committee.— (1) Without prejudice to the

provisions of rule 5, there shall be an Executive Committee, and they

shall meet at least once in a quarter. The Executive Committee shall

consist of the following Members of the Governing Body, namely:-

1. Secretary to Government

. . Ex Officio

(Administrative Reforms Wing).

Chairperson.

2. Secretary to Government (Personnel)

. . Ex Officio

Member.

3. Director(Planning)

. . Ex Officio

Member.

4. Additional Secretary/Joint Secretary/

. . Ex Officio

Deputy Secretary/Under Secretary to Government

Member-

(Administrative Reforms Wing).

Secretary.

5. One Non-official Member by rotation for a period . . Non Official

of one year.

Member.

(2) The Executive Committee shall exercise all the powers and

functions of the Governing Body as specified in clauses (1), (3), (4), (5),

(7) and (10) of rule 10.

The following are the functions of the Executive Committee,

namely:-

(a) The Committee shall be responsible for implementing the

training policy as per the Guidelines framed by the Governing

Body.

(b) The Committee is empowered to make and approve the

Administrative and Financial decision, as and when required for

the smooth functioning of the Training Institute.

(c) The Committee is empowered to constitute sub-Committees

to discharge its different functions and delegate powers to it.

All the administrative decisions and the financial decisions shall

be taken by the Executive Committee only, when the Secretary to

Government (Finance)/Additional Secretary to Government (Finance) is

present. Additional/Joint/Deputy Secretary to Government (Finance)

shall function as the Financial Advisor to the Administrative Training

Institute.

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Director-General (Training).— The Chief Secretary to

Government shall be the Director-General (Training) and Secretary,

Administrative Reforms Wing shall be the Head and Additional Director

General (Administration) of the Administrative Training Institute of

Puducherry.

The Collector of Puducherry/Karaikal shall be the Additional

Director-General (Training) and the Regional Administrator, Mahe /Yanam

shall be the Deputy Director-General (Training).

Financial Powers.— (i) Opening of Account: A separate

Account shall be opened for the Administrative Training Institute and

all the grants/monies received by the Administrative Training Institute

shall be credited to it.

(ii) Departments may request the Administrative Training

Institute to conduct training to their technical officials as decided by

the Department.

(iii) Accounts.— Administrative Training Institute shall

maintain accounts which shall be audited by the Chartered Accountant

and approved by the Executive Committee. The Account shall be open

for auditing by the Comptroller and Auditor-General.

Provided that when the exigencies of situation so warrants,

the Executive Committee shall exercise the powers and functions not

specified in clause (2) above, subject however to the ratification by the

Governing Body in its next Meeting:

Provided further that in every Meeting of the Governing Body,

the Executive Committee shall place before the Governing Body a report

of the action taken by it under the sub-rule(2) of rule 7.

8. Meeting of the Governing Body.— (1) The Governing Body shall

hold Meeting at least once in a year or as and when required.

(2) The following business shall be transacted at such Meeting,

namely:-

(a) Confirmation of the Minutes of the previous Governing

Body Meeting;

(b) Consideration and approval of the Annual Report on the

management of the Association for the preceding year together

with an audited copy of the balance sheet, income and

expenditure statement and the Audit Report;

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(c) Appointment of Auditors; and

(d) Consideration of any other matter or matters that may be

brought before it with the permission of the Chairperson.

(3) The Governing Body shall also hold extraordinary Meetings

whenever the Chairperson thinks it necessary to convene.

(4) (a) Written notice of every Meeting shall be sent to all the

Members either personally or through post to the address of the Member

as entered in the roll of Members. Where, the notice is sent by post,

due service shall be presumed if, the cover containing the notice

properly addressed is posted.

(b) The accidental omission to give notice to or the

non-receipt of notice by any Member or other person to whom

it shall be given shall not invalidate the proceedings of the

Meeting.

(c) Every notice shall be sent,

(i) in the case of Annual Meetings, not less than 15 days

before the date fixed for the Meetings;

(ii) in the case of Ordinary Meetings, not less than 7 days

before the date fixed for the Meeting; and

(iii) in the case of Extraordinary Meetings, not less than

2 days before the date fixed for the Meeting.

(5) The quorum for any Meeting shall be four.

(6) Every Meeting shall be presided over by the Chairperson

and if, the Chairperson is absent, by the Secretary to Government

(Finance) and if, the Chairperson and Secretary to Government (Finance)

are absent, by any other Member, as the Members present at the

Meeting, shall elect.

9. Record of business.— (1) A record shall be maintained of all

business transacted by the Society.

(2) All the decisions of the Governing Body shall, as far as

possible, be recorded in the form of a resolution and any entry of such

decision in the minutes book of the Society shall be conclusive evidence

of the fact that such decisions were taken by the Governing Body.

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(3) The minutes of every Meeting of the Governing Body shall

be circulated to all its Members.

10. Powers and functions of the Governing Body.— With a view

to promote all the objects as specified in the Memorandum of

Association, the Governing Body shall,-

(a) maintain and carry on the administration and management

of the Society and to approve the Annual budget of the Society for the

purpose and to decide the quantum of Grant-in-Aid and submit the

proposal to the Government;

(b) approve the annual training calendar of the Administrative

Training Institute;

(c) make subsidiary Rules and Bye-laws, as and when deemed

necessary for the management of the Society and for incidental purposes

of the objects of the Society;

(d) create administrative, technical and ministerial, and other

posts in the Society and make appointments thereto and frame the Rules

and Bye-laws for regulating their service conditions;

(e) construct buildings and structures of whatever nature or kind

as are found to be necessary or expedient and to demolish, alter, repair

renovate, improve, extend, develop and buildings or parts of them in

furtherance of the object of the Society;

(f) appoint and hire services or discharge/terminate the services

of the personnel and to pay them in return for the services rendered to

the Society, salaries, wages, gratuities, provident funds, pension and

other allowance or remuneration in accordance with the Rules and

Regulations and Bye-laws of the Society;

(g) frame such Rules and Regulations and Bye-laws for the

conduct of the business of the Society for the achievement of the objects

of the Society as aforesaid;

(h) appoint and engage a qualified Auditor to audit the accounts

of the Society as approved by the Governing Body and to pay him such

remuneration as the nature of the work warrants;

(i) constitute such Committee or Committees as it may deem fit

for the disposal of any business of the Society or for tendering advice

in the matter pertaining to the Association;

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(j) delegate any of its powers to any other Committee or

Committees constituted by it or Officers of the Society; and

(k) do all such lawful acts and things either alone or in

conjunction with other organisations or persons as the Governing Body

may consider necessary incidental or conducive to any or all of the

objects.

11. Powers and functions of the Member-Secretary.— (1) The

Member-Secretary shall be the Principal Executive Officer of the Society

and shall exercise the administrative control over the day to day affairs

of the Society and exercise the disciplinary powers over the staff of the

Society.

(2) The Member-Secretary shall exercise such other powers as

may be delegated to him by the Governing Body/Executive Committee.

12. Other Committees.— (1)The Governing Body shall provide

for other Committees consisting of the Members and Non-Members for

any purpose as it considers necessary on such terms as it may fix.

(2) The Governing Body shall make the Bye-laws from time to

time regulating the functions of the Committee and also the procedure

that shall be followed by them in conducting their business.

(3) Casual vacancies in the Committees shall be filled up by the

Chairperson of the Governing Body by nomination and the Chairperson

of a Committee may also co-opt. any Member, as and when necessary.

(4) Save as otherwise provided by the Governing Body and

these rules, all Committees shall be Advisory Bodies to the Governing

Body and shall function subject to the control of the Governing Body.

13. Funds.— (1) The Society shall maintain a Fund to which shall

be credited,-

(a) all fees and other charges received by the Society;

(b) all moneys received by the Society by way of grants,

gifts, donations, benefactions, bequests or transfers;

and

(c) all moneys received by the Society in any other manner

or from any other source;

(d) moneys, if any provided by the Central or Union Territory

Government.

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(2) All moneys credited to the Fund shall be deposited in such

Banks or invested in such manner as the Governing Body may decide,

with the prior approval of the Government.

(3) The Fund shall be applied towards meeting the expenses of

the Society including expenses incurred in the exercise of its powers

and discharge of its functions.

14. Audit of accounts.— (1) The Society shall maintain proper and

regular accounts of all its transactions.

(2) Once at least in every financial year, the accounts of the

Society shall be examined and the correctness of the said accounts

ascertained by one or more Auditors, who have been granted a certificate

under the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949.

15. Properties of the Society.— (1) The Society shall be the owner

of all its properties, movable and immovable.

(2) The Governing Body shall be the custodian of the properties

and funds of the Society and shall manage the same prudently for the

purpose of the Society.

(3) The moneys of the Society shall be credited to an account

opened in the name of the Society with any of the Nationalised Banks

and withdrawals therefrom shall only be by way of cheques signed by

the Chairperson or such other person or persons as may be authorised

by the Governing Body.

16. Travelling and daily allowance to be paid to the members of

the Governing Body and the Committees.— (1) The Chairperson and

Members of the Governing Body and the Members of any Committee

shall be paid travelling allowance and daily allowance for attending the

Meeting of the Governing Body or the Committees at such rates as are

applicable to the posts held by them in the Government and, where they

are not Ex Officio Members, at the rates applicable to Group-A Officers

of the Government of Puducherry.

(2) The Chairperson of the Governing Body may for special

reasons sanction journeys by air, not otherwise admissible, by Members

of the Governing Body or the Committees.

17. Authentication of orders, instruments etc.— (1) All orders

and decisions of the Governing Body shall be authenticated by the

Member-Secretary.

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(2) For the purpose of section 6 of the Societies Registration

Act, 1860, the person by whose name, the Society may sue or be sued,

shall be the Member-Secretary.

18. Validation.— No Act done or proceedings taken by the

Governing Body shall be questioned on the ground merely of the

existence of any vacancy in or defect in appointment of the Members

thereof.

19. Financial Year.— For the purpose of these Rules and

Regulations, the term “Financial year” shall mean the year commencing

with the 1st April in any year and ending with the 31st March of the

next year.

20. Amendment of Memorandum of Association or the Rules and

Regulations.— Governing Body shall be empowered to amend the

Memorandum of Association or the rules and regulations, provided that

no amendment in the name, the Memorandum of Association or the rules

and regulations of the Society shall be made except in accordance with

the provision of section 12 of the Societies Registration Act, 1860.

21. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Department

vide I.D No. E-8527/FC/FD/F3/A3/2025-26, dated 16-06-2025.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

PANKAJ KUMAR JHA, I.A.S.,

Secretary to Government (ARW).

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