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No. Puducherry Monday 23rd June 2025
(2 Asadha 1947)
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS (PERSONNEL WING)
(G.O. Ms. No. 39, Puducherry, dated 20th June 2025)
NOTIFICATION
In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309
of the Constitution of India, read with Ministry of Home Affairs'
Notification No. 24/78/68-DH(S), dated 24th September, 1968 and in
supersession of all other Notifications issued from time to time in this
behalf, save as respects things done or omitted to be done before such
supersession, the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, hereby makes the
following rules, namely:–
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1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called
the Puducherry Civil Service Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on and from the date of their
publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions.— In these rules, unless the context otherwise
requires,–
(a) "Administration" means, the Government of the Union territory
of Puducherry;
(b) "Appointing Authority" in relation to any Grade means,
the Authority empowered under the Central Civil Services (Classification,
Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 to make appointments to that Grade;
(c) "Appointed day" means, the date on which these rules
initially came into force;
(d) "Approved service" means, the period or periods of regular
service, including the period or periods during which a member of the
Service could have held a post on regular basis commencing from the
Entry Grade but, for his/her being on leave or otherwise not being
available to hold such posts, from the 1st day of July of the year,–
(i) following the year in which the examination was held in
respect of an Officer appointed directly to that Grade; and
(ii) for which the recruitment was made on regular basis in
respect of an Officer appointed to that Grade by promotion;
(e) "Cadre" means, the group of posts in the Grades as specified
in rule 3;
(f) "Cadre Controlling Authority" means, the Government of
Puducherry;
(g) "Commission" means, the Union Public Service Commission;
(h) "Departmental Promotion Committee" means, a Committee
as specified in Schedule-IV constituted to consider promotion to any
Grade, as specified in Schedule-III;
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(i) "Departmental Confirmation Committee" means, a Committee
as specified in Schedule-IV constituted to consider the confirmation in
the Entry Grade;
(j) "Duty post" means, any post as specified in Schedule-I and
includes a temporary post carrying the same designation as any of the
posts specified in that Schedule and the Scale of Pay of which is
identical to that attached to the Service and, any other temporary post
declared as duty post by the Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry.
(k) "Government" means, the Administrator appointed by the
President of India under Article 239 of the Constitution of India;
(1) "Grade" means, any of the Grades as specified in rule 3;
(m) "Member of the Service" means, a person appointed in
a substantive capacity to any of the Grade of the Service, and includes
a person appointed on probation to the Entry Grade of the Service;
(n) "Old rules" means, the Puducherry Civil Service Rules, 1967;
(o) "Other Backward Classes" means, the Castes and
Communities notified as 'Other Backward Classes' by the Government
of India from time to time;
(p) "Schedule" means, a Schedule appended to these rules;
(q) "Scheduled Castes" and "Scheduled Tribes" shall have the
same meaning as assigned to them in clauses (24) and (25), respectively
of Article 366 of the Constitution of India;
(r) "Service" means, the Puducherry Civil Service.
3. Constitution of service and its classification.— (1) On and
from the date of commencement of these rules, a Central Civil Service
was constituted namely, the Puducherry Civil Service consisting of
persons appointed under rules 6 and 7.
(2) The service consists the following four Grades as specified
in Schedule-I, namely:– 854 LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT [PART–II
Grade of the Service Scale of pay
Junior Administrative Grade-I Pay Matrix Level-13
(Group-A)
Junior Administrative Grade-II Pay Matrix Level-12
(Group-A)
Selection Grade (Group-A) Pay Matrix Level-11
Entry Grade (Group-B) (i) Pay Matrix Level-8
(on initial appointment)
(ii) Pay Matrix Level-10
(on completion of 4 years
approved service, subject to
Vigilance and Integrity Clearance).
(3) The posts in the Junior Administrative Grade-I, Junior
Administrative Grade-II and Selection Grade shall be the Central Civil
Service Group 'A' posts and those in the Entry Grade shall be the Central
Civil Service Group 'B' posts.
4. Grades, strength and their review.— (1) The Cadre strength
and the details of Duty posts in the various Grades on the date of
commencement of these rules shall be as specified in Schedule-I:
Provided that ten percent and twenty percent of the sanctioned
strength of the posts in the Service shall be Non-Functional Grades of
Junior Administrative Grade-I and the Selection Grade, respectively, and
these shall be operated within the respective number of posts as
specified in Parts B and C of Schedule-I:
Provided further that the number of posts in the Junior
Administrative Grade-I shall not exceed the total number of the
sanctioned posts in the Junior Administrative Grade-II.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), the
Government may–
(a) from time to time, make temporary additions or alterations
to the Duty posts in various Grades;
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(b) in consultation with the Commission include in the Service,
such posts as are deemed to be equivalent to the posts included
in the Service in status, Grade, Scale of Pay and professional
content or exclude from the Service, a Duty post already included
in the Service; and
(c) in consultation with the Commission, appoint the regular
incumbent of the post which has been included in the Service, as
a Duty post to the appropriate Grade of the Service and fix his/her
seniority taking into account the regular service rendered by him/
her in the said post or analogous Grade.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in clauses (b) and (c)
of sub-rule (2), in case any regular incumbent of the post which has
been encadered in the Service is not found suitable for appointment to
the Service under clause(c) of sub-rule (2), he/she will continue to hold
the post and for the purpose, the post shall be treated to have been
excluded from the Service till such time it is held by such incumbent.
The suitability of such persons for induction into the Service shall be
reviewed every year.
5. Member of the Service.— (1) The following persons shall be
the Members of the Service:
(a) Persons appointed to the Duty posts under rule 6; and
(b) Persons appointed to the Duty posts under rule 7.
(2) A person appointed under clause (a) of sub-rule (1) shall,
on such appointment, be deemed to be the Member of the Service in
the appropriate Grade applicable to him in Schedule-I.
(3) A person appointed under clause (b) of sub-rule (1) shall
be the Member of the Service in the appropriate Grade applicable to him
in Schedule-I from the date of such appointment.
6. Initial constitution of the Service.— (1) All the existing
Officers holding Duty post on regular basis in the Junior Administrative
Grade-I, Junior Administrative Grade-II, Selection Grade and the Entry
Grade of the Puducherry Civil Service as per the old rules, shall be
Members of the service in the respective Grades.
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(2) The regular continuous service of Officers referred to in
sub-rule (1) before the commencement of these rules, shall count for
the purpose of probation, qualifying service for promotion, confirmation
and pension in the Service.
(3) To the extent the Cadre Controlling Authority is unable to
fill up the authorized regular strength of various Grades in accordance
with the provisions of this rule, the same shall be filled in accordance
with the provisions of rule 7.
7. Future maintenance of the Service.— (1) The vacancies in any
of the Grades referred to in Schedule-I, after the initial constitution under
rule 6, shall be filled in the manner hereinafter provided in these rules.
(2) (a) 50% of the posts in the Entry Grade shall be filled by
direct recruitment and the remaining 50% by promotion.
(b) The vacancies in the direct recruitment quota shall be filled
on the basis of the Civil Services Examination conducted by the
Commission.
(c) The vacancies in the promotion quota shall be filled in the
following manner on the basis of the recommendations of the
Departmental Promotion Committee:
(i) 50% of the vacancies shall be filled by selection from
among the Officers holding the post of Superintendent, as
indicated in Schedule-II, with three years of regular service
in the grade; and
(ii) the remaining 50% shall be filled by selection from among
the Officers holding posts (other than Superintendent
cadre) mentioned in Schedule-II with three years of regular
service in the grade, except the post of Assistant Director
of Industries and Commerce for which, the eligibility
service shall be six years of regular service in the grade:
Provided that the minimum qualifying service shall continue to
be 3 years in respect of the existing incumbents in the post of
Assistant Director of Industries and Commerce, as on the date of
notification of these rules.
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(d) Inter-se seniority among the Officers holding the feeder
posts as mentioned in Schedule-II except the post of
Superintendent, shall be maintained for the purpose of selection
of Officers under the 50% quota earmarked for them.
(3) All the vacancies in the Junior Administrative Grade-I, Junior
Administrative Grade-II and the Selection Grade shall be filled by
promotion from amongst the Officers in the immediate respective lower
Grade with the minimum qualifying service as specified in Schedule-III.
(4) (a) The promotion to the Junior Administrative Grade-II shall
be made by selection, subject to the bench mark grade as prescribed by
the Central Government from time to time for this level of posts under
the Government.
(b) The induction by promotion to the Entry Grade shall be
made by selection subject to the bench mark grade as prescribed
by the Central Government from time to time for this level of posts
under the Government.
(c) The promotion to the Junior Administrative Grade-I and the
Selection Grade shall be made in the order of seniority, subject to
rejection of unfit.
(5) The selection in each case under sub-rule (4) shall be made
on the recommendations of the Departmental Promotion Committee.
(6) If any, Officer appointed to any Grade of the Service is
considered for the purpose of promotion to the higher Grade, all persons
senior to him in the Grade shall also be considered, provided they are
not short of the requisite qualifying or eligibility service by more than
half of such qualifying or 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 or eligibility service.
Note : The eligibility list for promotion shall be prepared with
reference to the date of completion of the qualifying service in the
respective Grade or post. If, the crucial date of one or more Officers
coming from different sources is one and the same, the Officer senior in
age shall be placed higher in the eligibility list.
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8. Seniority.— (1) The relative seniority of Members of the Service appointed to any Grade, on commencement of these rules, shall be relative seniority in their respective Grade as determined before the date of commencement of these rules:
Provided that if, the seniority of any such Member has not been specifically determined on the commencement of these rules, the same shall be as determined by the Competent Authority in accordance with the general instructions on seniority issued by the Government of India.
(2) The seniority of the persons recruited to the Service after the initial constitution shall be determined in accordance with the general instructions issued by the Government in the matter from time to time.
9. Probation.— (1) Every Officer on appointment to the Entry Grade of the Service either by direct recruitment or by promotion shall be on probation for a period of two years:
Provided that the Controlling Authority may extend the period of probation in accordance with the instructions issued by the Government from time to time in this behalf.
(2) If, during the period of probation or any extension thereof, as the case may be, the Government is of the opinion that an Officer is not fit for confirmation in the Service, the Government may discharge the Officer or revert him to the post held by him prior to his appointment in the Service, as the case may be.
(3) During the period of probation or any extension thereof, an Officer may be required by the Government to undergo such courses of training or to pass such examination or test (including examination in Hindi) as the Government may deem fit as condition for satisfactory completion of probation.
(4) As regards other matters relating to probation, the Members of the Service shall be governed by the orders or instructions issued by the Central Government in this regard from time to time.
10. Confirmation.— On completion of the period of probation or any extension thereof, directly recruited Officers shall, if, considered fit for confirmation in the Service, be confirmed in terms of the extant orders
of the Central Government.
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11. Appointment to the Service.— All appointments to the Service
shall be made by the Appointing Authority to the Junior Administrative
Grade-I or Junior Administrative Grade-II or Selection Grade or Entry
Grade of the Service and not against any specific post included in the
Service.
12. Posting.— Every member of the Service shall, unless he/she
is appointed to an ex cadre post, or is otherwise not available for
holding a Duty post owing to the exigencies of public service, be posted
against a Duty post in the Administration by the Lieutenant-Governor
of Puducherry.
13. 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
Service:
Provided that the Lieutenant-Governor of 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 that there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any person
from the operation of this rule.
14. Other conditions of service.— The other conditions of Service
of the Members of the Service in respect of matters for which no specific
provisions or inadequate provisions have been made in these rules, shall
be the same as are applicable, from time to time, to the Officers of
equivalent rank of the Central Government.
15. Power to relax.— Where, the Government is of the opinion
that it is necessary or expedient so to do, it may, by order, for reasons
to be recorded in writing, and in consultation with the Commission, relax
any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category
of persons.
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16. Saving.— Nothing in these rules shall affect the reservation,
relaxation in age-limit and other concessions required to be provided
for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes,
Economically Weaker Section, Persons with Disabilities and other special
categories of persons in accordance with the orders issued by the
Central Government, from time to time in this regard.
17. Interpretation.— If any, question arises relating to the
interpretation of these rules, it shall be decided by the Government in
consultation with the Commission.
SCHEDULE – I
[See rule 4(2)]
NAME, NUMBER AND THE SCALE OF PAY OF
THE DUTY POSTS IN VARIOUS GRADES OF
THE PUDUCHERRY CIVIL SERVICE
A. (a) Grades and sanctioned strength of the Service:
Sl. Grade of the Service Scale of pay
No.
(1) (2)
(3)
1. Junior Administrative Grade-I Pay Matrix Level-13
(Group-A)
2. Junior Administrative Grade-II Pay Matrix Level-12
(Group-A)
3. Selection Grade (Group-A) Pay Matrix Level-11
4. Entry Grade (Group-B) (i) Pay Matrix Level-8
(on initial appointment)
(ii) Pay Matrix Level-10
(on completion of 4 years
approved service, subject to
Vigilance and Integrity
Clearance).
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(b) Sanctioned Strength:
1. Specific posts
71
2. Deputation, Leave and Training reserves at 32.5 % of 71 23
TOTAL 94
(c) Reserves:
1. Deputation reserve at 12.5% of 71
9
2. Leave reserve at 10% of 71
7
3. Training reserve at 10% of 71
7
TOTAL 23
B. Posts in the Junior Administrative Grade-I and the Junior
Administrative Grade-II (22 Posts):
Sl. Name of the posts No. of posts
No.
(1)
(2)
(3)
1. Director of School Education
1
2. Labour Commissioner
1
3. Transport Commissioner
1
4. Joint Secretary to Government
3
5. Director of Civil Supplies
1
6. Director of Industries and Commerce 1
7. Chief Superintendent of Jails
1
8. Director of Women and Child Development 1
9. Registrar of Co-operative Societies 1
10. Director of Tourism 1
11. Regional Administrator, Mahe
1
12. Regional Administrator, Yanam 1
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(1)
(2)
(3)
14. Director of Local Administration 1
15. Joint Director (Health) duly redesignating the existing 1
post of Officer on Special Duty, Health.
16. Director of Social Welfare
1
17. Director of Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare 1
18. Director of Information and Publicity 1
19. Secretary, Legislative Assembly 1
20. Commissioner of State Tax
1
TOTAL 22
C. Posts in the Selection Grade and the Entry Grade (49 posts) :
Sl. Name of the posts No. of
No.
pos ts
(1)
(2)
(3)
1. Deputy Secretary/Under Secretary to Government 13
2. Joint Director (Administration), Agriculture Department 1
after duly redesignating the post of Deputy Director
(Administration), Agriculture Department.
3. Director of Art and Culture
1
4. Private Secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor 1
5. Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies 1
6. Deputy Director of Civil Supplies, Karaikal 1
7. Special Officer (Electricity) duly redesignating the 1
existing post of Officer on Special Duty (Electricity).
8. Joint Director (Collegiate Education) duly redesignating 1
the post of Officer on Special Duty (Collegiate Education).
9. J oi nt Direct or of I nd ustri es (Admi nistratio n) duly 1
redesignating the post of Deputy Director (Administration),
Industries Department.
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(1)
(2)
(3)
10. Deputy Collector (Revenue) [North] 1
11. Deputy Collector (Revenue) [South] 1
12. Deputy Collector (Excise)
1
13. Deputy Collector (Revenue), Karaikal 1
14. Block Development Officer (Oulgaret) 1
15. Block Development Officer (Ariyankuppam) 1
16. Block Development Officer (Villianur) 1
17. Block Development Officer (Karaikal) 1
18. Deputy Transport Commissioner
1
19. Joint Chief Electoral Officer
1
20. Joint Director (Administration), Education Department 1
after duly redesignating the post of Deputy Director
(Administration), Education Department.
21. Deputy Labour Commissioner
1
22. Deputy Director (Municipal Administration) 1
23. Deputy Director (Local Administration) 1
24. Deputy Director (Rural Development) 1
25. Deputy Director of Civil Supplies, Puducherry 1
26. Commissioner for Hindu Religious Institutions 1
27. Project Executive Officer, Directorate of Rural Development. 1
28. Special Officer (Police) duly redesignating the post of 1
Officer on Special Duty (Police).
29. District Registrar
1
30. Director of Survey and Land Records 1
31. Additional Collector-cum-Additional District Magistrate-cum- 1
D ir ec to r, P udu cher ry Sta t e Exec ut i ve C o mmi t t e e ,
Puducherry.
32. Additional Collector-cum-Additional District Magistrate, 1
Karaikal.
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(1)
(2)
(3)
33. Deputy Collector (Headquarters)-cum-Deputy Collector, 1
District Disaster Management Authority, Karaikal.
34. Deputy Collector (Headquarters)-cum-Deputy Collector, 1
P uduc he rry Stat e Disas ter Mana ge ment Aut ho rity,
Puducherry.
35. Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition)-cum-Deputy Collector, 1
District Disaster Management Authority, Puducherry. 1
36. Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition)-cum-Deputy Collector, 1
District Disaster Management Authority, Karaikal.
37. Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, Elections Department, 1
Puducherry.
TOTAL 49
SCHEDULE – II
[See rule 7(2)]
POST/GRADE/SERVICE ELIGIBLE FOR INDUCTION INTO THE
ENTRY GRADE OF THE PUDUCHERRY CIVIL SERVICE
(1) Assistant Director of Information and Publicity (erstwhile post of
Assistant Publicity Officer);
(2) Joint Block Development Officer;
(3) Superintendent – who have opted for PCS;
(4) Deputy Director/Field Officer/Assistant Director of Welfare
Departments – who have opted for PCS;
(5) Revenue Officer/Tahsildar, Department of Revenue and Disaster
Management;
(6) Assistant Director of Industries and Commerce with 6 years of
regular service in the grade and opted for PCS*;
(7) Assistant Director/Inspector of Survey and Land Records;
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(8) L a b o u r O f f i c e r / E m p l o ym e n t O ff i c e r / As s i s t a n t D i r e c t o r,
Labour Department;
(9) Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies;
(10) Assistant Director (Administration/Common Service)/Commissioner
Grade-I, Local Administration Department;
(11) Deputy Director/Assistant Director (Tourism).
* The post of Assistant Director of Industries and Commerce is in
the prerevised scale of pay of 5,500–175–9,000 and hence, the eligibility period shall be 6 years for promotion.
Provided that the minimum qualifying service shall continue to be 3 years in respect of the existing incumbents in the post of Assistant
Director of Industries and Commerce as on the date of notification of these rules.
SCHEDULE – III
[See rule 7(3)]
Grade Method of Eligibility for promotion
Promotion
(1) (2)
(3)
Junior Administrative Non- Selection A regularly appointed Junior Grade-I Administrative Grade-II Officer
with a minimum of eighteen years of approved service shall
be eligible to be considered for promotion to the Junior
Administrative Grade-I.
Junior Administrative Selection A regularly appointed Selection
Grade-II Grade Officer with a minimum of thirteen years of approved
service shall be eligible to be considered for promotion to
the Junior Administrative
Grade-II.
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(1) (2)
(3)
Selection Grade Non- Selection A regularly appointed Entry Grade Officer with a minimum of eight years of approved service shall be eligible to be considered for promotion to the Selection Grade.
Note : The crucial date for determining the eligibility of promotion shall
be the 1st July of the vacancy year.
SCHEDULE – IV
[See rule 7(2) and 7(5)]
Sl. Grade Composition of the No. Departmental Promotion Committee
(1) (2)
(3)
1. Junior Administrative (i) Chairman or Member of .. Chairman
Grade-I
the Union Public Service Commission.
(ii) Joint Secretary in charge .. Member
of the Union Territories Division in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
(iii) Chief Secretary, .. Member
Government of Puducherry.
2. Junior Administrative (i) Chairman or Member of .. Chairman
Grade-II
the Union Public Service Commission.
(ii) Joint Secretary in charge .. Member
of the Union Territories Division in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
(iii) Chief Secretary, .. Member
Government of Puducherry.
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(1) (2)
(3)
3. Selection Grade (i) Chairman or Member of .. Chairman
the Union Public Service
Commission.
(ii) Joint Secretary in charge .. Member
of the Union Territories
Division in the Ministry
of Home Affairs.
(iii) Chief Secretary, .. Member
Government of Puducherry.
4. Entry Grade (i) Chief Secretary, .. Chairman
(on initial appointment Government of Puducherry.
by pr omot io n a nd
(ii) Deputy Secretary/Director .. Member
confirmation of direct
in the Ministry of Home
recruits)
Affairs in charge of the
U n i o n t erritory of
Puducherry.
(iii) Secretary (Personnel), .. Member
Government of Puducherry.
(iv) Secretar y (Finance), .. Member
Government of Puducherry.
Note : The absence of a Member, other than the Chairman, shall not
invalidate the proceedings of the Departmental Promotion
Committee if, more than half the Members, including the
Chairman of the Committee, had attended the meeting(s).
(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)
V. JAISANKAR,
Under Secretary to Government.
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