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No. Puducherry Friday 27th June 2025
(6 Asadha 1947)
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
HOME DEPARTMENT
(G.O. Ms. No. 40, Puducherry, dated 25th 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 Police 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", in relation to any Grade, means the period or periods of regular service rendered in that Grade, including the period or periods during which a Member of the Service shall have held a post on regular basis in that 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,–
(a) following the year in which the examination was held in
respect of an Officer appointed directly to that Grade;
(b) 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 constituted to consider promotion and confirmation in any Grade, as specified in Schedule-III;
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(i) "Duty Post" means any post included in Schedule-I;
(j) "Government" means the Administrator appointed by the
President of India under Article 239 of the Constitution of India;
(k) "Grade" means any of the Grades as specified in rule 3;
(l) "Other Backward Classes" means the Castes and
Communities notified as 'Other Backward Classes' by the Government
of India from time to time;
(m) "Schedule" means a Schedule appended to these rules;
(n) "Scheduled Castes" and "Scheduled Tribes" shall have the
same meaning as are assigned to them by clause (24) and clause (25),
respectively in Article 366 of the Constitution of India;
(o) "Service" means the Puducherry Police Service constituted
under rule 3.
3. Constitution of the service and its classification.— (1) The
Service stands constituted in the name of 'Puducherry Police Service'
consisting of persons appointed to the Service under rules 6 and 7.
(2) The Service consists of four Grades as specified in
Schedule-I.
(3) The posts in the Junior Administrative Grade-I, the Junior
Administrative Grade-II and the Selection Grade shall be classified as
the Central Civil Services Group "A" posts and those in the Entry Grade
shall be classified as the Central Civil Services Group "B" posts.
4. Grades, strength and their review.— (1) The Duty Posts
included in the various Grades, their number and the Scales of Pay 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
the 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.
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(2) Notwithstanding anything c ontai ne d in sub-rul e (1) ,
the Government may,–
(a) from time to time, make temporary additions or alterations
to the Duty Posts in various Grades;
(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
posts 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 encadred 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 will be
reviewed every year.
5. Member of the Service.— (1) The following persons shall be
the Members of the Service:–
(a) Persons appointed to Duty Posts under rule 6; and
(b) Persons appointed to 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/her 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/
her in Schedule-I from the date of such appointment.
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6. Initial constitution of service.— (1) All the existing Officers
holding Duty Posts on regular basis in the Junior Administrative Grade-I,
the Junior Administrative Grade-II, the Selection Grade and the Entry
Grade of Puducherry Police Service shall be the Members of the Service
in the respective Grades.
(2) The regular continuous service of the 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 not able
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 the Schedule-I after the initial constitution
under rule-6, shall be filled in the manner hereinafter provided in this
rule.
(2) (a) Fifty percent of the posts in Entry Grade shall be filled
by direct recruitment and the remaining fifty percent 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 by
selection from amongst the Inspectors of Police under the
Government of Puducherry with three years of regular service in
the Grade on the basis of the recommendations of the
Departmental Promotion Committee.
(3) All the vacancies in the Grades of the Junior Administrative
Grade-I, the 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 the Schedule-II.
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(4) (a) The promotion to the Junior Administrative Grade-II shall
be made by selection subject to the benchmark Grade as prescribed by
the Government of India from time to time for this level of posts under
the Government of India.
(b) The induction by promotion to the Entry Grade shall be
made by selection subject to the benchmark Grade as prescribed
by the Government of India from time to time for this level of posts
under the Government of India.
(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 in the Service is
considered for the purpose of promotion to the higher post, his/her
senior 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/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.
8. Seniority.— (1) The relative seniority of the 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 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.
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(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 of India in the matter from time
to time.
9. Probation.— 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 Cadre Controlling Authority may extend the
period of probation in accordance with the instructions issued by the
Government of India from time to time in this behalf.
10. Confirmation.— (1) 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 Government of India.
(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 a pre-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 Government of India in this regard, from time to time.
11. Appointment to the Service.— All appointments to the Service
shall be made by the Appointing Authority to the Junior Administrative
Grade-I or the Junior Administrative Grade-II or the Selection Grade or
the Entry Grade of the Service and not against any specific post included
in the Service.
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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 the public service, be posted against a Duty Post under the Administration by the Lieutenant-Governor of Union territory of Puducherry concerned.
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 Government 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.
14. Other conditions of service.— The conditions of the service of the Members of the Service in respect of matters for which no specific provision or inadequate provision has been made in these rules, shall be the same as are applicable, from time to time, to the Officers of equivalent rank of the 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 of category of persons.
16. Saving.— Nothing in these rules shall affect the reservations, relaxation in age-limit and other concessions required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes, Economically Weaker Section, Persons with Disabilities and other special categories of persons in accordance with the orders issued by the 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.
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SCHEDULE – I
[See rule 4(1)]
NAME, NUMBER AND SCALE OF PAY OF THE DUTY POSTS IN VARIOUS GRADES OF THE PUDUCHERRY POLICE SERVICE
A. Grades and the sanctioned strength of the Service
(a) Grades of the Service: Pay Level in Pay Matrix (7th CPC)
(1) Junior Administrative Grade-I Level-13 in the Pay Matrix
(Group-A)
(2) Junior Administrative Grade-II Level-12 in the Pay Matrix
(Group-A)
(3) Selection Grade (Group-A) Level-11 in the Pay Matrix
(4) Entry Grade (Group-B) (i) Level-8 in the Pay Matrix
(on initial appointment)
(ii) Level-10 in the Pay Matrix
(on completion of four years approved service, subject to Vigilance and Integrity Clearance).
(b) Sanctioned Strength:
(1) Specific posts
19
(2) Deputation, Leave and Training reserves at 32 % of 19 6
TOTAL 25
B. Posts in the Junior Administrative Grade-I and the Junior Administrative Grade-II
(i) Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) 1 post
(ii) Commandant (Puducherry Armed Police) 1 post
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C. Posts in the Selection Grade and the Entry Grade
(i) Superintendent of Police (Head Quarters) 1 post
(ii) Superintendent of Police (North) 1 post
(iii) Superintendent of Police (South) 1 post
(iv) Superintendent of Police (CID) 1 po st
(v) Superintendent of Police (Home Guards) 1 pos t
(vi) Superintendent of Police (Food Cell) 1 po st
(vii) Superintendent of Police (Motor Transport) 1 pos t
(viii) Superintendent of Police (Karaikal) 1 po st
(ix) Superintendent of Police (Mahe) 1 p ost
(x) Superintendent of Police (Traffic) 1 p ost
(xi) Superintendent of Police (Training and Welfare) 1 p ost
(xii) Superintendent of Police (Protection of Civil Rights Cell) 1 post
(xiii) ADC to the Lieutenant-Governor 1 p ost
(xiv) Superintendent of Police, SIGMA (Security) 1 po st
(xv) Superintendent of Police, SIGMA (Intelligence) 1 post
(xvi) Superintendent of Police (Wireless) 1 po st
(xvii) Superintendent of Police (Policing of Police) 1 p ost
TOTAL – C 17 Posts
Total of B and C (2 + 17)
19
Deputation, Leave and Training Reserves (@ 32% of 19) 6
GRAND TOTAL 25
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SCHEDULE – II
[See rule 7(3)]
Sl. Grade Method of Eligibility for
No. Promotion promotion
(1) (2) (3)
(4)
1. Junior
By promotion in the
A regularly appointed
Administrative Grade-I
order of seniority, subject to rejection of unfit on
Junior Administrative Gr ade- II Office r wi t h
the recommendations of t h e D e p a r t m e n t a l
a minimum of eighteen years approved service
Promotion Committee. shall be eligible to be considered for promotion
to the Junior Administrative Grade-I.
By promotion on selection
2. Junior
A regularly appointed Selection Grade Officer
on the recommendations
of the Departmental
Administrative Grade-II
Promotion Committee.
with a minimum of thirteen years approved
service shall be eligible to be considered for
promotion to the Junior Administrative Grade-II.
By promotion in the
3. Selection Grade
A regularly appointed Entry Grade Officer with
order of seniority, subject to rejection of unfit on a minimum of eight years approved service
the recommendations of t h e D e p a r t m e n t a l
Promotion Committee.
shall be eligible to be considered for promotion
to the Selection Grade.
Note : The crucial date for determining the eligibility of an Officer for promotion shall be the 1st July of the year in which the vacancy has occurred.
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SCHEDULE – III
[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.
(iv) Director/Inspector-General .. Member
of Police, 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.
(iv) Director/Inspector-General .. Member
of Police, Puducherry.
3. Selection Grade (i) Chairman or Member of .. Chairman
the Union Public Service
Commission.
(ii) Chief Secretary, .. Member
Government of Puducherry.
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(1)
(2)
(3)
(iii) Joint Secretary in-charge .. Member
of the Union Territories
Division in the Ministry
of Home Affairs.
(iv) Director/Inspector-General .. Member
of Police, Puducherry.
(v) Secretary (Finance), .. 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 te r r i t o r y o f
Puducherry.
(iii) Director/Inspector-General .. Member
of Police, Puducherry.
(iv) Secretary (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)
M.V. HIRAN,
Under Secretary to Government (Home).
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