Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances & Pensions
28-April-2016 15:08 IST
Extant
instructions of DoPT provide that reservation in promotion by non-selection
method is available to SCs and STs in all Groups i.e. Group A, B, C & D. In
case of promotion by selection method, reservation is available to SCs and STs
upto lowest rung of Group A. There is no reservation in promotion by selection
within Group A. Reservation in posts by promotion under the existing scheme is
applicable in which the element of direct recruitment, if any, does not exceed
75%.
In
accordance with Supreme Court judgment dated 15.07.2014, results of Limited
Departmental Competitive Examination 1996 for Section Officer grade were
revised by UPSC. Appellants, who were declared successful in the modified
results of SO LDCE 1996, were included in SOSL 1996 by this Department. Later
the benefit was extended to similarly placed SC/ST officers who were declared
qualified in the modified results of SO LDCE 1996. On their inclusion in SOSL
1996, these officers have become eligible for consideration for promotion to
the next grade (Under Secretary) on completion of eight years of approved
service in SO grade i.e. they become eligible for consideration in USSL 2004
onwards subject to the size of the zone. A proposal for review of USSLs 2004
and 2005 has been forwarded to UPSC in which these officers have been included
in the zone.
This
was stated by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of
North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions,
Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by
Shri Ronald Sapa Tlau in the Rajya Sabha today.
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