Friday, 24 July 2020

Proposal for relaxation in promotion of Deputy Secretary in OSS Cadre

Govt. in Home Department has given a proposal to OPSC for their concurrence  for relaxation in promotion of Deputy Secretaries to the rank of Joint Secretary in OSS cadre. 
Sanction strength of Joint Secretary is 22 out of which 5 posts are lying vacant now. But the Deputy Secretaries under zone of consideration are not eligible now for promotion, as they have not completed 1 year residency period in current post as on 1st January of this year. ( As per Rule 12(4) of OSS Recruitment Rules, 2016. But their is a provision of relaxation under rule 22 of the said rule. Hence, OPSC has been requested to consider for relaxation of 4 months for the aforesaid purpose. 
N.B. Five Deputy Secretaries (Sl.6-10)  of the Gradation list have been promoted to Joint Secretary recently vide Notification 21970 Dt. 29.06.2020 and Sl.11-12 have already retired from service. Hence next zone of consideration is Sl.13-17 who have availed promotion to Dy Secretary on 27.04.2019. So they have completed only 8 months of service as on 01.01.2020.

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