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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-12122025-268438
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 800]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2025
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(Department of Science and Technology)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 8th December, 2025
G.S.R. 886(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution and in supersession of the Survey of India, Officer Surveyor Recruitment Rules, 2000, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the President hereby makes the following rules regulating the method of recruitment to the post of Officer Surveyor in Survey of India under the Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement. – (1) These rules may be called the Survey of India, Officer Surveyor (Group 'B' Post) Recruitment Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Number of posts, classification and level in pay matrix. – The number of the said post, its classification and level in the pay matrix attached thereto shall be as specified in columns (2) to (4) of the Schedule annexed to these rules.
3. Method of recruitment, age-limit, qualifications, etc. The method of recruitment, age-limit, qualifications and other matters relating to the said posts shall be as specified in columns (5) to (13) of the said Schedule.
4. Disqualification.- 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 said post:
Provided that the Central 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 that there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.
5. Power to relax. – Where the Central Government is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do, it may, by order and for reasons to be recorded in writing and in consultation with the Union Public Service Commission, relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons.
6. Saving. - Nothing in these rules shall affect reservation, relaxation of age-limit and other concessions required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, the Other Backward Classes, the Ex-servicemen and other special categories of persons in accordance with the orders issued by the Central Government from time to time in this regard.
SCHEDULE
+-----------+---------------+--------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+
| Name of | Number of Post. | Classification. | Level in pay matrix. | Whether |
| Post. | | | | selection post or |
| | | | | non-selection |
| | | | | post. |
+-----------+---------------+--------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
+-----------+---------------+--------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+
| Officer | 474* (2025) | Central Civil | Level-8 (Rs.47600-151100).| Selection. |
| Surveyor. | | Service, Group | | |
| | *Subject to | 'B', Gazetted, | Note.- The non-functional pay level of | |
| | the variation | Non-Ministerial. | (Rs. 53100-167800) in level-9 of the pay | |
| | dependent on | | matrix is admissible to Officer Surveyor | |
| | workload. | | on completion of four years of regular | |
| | | | service in the grade. | |
+-----------+---------------+--------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+
| Age-limit | Educational and | Whether age and | Period of | Method of recruitment, whether by |
| for direct| other | educational | probation,| direct recruitment or by promotion |
| recruits. | qualifications| qualifications | If any. | or by deputation/ absorption and |
| | required for direct | prescribed for direct | | percentage of the vacancies to be |
| | recruits. | recruits will apply in the | | filled by various methods. |
| | | case of promotees. | | |
+-----------+---------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------------------------------+
| (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) |
+-----------+---------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------------------------------+
| Not | Not applicable. | Not applicable. | Not | By promotion failing which by |
| applicable.| | | applicable.| deputation (including short-term |
| | | | | contract). |
+-----------+---------------+--------------------+-----------+-------------------------------------+
| In case of recruitment by promotion or by | If a Departmental Promotion | Circumstances in |
| deputation/absorption, grades from which | Committee exists, what is its | which Union |
| promotion or deputation/absorption to be | composition. | Public Service |
| made. | | Commission is to |
| | | be consulted in |
| | | making |
| | | recruitment. |
+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| (11) | (12) | (13) |
+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
| By promotion: | Group 'B' Departmental | Consultation with |
| Surveyor in level-6 (Rs.35400-112400) of the pay matrix | Promotion Committee (for the| the Union Public |
| with six years of regular service in the grade and having | considering promotion) | Service |
| successfully completed two to four weeks training in the | consisting of:- | Commission is not |
| relevant field as prescribed by the Competent Authority. | | necessary. |
| | 1. Surveyor General of India| |
| Note.- Where juniors who have completed their qualifying | | |
| or eligibility service are being considered for promotion, | | |
| their senior would 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 | -Chairperson; | |
| completed their probation period for promotion to the next | | |
| higher grade along with their juniors who have already | 2. Director or Deputy | |
| completed such qualifying or eligibility service. | Secretary concerned in | |
| | the Department of Science | |
| | and Technology | |
| | | |
| | - Member; | |
| | | |
| | 3. Deputy Surveyor | |
| By deputation (including short term contract): | General, Surveyor General's | |
| | Office | |
| Officer of Central or State Government or Union territories | | |
| administration or autonomous or statutory organisation or | - Member; and | |
| public sector undertakings or universities or recognised | | |
| research institutions,- | 4. Director (by rotation) to| |
| | be nominated by the | |
| (a) (i) holding analogous post on regular basis in the parent | Surveyor General of India | |
| cadre or department; or | | |
| | - Member. | |
| (ii) with two years of service rendered after appointment to | | |
| the post on a regular basis in level-7 (Rs.44900-142400) of | | |
| the pay matrix or equivalent in the parent cadre or | | |
| department; and | | |
| | | |
| (b) Possessing the following educational qualification and | | |
| experience: | | |
| (i) Bachelor's degree in Engineering in Civil or Geo- | | |
| Informatics or Computer Science or Information | | |
| Technology or Electronics; | | |
| | | |
| or | | |
| | | |
| Bachelor's degree in Mathematics or Electronics or | | |
| Computer Science or Information Technology from a | | |
| recognised university or institution; | | |
| | | |
| and | | |
| | | |
| (ii) having two years of experience in the field of | | |
| Surveying or Mapping or Geospatial domains. | | |
+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+---------------------+
Note 1.- The departmental officers in the feeder category who are in the direct line of promotion shall not be eligible for consideration for appointment by deputation. Similarly, the deputationists shall not be eligible for consideration for appointment by promotion.
Note 2.- The period of deputation (including short term contract) including the period of deputation (including short term contract) in another ex-cadre post held immediately preceding this appointment in the same or some other organisation or Department of the Central Government shall ordinarily not exceed three years.
Note 3.- The maximum age-limit for appointment by deputation (including short term contract) shall be not exceeding fifty six years, as on the closing date of receipt of applications.
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SANJAY KUMAR, Jt. Secy.
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