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This notification makes rules to further amend the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965, in exercise of powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training) issued Notification G.S.R. 21(E) on January 12, 2026, to introduce the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Amendment Rules, 2025. These rules, which come into force on their publication date in the Official Gazette, amend the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965. Specifically, the notification substitutes the proviso in rule 10, sub-rule (1), stipulating that an authority lower than the appointing authority must report suspension circumstances to the appointing authority, except when the Comptroller and Auditor General issues a suspension order concerning a member of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service, an Assistant Accountant General, a member of General Central Service Group ‘A’ or equivalent (excluding regular Indian Audit and Accounts Service members), or a person holding a Central Civil Post Group 'A' in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department. Furthermore, clause (a) of rule 12, sub-rule (4) is substituted, stating that no penalty from clause (v) to (ix) of rule 11 shall be imposed by an authority subordinate to the appointing authority, unless the penalty specified in clause (v) or clause (vi) of rule 11 is imposed by the Comptroller and Auditor General on individuals from the aforementioned categories within the Indian Audit and Accounts Department. The principal rules were published as S.O. 3703, dated November 20, 1965, and were last amended by G.S.R. 337(E) dated May 29, 2024, published on June 20, 2024. The notification is signed by Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, Add. Secy.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-14012026-269330 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 21] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2026/PAUSHA 22, 1947 MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (Department of Personnel and Training) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 12th January, 2026 G.S.R. 21(E).—exercise of powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution,the President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement. - (1) These rules may be called, the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Amendment Rules, 2025. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965(hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 10, in sub-rule (1), for the proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely: "Provided that, except in the case of an order of suspension made by the Comptroller and Auditor General in regard to a member of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service and in regard to an Assistant Accountant General or a member of General Central Service Group ‘A' or equivalent (other than a regular member of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service) or a person holding a Central Civil Post Group 'A' in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, where the order of suspension is made by an authority lower than the appointing authority, such authority shall forthwith report to the appointing authority the circumstances in which the order was made.”; 3. In the said rules, in rule 12, insub-rule (4) for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - “(a) except where the penalty specified in clause (v) or clause (vi) of rule 11 is imposed by the Comptroller and Auditor General on a member of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service, an Assistant Accountant General or a member of General Central Service Group 'A' (other than a regular member of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service) or a person holding a Central Civil Post Group 'A' in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, no penalty specified in clause (v) to (ix) of that rule shall be imposed by any authority subordinate to the appointing authority. [F. No. 11012/3/2021 –Pers. Policy(A-III)] MANOJ KUMAR DWIVEDI, Add. Secy. Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India vide notification number S.O. 3703, dated the 20th November, 1965 and was last amended vide notification number G.S.R. 337(E) dated the 29May, 2024, published in the Gazette of India on the 20th June, 2024. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. GORAKHA NATH YADAVA Digitally signed by GORAKHA NATH YADAVA Date: 2026.01.14 14:12:18 +05'30'

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