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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-18082025-265472
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 513]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2025/SHRAVANA 27, 1947
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Expenditure)
(CONTROLLER GENERAL OF ACCOUNTS)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 18th August, 2025
G.S.R. 557(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution and in
supersession of the Central Civil Accounts Service (Pay and Accounts Officer and Senior Accounts Officer)
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 posts of Senior Accounts Officer of the
Central Civil Accounts Service, namely :-
1. Short title and Commencement. - (1) These rules may be called the Central Civil Accounts Service, Senior
Accounts Officer 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 said posts, their classification and
the 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, qualification, etc. - The method of recruitment, age limit, qualifications
and other matters relating thereto shall be as specified in columns (5) to (13) of the aforesaid 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 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, 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 reservations, relaxation of age limit and other concessions
required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, ex- Servicemen and
other special categories of persons in accordance with the orders issued by the Government from time to time in this
regard.
SCHEDULE
Name of the post. | Number of post. | Classification. | Level in the pay matrix.
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(1) | (2) | (3) | (4)
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Senior Accounts Officer.| 1159*(2025) | General Central | Level -10 in the pay matrix
| *subject to | Service, Ministerial, | (Rs. 56100-177500).
| variation dependent| Gazetted, Group- |
| on workload. | 'A'. |
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Whether selection or non selection post. | Age limit for direct recruits. | Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits.
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(5) | (6) | (7)
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Selection post. | Not applicable. | Not applicable.
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Whether age and educational qualification prescribed for direct recruits will apply in the case of promotees. | Period of probation, if any. | Method of recruitment, whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation/ absorption and percentage of the vacancies to be filled by various methods.
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(8) | (9) | (10)
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Not applicable. | Two years for promotees. | By promotion failing which by deputation.
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In case of recruitment by promotion or deputation or absorption, grade from which promotion or deputation or
absorption to be made.
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(11)
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Promotion:
Assistant Accounts Officer in level-8 (Rs.47600-151100) of pay matrix with seven years of regular service
including service rendered in non-functional grade of level-9 (Rs.53100-167800) of pay matrix and having
successfully completed mandatory training of two to four weeks as prescribed by the Department.
Deputation:
Officers working in the Central Government or State Government or Union Territory Administration :
(A) (i) holding analogous post on regular basis in the parent cadre or Department; or
(ii) with two years service in the grade rendered after appointment thereto on a regular basis in posts in level-9 (Rs.
53100-167800) of pay matrix or equivalent in the parent cadre or Department; or
(iii) with seven years service in the grade rendered after appointment thereto on a regular basis in posts in level-8
(Rs.47600-151100) of pay matrix or equivalent in the parent cadre or Department; and
(B) possessing the following qualification and experience, namely :-
(i) A pass in Subordinate Accounts Service or equivalent examination conducted by the competent authority; or
(ii) successful completion of training in cash and accounts work in the Institute of Secretariat Training and
Management or equivalent training course and a minimum of five years' experience in finance or budgeting
of Accounts Division of any Department or organisation.
Note 1.- Where juniors who have completed their qualifying or eligibility service are being considered for
promotion, their seniors 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 completed their probation period for promotion to the next higher grade along with their juniors
who have already completed qualifying or eligibility service.
Note 2. - The departmental officers in the feeder category who are in the direct line of promotion shall not be
eligible for consideration for appointment on deputation. Similarly, the deputationists shall not be eligible for
consideration for appointment by promotion.
Note 3. - The period of deputation including the period of deputation 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. The maximum age limit for appointment by deputation shall be not exceeding
fifty-six years as on the closing date of receipt of applications.
If a Departmental promotion committee exists, what is its composition.
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Group 'A' Departmental Promotion Committee (for considering promotion) consisting of :-
1. Chairman or Member, Union Public Service Commission – Chairman ;
2. Joint Controller General of Accounts - Member;
3. Joint Secretary or Director, Department of Expenditure – Member.
Group 'A' Departmental Confirmation Committee (for considering confirmation) consisting of :-
1. Additional Controller General of Accounts – Chairman ;
2. Joint Controller General of Accounts – Member ;
3. Chief Controller of Accounts - Member;
4. Chief Controller of Accounts - Member.
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Circumstances in which Union Public Service Commission is to be consulted in making recruitment.
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(13)
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Consultation with Union Public Service Commission is necessary for promotion.
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TRIPTI PATRA GHOSH, Jt. Controller General of Accounts
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