LDCE Rules 2025 ASO

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-19062025-263966 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 348] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2025/JYAISTHA 28, 1947 MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 13th June,2025 G.S.R. 391(E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution and in supersession of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Assistant Section Officer, Limited Departmental Competitive Examination Rules, 2018, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the President hereby makes the following rules regulating the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for promotion to the post of Assistant Section Officer in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement. - (1) These rules may be called the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Assistant Section Officer, Limited Departmental Competitive Examination Rules, 2025. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definition. - In these rules unless the context otherwise requires, – (a) “appointing authority” means the Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology; (b) “available vacancy” means a vacancy in the post of Assistant Section Officer's grade in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology which is required to be filled up on the basis of the results of the examination; (c) “crucial date” means the first day of January of the year of the vacancies for which such examination is held; (d) “examination” means the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for promotion to the post of Assistant Section Officer held in the manner specified in the Schedule; (e) “recruitment year” means the period commencing from the 1st day of January and ending on the 31st day of December of the same year; (f) “Schedule” means the Schedule annexed to these rules; (g) “Scheduled Castes” and “Scheduled Tribes” shall have the same meanings respectively as assigned to them in clauses (24) and (25) of article 366 of the Constitution. 3. Conditions of eligibility. – (1) Senior Secretariat Assistant in level 4 in the pay matrix (Rs. 25500-81100) in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology with five years regular service in the grade on the crucial date shall be eligible to appear in the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination. The eligible officers should have successfully completed two weeks training in relevant field or area as decided from time to time. (2) The eligibility shall continue to be the same for persons holding the feeder posts on regular basis on the date of notification of the revised rules. 4. Holding of the examination. – (1) The appointing authority shall notify the dates and place of the examination and number of available and anticipated vacancies assessed at the time of announcing the examination. (2) The examination shall be conducted after the expiry of at least thirty days from the date of notifying the vacancies in the manner specified in the Schedule. (3) The number of vacancies reserved for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Ex-servicemen and other special categories of persons, if any, shall be clearly indicated in the notification. 5. Results. – (1) On the basis of the aggregate marks secured by the candidate in Part I and II of the examination, a merit list containing the names of the successful candidates in order of merit shall be notified, keeping in view the number of vacancies and anticipated vacancies, if any, falling in the recruitment year. (2) The standards of evaluation for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes shall be as per the Government instructions from time to time. (3) The candidates for appointment against the available vacancies shall be considered in the order in which their names appear in the merit list prepared under sub-rule (1). (4) The merit list shall remain in operation till the notified vacancies are filled up or upto a period of 18 months from the date of its approval by the appointing authority or till next merit list is approved by the appointing authority, whichever is earlier. 6. Appointment. – The inclusion of the name of any candidate in the merit list shall not confer a right to appointment and he shall be appointed by the appointing authority only after satisfying itself that no vigilance or disciplinary case is either pending or contemplated against the candidate and after taking into account his placement in the merit list, the reservation of posts or such other requirements as may be laid down by statutory orders or rules issued by the Central Government, from time to time, in this regard. 7. Liability to pass typewriting test. – The candidates, who are appointed to the Assistant Section Officers' Grade on the basis of this examination, shall be required to pass a test in typewriting, if not already done, at a minimum speed of 35 words per minute in English or 30 words per minute in Hindi only on computer (35 w.p.m and 30 w.p.m. correspond to 10500 KDPH/9000 KDPH on an average of 5 key depressions for each word) within a period of one year from the date of their appointment, failing which no annual increments shall be allowed to them until they have passed the said test or exempted under the relevant rules with the approval of Competent Authority. 8. Removal of name from merit list on resignation, etc. – (1) In case a candidate after appearing at the examination resigns from the service or whose services are terminated or who is appointed to an ex-cadre post or to any other service and does not have a lien on any post mentioned in rule 3, his name shall not be included in the merit list, or if included in the said merit list shall be struck off therefrom. (2) Where a candidate, whose name is included in the said merit list, is appointed to an ex- cadre post or is transferred to another Department of the Central Government with the permission of the appointing authority and continue to have a lien on any post mentioned in rule 3, shall not be appointed as Assistant Section Officer till he resumes the duties in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on his initial post during the period the merit list remains in force: Provided that his claim for proforma promotion may be considered by the appointing authority in accordance with the orders and rules of the Central Government, issued in this behalf from time to time. 9. Penalty for impersonation or other misconduct. – A candidate, who is or has been declared by the appointing authority to be guilty of – (i) obtaining support for his candidature by any means; or (ii) impersonation; or (iii) procuring impersonation by any person; or (iv) submitting fabricated documents or documents which have been tampered with; or (v) making statements which are incorrect or false or suppressing material information; or (vi) resorting to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his candidature for the examination; or (vii) using unfair means in the examination hall; or (viii) misbehaving in the examination hall; or (ix) attempting to commit or, as the case may be, abetting the Ministry of all or any of the acts specified in clauses (i) to (viii); may, in addition to the criminal proceedings, liable (a) to be disqualified by the appointing authority from the examination; or (b) to disciplinary action, under the appropriate rules: Provided that no penalty under this rule shall be imposed except after- (i) giving the candidate an opportunity of making such representation in writing as he may wish to make in that behalf; and (ii) taking the representation, if any submitted by the candidate within the period allowed to him, into consideration. 10. Power to relax. Where the Central Government is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient to do so, it may, by order and for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons. 11. 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, Other Backward Classes, 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 (See rule 4) The examination shall be conducted in the following two parts, namely: – Part I 1. Written examination shall carry a maximum of 400 marks. The subject of the written examination, the maximum marks allotted to each paper and the time limit allowed shall be as follows, namely: – 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L.-33004/99** **भारत का राजपत्र** **The Gazette of India** **CG-DL-E-19062025-263966** **असाधारण** **EXTRAORDINARY** **भाग II—खण्ड 3—उप-खण्ड (i)** **PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)** **प्राधिकार से प्रकाशित** **PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY** **सं. 348]** **नई दिल्ली, बुधवार, जून 18, 2025/ज्येष्ठ 28, 1947** **No. 348] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2025/JYAISTHA 28, 1947** MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 13th June,2025 G.S.R. 391(E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution and in supersession of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Assistant Section Officer, Limited Departmental Competitive Examination Rules, 2018, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the President hereby makes the following rules regulating the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for promotion to the post of Assistant Section Officer in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement. - (1) These rules may be called the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Assistant Section Officer, Limited Departmental Competitive Examination Rules, 2025. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definition. - In these rules unless the context otherwise requires, – (a) “appointing authority” means the Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology; (b) “available vacancy” means a vacancy in the post of Assistant Section Officer's grade in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology which is required to be filled up on the basis of the results of the examination; (c) “crucial date” means the first day of January of the year of the vacancies for which such examination is held; (d) “examination” means the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for promotion to the post of Assistant Section Officer held in the manner specified in the Schedule; (e) “recruitment year” means the period commencing from the 1st day of January and ending on the 31st day of December of the same year; (f) “Schedule” means the Schedule annexed to these rules; (g) “Scheduled Castes” and “Scheduled Tribes” shall have the same meanings respectively as assigned to them in clauses (24) and (25) of article 366 of the Constitution. 3. Conditions of eligibility. – (1) Senior Secretariat Assistant in level 4 in the pay matrix (Rs. 25500-81100) in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology with five years regular service in the grade on the crucial date shall be eligible to appear in the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination. The eligible officers should have successfully completed two weeks training in relevant field or area as decided from time to time. (2) The eligibility shall continue to be the same for persons holding the feeder posts on regular basis on the date of notification of the revised rules. 4. Holding of the examination. – (1) The appointing authority shall notify the dates and place of the examination and number of available and anticipated vacancies assessed at the time of announcing the examination. (2) The examination shall be conducted after the expiry of at least thirty days from the date of notifying the vacancies in the manner specified in the Schedule. (3) The number of vacancies reserved for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Ex-servicemen and other special categories of persons, if any, shall be clearly indicated in the notification. 5. Results. – (1) On the basis of the aggregate marks secured by the candidate in Part I and II of the examination, a merit list containing the names of the successful candidates in order of merit shall be notified, keeping in view the number of vacancies and anticipated vacancies, if any, falling in the recruitment year. (2) The standards of evaluation for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes shall be as per the Government instructions from time to time. (3) The candidates for appointment against the available vacancies shall be considered in the order in which their names appear in the merit list prepared under sub-rule (1). (4) The merit list shall remain in operation till the notified vacancies are filled up or upto a period of 18 months from the date of its approval by the appointing authority or till next merit list is approved by the appointing authority, whichever is earlier. 6. Appointment. – The inclusion of the name of any candidate in the merit list shall not confer a right to appointment and he shall be appointed by the appointing authority only after satisfying itself that no vigilance or disciplinary case is either pending or contemplated against the candidate and after taking into account his placement in the merit list, the reservation of posts or such other requirements as may be laid down by statutory orders or rules issued by the Central Government, from time to time, in this regard. 7. Liability to pass typewriting test. – The candidates, who are appointed to the Assistant Section Officers' Grade on the basis of this examination, shall be required to pass a test in typewriting, if not already done, at a minimum speed of 35 words per minute in English or 30 words per minute in Hindi only on computer (35 w.p.m and 30 w.p.m. correspond to 10500 KDPH/9000 KDPH on an average of 5 key depressions for each word) within a period of one year from the date of their appointment, failing which no annual increments shall be allowed to them until they have passed the said test or exempted under the relevant rules with the approval of Competent Authority. 8. Removal of name from merit list on resignation, etc. – (1) In case a candidate after appearing at the examination resigns from the service or whose services are terminated or who is appointed to an ex-cadre post or to any other service and does not have a lien on any post mentioned in rule 3, his name shall not be included in the merit list, or if included in the said merit list shall be struck off therefrom. (2) Where a candidate, whose name is included in the said merit list, is appointed to an ex- cadre post or is transferred to another Department of the Central Government with the permission of the appointing authority and continue to have a lien on any post mentioned in rule 3, shall not be appointed as Assistant Section Officer till he resumes the duties in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on his initial post during the period the merit list remains in force: Provided that his claim for proforma promotion may be considered by the appointing authority in accordance with the orders and rules of the Central Government, issued in this behalf from time to time. 9. Penalty for impersonation or other misconduct. – A candidate, who is or has been declared by the appointing authority to be guilty of – (i) obtaining support for his candidature by any means; or (ii) impersonation; or (iii) procuring impersonation by any person; or (iv) submitting fabricated documents or documents which have been tampered with; or (v) making statements which are incorrect or false or suppressing material information; or (vi) resorting to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his candidature for the examination; or (vii) using unfair means in the examination hall; or (viii) misbehaving in the examination hall; or (ix) attempting to commit or, as the case may be, abetting the Ministry of all or any of the acts specified in clauses (i) to (viii); may, in addition to the criminal proceedings, liable (a) to be disqualified by the appointing authority from the examination; or (b) to disciplinary action, under the appropriate rules: Provided that no penalty under this rule shall be imposed except after- (i) giving the candidate an opportunity of making such representation in writing as he may wish to make in that behalf; and (ii) taking the representation, if any submitted by the candidate within the period allowed to him, into consideration. 10. Power to relax. Where the Central Government is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient to do so, it may, by order and for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons. 11. 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, Other Backward Classes, 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 (See rule 4) The examination shall be conducted in the following two parts, namely: – Part I 1. Written examination shall carry a maximum of 400 marks. The subject of the written examination, the maximum marks allotted to each paper and the time limit allowed shall be as follows, namely: – 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No. D. L.-33004/99** **भारत का राजपत्र** **The Gazette of India** **CG-DL-E-19062025-263966** **असाधारण** **EXTRAORDINARY** **भाग II—खण्ड 3—उप-खण्ड (i)** **PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)** **प्राधिकार से प्रकाशित** **PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY** **सं. 348]** **नई दिल्ली, बुधवार, जून 18, 2025/ज्येष्ठ 28, 1947** **No. 348] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2025/JYAISTHA 28, 1947** MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 13th June,2025 G.S.R. 391(E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution and in supersession of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Assistant Section Officer, Limited Departmental Competitive Examination Rules, 2018, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the President hereby makes the following rules regulating the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for promotion to the post of Assistant Section Officer in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement. - (1) These rules may be called the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Assistant Section Officer, Limited Departmental Competitive Examination Rules, 2025. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definition. - In these rules unless the context otherwise requires, – (a) “appointing authority” means the Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology; (b) “available vacancy” means a vacancy in the post of Assistant Section Officer's grade in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology which is required to be filled up on the basis of the results of the examination; (c) “crucial date” means the first day of January of the year of the vacancies for which such examination is held; (d) “examination” means the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for promotion to the post of Assistant Section Officer held in the manner specified in the Schedule; (e) “recruitment year” means the period commencing from the 1st day of January and ending on the 31st day of December of the same year; (f) “Schedule” means the Schedule annexed to these rules; (g) “Scheduled Castes” and “Scheduled Tribes” shall have the same meanings respectively as assigned to them in clauses (24) and (25) of article 366 of the Constitution. 3. Conditions of eligibility. – (1) Senior Secretariat Assistant in level 4 in the pay matrix (Rs. 25500-81100) in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology with five years regular service in the grade on the crucial date shall be eligible to appear in the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination. The eligible officers should have successfully completed two weeks training in relevant field or area as decided from time to time. (2) The eligibility shall continue to be the same for persons holding the feeder posts on regular basis on the date of notification of the revised rules. 4. Holding of the examination. – (1) The appointing authority shall notify the dates and place of the examination and number of available and anticipated vacancies assessed at the time of announcing the examination. (2) The examination shall be conducted after the expiry of at least thirty days from the date of notifying the vacancies in the manner specified in the Schedule. (3) The number of vacancies reserved for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Ex-servicemen and other special categories of persons, if any, shall be clearly indicated in the notification. 5. Results. – (1) On the basis of the aggregate marks secured by the candidate in Part I and II of the examination, a merit list containing the names of the successful candidates in order of merit shall be notified, keeping in view the number of vacancies and anticipated vacancies, if any, falling in the recruitment year. (2) The standards of evaluation for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes shall be as per the Government instructions from time to time. (3) The candidates for appointment against the available vacancies shall be considered in the order in which their names appear in the merit list prepared under sub-rule (1). (4) The merit list shall remain in operation till the notified vacancies are filled up or upto a period of 18 months from the date of its approval by the appointing authority or till next merit list is approved by the appointing authority, whichever is earlier. 6. Appointment. – The inclusion of the name of any candidate in the merit list shall not confer a right to appointment and he shall be appointed by the appointing authority only after satisfying itself that no vigilance or disciplinary case is either pending or contemplated against the candidate and after taking into account his placement in the merit list, the reservation of posts or such other requirements as may be laid down by statutory orders or rules issued by the Central Government, from time to time, in this regard. 7. Liability to pass typewriting test. – The candidates, who are appointed to the Assistant Section Officers' Grade on the basis of this examination, shall be required to pass a test in typewriting, if not already done, at a minimum speed of 35 words per minute in English or 30 words per minute in Hindi only on computer (35 w.p.m and 30 w.p.m. correspond to 10500 KDPH/9000 KDPH on an average of 5 key depressions for each word) within a period of one year from the date of their appointment, failing which no annual increments shall be allowed to them until they have passed the said test or exempted under the relevant rules with the approval of Competent Authority. 8. Removal of name from merit list on resignation, etc. – (1) In case a candidate after appearing at the examination resigns from the service or whose services are terminated or who is appointed to an ex-cadre post or to any other service and does not have a lien on any post mentioned in rule 3, his name shall not be included in the merit list, or if included in the said merit list shall be struck off therefrom. (2) Where a candidate, whose name is included in the said merit list, is appointed to an ex- cadre post or is transferred to another Department of the Central Government with the permission of the appointing authority and continue to have a lien on any post mentioned in rule 3, shall not be appointed as Assistant Section Officer till he resumes the duties in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on his initial post during the period the merit list remains in force: Provided that his claim for proforma promotion may be considered by the appointing authority in accordance with the orders and rules of the Central Government, issued in this behalf from time to time. 9. Penalty for impersonation or other misconduct. – A candidate, who is or has been declared by the appointing authority to be guilty of – (i) obtaining support for his candidature by any means; or (ii) impersonation; or (iii) procuring impersonation by any person; or (iv) submitting fabricated documents or documents which have been tampered with; or (v) making statements which are incorrect or false or suppressing material information; or (vi) resorting to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his candidature for the examination; or (vii) using unfair means in the examination hall; or (viii) misbehaving in the examination hall; or (ix) attempting to commit or, as the case may be, abetting the Ministry of all or any of the acts specified in clauses (i) to (viii); may, in addition to the criminal proceedings, liable (a) to be disqualified by the appointing authority from the examination; or (b) to disciplinary action, under the appropriate rules: Provided that no penalty under this rule shall be imposed except after- (i) giving the candidate an opportunity of making such representation in writing as he may wish to make in that behalf; and (ii) taking the representation, if any submitted by the candidate within the period allowed to him, into consideration. 10. Power to relax. Where the Central Government is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient to do so, it may, by order and for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons. 11. 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, Other Backward Classes, 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 (See rule 4) The examination shall be conducted in the following two parts, namely: – Part I 1. Written examination shall carry a maximum of 400 marks. The subject of the written examination, the maximum marks allotted to each paper and the time limit allowed shall be as follows, namely: – 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REGARDING DELETION OF ENTRY OF 'KERALA' AS ONE OF THE EXAM CENTRES IN THE RULES FOR THE POST OF ASSISTANT SECTION OFFICER (LDCE) A candidate whose name is included in the merit list and who is transferred to another Department of the Central Government with the permission of the appointing authority and continues to have a lien on any post mentioned in rule 3, shall not be appointed as Assistant Section Officer till he resumes the duties in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on his initial post during the period the merit list remains in force: Provided that his claim for proforma promotion may be considered by the appointing authority in accordance with the orders and rules of the Central Government, issued in this behalf from time to time. [F. No. 01(09)/2024-P.III] AMITESH KUMAR SINHA, Addl. Secy.