BORDER SECURITY FORCE, CHIEF LAW OFFICER, ADDITIONAL CHIEF LAW OFFICER AND LAW OFFICER RECRUITMENT AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE (AMENDMENT) RULES, 2026

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-20082026-275624 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 681] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2026/SHRAVAN 29, 1948 MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 20th August, 2026 G.S.R. 747(E). — In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (n) of sub-section (2) of section 141 of the Border Security Force Act, 1968 (47 of 1968), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Border Security Force, Chief Law Officer, Additional Chief Law Officer and Law Officer Recruitment and Conditions of Service Rules, 2023, namely:- 1. 2. (1) These rules may be called the Border Security Force, Chief Law Officer, Additional Chief Law Officer and Law Officer Recruitment and Conditions of Service (Amendment) Rules, 2026. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. In the Border Security Force, Chief Law Officer, Additional Chief Law Officer and Law Officer Recruitment and Conditions of Service Rules, 2023 in the Schedule, (a) against serial numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 relating to the posts of Chief Law Officer/Inspector General, Additional Chief Law Officer/Deputy Inspector General and Law Officer Grade-I/Commandant and Law Officer Grade- II/Deputy Commandant, respectively, in the heading of Column (10), for the word “post”, the word “vacancies” shall be substituted; (b) against serial number 3 relating to the post of Law Officer Grade-I/ Commandant, in column (10), for the entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely: - "By promotion failing which by deputation/absorption. For ex-servicemen: Re-employment". (c) against serial number 4 relating to the post of Law Officer Grade-II/Deputy Commandant, - (i) in column (10), for the entry, the following entry shall be substituted; namely: - "By deputation or absorption or re-employment failing which by direct recruitments". (ii) in column (11), for the entry "Not applicable" the following entries shall be substituted, namely: - By deputation/absorption: (i) (a) any Officer serving in the Border Security Force having Bachelor Degree in Law from a recognised University or Institute; (b) five years' experience rendered after appointment thereto in Group-'A' service in the Border Security Force with minimum three years' experience in dealing with law; or (ii) Officers of the Central Government or State Government or Union territory Administration: (a) (i) holding analogous posts on a regular basis in the parent cadre or department; or (ii) with five years' regular service in the Level- 10 (Rs. 56100-177500) in the pay matrix, and (b) possessing the following qualifications and experience: (i) Bachelor Degree in Law from a recognised University or Institute; and (ii) possessing minimum six years' experience in dealing with law. For ex-Servicemen: Re-employment: 1. The Armed Forces Personnel due to retire or who are to be transferred to reserve within a period of one year and having the requisite experience and qualifications prescribed for deputation and held equivalent post shall also be considered. 2. Such persons would be given deputation terms up to the date on which they are due for release from the Armed Forces; thereafter they may be continued on re- employment; Note 1: The departmental candidates in the feeder category who are in the direct line of promotion shall not be eligible for consideration for appointment on deputation. Similarly, deputationist shall not be eligible for consideration for appointment by promotion. Note 2: 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 four years. Note 3: The maximum age-limit for appointment by deputation shall be not exceeding fifty-six years as on the last date of receipt of applications. [F.No. C-17/05/2025/Pers-Confd/BSF] M. MRINAL, Under Secy. Note.- The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide notification number G.S.R. 20 (E), dated the 11th January, 2023.