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Amends the Indian Administrative Service (Fixation of Cadre Strength) Regulations, 1955 to revise the Punjab cadre strength.

Detailed Summary

This notification, titled the Indian Administrative Service (Fixation of Cadre Strength) Fourth Amendment Regulations, 2025, is issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel and Training. It amends the Indian Administrative Service (Fixation of Cadre Strength) Regulations, 1955, in exercise of powers under the All India Services Act, 1951 and IAS (Cadre) Rules, 1954, in consultation with the Government of Punjab. The amendment substitutes the entries for the "Punjab" cadre in the Schedule of the 1955 Regulations. The revised authorized strength for the Punjab IAS cadre is fixed at a total of 242 posts. This total comprises 132 Senior Duty Posts under the State Government, reserves for Central Deputation (52), State Deputation (33), Training (4), and Leave and Junior Posts (21). It also specifies posts to be filled by promotion (73) and direct recruitment (169). The notification notes that the previous authorized strength for the Punjab Cadre was 231.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-21042025-262582 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 205] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2025/VAISAKHA 1, 1947 MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (Department of Personnel and Training) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 21st April, 2025 G.S.R. 244(E).β€”In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the All India Services Act, 1951 (61 of 1951), read with sub-rules (1) and (2) of rule 4 of the Indian Administrative Service (Cadre) Rules, 1954, the Central Government, in consultation with the Government of Punjab, hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Indian Administrative Service (Fixation of Cadre Strength) Regulations, 1955, namely:- 1. (1) These Regulations may be called the Indian Administrative Service (Fixation of Cadre Strength) Fourth Amendment Regulations, 2025. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Indian Administrative Service (Fixation of Cadre Strength) Regulations, 1955, in the Schedule, for the heading "Punjab" and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted namely:- Punjab +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------+ | Senior Duty Posts under the State Government of Punjab | 132 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------+ | Chief Secretary to the Government | 1 | | Additional/Special Chief Secretary Agriculture and Farmer's welfare cum-Financial| 1 | | Commissioner Agriculture and Farmers welfare | | | Additional/Special Chief Secretary-cum-Financial Commissioner, Revenue | 1 | | Additional/Special Chief Secretary, Home Affairs and Justice | 1 | | Additional/Special Chief Secretary-cum-Financial Commissioner, Cooperation. | 1 | | Financial Commissioner/ Principal Secretary | 11 | | Financial Commissioner Taxation | 1 | | Chief Electoral Officer and Principal Secretary, Department of Election | 1 | | Principal Secretary to Chief Minister | 1 | | Commissioner of Divisions | 5 | | Excise Commissioner | 1 | | Taxation Commissioner | 1 | | Secretary to Governor | 1 | | Secretary to Government | 25 | | Commissioner, State Transport | 1 | | Director, Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration | 1 | | Registrar of Cooperative Societies | 1 | | Secretary, Institutional Finance & Banking & Bureau of Public Enterprises-cum-Secretary to| 1 | | Govt. | | | Resident Commissioner, Government of Punjab, New Delhi | 1 | | Special/Additional/Joint Secretary to Government of Punjab | 17 | | Director of Information and Public Relation | 1 | | Director of State Transport | 1 | | Director of Rural Development and Panchayats | 1 | | Director of Land Records and Settlement and Consolidation and Land Acquisition | 1 | | Director of Local Government | 1 | | Labour Commissioner | 1 | | Director General, Employment Generation | 1 | | Director, Social Justice Empowerment & Minorities | 1 | | Director Social Security and Women & Child Development | 1 | | Director, Information Technology | 1 | | Director General, School Education | 1 | | Director Food Supplies and Consumer Affairs | 1 | | Director Technical Education and Industrial Training | 1 | | Director Tourism and Cultural Affairs | 1 | | Director, Industries and Commerce | 1 | | Additional Registrar of Cooperative Societies | 1 | | Special Commissioner, Excise | 1 | | Deputy Commissioners | 23 | | Additional Deputy Commissioners(General)/ Additional Deputy Commissioners (Rural| 14 | | Development)/Additional Deputy Commissioners(Urban Development) | | | Commissioner, Rural Development | 1 | | Additional Chief Electoral Officer | 1 | | Director Mining | 1 | | Director, Treasury and Accounts | 1 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------+ | 1 Total Senior Duty Posts | 132 | | 2 Central Deputation Reserve not exceeding 40% of item 1 above | 52 | | 3 State Deputation Reserve not exceeding 25% of item 1 above | 33 | | 4 Training Reserve not exceeding 3.5% of item 1 above | 04 | | 5 Leave Reserve and Junior Posts Reserve not exceeding 16.5% of Item 1 above| 21 | | 6 Posts to be filled by promotion under Rule 8 of the Indian Administrative Service (Recruitment) Rules, 1954 not exceeding 33 1/3% of Item 1, 2, 3 & 4 above| 73 | | 7 Posts to be filled up by Direct Recruitment (Items 1+2+3+4+5-6) | 169 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------+ | TOTAL AUTHORISED STRENGTH | 242" | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------+ [F. No. 11031/01/2025- AIS-II (A)] KAVITA CHAUHAN, Under Secy. Note (1): Prior to issue of this notification, the Total Authorized Strength of Punjab Cadre was 231. Note (2): The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India vide SRO No. 3350 dated 22nd October 1955. These were subsequently amended in respect of the Punjab Cadre by the following GSR No. and date:- +-------+------------+------------+-------+------------+------------+ | S.No. | G.S.R. No. | Date | S.No. | G.S.R. No. | Date | +-------+------------+------------+-------+------------+------------+ | 1. | 1251 | 29.10.1960 | 15. | 1371 | 17.11.1979 | | 2. | 1417 | 03.12.1960 | 16. | 202 | 23.02.1980 | | 3. | 78 | 21.01.1961 | 17 | 808 | 05.09.1981 | | 4. | 629 | 05.05.1962 | 18 | 203 | 12.03.1983 | | 5. | 926 | 14.07.1962 | 19 | 249 | 09.03.1985 | | 6. | 279 | 16.02.1963 | 20 | 901 | 05.12.1987 | | 7. | 1637 | 21.11.1964 | 21 | 1043E | 06.12.1989 | | 8. | 59 | 08.01.1966 | 22 | 223 | 16.05.1992 | | 9. | 1364 | 10.09.1966 | 23 | 404 | 12.09.1992 | | 10. | 261 | 04.03.1967 | 24 | 319E | 31.03.1995 | | 11. | 385 | 25.03.1967 | 25 | 739E | 31.12.1997 | | 12. | 227 | 22.02.1975 | 26 | 188E | 24.03.2009 | | 13. | 416E | 22.06.1976 | 27 | 396E | 11.05.2010 | | 14. | 155 | 05.02.1977 | 28 | 217 (Ξ•) | 13.03.2019 | +-------+------------+------------+-------+------------+------------+

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