Publication of Notification in the Gazette of India regarding amendments in Central Waqf Council (Group A, B and C Non Gazetted, Non Ministerial Posts) Recruitment Rules, 2014

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-21082026-275664 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 688] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2026/SHRAVAN 30, 1948 MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 18th August, 2026 G.S.R. 754(E). — In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 12 of the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995 read with rule 13 of the Central Waqf Council Rules, 1998, the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Waqf Council (Group 'A', 'B' and 'C' Non-Gazetted, Non-Ministerial Posts) Recruitment Rules, 2014, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Central Waqf Council (Group 'A', 'B' and 'C' Non-Gazetted, Non-Ministerial Posts) Recruitment Amendment Rules, 2026. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Central Waqf Council (Group 'A', 'B' and C' Non-Gazetted, Non-Ministerial Posts) Recruitment Rules, 2014, in the Schedule, against serial number 1 relating to the post of Secretary, - (a) in column (10), for the entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely,- "By deputation (including short-term contract)."; (b) in column (11), for the entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely,- "(a) retired officers of the rank of Deputy Secretary or Director or above in the Central Government; Or Serving officers of the Central Government or the State Government or Union territory Administration or public sector undertaking or autonomous or statutory body, - (i) holding analogous posts on regular basis in the parent cadre or Department; or (ii) with five years' regular service in the grade rendered after appointment thereto on regular basis in post level 12 in the pay matrix (Rs. 78800-209200) or equivalent; and (b) possessing the following qualifications and experience,- Essential: (i) a Bachelors' degree or equivalent from a recognised University or institute; and (ii) having at least five years experience of administrative, financial and legal matters. Desirable: (i) five years of experience in financial and legal matters; or (ii) experience in the field of waqf management, administration, finance and management. Note1: In case of a retired person who draws a pension from whatever source, a fixed monthly amount of remuneration shall be admissible, which shall be arrived at by deducting the basic pension from the pay drawn at the time of retirement. The amount of remuneration so fixed shall remain unchanged for the term of the contract and there shall be no annual increment or percentage increase during the contract period. Note 2: The period of deputation including the period of deputation in another ex cadre posts held immediately preceding this appointment in the same or some other organisation or Department shall ordinarily not exceed four years. The maximum age-limit for appointment to deputation shall be not exceeding fifty-six years as on the closing date of receipt of application. Note 3: For the purpose of computing minimum qualifying service for deputation, the service rendered on a regular basis by an Officer prior to 1st January, 2006 or the date from which the revised pay structure based on the Sixth Central Pay Commission, has been extended, shall be deemed to be the service rendered in the corresponding pay or pay scale extended based on the recommendations of the Pay Commission except where there has been merger of more than one pre-revised scale of pay into one grade with a common grade pay or pay scale and where this benefit will extend only for the posts for which that grade pay or pay scale is the normal replacement grade without any upgradation." [F.No. Waq-18/1/2025-Coord.MoMA] MOHAMMAD AFZAL, Jt. Secy. Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide notification number G.S.R. 363(E) dated the 28th May, 2014 and subsequently amended, vide number G.S.R 617 (E), dated the 22nd June, 2016. 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.