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Notification of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Botanical Survey of India (Stenographer Grade-I) Recruitment Rules, 2023, superseding the 2015 recruitment rules for the same post.

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The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, vide G.S.R. 854(E) dated 21st November 2023, exercising powers under the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution, superseded the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Botanical Survey of India, Stenographer Grade-I, Group 'B' Post Recruitment Rules, 2015 (except as to things done prior to supersession) and made the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Botanical Survey of India (Stenographer Grade-I) Recruitment Rules, 2023, effective from publication, governing recruitment to the post of Stenographer Grade-I in the Botanical Survey of India; per the annexed Schedule, the post is General Central Service, Group 'B', Non-Gazetted, Ministerial, Level-6 in the pay matrix (Rs. 35400-112400), sanctioned for 10 posts (2023, variable), filled by promotion (failing which deputation) from Stenographer Grade-II (Level-4, Rs. 25500-81100) with ten years' regular service and completion of Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM) Level-I training, or by deputation from officers with ten years' regular service in Level-4, with a Group 'B' Departmental Promotion Committee comprising the Director of the Botanical Survey of India (Chairman), the Head of Office, Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata (Member), and the Head of Office, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata (Member); the rules bar bigamous appointees (subject to Central Government exemption), preserve reservation/age-relaxation benefits, and require no Union Public Service Commission consultation; the notification (F. No. 01/11/2021-CSB) is signed by Nameeta Prasad, Joint Secretary.

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7267 GI/202 3 (1) रजजस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No . D. L. -33004/99 EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 671] NEW DELH I, TUES DAY , NOVEMBER 21, 2023/ KARTIKA 30, 1945 CG-DL-E-22112023-250207 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (35400 -112400/ -) चयन (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 21st November, 2023 G.S.R . 854(E) .—In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution and in supersession of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Botanical Survey of India, Stenographer Grade -I, Group ‘B’ Post Recruitment Rules, 2015, 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 post of Stenographer Grade -I in the Botanical Survey of India un der the Ministry of En vironment, Forests and Climate Change, namely: - 1. Short title and commencement. – (1) These rules may be called the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Botanical Survey of India (Stenographer Grade -I) Recruitment Rules, 2023. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Number of post, classification and level in pay matrix. - The number of post, its classification and level in the pay matrix attached thereto shall be as specified in colu mns (2) to (4) of the Schedule annexed to these rules. 3. Method of recruitment, age -limit, qualifications, etc. – The method of recruitment, age - limit, qualifications and other matters relating to the said post shall be as specified in columns (5) to (13) o f the said 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 a nd that there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the 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 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. 6. Saving.– Nothing in these rules shall affect reservation, relaxation of age -limit and other concessions required to be provided for the Scheduled Cast es, the Scheduled Tribes, 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 Name of the post. Number of post. Classification. Level in the pay matrix. Whether selection post or non -selection post. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Stenographer Grade -I. 10* (2023) *Subject to variation dependent on workload. General Central Service, Group ‘B’ , Non-Gazetted, Ministerial. Level – 6. (Rs. 35400 -112400/ -). Selection. Age limit for direct recruits. Educational and other qualification required for direct recruits. Whether age and educational qualification prescribed for direct re cruits will apply in the case of promotees. Period of probation, if any. (6) (7) (8) (9) Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. Method of recruitment, whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation or absorption and percentage of the vacancies to be filled by various methods. In case recruitment by promotion or deputation or absorption, grades from which promotion o r deputation or absorption to be made. If Departmental Promotion Committee exists, what is its composition. Circumstances in which Union Public Service Commission is to be consulted in making recruitment. (10) (11) (12) (13) Promotion failing which deput ation. Promotion: Stenographer Grade -II in level -4 in the pay matrix (Rs 25500 -81100) with ten years regular service in the Group ‘B’ Departmental Promotional Committee for considering promotion consisting of :- Consultation with Union Public Service Commission is grade and having successfully completed mandatory level -I training program to be conducted by Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM). Note 1. - Where juniors who have completed their qualifying or eligibility service are being considered for promotion, their seniors shall 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 such qualifying or eligibility service. Deputation: Officers holding the post of Stenographer under the Central Government, - (i) holding analogous post on regular basis in the parent cadre or Department; or (ii) with ten years regular service in level -4 in the pay mat rix (Rs. 25500 - 81100/ -) or equivalent. Note 1. - 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, deputationists shall not be eligib le for consideration for appointment by promotion. Note 2. - The period of deputation including the period of deputation in other 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. Note 3. - The maximum age -limit for appointment by deputation shall be not exceeding fifty -six years as on the closing date of receipt of the applications. 1. Director, Botanical Survey of India – Chairman; 2. Head of Office, Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata – Member; 3. Head of Office, Zoological Survey of Ind ia, Kolkata – Member. not necessary. [F. No. 01/11/2021 -CSB] NAMEETA PRASAD , Jt. Secy . Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Contro ller of Publications, Delhi -110054.

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