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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-24072025-264935
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2025/SHRAVANA 2, 1947
No. 452]
MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
(Office of the Development Commissioner)
(MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 24th July, 2025
G.S.R. 495(E). — In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution, and in
supersession of the Small Industries Development Organisation (Senior Accountant, Group 'B' post)
Recruitment Rules, 1988, 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 the Junior Accounts Officer in the
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organisation, under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises, namely: -
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Ministry of Micro Small and Medium
Enterprises, the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organisation, Junior Accounts Officer, Group 'B'
Post, Recruitment Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Number of post, classification, level in pay matrix.- The number of post, its classification, level in the pay matrix
attached thereto, shall be as specified in columns (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) of 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 and 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 and in consultation with the Union Public Service Commission, 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 reservations, 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
+-----------------------+------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Name of Post | Number of post | Classification | Level in pay | Whether | Age-limit for |
| | | | matrix | selection post | direct recruits |
| | | | | or non- | |
| | | | | selection post | |
+=======================+==================+=======================+=========================+=================================+=================================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
+-----------------------+------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Junior Accounts | 12*(2025) | General Central Service, | Level-6 in the pay | Selection. | Not applicable. |
| Officer | | Group B, | matrix | | |
| | *Subject to | Non-Gazetted | (Rs. 35400- | | |
| | variation dependent | Non Ministerial | 112400). | | |
| | on workload. | | | | |
+-----------------------+------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Educational and other | Whether age and | Period of | Method of recruitment | | |
| qualifications | educational | probation, if any. | whether by direct | | |
| required for direct | qualifications | | recruitment or by | | |
| recruits. | prescribed for | | promotion or by | | |
| | direct recruits will | | deputation/absorption and | | |
| | apply in the case of | | percentage of the vacancies | | |
| | promotees. | | to be filled by various | | |
| | | | methods. | | |
+-----------------------+------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | | |
+-----------------------+------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Not applicable | Not applicable | Two years | Promotion, failing which | | |
| | | | by deputation | | |
+-----------------------+------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+
+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| In case of recruitment by promotion or by | If a Departmental Promotion committee exists, | Circumstances in |
| deputation/absorption, grades from which | what is its composition | which Union |
| promotion or deputation/absorption to be | | Public Service |
| made. | | commission is to be |
| | | consulted in |
| | | making |
| | | recruitment. |
+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| (11) | (12) | (13) |
+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Promotion: | Group 'B' Departmental Promotion | Consultation with |
| | Committee (for considering | Union Public |
| | promotion) | Service |
| | consisting of:- | Commission is |
| | | not necessary. |
| Upper Division Clerk in the pay level-4 in the | 1. Additional Development | |
| pay matrix (Rs. 25500-81100) with ten years | Commissioner (Administration) | |
| of regular service in the grade and have | or Joint Development | |
| qualified the training in Cash and Accounts | Commissioner | |
| from the Institute of Secretariat Training and | (Administration), | |
| Management or any institute recognised by | Office of Development | |
| the Central Government or State | Commissioner (Micro, | |
| Government. | Small and Medium | |
| | Enterprises) | |
| | - Chairperson; | |
| Note: Eligibility service for promotion shall | | |
| be eight years for existing incumbents | 2. Deputy Director, | |
| holding the post of Upper Division Clerks in | Office of Development | |
| Level-4 in the pay matrix (Rs. 25500-81100) | Commissioner | |
| on regular basis on the date of notification of | (Micro, Small and | |
| these rules and who have undergone training | Medium Enterprises) | |
| in Cash and Accounts from the Institute of | - Member; | |
| Secretariat Training and Management or any | | |
| institute recognized by the Central | 3. Assistant Director Grade-I, | |
| Government or State Government. | Office of Development | |
| | Commissioner (Micro, Small | |
| | and Medium Enterprises) | |
| | -Member. | |
| Note: | Group 'B' Departmental Confirmation | |
| Where juniors who have completed their | Committee (for considering confirmation) | |
| qualifying or eligibility service are being | consisting of:- | |
| considered for promotion, their seniors shall | | |
| also be considered provided they are not | 1. Additional Development | |
| short of the requisite qualifying or eligibility | Commissioner | |
| service by more than half of such qualifying | (Administration) | |
| or eligibility service or two years, whichever | or Joint Development | |
| is less and have successfully completed their | Commissioner | |
| probation period for promotion to the next | (Administration), | |
| higher grade along with their juniors who | Office of Development | |
| have already completed such qualifying or | Commissioner (Micro, | |
| eligibility service. | Small and Medium | |
| Deputation: | Enterprises) | |
| Officers under the Central Government:- | - Chairperson; | |
| | | |
| (i) holding analogous post on regular basis in | 2. Deputy Director, | |
| the parent cadre or department and who have | Office of Development | |
| undergone training in Cash and Accounts | Commissioner (Micro, | |
| from the Institute of Secretariat Training and | Small and Medium | |
| Management or any institute recognised by | Enterprises) | |
| the Central Government or State | - Member; | |
| Government and possessing two years of | | |
| experience in cash, accounts and budget | 3. Assistant Director Grade-I, | |
| work; or | Office of Development | |
| | Commissioner (Micro, | |
| (ii) with six years' service in the grade | Small and Medium | |
| rendered after appointment thereto on a | Enterprises) | |
| regular basis in the pay level-5 in the pay | -Member. | |
| matrix (Rs 29200-92300/-) or equivalent in | | |
| the parent cadre or department and who have | | |
+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
undergone training in Cash and Accounts
from the Institute of Secretariat Training and
Management or any institute recognised by
the Central Government or State
Government and possessing two years of
experience in cash, accounts and budget
work; or
(iii) Upper Division Clerks or Senior
Secretariat Assistants in the pay level-4 in the
pay matrix (Rs 25500-81100/-) with ten
years' regular service in the grade or
equivalent in the parent cadre or department
and who have undergone training in cash and
accounts work from the Institute of
Secretariat Training and Management or any
institute recognised by the Central
Government or State Government and
possessing two years of experience in cash,
accounts and budget work.
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, the deputationists 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 three
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. A.12018/1/2017-A(NG)]
GAURAV KATIYAR, Jt. Director (Administration)
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