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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-24112025-267941
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 775]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2025/AGRAHAYANA 3, 1947
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 24th November, 2025
G.S.R. 861(E). — In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution and in
supersession of the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Directorate of Enforcement, Deputy Legal Adviser
and Assistant Legal Adviser, Group 'A' Posts, Recruitment Rules, 2019, in so far as they relate to post of Assistant
Legal Adviser, 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 Assistant Legal Adviser in the
Directorate of Enforcement, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, namely :-
1. Short title and commencement. — (1) These rules may be called the Ministry of Finance, Department of
Revenue, Directorate of Enforcement, Assistant Legal Adviser (Group 'A' 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 and level in pay matrix. — The number of the said post, its classification and
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 reservation, 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 matrix. | Whether selection post or non- |
| | | | | selection post. |
+=======================+=====================+===============================+=========================+===============================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
+-----------------------+---------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------------+
| Assistant Legal | 18* (2025) | General Central Service, | Level - 11 (Rs. 67700- | Not applicable. |
| Adviser. | *subject to | Group 'A', Gazetted, | 208700) in the pay matrix.| |
| | variation | Non-Ministerial. | | |
| | dependent on | | | |
| | workload. | | | |
+-----------------------+---------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------------+
+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| Age-limit for direct recruits. | Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits. |
+=======================================================+=============================================================+
| (6) | (7) |
+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| Not exceeding forty years (relaxable | (1) Degree in law from a recognised University or Institute; and |
| for Government servants upto five | (2) three years experience as an Advocate at bar dealing with criminal laws |
| years in accordance with | or fiscal laws; or |
| instructions or orders issued by the | |
| Central Government.) | (1) Masters Degree in law from a recognised University or Institute; and |
| Note-1: The crucial date for | (2) one year experience as an Advocate at bar dealing with criminal laws |
| determining the age-limit shall be as | or fiscal laws. |
+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
advertised by the Union Public | Note 1: Qualifications are relaxable at the discretion of the Union Public
Service Commission. | Service Commission, for reasons to be recorded in writing, in the case of
| candidates otherwise well qualified.
|
| Note 2: The qualification regarding experience is relaxable at the discretion
| of the Union Public Service Commission, for reasons to be recorded in
| writing in the case of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes or Scheduled
| Tribes if at any stage of selection the Union Public Service Commission is of
| the opinion that sufficient number of candidates from these communities
| possessing the requisite experience are not likely to be available to fill up the
| vacancies reserved for them.
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| Whether age and Period of probation, if any. | Method of recruitment whether by direct |
| educational | recruitment or by promotion or by |
| qualifications | deputation/absorption and percentage of |
| prescribed for direct | the vacancies to be filled by various |
| recruits will apply in the | methods. |
| case of promotees. | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| (8) | (9) | (10) |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Not applicable. | One year for direct recruits. | (i) Seventy five per-cent by direct |
| | | recruitment; and |
| | Note: There shall be a mandatory | (ii) twenty five per-cent by deputation |
| | induction training of at least two week | including short term contract / absorption |
| | duration for successful completion of | failing which by direct recruitment. |
| | the probation as prescribed by the | |
| | Central Government. | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| In case of recruitment by promotion If a Departmental Promotion Committee | Circumstances in |
| or by deputation/absorption, grades exists, what is its composition? | which Union Public |
| from which promotion or | Service Commission |
| deputation/ absorption to be made. | is to be consulted in |
| | making recruitment. |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| (11) | (12) | (13) |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Deputation (Including Short-term Group 'A' Departmental Confirmation | Consultation with the |
| Contract)/Absorption: | Committee for considering confirmation, | Union Public Service |
| | consisting of:- | Commission |
| Officers under the Central Government | | is |
| or State Government or Union | | necessary only for |
| territories or recognised Universities or | 1. Additional Secretary, | direct recruitment. |
| recognised research institutions or | Department of Revenue | - (Chairman). |
| Public Sector Undertakings or | | |
| Statutory or Autonomous | 2. Joint Secretary, Department | |
| Organisations: | of Revenue | - (Member). |
| | | |
| (a)(i) holding analogous post on regular | 3. Director of Enforcement | - (Member). |
| basis in the parent cadre or department; | | |
| or | | |
| (ii) with five years service in the grade | | |
| rendered after appointment thereto on a | | |
| regular basis in Level-10 (Rs. 56100- | | |
| 177500) in the pay matrix or equivalent | | |
| in the parent cadre or Department; | | |
| | | |
| and | | |
| | | |
| (b) possessing the educational | | |
| qualifications and experience as | | |
| prescribed for direct recruits under | | |
| column (7). | | |
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Note 1: The period of deputation
(including short-term contract)
including the period of deputation
(including short-term contract) in
another ex-cadre post held immediately
preceding this appointment in the same
or some other organization or
department of the Central Government
shall ordinarily not exceed four years.
Note 2: The maximum age-limit for
appointment by deputation (including
short-term contract) shall be not
exceeding fifty six years as on the last
date of receipt of applications.
Note 3: Only officers of the Central
Government or State Government or
Union territories shall be eligible to be
considered for appointment on
absorption basis.
[F. No. A-12018/2/2023-Ad.ED.]
RAJEEV LOCHAN, Under Secy.