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The President sanctions the creation and reduction of posts in various grades of the Indian Posts & Telecommunications Accounts and Finance Service Gr. 'A' (IP&T AFS Gr. 'A') following its Second Cadre Review.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, issued a notification dated November 27, 2025 (F. No. 03-01/2019-SEA-I) regarding the Second Cadre Review of the Indian Posts & Telecommunications Accounts and Finance Service Gr. 'A' (IP&T AFS Gr. 'A'). The President sanctioned specific changes in the sanctioned strength of various grades: increasing Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) from 8 to 15 (a net increase of 7 posts), decreasing Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) from 55 to 54, and decreasing Senior Time Scale (STS) from 86 to 66. The revised cadre structure for IP&T AFS Gr. 'A' now includes 1 post in Apex Scale (Level-17), 2 in HAG+ (Level 16), 15 in HAG (Level-15), 54 in SAG (Level-14), 81 in Junior Administrative Grade/Non-Functional Selection Grade (JAG/NFSG) (Level-12/13), 66 in STS (Level-11), and 88 in Junior Time Scale (JTS) (Level-10). This results in a total of 307 duty posts and 46 reserves, bringing the total cadre strength to 353 from the previous 376. The NFSG ceiling is set at 30% of Senior Duty Posts (SDPs), and reserves may be utilized for deputation, while probationary, leave, and training reserves can be utilized within the JTS strength. The notification was signed by AMIT SHARMA, Dy. Director General (E&T).

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-28112025-268074 EXTRAORDINARY PART I—Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2025/AGRAHAYANA 7, 1947 MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS (Department of Telecommunications) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 27th November, 2025 Sub.: Second Cadre Review of Indian Posts & Telecommunications Accounts and Finance Service Gr. 'A' (IP&T AFS Gr. 'A') F. No. 03-01/2019-SEA-I.—The President is pleased to sanction the creation/reduction of the following posts in different grades of IP&T AFS Gr. 'A': - (a) Increasing the Sanctioned Strength of HAG from 8 to 15 i.e. 7 additional posts. (b) Decreasing the Sanctioned Strength of SAG from 55 to 54. (c) Decreasing Sanctioned Strength of STS from 86 to 66 2. The revised cadre structure of IP&TAFS Gr. 'A' is as below: +-----+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+----------------+ | SI. | Grade | Existing Strength | Revised | | No. | | | Strength | +=====+=======================================================+===================+================+ | 1. | Apex Scale | 01 | 01 | | | (Level-17) | | | +-----+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+----------------+ | 2. | Higher Administrative Grade+ | 02 | 02 | | | (HAG+) (Level 16) | | | +-----+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+----------------+ | 3. | Higher Administrative Grade | 08 | 15 | | | (HAG) (Level-15) | | | +-----+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+----------------+ | 4. | Senior Administrative Grade | 55 | 54 | | | (SAG) (Level-14) | | | +-----+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+----------------+ | 5. | Junior Administrative Grade/Non-Functional Selection | 90 | 81 | | | Grade (JAG/ | | | | | NFSG*) (Level-12/13) | | | +-----+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+----------------+ | 6. | Senior Time Scale | 86 | 66 | | | (STS) (Level-11) | | | | | Senior Duty Posts (SDPs) | (242) | (219) | +-----+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+----------------+ | 7 | Junior Time Scale | 88 | 88 | | | (JTS) (Level-10) | | | | | Total Duty Posts | 330 | 307 | +-----+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+----------------+ | 8. | Reserves | 46 | 46 | | | Total Cadre Strength | 376 | 353 | +-----+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+----------------+ (* NFSG ceiling @30% of SDPs) (Note: 1. Probationary, Leave and Training Reserve may be utilized within the proposed strength of 88 at JTS while 46 reserves may be utilized for deputation.) AMIT SHARMA, Dy. Director General (E&T) 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. AMIT KUMAR JAISWALDlly signed by AMIT KLIMAR JAISA 1.28 22:35:06+0530

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