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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)
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AMIT KUMAR JAISWALDlly signed by AMIT KLIMAR JAISA
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