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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-29072025-265055
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 467]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JULY 28, 2025/SHRAVANA 6, 1947
MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 25th July, 2025
G.S.R. 510(E). — In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the constitution and in supersession of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Upper Division Clerk, Recruitment Rules, 2013, 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 Senior Secretariat Assistant in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Senior Secretariat Assistant, 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 and qualification, 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, 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 Caste, the Schedule Tribes, the 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
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| Name of the | Number of posts | Classification | Level in pay | Whether selection | Age-limit for |
| post | | | matrix | post or non- | direct recruits |
| | | | | selection post. | |
+=======================+=====================+=======================+=======================+============================+=============================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
+-----------------------+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| Senior | 03* (2025) | General Central | Level- 4 in the | Non-selection. | Not applicable. |
| Secretariat | *Subject to | Service, | pay matrix | | |
| Assistant. | variation dependent | Group'C', Non | (Rs.25500 to | | |
| | on workload. | Gazetted, | 81100). | | |
| | | Ministerial. | | | |
+-----------------------+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| Educational and other | Whether age and educational qualifications prescribed | Period of |
| qualifications required for | for direct recruits will apply in the case of promotees. | probation, if any. |
| direct recruits. | | |
+-----------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| (7) | (8) | (9) |
+-----------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
+-----------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Method of recruitment,| In case of recruitment by promotion or deputation/ absorption, grades from |
| whether by direct recruitment | which promotion or deputation/ absorption to be made. |
| or by promotion or by | |
| deputation/ absorption and | |
| percentage of the post to be | |
| filled by various methods. | |
+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| (10) | (11) |
+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Promotion failing which by | Promotion: Junior Secretariat Assistant in level-2 (Rs.19900-63200) in the pay |
| deputation. | matrix with eight years' regular service in the grade and have successfully |
| | completed two to four weeks training in relevant field or area as specified by the |
| | Central Government. |
| | Note: 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 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 completed such qualifying or |
| | eligibility service. |
| | |
| | Deputation: |
| | Officers of the Central Government or State Government or Union Territories |
| | Administrations, — |
| | (a)(i) holding analogous post on regular basis in the parent cadre or |
| | department; or |
| | (ii) with eight years' service in the level-2 (Rs.19900-63200) in the pay |
| | matrix or equivalent in the parent cadre or department. |
| | |
| | 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, deputationist shall not be eligible for consideration for |
| | appointment by promotion. |
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Note 2: Period of deputation including period of deputation 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 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 applications.
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| If a Departmental Promotion Committee exists, what is its composition. | Circumstances in which |
| | Union Public Service |
| | Commission is to be |
| | consulted in making |
| | recruitment. |
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| (12) | (13) |
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| Departmental Promotion Committee (for considering promotion) consisting | Not applicable. |
| of: | |
| 1. Additional Secretary/ Joint Secretary or | |
| Director (Admn.)/ Deputy Secretary (Admn), | |
| Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs - Chairperson; | |
| | |
| 2. Under Secretary(Admn.), Ministry of | |
| Parliamentary Affairs - Member; | |
| | |
| 3. Nominee of other Ministry or Department of the | |
| rank of Under Secretary or above - Member. | |
| | |
| Note: Where none of the members at serial number 1 to 3 above belongs to the | |
| Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes, then a Group-A officer from either | |
| within the Ministry or outside belonging to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled | |
| Tribes, shall also be associated as a member of the Departmental Promotion | |
| Committee. | |
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[F. No. 4/1/2024-Admn.]
MUKESH KUMAR, Dy. Secy.
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