Ad-hoc
service under the Central Government Service and rules laid down for making
ad-hoc service permanent
The total period for which the
appointment/promotion may be made, on ad-hoc basis, is limited to one year. In
case there are compulsions for extending any ad-hoc appointment/promotion
beyond one year, the approval of the Department of Personnel & Training has
to be sought. Also, the Department of Personnel & Training has delegated
powers to the administrative Ministries/Departments for appointing the
officials of Group ‘C’ and erstwhile Group ‘D’ posts on ad-hoc basis upto a
period of three years, in consideration of exigency of work.
As per the extant policy of the
Government, all posts are to be filled in accordance with provisions of the
applicable Recruitment Rules. Promotions/appointments on ad-hoc basis are
resorted to in exceptional circumstances, to a post which cannot be kept vacant
in consideration of its functional/operational requirement. Such ad-hoc
appointees have to be replaced with regular incumbents, selected in accordance
with procedure prescribed in the relevant applicable statutory Recruitment
Rules, at the earliest. In view of this, there is no requirement of making
ad-hoc service permanent.
This information was submitted as a
written reply to a question in the Parliament by the Minister
Shri.V.Narayanasamy on 19th December 2012.
