ASSAM INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS SERVICE RULES, 1986
(1) These rules shall be called the Assam Information and Public Relations Service Rules, 1986.(2) They shall take effect from the date of the Notification.
In these rules, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject of context—(a) ‘Appointing Authority’ means the Governor of Assam in respect of Class I, Class ii and Class III cadres of the service;(B) ‘Board’ means the Selection Board constituted under Rule 13;(c) ‘Commission’ means the Assam Public Service Commission; (d) ‘Constitution’ means the Constitution of India;(e) ‘Government’ means the State Government of Assam;(f) ‘Governor’ means the Governor of Assam;(g) ‘Member’ means member of the Assam Information and Public Relations Service;(h) ‘Section list’ means the list as referred to in Cls. (d) and (e) of Rule 6(1) and the lists finally approved under sub- Rule (6)(b) of Rule 12;(i) ‘Service’ means the Assam Information and Public Relations Service;(j) ‘Year’ means calendar year.
(1) The service consist of the following classes and cadres:(a) Class I (Senior Grade). It shall consist of the cadre of—(i) Director of Information and Public Relations/Chief Information Officer;(ii) Additional Director of Information and Public Relations.(b) Class I. It shall consist of the cadres of—(i) Joint Director of Information and Public Relation;(ii) Deputy Director which shall include Deputy Director of Information and Public Relations and Research Officer.(c) Class II. It shall consist of the cadres of Senior Information Officer, which shall include Editor, District Information and Public Relations Officer, Liaison Officer and Officer-in-charge, Information Centre, Guwahati;(d) Class III. It shall consist of the cadre of Junior Information which shall include Assistant Editor of Publication, Assistant Pub
The strength of each cadre in a class of the service shall be such as may be determined by the Governor from time to time. The strength of the cadres of the service on the date of commencement of these rules shall be as shown in Schedule I:Provided that the Governor may hold in abeyance any post or posts and when considered necessary in the public interest.
Recruitment to the service shall be made in the manner prescribed hereinafter—(1) Recruitment to the cadre of Director of Information and Public Relations and Chief Information Officer shall be made by selection through the Public Service Commission; provided that the Government may also fill up the post by deputation from outside in public interest. Recruitment to the cadres of Additional Director, Joint Director and Deputy Director shall be made by promotion in accordance with Rules. 11, 12 and 13 against 100 per cent of the cadre strength;(2) Recruitment to the cadres of Senior Information Officer in Class II and Junior Information Officer in Class III shall be made by—(a) promotion in accordance with Rules 11, 12 and 13 against 50% of the strength of each cadre; and(b) direct recruitment in accordance with Rules 6 and 16 against the remaining 50%
(1) Direct recruitment to the service shall be made in the basis of recommendations made by the Commission in respect of the cadres of Senior Information Officer and Junior Information Officer in accordance with the procedure hereinafter provided :(a) Before the end of year, the Appointing Authority shall make an assessment regarding the likely number of vacancies to be filled by direct recruitment during the next year and shall intimate the same to the Commission together with the details about reservations for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes. Scheduled Tribes or any other category as laid down by the Government as provided under Rule 15 and about carry forward of such reservations.(b) The Appointing Authority shall simultaneously request the Commission to recommend a list of candidates for direct recruitment in order of preference. (c) The Commission shall make a sele
A candidate for direct recruitment to the service shall be between the age limit of 21 years and 30 years on the 1st day of January of the year of advertisement with relaxation in case of candidates belonging to special categories like Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and any other category as laid down by Government in accordance with the orders of the Government in force for the time being. In case of department candidates maximum age limit for direct recruitment shall be 35k years Candidate for the post of Director of Information and Public Relations/Chief Information Officer must be above 40 years of age but should not be over 52 years on the 1st January of the year of advertisement of the post.
The academic qualification of a candidate for direct recruitment shall be as prescribed by the Government from time to time. The qualification and experience prescribed as on the date of commencement of these rules are given in Schedule II.
A candidate for direct recruitment shall be (1) of sound health, both mentally and physically and free from organic defect or bodily infirmity likely to interfere with the efficient performance of his duties ; and (2) required to undergo medical examination before appointment to the service.
A candidate for direct recruitment shall be required to produce to the Commission certificate of good character from—(a) the Principal Academic Officer of the University or College in which he studied last; and (b) two respectable persons, who are well acquainted with (but not related to) the candidate.
(1) Vacancies in the cadres of Additional Director, Joint Director, Deputy Director in Class I and Information Office in Class II of the service, to the extent as specified in sub-Rule (1) and (2) (a) of Rule 5 shall be filled by promotion in the manner prescribed herein below.(2) Subject to suitability as may be decided by the Commission, as set forth in Rule 12 and also subject to possessing qualifications and experience as prescribed hereinafter, an after shall be eligible for promotion from one cadre to another of the service in the manner provided below: (i) From Joint Director to Additional Director; (ii) From Deputy Director/Research Officer to Joint Director;(iii) From Senior Information Officer to Deputy Director/Research Officer;(iv) From Joint Information Officer and Sub- Divisional Information and Public Relations Officer to Senior Information
(1) Before the end of each year the Appointing Authority shall make an assessment of the likely number of vacancies to be filled by promotion in the next year in each cadre.(2) The Appointing Authority shall then furnish to the Board the following documents and information with regard to as many officers in order owing of seniority as are eligible for promotion:(a) Information about the number of vacancies and number of reserved vacancies to be filled by promotion from members of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes (Plain) and Scheduled Tribes (Hills) as per S.5 of Assam Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts) Act, 1978;(b) List of Officers in order of seniority, eligible for promotion (separate lists for promotion to different cadres shall be furnished) indicating the cadre to which the case of promotion is to be considered;<
The Board, as referred to in Rr. 12 and 13 shall consist of the following:(1) for considering promotion to the cadre of Additional Director— (i) Chief Secretary—Chairman.(ii) One Commissioner of Divisions nominated by the Chief Secretary—Member.(iii) Secretary, Home (Publicity)—Member- Secretary.(2) for considering promotion to the cadres of Joint Director, Deputy Director, Research Officer, Senior Information Officer, Junior Information Officer—(i) Secretary, Home—Chairman.(ii) Secretary, Personnel or a representative of Personnel Department not below the rank of Deputy Appointment, nominated by Secretary, Personnel—Member.(iii) Director of Information and Public Relations, Assam—Member.(b) The Joint/Deputy Secretary, Home (Publicity) will act as Secretary of the Board.
(1) No person shall be eligible for appointment to the serviceif he is not citizen of India; andif he has more than one wife living or in case of a female who has married a person who has one wife living; Provided that the Governor may if he is satisfied that there are special grounds for doing so, exempt any person from the operation of this Clause.(2) No person who attempts to enlist support for his candidature directly or indirectly by any recommendation, either written or oral or by any other means, shall be appointed to the service.
In the case of direct recruitment to the service there shall be reservation in favour of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes (Plains), Scheduled Tribes (Hills) as per Section 4 (a) Assam Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of Vacancies in Service and Posts) Act, 1978.
(1) Subject to the provisions of Rs. 15 and sub-rule (2) of this rule, appointment under Rule 6 shall be made by the Appointing Authority in accordance with the order of preference determine^ in the list referred to Cl. of sub-rule (1) 6.(2) The inclusion of a candidate’s name in the list mentioned in Cl. (d) of sub-rule (1) of Rule 6 shall confer no right to appointment unless the Appointing Authority is satisfied after such enquiry as prescribed by Government from time to time and also as may be considered necessary, that a candidate is suitable in all respects for appointment to the service.
A person shall join within 15 days from the date of receipt of the order of appointment failing which the appointment shall be cancelled unless the Appointing Authority extends the period which shall not in all, exceeds three months.
A member of the service shall be required to undergo such training and pass such departmental examination as Government may prescribe from time to time.
A temporary of officiating member shall be liable to be discharged or reverted to the lower cadre of the service or to his original service, if—(1) he fails to make sufficient use of the opportunities giving during any training as may be prescribed by the Government from time to time or fails to render satisfactory service during his tenure of Service in the cadre ;and/or(2) It is found on a subsequent verification that he was initially not qualified for the appointment.
(1) In case of appointment as per select list on the recommendation of the Commission the seniority of a member in a cadre shall be in the order prescribed in the respective merit list recommended by the Commission; provided he joins within 15 days of receipt of the order or within the extended period mentioned in Rule 17.(2) If two persons are appointed on the recommendation of the Commission in two different batches, the person who was recommended in the earlier batch should be considered senior to the person recommended in the latter batch.(3) In a case names of two or more persons are bracketed in the select list of the Commission, the seniority is to be determined according to the date of birth.(4) The seniority inter se of the promoted officers in the higher posts shall be determined in the order of preference approved by the Commission for the purpose o
(1) Subject to availability of a permanent vacancy in the respective cadre, a member shall be placed, according to seniority on probation against the permanent vacancy for a period of two years before he is confirmed against the permanent vacancy : provided that the period of probation may for good and sufficient reasons be extended by the Appointing Authority for any specified period, not exceeding a period of two years:Provided further that the period of probation may be curtailed or dispensed with any case for good and sufficient reasons by the Appointing Authority.(2) A member of the service placed on probation under sub-rule (1) shall be confirmed against the permanent vacancy subject to the following conditions, if—(a) he has completed the period of probation to the satisfaction of the Appointing Authority in accordance with sub- Rule (1);(b) he has succe
There shall be prepared and published every year a gradation list containing the names of all members of the service cadre-wise in order of seniority and such other particulars as date of birth, date of appointment, etc.
All appointments, in the service shall be made in the time scale of pay as may be prescribed by Government from time to time. The scales of pay of the posts in the cadres of the service are shown in Schedule I.
(1) Members of the service shall be employed in such manner as the Appointing Authority may decide.(2) A member of the service shall be liable to be posted anywhere within the State of Assam or outside Assam, or to any other department of the Government, a body corporate in the affairs of which Government may be substantially interested, or an autonomous district council, if so required in the interest of public service and in such case the member shall not have any option against such posting or transfer.
(1) Except as provided in these rules, all matters relating to pay and allowance, leave, pension, discipline and other conditions of service shall be regulated by the general rules and/or orders of Government for the time being in force.(2) The conditions of service of the members in respect of matters for which no provision has been made in these rules, shall be the same as are for the time being applicable to other officers of Government of the corresponding status and having similar functions.
Where the Government is satisfied that the operation of any of these rules cause undue hardship in any particular case, it may dispose with or relax the requirement of the rule of such extent and subject to such conditions as it may consider necessary for dealing with the case in a just and equitable manner:Provided that the case of any person shall not be dealt with in any manner less favourable to him than that provided in these rules.
If any question arises relating to the interpretation of any provision of these rules the decision of Government shall be final. All actions taken before in relation to service matters provided for in these rules shall be deemed to have been validity taken.
SCHEDULE I
[Rule 4 and 23]
Strength of each of service and time scale of pay
SCHEDULE II
[Rules 8]Qualification for direct recruitmentAcademic and other qualifications for direct recruitment to the cadres of Director of Information and Public Relations/Chief Information Officer, Senior Information Officer, Junior Information Officer and Publication Assistant shall be as prescribed below against each of the cadres:1. Director of Information and Public Relations and Chief Information Officer:A candidate for the post of Director of Information and Public Relations/Chief Information Officer must possess—(a) A degree of a recognised University in Arts, Science or Commerce.Other qualifications—Essential, (a) Practical experience in Journalism in Publicity or Public Relations work,(b) at least 10 years administrative experience in a responsible position,(c) marked literary ability,<
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