DELHI ADMINISTRATION SUBORDINATE SERVICE RULES, 1967
(i) These rules may be called the Delhi Administration Subordinate Service Rules, 1967.
(ii) They shall come into force with effect from the date of issue of the Notification.
In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,
(a) "Administrator" means the Administrator appointed under article 239 of the Constitution for the Union Territory of Delhi.
[(b) "appointing authority" in relation to Grade I means the Chief Secretary, and in relation to Grade II, III and IV means the Heads of Department concerned for the purposes of these rules, as well as the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1966.]
(c) "Chief Secretary" means the Chief Secretary, Delhi Administration.
(d) "Commission" means the Union Public Service Commission.
(e) "cadre" means the group of posts of the four grades of service specified in Schedule I.
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[(1) On and from the date of commencement of these rules, there shall be constituted one Central Civil Service, known as the Subordinate Service of the Delhi Administration.]
(2) The Service shall have four grades, namely :
Grade I
Grade II
Grade III
Grade IV
[(3) The posts in Grade I shall be Central Civil posts, Class II Group B (Gazetted) and those in Grades II, in and IV shall be Central Civil posts Group C (Non-Gazetted).]
(4) Members of the service shall, in the normal course, be eligible for appointment to various grades of the service to which they belong and not to the other service.
(1) The authorised strength of the four grades of the service [***] shall be as in Schedule I.
(2) The Administration may by order create duty posts for such period as may be specified therein.
(1) The appointing authority may, at the commencement of these rules, appoint to the service any person who at such commencement or at the time of temporary addition of posts, holds any of the posts specified in Schedule II or temporary posts so added, in a regular manner in accordance with the method of recruitment prior to the constitution of the service, subject to availability of duty posts in the grade, on the recommendations of the Selection Board constituted under rule 11 for appointment in the service. The Chief Secretary may not however consult the Selection Board in regard to absorption of persons in Grades II, HI and IV (non-Gazetted). The persons not appointed in the service shall continue to work in the posts held by them in a regular manner and corresponding number of duty posts shall be excluded from the cadre. Such persons shall be periodically considered for absorption in the service. The recommendations of t
Save as provided in the rules, appointments to each of the grade shall be made as indicated hereunder
(I) Recruitment to Grade I. [
(a) All vacancies in Grade I shall be filled in by promotion of officers of the Grade II having five years regular service in the grade, on the basis of merit-cum-seniority on the recommendations of the Departmental Promotion Committee.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (a), (i) Stenographers in the scale of Rs. 425-700 who have been appointed in a regular manner in accordance with the recruitment rules, and have five years regular service in the grade shall also be eligible to be considered for promotion to Grade I of the service; and (ii) Technical Assistant, Horticultural Assistant, Plant Protection-cum-Locust Assistant, Horticultural Research
A competitive examination for direct recruitment to the service shall be held at such intervals as the Chief Secretary may determine from time to time. The dates on which and the places at which the examination is to be held shall be fixed by the Chief Secretary.
No candidate shall be appointed to the respective cadre unless he is declared after such medical examination as the Central Government may prescribe to be free from any mental or physical defect likely to interfere with the discharge of the service, unless he has already been examined by the competent medical authority at the time of his initial appointment and declared lit.
The inclusion of a candidates name in the approved lists shall confer no right to appointment unless the Chief Secretary is satisfied after such enquiry, as he may consider necessary, that the candidate is suitable in all respects for appointment to the respective grades and an actual offer of appointment is made to the candidate.
The candidates included in the approved lists shall be appointed to the grade in order of merit.
Recruitment under rule 6 shall be made on the recommendations of the
(1) The Committee shall consider from time to time the case of officers eligible under rule 6 who have served in the respective grade in accordance with the provisions contained therein after taking into account the actual vacancies at the time of selection and those likely to occur during a year.
(2) The names of persons included in the list shall be arranged in order of preference.
(3) The list so prepared shall be forwarded by the Committee to the Chief Secretary for approval who will obtain the approval of the Commission where consultation with the Commission is necessary.
All appointments to the service shall be made to Grade I, II, III, and IV of the service on the basis of the combined lists prepared in accordance with rule 5, rule 6 and rule 12 and not against any specified list included in the service. The Chief Secretary shall allocate the persons borne on the lists to various offices of the Administration.
(a) No person who has more than one wife living or who, having a spouse living, marries in any case in which such marriage is void by reason of its taking place during the life time of such spouse, shall be eligible for appointment to the service, and
(b) No woman whose marriage is void by reason of her husband having a wife living at the time of such marriage or who has married a person who has a wife living at the time of such marriage, shall be eligible for appointment to the service :
Provided that the Chief Secretary may, if satisfied that there are special grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.
Appointments to the service under rule 6 shall be subject to orders regarding special representation in the service for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes issued by the Government of India from time to time.
(1) Every person appointed under rule 5 or rule 6 or any grade of the service shall be on probation/trial for a period of two years. A person appointed against temporary strength of the grade shall have no claim for substantive appointment in the grade on completion of trial period successfully.
(2) The Chief Secretary may in the case of any person extend or reduce the period of probation, but the total period of extension of probation/trial shall not, save where it is necessary by reasons of any departmental or legal proceedings pending against the officer, exceed twice the period specified as probation/trial period.
(3) A person on probation/trial shall be liable to be discharged from the grade of the service at any time without assigning any reason provided that if he holds a lien on any permanent post under the Delhi Administration o
A person who is appointed under rule 5 or rule 6 shall undergo such training and pass within two years of his/her appointment such departmental examination as the Chief Secretary may, from time to time, prescribe :
Provided that the Chief Secretary may exempt, subject to such conditions as he may impose, any person or class of persons either wholly or partly from such training or departmental examination.
If, at any time, the Chief Secretary is of the opinion that the number of officers available in the list referred to in rule 6 for appointment to duty posts is not adequate having regard to the vacancies in such posts, he may direct the Committee to consider the case of officers who have officiated for a period of two years in the lower grade and prepare a separate list of officers selected. The selection for inclusion in the list shall be based on merit and suitability, in all respects for officiating appointments to duty posts with due regard to seniority.
(1) If a member of the Service is not available for holding a duty post, the post may be filled on an officiating basis :
(a) by the appointment of an officer included in the list referred to in rule 12, or
(b) if no such officer is available by the appointment of an officer included in the list prepared under rule 18.
(2) Where the exigencies of the situation so demand, the Chief Secretary may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, appoint a person holding analogous or similar post under the Central or State Government on deputation for a period not exceeding four years : Provided further that such appointments to a post in Grade I shall be made only in consultation with the Commission.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, where
The Chief Secretary may transfer the cadre officers from one office to another office within the service from time to time.
The Chief Secretary shall allocate such number of duty posts to various offices of the Administration as may be deemed necessary by him from time to time.
Every cadre officer shall, unless he is on leave or otherwise not available for holding a duty post, be posted, against a duty post of the appropriate grade in the service.
The Chief Secretary may transfer a cadre officer from one service to another and may also make regulations in this behalf under rule 28. The cadre officer so transferred to the other service shall continue to retain his position in the service to which he originally belongs.
Every duty post in the cadre shall be held by a cadre officer of the appropriate grade or an officer appointed to officiate under Part VIII of these rules.
Any person appointed to any of the grades, whose duties require him to handle cash and stores, may be required to furnish security/fidelity bond of an amount to be determined by the Head of Department.
(1) The inter-se seniority of officers belonging to various services of grades i.e., Ministerial and Executive appointed under rule 6 prior to the date of promulgation of these-rules, shall vis-a-vis be determined on the basis of their continuous length of service (date of initial appointment) in their respective grade i.e. Grades I, II, in and IV. In case of equal length of service, older in age will rank senior to younger one:
Provided that the persons belonging to the same grade shall be ranked inter-se in order of their relative seniority in the present grade, as the case may be. Provided further that the following principles will be followed for fixation of relative seniority of the officers appointed to various grades under rule 6 prior to the date of promulgation of these rules.
(a) Direct recruits shall be assigned seniority fr
(i) The scales of pay attached to the Service shall be as follows :
1. Grade I Rs. 550-25-750-EB-30-900
2. Grade II Rs. 425-15-500-EB-15-560-20-700.
3. Grade HI Rs. 330-10-380-EB-12-500-EB-15-560
4. Grade IV -Rs. 260-6-290-EB-6-326-8-366-EB-8-390-10-400.]
(ii) A person appointed by direct recruitment shall, on appointment to the service, draw pay at the minimum of the time scale. The pay and increments in the case of other persons appointed to the Service shall be regulated in accordance with the Fundamental Rules except that no additional benefit will be admissible to the individuals working on the scales which are being upgraded. The pay of the individual working on scales which being down-graded to br
The Chief Secretary shall be in overall control of the Section and Service and may make regulations or issue instructions not inconsistent with these rules, to provide for all matters for which provision is necessary or expedient for the purpose of giving effect to these rules. Notwithstanding what has been stated above, the Chief Secretary may at his discretion delegate such of his powers as may be necessary to any of his subordinate officers so specified.
In regard to matters not specifically covered by these rules or by regulations or orders issued thereunder or by special orders, the members of the service shall be governed by the rules, regulations and orders applicable to corresponding officers of the Central Civil Service in general.
If any question arises as to the interpretation of these rules, the same shall be decided by the Administrator.
(1) On and from the commencement of these rules and until persons are appointed to hold duty posts in accordance with the provisions of these rules, such posts may continue to be held by officers appointed thereto as if these rules have not come into force.
(2) This rule shall cease to be in force after a period of three years from the date of such commencement.
Where the Administrator is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do, it may, by order, for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any clause or category of persons or posts.
Provided that no order in respect of any class or category of persons/posts in Grade I shall be made except after consultation with the Commission.
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