Recruitment Rules for the post of Director, (NSRTC), Varanasi, a subordinate office under the Administrative control of Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Recruitment Rules for the post of Director, (NSRTC), Varanasi, a subordinate office under the Administrative control of Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

F. No. 16011/1/2022-SD.ll (e file 117264)
भारत सरकार Government of India
कृषि एवं किसान कल्याण मंत्रालय  Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers welfare
कृषि एवं किसान कल्याण विभाग Department of Agriculture and Farmers welfare

कृषि भवन, नई दिल्ली 
दिनांक 3 नवंबर, 2022 

Subject:- Revision of Recruitment Rules for the post of Director, National Seed Research and Training  Centre, Varanasi, a subordinate office under the Administrative control of Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare – reg.

It is proposed to revise the Recruitment Rules for the post of Director, National Seed Research and Training Centre (NSRTC), Varanasi, a subordinate office under the administrative control of Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. A copy of the Draft RRs in this regard is attached.

Recruitment Rules for the post of Director

2. It Is requested that all Stakeholders may kindly furnish their comments/suggestion, if any, on the aforesaid draft R.Rs to Seeds Division, DA&IW within 30 days from the date of issue of this OM.

Encl. : As above

(S.S.Vagulaparnam)
Under Secretary to the Government of India.
Tel. : 2330 5784

To

a) NIC, DA&FW with the request to upload the above communication alongwith enclosure on the website of DA&FW.

b) Coordinator  to  Director,  NSRTC  with  the  request  to  upload  the  above communication alongwith enclosure on the website of NSRTC.

F. No. 16011/1/2022-SD.II(e file 117264)
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
(Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare)

G.S.R. ………………..In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution and in supersession of the National Seed Research and Training Centre (Group ‘A’ post) Recruitment Rules, 2004, insofar as they relate to the post of Director, 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 for the post of Director in the National Seed Research and Training Centre under the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare namely:-

1. Short title and commencement :- (1) These rules may be called the National Seed Research and Training Centre (Director) Recruitment Rules, 2022. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette

2. Number of post, classification and Level in the Pay Matrix. – The number of the said post, their 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 other qualifications, etc.- The method of recruitment to the said posts, age limit, qualification and other matters relating thereto shall be as specified in columns (5) to (13) of the aforesaid 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, for reasons to be recorded in writing and in consultation with the Union Public Service Commission, relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect of any class or category of persons.

6. Savings – Nothing in these rules shall affect reservations, relaxation of age limit and other concessions required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, ex-Servicemen, other Backward Classes and other special categories of persons in accordance with the orders issued by the Central Government from time to time in this regard.

SCHEDULE

Name

of

Post

Number
of posts

Classification

Level

in

the

pay

matrix

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Director

01 * (2022)
(* subject to variation dependent on work load

General Central Service, Group ‘A’ Gazetted, Non-Ministerial

Pay Level – 13 Rs. (Rs. 123100 – 215900)

Whether Selection post or non- selection post

Age limit for direct recruitments

Educational and other qualifications required for direct
recruits

Whether

age and educational qualifications prescribed for direct
recruits will apply in the case of promotees

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Not applicable

Not exceeding 50 years (Relaxable for Government servants
up to five years in accordance with the instructions or
orders issued by the Central Government)

Note

: The crucial date for determining the age limit shall be
the closing date for receipt of applications from
candidates in India(and not the closing date prescribed for
those in Assam, Tripura, Sikkim Ladakh, Division of Jammu
and Kashmir State, Lahaul and Spiti District and Pangi
Sub-division of Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh,
Andaman and Nicobar Islands or Lakshadweep)

Essential

M.Sc.(Agriculture) from a recognized University with
specialisation in Genetics & Plant Breeding or Seed
Technology or Agronomy or Agriculture Botany.

Ten years experience in the field of Seed Production or
Seed Marketing or Seed Certification or Seed Testing or
Seed Quality Control or Seed Development Programmes

Desirable

(iii) Ph.D. in the field of Plant Breeding & Genetics
or Seed Technology or Agronomy or Agriculture Botany or
Seed Production or Seed Certification or Seed Testing or
Seed Quality Control

Note

1
: Qualifications are relaxable at the discretion of the
Union Public Service Commission in case of candidate
otherwise well qualified.

Note

2
:- The qualifications regarding experience are relaxable at
the discretion of the Union Public Service Commission in
the case of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes or
the Scheduled Tribes, if at any stage of selection the
Union Public Service Commission is of the opinion that
sufficient number of candidates from these communities are
not likely to be available to fill up the vacancies
reserved for them.

Not applicable

Period of probation, if any

Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by
promotion or by deputation or 
absorption and percentage of vacancies to be filled by various methods

In case of recruitment by promotion or deputation/ absorption, grades from which promotion or
deputation/ absorption to be made

If Departmental Promotion Committee exists, what its
composition

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

One year for direct recruitment

Composite method Deputation (including Short Term Contract) plus promotion failing which by direct recruitment

In case of Deputation (Including Short
Term Contract) :-

1. Officers under the Central Government or State
Governnment or 
Union Territories or Agricultural Universities or
Recognised Research Institutions or Autonomous
Organisations or Semi Government Organisations or Public
Sector Undertakings :-

(a)(i) holding analogous post on regular basis in the
parent cadre or department or

(ii) with five years’ service in the grade rendered after
appointment thereto on a regular basis in Level – 12, Rs.
78800 – 209200/- in the pay matrix or equivalent in the
parent cadre or 
Department; and

(b) Possessing the educational qualifications and
experience prescribed for direct recruits under column (7).

In

case

of Promotion
:- The Departmental Chief Seed Analyst in the Level – 12,
(Rs.78800 – 209200) with five years’ regular service in the
grade and have successfully completed four weeks mandatory
training in the area of duties and responsibilities of
promotional post in any institute under the Central
Government or State Government or any recognized institute
shall also be considered alongwith deputationists and in
case he or she is selected then post shall be deemed to
have been filled by promotion.

Note

: 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
deputationists shall not be eligible for consideration for

Group ‘A’ Departmental Promotion Committee (for considering
confirmation) consisting of :-

1. Additional Secretary (Concerned Division) – Chairman

2. Joint Secretary (Concerned Division), Department of
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare – Member

3. JointSecretary (Administration), Department of

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

– Member

appointment by promotion). Period of deputation (including Short-Term Contract)
including deputation (including Short- Term Contract) in
another ex- cadre post immediately preceding this
appointment in the same or some other
Organisation/Department of the Central Government shall
ordinarily not exceed five years. The maximum age limit for
appointment by deputation (including Short-Term Contract)
shall not be exceeding 56 years as on the closing date of
receipt of application.

Note
: Vacancies caused by the incumbent being away on
deputation or long illness or study leave or under other
circumstances for duration of one year or more may be
filled on deputation basis from officers of Central
Government.

(a)(i) holding analogous posts on regular basis or

(ii) with 5 years regular service in posts in the Level-12
of the Pay Matrix and

(b) Possessing the qualifications and experience prescribed
for direct recruits under Col. 7”.

Note

2 (Protection Clause in terms of DOP&T’s

O.M.

No.

dated 20.09.2022):-

In case of persons holding the feeder posts on regular
basis on the date of notification of the revised rules, the
eligibility service for promotion to the next post shall
continue to be the same as previous notified RRs.

Circum-stances in which Union Public Service Commission is
to be consulted in making recruitment

(13)

Consultation with Union Public Service Commission is
necessary for appointment to the post on each occasion and
for amending or relaxing any provision of these rules.

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