Prescribed period of Ad-hoc service in Central Government Services…
The period prescribed for ad hoc service under the Central Government and rules laid down for making ad hoc service permanent…
The total period for which the appointment/promotion may be made, on
adhoc basis, is limited to one year. In case there are compulsions for
extending any adhoc 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.
The above information was submitted as a written reply to a question in
the Parliament by the Minister Shri.V.Narayanasamy on 19th December
2012.
