Constitution of Search-cum-selection
Committee for selection for appointment to a Board level post in Central
Public Sector Enterprises(CPSEs)
G.I., Dep. of Per. & Trg., O.M.No. 27(8)EO/2014(ACC), dated 12.02.2015
Subject: Constitution of
Search-cum-selection Committee for selection for appointment to a Board
level post in Central Public Sector Enterprises(CPSEs).
Attention of all Ministries/Departments
is invited to the Government of India Resolution dated 03.03.1987 as
amended from time to time which provides that in special circumstances,
the appointment to a particular post or posts in Public
Sector Enterprises may be made other than through the PESB with the
prior and specific approval of the Appointments Committee of the
Cabinet(ACC). The said Resolution also stipulates that the Appointments
Committee of the Cabinet, while granting such an approval, will also
specify the body such as Search Committee, Selection Committee, or the
Civil Services Board, as the case may be, that shall make the selection
for that particular post or posts as well as the selection procedure to
be followed for filling the particular post or posts.
2. The issue of constitution of
Search-cum-Selection Committees for appointment to Board level posts in a
Central Public Sector Enterprise(CPSE) has been considered and it has
been decided with approval of the ACC that in cases where
Search-cum-Selection Committee method is approved for selection,
the following guidelines for composition of Search-cum-Selection
Committee for Board level posts in CPSEs would henceforth be followed by
all Ministries/Departments:
(i) The Search-cum-Selection Committee
shall be chaired by the Chairman, PESB. The Committee should normally
consist of not more than 05 members including the Chairman and at least
one outside expert of eminence. The Secretary of the concerned
administrative Ministry/Department would invariably be a Member of such
Search-cum-Selection Committee, if the selection is for the post of
Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD).
However, if the selection is for a Board level post other than that of
CMD, in place of the concerned Secretary, an officer not below the rank
of Additional Secretary of the administrative Ministry/Department may be
included in the Committee.
(ii) In case of selection of Functional
Directors, the concerned regular Chairman/CMD of the concerned PSU
should invariably be included in the Search-cum-Selection Committee.
However in the case of subsidiaries, the regular Chairman/CMD of the
holding company shall be included in the Committee for selection of both
Functional Directors and CMD of the subsidiary.
(iii) The composition of the
Search-cum-Selection Committee shall be proposed by the concerned
administrative Ministry/Department within 10 days of receipt of approval
of the Competent Authority for filling up the post through
the Search-cum-Selection Committee method. The proposal shall be
examined and processed by the Office of the Establishment Officer and
the constitution of the SCSC will-be approved by the Cabinet Secretary.
(iv) The job description of the post
including the eligibility conditions shall be finalized by the
administrative Ministry/Department in consultation with the PESB for
Scheduled CPSEs. In case of uncategorised CPSEs, the job description,
including the eligibility conditions etc., will be finalized by
the Search-cum-Selection Committee itself.
(v) The vacancy shall be advertised by
the concerned administrative Ministry/Department and be given wide
publicity through open advertisement/circulation among various
Ministries/ Departments/State Governments/Autonomous bodies/Research
Institutes etc., and will also be uploaded on the website of the
administrative Ministry/Department. On receipt of the applications,
further processing including scrutiny of applications, for putting up
before the SCSC would also be done by the concerned administrative
Ministry/Department.
(vi) A period of not less than 4 weeks
may be allowed for receipt of applications after issue of advertisement
by the concerned administrative Ministry/Department, on the same lines as the provision in this
regard contained in DoPT’s O.M. No. AB-14077/11/2004-Estt.(RR)
dated 30.07.2007.
(vii) The Search-cum-Selection Committee
will furnish only one name to the administrative Ministry/Department. A
reserve name in a sealed envelope shall be kept in the personal custody
of the Chairman, PESB and will be opened only on orders of the ACC.
(viii) The panel recommended by the
Committee shall be valid for one year. If no selection is made from the
panel within a period of one year, a fresh Committee shall be constituted to prepare a fresh panel. Such a
Committee may also consider the names of persons recommended in the
earlier panel.
(ix) On receipt of the recommendation of
the Search-cum-Selection Committee, the timeline and the instructions
regarding vigilance clearance prescribed in this Secretariat’s O.M. No.
27(4)/2014(ACC) dated 22.10.2014 would be followed for further
processing of the proposals for consideration of the ACC.
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