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Mandate of the Department
(a) Functions, roles and responsibilities
of the Department
The role of
the Personnel (A) Department
can be conceptually divided
into two parts. In its larger
nodal role, it acts as the formulator
of policies and the watch-dog
of the Government to ensure
that certain accepted standards
and norms, as laid down by it,
are followed by all other Departments
and Government Agencies in matters
of recruitment, regulation of
Service conditions and deputation
of personnel as well as other
related issues. Towards this
end, guidelines are issued by
it for the benefit of all other
Departments and Agencies and
it monitors the implementation
of these guidelines.
It also advises
all Departments/ Agencies of
the Government of Assam on issues
of Personnel Management. The
Department has direct responsibility
as the Cadre controlling authority
for the Assam Civil Service
(ACS). This is in addition to
being the local Cadre controlling
Authority for the Officers of
the Assam Segment of the Assam-Meghalaya
Joint IAS Cadre.
Broadly, some
of the subjects dealt with by
the Department are as given
below:
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Appointment
of ACS Officers |
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Promotion,
Transfer, Departmental proceedings
of IAS and ACS Officers.
Allowing of retirement benefits
etc. to IAS and ACS Officers
and all relevant service
matters and conditions of
IAS/ACS Officers |
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Establishment
matters of IAS & ACS
officers |
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Quinquennial
Cadre Review of IAS |
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Joint Cadre
Authority Meetings |
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Creation/
Upgradation of Gazetted
posts and creation of ex-cadre
Posts for IAS/ ACS Officers,
etc. |
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Promotion
of ACS and Non-ACS Officers
to the IAS |
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Periodical
Cadre Review of ACS Cadre |
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Rules
& Regulations relating
to establishment matters
of IAS & ACS Officers
& OMs are issued from
time to time in respect
of the subjects dealt with
in this Department. |
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Ascertains
requirement of IAS and ACS
Officers in other Departments
and therefore deals with
placement of Officers in
other Departments/ Directorates/
Corporations, etc. |
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Policy matters
relating to upper age limit
for entry into Govt. Service
and Retirement Age; |
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Condonation
of over-age for appointment
to Government service/ posts |
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Advises
other Departments in matters
of Re-employment in Service
after retirement. |
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Manpower Planning |
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Establishment
matters of the four Technical
Departments & Appointment
of Chairman/ Members of
the Assam Administrative
Tribunal |
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Conduct of
Combined Competitive Examination
through APSC |
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General rules
relating to Application
Fees and instructions regarding
advertisement of posts |
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Matters relating
to grant of Special Pay,
Additional Pay, Compensatory
Allowance, honorarium, etc.,
to Gazetted Officers |
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Matters relating
to Ex-Service personnel
(Concessions) |
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Investiture
of Magisterial Power |
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(II) MANDATE OF PERSONNEL (B)
DEPARTMENT
(a) Functions,
roles and responsibilities of
the Department
The Personnel (B) Department
acts as the formulator of policies
and the watchdog of the Government
to ensure that certain accepted
standards and norms, as laid
down by it, are followed by
all other Departments and Government
Agencies in matters of recruitment,
regulation of service conditions
and other related issues. Towards
this end, guidelines are issued
by it for the benefit of all
other Department and Agencies
and it monitors the implementation
of these guidelines. The principal
functions of the Personnel (B)
Department are as follows:
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It is basically
an advisory department and
is responsible for seeing
that the rules and principles
relating to service in general
are properly followed. |
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The Department
is to be consulted for advice
by other Departments on
issues and matters relating
to framing of Service Rules
and general principles relating
to service conditions. |
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The concurrence
of the Department is to
be obtained by other Departments
in the following matters:-
a. Relaxation of any Service
Rule
b. Relaxation of any general
Service condition; and
c. Creation of any post
or payment of any additional
remuneration to any gazetted
Officer |
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Matters relating
to Service Associations
other than IAS and ACS |
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Rules and
procedure regarding fixation
of seniority during promotion
and all matters relating
thereto |
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All matters
relating to Departmental
Proceedings - advising other
Departments in matters wherever
necessary |
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Preparation
of quarterly statement of
proceedings case, maintenance
of records in respect of
officers dismissed, removed
and compulsorily retired |
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All matters
relating to Service Associations,
conventions, co-ordination,
including the grant of recognition |
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All matters
relating to Service Rules
of various services |
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All matters
relating to the Assam Public
Service Commission |
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Matters relating
to Assam Secretariat Service
Rules |
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Matters relating
to Assam Secretariat Subordinate
Service Rules |
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Matters relating
to Assam Service Discipline
and Appeal Rules |
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Matters relating
to absorption of retrenched
personnel of temporary departments |
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Matters relating
to debarring persons from
Government service; and |
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Condonation
of educational deficiency
in appointment to Government
service |
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The Acts
and Rules administered by the
Department of Personnel (A)
or under which the Personnel
(A) Department functions:
Broadly, the
establishment matters of ACS
are being dealt with as per
procedure laid down in the Fundamental
Rules & Subsidiary Rules
and the Assam Civil Service
Rules, 1998. As regards IAS
Officers, the AIS Manual I &
II of Govt. of India are being
followed. On other matters,
the extant OMs/ notifications
of the Government issued from
time to time are being followed.
In respect of the functioning
of the Assam Administrative
Tribunal, the Assam Administrative
Tribunal Act is followed. Given
the enormous responsibility
entrusted to the Department,
it is required to follow or
consult the provisions of a
number of Acts, Rules and Regulations.
A few of such Acts, Rules and
Regulations are enumerated below:
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Assam Civil
Services (Conduct) Rules,
1965 |
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Assam Services
(Discipline & Appeal)
Rules, 1964 |
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Fundamental
Rules & Subsidiary Rules |
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Assam Financial
Rules, 1960 |
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Assam Services
(Pension) Rules, 1969 |
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IAS (Cadre)
Rules, 1954 |
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IAS (Fixation
of Cadre Strength) Regulation,
1956 |
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IAS (Recruitment)
Rules, 1954 |
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IAS (Appointment
by Competitive Examination)
Regulations, 1955 |
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IAS (Appointment
by Promotions) Regulations,
1955 |
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IAS (Appointment
by Selection) Regulations,
1965 |
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IAS (Probation)
Rules, 1954 |
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IAS (Probationer's
Final Examinations) Regulation,
1955 |
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IAS (Pay)
Rules, 1954 |
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IAS (Regulation
of Seniority) Rules, 1954 |
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Assam Rules
of Executive Business, 1968
(as amended) |
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Assam Civil
Services Rules, 1998 (as
amended) |
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The Prevention
of Corruption Act, 1983 |
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The Assam
Land & Revenue Regulation,
1886 |
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The Protection
of Human Rights Act, 1993 |
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Assam Panchayat
(Constitution) Rules, 1995 |
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Assam Panchayat
Act, 1994 |
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The Assam
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 |
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The Assam
Administrative Tribunal
Act, 1977 |
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The Assam
Preferential Stores Purchase
Act, 1989 |
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The Arms Act,
1959 |
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The Assam
Ministerial District Establishment
Service Rules, 1967 |
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Manual of
Office Procedure (Assam
Secretariat) |
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Assam Land
Records Manual, 1981 |
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The Assam
Relief Manual |
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Manual of
Election Law, |
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Indian Penal
Code, 1860 |
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Assam Public
Service Regulation, 1951 |
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Assam Public
Service (Limitation of Functions)
Rules, 1951 |
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The Assam
Medical Attendance Rule,
1976 |
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The Assam
Confidential Rolls Rules,
1990 |
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The Right
to Information Act, 2005 |
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The Assam
Women (Reservation of Vacancies
in Service and Posts) Rules,
2005 |
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These
Acts/ Rules are also followed
by the Personnel (B) Department.
In matters relating to methods
of recruitment, principles
to be followed in effecting
promotions, disciplinary
proceedings and alterations
in the service conditions
of the officers of the Assam
Civil Service, as per provisions
in the APSC (Limitation
of Functions) Rules, 1951,
it is mandatory for the
Government to consult the
Assam Public Service Commission.
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The
Acts and Rules administered
by the Department of Personnel
(B) are: |
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The Assam
Civil Services (Conduct)
Rules, 1965 |
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The Assam
Services (Disciplinary &
Appeal) Rules, 1964 |
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The Assam
Directorate Establishment
(Ministerial) Service Rules,
1973 |
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The Assam
Ministerial District Establishment
Service Rules, 1967 |
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Manual of
Departmental Proceedings |
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APSC Regulation
and Limitation of Functions
Act, 1951 |
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The Assam
Women (Reservation of Vacancies
in Service and Posts) Rules,
2005 |
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Activities
of the Department
Description
of the main Plans/ Programmes/
Work implemented by the Department
(a) Brief
description of the schemes indicating
the main objectives, components
and beneficiaries:
There are
no Schemes under this Department.
The Department of Personnel
is a non-technical Department
and is connected only with general
matters relating to establishment,
policy, service conditions,
appointment of ACS Officers,
etc. As such, there are no developmental
Plans, Programmes, Works or
Schemes, which are implemented
by this Department. This correspondingly
results in there being no objectives,
components and beneficiaries.
(b) Implementation
mechanism:
In view of what has been stated
above, there is no implementation
mechanism for the same
(c) Allocations,
expenditure, targets and achievements
(physical and financial)
No targets and achievements
are applicable in case of the
Department. In view of what
has been stated above, no financial
allocations have been made for
the Department. As a result,
there is no expenditure on the
part of this Department and
neither targets nor achievements
can be quantified.
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