DoPT issues confidential letter to secretaries, bans ministries issuing unilateral instructions on recruitment and services

THE department of personnel and training (DoPT), the nodal department dealing with services issues related to All India Services officers among others, has raised strong objection to a few ministries issuing unilateral instructions regarding the methods of recruitment and service conditions. It could not, however, be learnt which are the departments and ministries which have issued such instructions in violation to the usual practice.

In a letter issued by the department’s special secretary PK Misra to all government of India secretaries, the DoPT said that such unilateral guidelines without the consultation of the DoPT were in violation of established procedures and rules, and asked them not to issue any guidelines or instructions in respect of the methods of recruitment and the conditions of service of any of the Central Services (except those exempted under the

Allocation of Business Rules) or the All lndia Services without following the provisions of government of lndia (Allocation of Business Rules), 1961 and the Government of India (Transaction of Business) Rules, 1961.

The DoPT further warned such ministries saying that such instructions would be made null and void.

DoPT’s confidential letter, dated Feb 18, 2010

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