What is in situ promotion?

Answer 1

Subject :- Scheme of in situ promotion.

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (2) of Rule 4 and Rule 5 of the Rajya Sabha Secretariat (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1957, the Chairman, Rajya Sabha, hereby, makes the following Order amending the Rajya Sabha Secretariat (Methods of Recruitment and Qualifications for Appointment) Order, 2009, with immediate effect, namely :-

1. Short title

This Order may be called the Rajya Sabha Secretariat (Methods of Recruitment and Qualifications for Appointment) (Amendment) Order, 2009.

2. Amendment of the Order

In the Rajya Sabha Secretariat (Methods of Recruitment and Qualifications for Appointment) Order, 2009, below Para-6A of the Rajya Sabha Secretariat Recruitment and Conditions of Service Order dated 25th August, 2009, the following shall be inserted :-

6B. In situ promotion

(i) In situ promotions as provided herein will only be available for promotion upto the grade of Joint Director or equivalent in any Service of the Secretariat.

(ii)

A person holding a post in any grade may be promoted to the next higher grade in his / her line of promotion on in situ basis on completion of 8.5 years of service in the grade in which he / she is working or 13.5 years of combined service in the grade in which he / she is working and the grade immediately lower to that, whichever is less.

(iii)

Where juniors who have completed their qualifying/eligibility service for in situ promotion are being considered for in situ promotion, their seniors would also be considered provided they are not short of the requisite qualifying/eligibility service for in situ promotion by more than half of such service and have completed the prescribed residency period in their present grade, for in situ promotion alongwith their juniors who have already completed such service.

(iv)

The in situ promotion as provided in (ii) above, is to be made only when the person is assessed fit for promotion with reference to the prescribed benchmark for promotion to the higher grade and has completed the prescribed residency period in his present grade and is eligible for regular promotion to the higher grade as per recruitment rules.

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(v) On such in situ promotion, the post held by the person, shall stand temporarily upgraded

to the next higher grade. The upgradation shall be personal to the person concerned and

the post shall revert back to its original grade once the person gets adjusted against a

regular vacancy in the grade to which he / she has been promoted on in situ basis or on

his / her vacating the post on account of retirement, resignation or any other reason.

(vi) The person promoted on in situ basis may be required to perform duties of the post from

which he / she was so promoted till such time he / she gets adjusted against a regular

vacancy in the grade to which he / she has been promoted on in situ basis.

(vii) The services rendered by a person promoted on in situ basis in a grade shall count for

promotion to the next higher grade but the promotion to next higher grade shall be made

only after the person promoted on in situ basis gets adjusted against a regular vacancy in

the grade.

(viii) The regular vacancies in a grade arising from time to time shall be filled in accordance

with the recruitment rules and other applicable instructions. The persons promoted on in

situ basis shall be adjusted against regular vacancies in the grade as and when they would

have been promoted against such vacancies but for their in situ promotion. To the extent,

such persons are adjusted against regular vacancies, these shall be deemed to have been

filled up by promotion.

(ix) For purposes of seniority, the persons promoted on in situ basis to any grade in any year

shall be ranked in order of their seniority below the last person appointed to that grade

against vacancies of that year or carried forward vacancies of previous years. The slots in

the seniority list in subsequent year against which such persons would have been

promoted but for their in situ promotion, shall be left vacant. However, for purposes of

reservation where applicable and for determination of the remaining vacancies to be filled

by promotion quota, the vacancies against which such persons would have been promoted

but for their in situ promotion, shall be deemed to have been notionally filled by such

persons for such purposes.