The Central Civil Services (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, 1965
RULE 7. GENERAL CENTRAL SERVICE:
Government of India Orders/Decisions
(1) Notification
In exercise of the powers conferred by Rule 6 of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965, as amended by the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Amendment Rules, 1975 and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in relation to the persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby direct that with effect from the date of issue of this order, all civil posts under the Union, shall, (subject to such exceptions as Government may, by any general or special order, make from time to time), be reclassified as Group A, Group B, Group C and Group D, as the case may be, as indicated below:-
Existing Classification Revised Classification
Class I - Group A
Class II - Group B
Class III - Group C
Class IV - Group D
Provided that
(i) the classification of any posts created or deemed to have been created on or after 01.01.1973 in the revised scale but before the date of issue of this order, as specific additions to cadres existing prior to 01.01.1973 shall be the same as that of the posts in the cadres to which they have been added and
(ii) any other posts not covered by (i) above created or deemed to have been created in their revised scale of pay on or after 01.01.1973 but before the date of issue of this order having a classification higher than the one envisaged by para 2 of this order shall be reclassified in terms of that paragraph but without prejudice to the status of the existing incumbents of such posts.
[Deptt. Of Personnel & A.R. Notification No. 21/2/74-Estt. (D) dated 11.11.1975]
(2) Order
In exercise of the powers conferred by proviso to article 309 and clause 5 of article 148 of the Constitution read with Rule 6 of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965, and in supersession of paragraph 2 of the notification of the Government of India in the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms number S.O. 5041 dated the 11th November, 1975 as amended by the notification of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training) number S.O. 1752 dated the 30th June, 1987, and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in relation to the persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby directs that with effect from the date of publication of this order in the Official Gazette, all civil posts under the Union, shall be classified as follows:-
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Sl. No. |
Description of Posts |
Classification of posts |
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1. |
A Central Civil post carrying a pay or a scale of pay with a maximum of not less than Rs. 13,500 |
Group A |
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2. |
A Central Civil post carrying a pay or a scale of pay with a maximum of not less than Rs. 9,000 but less than Rs. 13,500 |
Group B |
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3. |
A Central Civil post carrying a pay or a scale of pay with a maximum of over Rs. 4,000 but less than Rs. 9,000 |
Group C |
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4. |
A Central Civil post carrying a pay or a scale of pay the maximum of which is Rs. 4,000 or less |
Group D |
Explanation: - For the purpose of this order –
(i) ‘Pay’ has the same meaning as assigned to it in F.R. 9 (21) (a) (I);
(ii) ‘Pay or scale of pay’, in relation to a post, means the pay or the scale of pay of the post prescribed under the Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 1997.
[Deptt. Of Personnel & Training Order No. 13012/1/98-Estt. (D) dated 20.04.1998]
(2A) Order
S.O. 641 (E) – In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 and clause (5) of article 148 of the Constitution read with rule 6 of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 and in partial modification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training) Order number S.O. 332 dated the 20th April, 1998 and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in relation to persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby directs that, with effect from the date of publication of this Order in the Official Gazette, all posts of Senior Audit Officers and Senior Account Officers in the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and in all organized Accounts Cadres in the scale of pay or Rs. 8000-275-13500 shall be classified as Group ‘B’.
[Deptt. Of Personnel & Training Order No. 13012/1/98-Estt. (D) dated 29th July, 1998]
(3) Classification of Posts
Under the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965, all Central Government posts are classified into four categories, viz., Group “A”, “B”, “C” and “D”. This classification is based on the norms prescribed in Department of Personnel and Training Notification No. 13012/2/87-Estt. (D) dated the 30th June, 1987. The classification serves an important administrative purpose including in matters of recruitment/disciplinary cases, etc. Some allowances are also granted with reference to the classification of the posts. The Fifth Central Pay Commission had, however, recommended a new classification dividing all Central Civil posts into six categories namely, Top Executives, Senior Executives, Executives, Supervisory Staff, Supporting Staff and Auxiliary Staff. These recommendations of the Pay Commission had been examined and after consideration of all pros and cons of the matter, it has been decided not to accept classification of posts as recommended by the Pay Commission and to retain the existing classification into Groups “A”, “B”, “C” and “D”.
2. Consequent upon the revision of pay scales on the basis of the recommendations of the Fifth Central Pay Commission, it has, however, become necessary to prescribe revised norms for categorization of posts into the above four categories based on the revised pay scales as approved by the Government.
3. Accordingly, A Notification classifying various Civil posts into Groups “A”, “B”, “C” and “D” based on revised norms of pay scales/pay ranges has been notified in the Official Gazette vide SO 332 (E) dated 20th April, 1998. A copy of the Notification is enclosed. (decision No. (2)].
4. In some Ministries/Departments posts may exist which are not classified as per the norms laid by this Department. It would be seen that all posts would now stand classified strictly in accordance with the norms of pay scales/pay as prescribed under the Notification. If for any specific reason the concerned Ministry/Department proposes to classify the posts differently, it would be necessary for that Department to send a specific proposal to Department of Personnel & Training giving full justification in support of the proposal within three months of this OM so that the exceptions to the norms of classification as laid down in S.O. 332(E) dated 20th April, 1998 can be notified.
[Deptt. Of Personnel and Training OM No. 13012/1/98-Estt. (D), dated 12th June, 1998]
(4) Classification of Posts - Clarification
References are being received seeking clarifications whether the revised norms of pay scales/pay would be applicable for classification of posts under the flexible complementing scheme or other lateral advancement schemes.
2. There are many promotion schemes such as merit promotion scheme, career advancement scheme, in-situ promotion scheme etc. where promotions are not linked to availability of vacancy in the higher grade and promotions are allowed in the higher grade in a time bound manner after assessment of the official by temporarily upgrading the post to the higher grade, which gets reverted to the lowest level at which it was originally sanctioned upon vacation of the post by the incumbent due to retirement, further promotion to vacancy based post etc. In many cases, higher scales are allowed on expiry of the specified length of service, even while the person continues to hold the same post such as the Assured Career Progression Scheme. It is clarified that in all such schemes, the classification of the post shall be determined with reference to the grade in which the post is originally sanctioned irrespective of the grade/pay scale in which the officer may be placed at any point of time.
[Deptt. Of Personnel & Training OM No. 11012/5/2000-Estt. (A) dated 10th May, 2000.]