Recruitment Rules for the post of Director, (NSRTC), Varanasi, a subordinate office under the Administrative control of Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Name

of

Post

Number
of posts

Classification

Level

in

the

pay

matrix

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Director

01 * (2022)
(* subject to variation dependent on work load

General Central Service, Group ‘A’ Gazetted, Non-Ministerial

Pay Level – 13 Rs. (Rs. 123100 – 215900)

Whether Selection post or non- selection post

Age limit for direct recruitments

Educational and other qualifications required for direct
recruits

Whether

age and educational qualifications prescribed for direct
recruits will apply in the case of promotees

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Not applicable

Not exceeding 50 years (Relaxable for Government servants
up to five years in accordance with the instructions or
orders issued by the Central Government)

Note

: The crucial date for determining the age limit shall be
the closing date for receipt of applications from
candidates in India(and not the closing date prescribed for
those in Assam, Tripura, Sikkim Ladakh, Division of Jammu
and Kashmir State, Lahaul and Spiti District and Pangi
Sub-division of Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh,
Andaman and Nicobar Islands or Lakshadweep)

Essential

: M.Sc.(Agriculture) from a recognized University with
specialisation in Genetics & Plant Breeding or Seed
Technology or Agronomy or Agriculture Botany.

Ten years experience in the field of Seed Production or
Seed Marketing or Seed Certification or Seed Testing or
Seed Quality Control or Seed Development Programmes

Desirable

(iii) Ph.D. in the field of Plant Breeding & Genetics
or Seed Technology or Agronomy or Agriculture Botany or
Seed Production or Seed Certification or Seed Testing or
Seed Quality Control

Note

1
: Qualifications are relaxable at the discretion of the
Union Public Service Commission in case of candidate
otherwise well qualified.

Note

2
:- The qualifications regarding experience are relaxable at
the discretion of the Union Public Service Commission in
the case of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes or
the Scheduled Tribes, if at any stage of selection the
Union Public Service Commission is of the opinion that
sufficient number of candidates from these communities are
not likely to be available to fill up the vacancies
reserved for them.

Not applicable

Period of probation, if any

Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by
promotion or by deputation or absorption and percentage of vacancies to be filled by various methods

In case of recruitment by promotion or deputation/ absorption, grades from which promotion or
deputation/ absorption to be made

If Departmental Promotion Committee exists, what its
composition

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

One year for direct recruitment

Composite method Deputation (including Short Term Contract) plus promotion failing which by direct recruitment

In case of Deputation (Including Short
Term Contract) :-

1. Officers under the Central Government or State
Governnment or Union Territories or Agricultural Universities or
Recognised Research Institutions or Autonomous
Organisations or Semi Government Organisations or Public
Sector Undertakings :-

(a)(i) holding analogous post on regular basis in the
parent cadre or department or

(ii) with five years’ service in the grade rendered after
appointment thereto on a regular basis in Level – 12, Rs.
78800 – 209200/- in the pay matrix or equivalent in the
parent cadre or Department; and

(b) Possessing the educational qualifications and
experience prescribed for direct recruits under column (7).

In

case

of Promotion
:- The Departmental Chief Seed Analyst in the Level – 12,
(Rs.78800 – 209200) with five years’ regular service in the
grade and have successfully completed four weeks mandatory
training in the area of duties and responsibilities of
promotional post in any institute under the Central
Government or State Government or any recognized institute
shall also be considered alongwith deputationists and in
case he or she is selected then post shall be deemed to
have been filled by promotion.

Note

: The Departmental Officers in the feeder category who are
in the direct line of promotion shall not be eligible for
consideration for appointment on deputation. (Similarly
deputationists shall not be eligible for consideration for

Group ‘A’ Departmental Promotion Committee (for considering
confirmation) consisting of :-

1. Additional Secretary (Concerned Division) – Chairman

2. Joint Secretary (Concerned Division), Department of
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare – Member

3. JointSecretary (Administration), Department of

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

– Member

appointment by promotion). Period of deputation (including Short-Term Contract)
including deputation (including Short- Term Contract) in
another ex- cadre post immediately preceding this
appointment in the same or some other
Organisation/Department of the Central Government shall
ordinarily not exceed five years. The maximum age limit for
appointment by deputation (including Short-Term Contract)
shall not be exceeding 56 years as on the closing date of
receipt of application.

Note
: Vacancies caused by the incumbent being away on
deputation or long illness or study leave or under other
circumstances for duration of one year or more may be
filled on deputation basis from officers of Central
Government.

(a)(i) holding analogous posts on regular basis or

(ii) with 5 years regular service in posts in the Level-12
of the Pay Matrix and

(b) Possessing the qualifications and experience prescribed
for direct recruits under Col. 7”.

Note

2 (Protection Clause in terms of DOP&T’s

O.M.

No.

dated 20.09.2022):-

In case of persons holding the feeder posts on regular
basis on the date of notification of the revised rules, the
eligibility service for promotion to the next post shall
continue to be the same as previous notified RRs.

Circum-stances in which Union Public Service Commission is
to be consulted in making recruitment

(13)

Consultation with Union Public Service Commission is
necessary for appointment to the post on each occasion and
for amending or relaxing any provision of these rules.