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Indian Audit And Accounts Department (Senior Auditor) Recruitment Rules, 2023

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Indian Audit And Accounts Department (Senior Auditor) Recruitment Rules, 2023

 

[27th September 2023]

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (5) of article 148 of the Constitution and in supersession of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department (Senior Auditor) Recruitment Rules 1985, except as respect things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the President, after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, hereby makes the following rules regulating the method of recruitment to the post of Senior Auditor in the field offices of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, namely:-

Rule - 1. Short title and commencement

(1)     These rules may be called the Indian Audit and Accounts Department (Senior Auditor) Recruitment Rules, 2023.

(2)     They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

Rule - 2. Number of post, classification and level in the pay matrix

The number of post, its classification and level in the pay matrix attached thereto shall be as specified in columns (2) to (4) of the Schedule annexed to these rules.

Rule - 3. Method of recruitment, age-limit and qualifications, etc

The method of recruitment, age-limit, qualifications and other matters relating to the said post shall be as specified in columns (5) to (13) of the said Schedule.

Rule - 4. Disqualifications

No person,-

(a)      who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living, or

(b)      who, having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person, shall be eligible for appointment to the said post:

Provided that the Comptroller and Auditor General of India may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the law, for the time being in force, applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and that there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.

Rule - 5. Power to relax

Where the Comptroller and Auditor General of India is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do, he may, by order, and for reasons to be recorded in writing and in consultation with the Union Public Service Commission, relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons.

Rule - 6. Saving

Nothing in these rules shall affect reservations, relaxation of age-limit and other concessions required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Exservicemen and other special categories of persons in accordance with the orders issued by the Government of India from time to time in this regard as applicable to persons employed in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department.

 

SCHEDULE

 

Name of post.

 

Number of post.

 

Classification.

 

Level in the pay matrix.

 

Whether selection post or nonselection post.

 

Age limit for direct recruits.

 

Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits.

 

(1)

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

(4)

 

(5)

 

(6)

 

(7)

 

Senior Auditor.

 

3847* (2023) * Subject to the variation depending on work load.

 

General Central Service, Group B Non-Gazetted, Ministerial.

 

Level 6 (Rs. 35400- 112400).

 

Selection post.

 

Not applicable.

 

Not applicable.

 

 

 

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

 

Period of probation, if any.

 

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

 

(8)

 

(9)

 

(10)

 

Not applicable.

 

Two years.

 

By promotion failing which by deputation.

 

 

 

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

 

(11)

 

Promotion:

 

Auditor in level 5 (Rs. 29200-92300) of the pay matrix with six years regular service in the grade and who have passed the Departmental Examination for Auditors.

 

Note: Where juniors who have completed their qualifying or eligibility service are being considered for promotion, their senior shall also be considered provided they are not short of the requisite qualifying or eligibility service by more than half of such qualifying or eligibility service or two years, whichever is less and have successfully completed their probation period for promotion to the next higher grade along with their juniors who have already completed such qualifying or eligibility service.

 

Deputation Officers from the Central or State Government or Union territories:

 

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

 

(ii) with six years service rendered in the grade after appointment thereto on regular basis in posts in level 5 ( Rs. 29200- 92300) in the pay matrix or equivalent in the parent cadre or department; and

 

(b) possessing two years experience in the field of Accounting or Auditing in a Government Organisation.

 

Note 1: The departmental officers in the feeder cadre 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 appointment by promotion.

 

Note 2: The period of deputation (including the period of deputation) in another ex-cadre post held immediately preceding this appointment in the same or some other organisation or department of the Central Government shall ordinarily not exceed three years.

 

Note 3: The maximum age-limit for appointment by deputation or absorption shall not exceed fifty six years as on the closing date of receipt of applications.




 

 

 

If a Departmental Promotion Committee exists what is its composition.

 

Circumstances in which Union Public Service Commission is to be consulted in making recruitment.

 

(12)

 

(13)

 

Group B Departmental Promotion Committee consisting of:

 

(1) Senior Deputy Accountant General or Director or Deputy Accountant General or Deputy Director in-charge of administration group - Chairman;

 

(2) Senior Deputy Accountant General or Director or Deputy Accountant General or Deputy Director - Member; and

 

(3) Senior Audit Officer Member.

 

Group B Departmental Confirmation Committee consisting of:

 

(1) Senior Deputy Accountant General or Director or Deputy Accountant General or Deputy Director in-charge of administration group - Chairman;

 

(2) Senior Deputy Accountant General or Director or Deputy Accountant General or Deputy Director - Member; and

 

(3) Senior Audit Officer Member.

 

Consultation with Union Public Service Commission is not necessary.