Recommendations relating to Promotions | Department
Promotion norms should be more stringent than at present and based explicitly on competition rather than on simple attainment of a-priori benchmarks. A clear signal should be conveyed to the officers that unless they perform well and improve their professional knowledge and skills, they would not be promoted.
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whose suitability for promotion to a higher grade has been kept in a sealed cover on the expiry of 6 months from the date of convening the first Departmental Promotion Committee which had adjudged his suitability and kept its findings in the sealed cover. Such a review should be done subsequently also every six months.
Employee promotion policy: what you need to consider - Recruitee
The first employee promotion guideline that you should create involves specifying the circumstances under which an employee might be eligible for increased salary, responsibilities, or title. This will make the decision to promote - or not promote - an employee objective and fair.
Dopt Guidelines for Promotion | Composition of DPC
Promotion Reservation Rules and Regulations in Government Services Reservation to the members of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes is provided in the matter of promotion when promotion is made- (a) through Limited Departmental Competitive Examination in Group B, Group C and Group D posts;
Dopt Orders on Promotion | Dopt Orders on Promotion of SC/ST
As far as possible, the minimum length of service in the lower grade prescribed as a condition for promotion to the higher grade should not markedly be different from that prescribed by other Departments for promotion to similar grades involving the same nature of duties and responsibilities.
- How a Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) should be formed?
- In making promotions, it should be ensured that suitability of the candidates for promotion is considered in an objective and impartial manner. For this purpose, Departmental Promotion Committee [DPC] (for considering Promotion) should be formed in each Ministry/ Department/ Organisation.
- Can a DPC be promoted to a technical post?
- her members of the DPC and the post to which promotion is to be made. In the case of a DPC constituted for promotions to a technical post it may also be ensured that the officer nominated by another Department has also the requisite technical competen
- How TES for promotion is considered?
- tes for promotion is considered in an objective and impartial manner. For this purpose, Departmental Promotion Committee [DPC] (for considering P motion) should be formed in each Ministry/ Department/ Organisation. In addition, for considering cases of confirmat
- How many APARs should a DPC consider for promotion?
- (a) The DPC should consider APARs for equal number of years in respect of all officers considered for promotion subject to (c) below. (b) The DPC should assess the suitability of the officers for promotion on the basis of their service record and with particular reference to the APARs for five years preceding T-2nd year as reckoning APARs.
- How a promotion is considered in an objective and impartial manner?
- promotion is considered in an objective and impartial manner. For this purpose, Departmental Department/ Organisation. In addition, for considering cases of confirmation Departmental Confirmation Committee [DCC] needs to be constituted. Thus, whenever an occasion arises for (a) ‘Promotion’ to ‘Selection’ as well as ‘Non-Selection’ posts.
- Can a DPC impose a penalty on an officer for promotion?
- His/her case for promotion may imposed on him/her (para 3.1 of DoPT O.M. dated 14.09.1992). penalty, the officer should be considered for promotion. The DPC, after due consideration, has authority to assess the officer as 'unfit' for promotion. However, where the DPC dated 10.04.1989).
