(a) whether a large number of IAS Officers and Central Services Officers have been given personnel upgradation/in situ promotion during the last two years;
(b) if so, similar upgradation/in situ promotion is being denied to CSS officers who are waiting for promotion as Joint Secretary or equivalent posts; and
(c) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?
THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF ATOMIC ENERGY AND SPACE. (SMT.VASUNDHARA RAJE)
(a)to(c): No Sir. As per the existing policy, where a Central Secretariat Service officer has less than two years of service to superannuate from the time his name is included in the empanelled list for Joint Secretaries, the post held by him can be upgraded as personal to him to promote him in the same Ministry/Department.