Question : VACANT RESERVED POSTS

(a) whether a large number of posts pertaining to the three services of Central Secretariat are lying vacant in various Ministries/Departments;

(b) if so, the number of posts lying vacant as on date alongwith the number out of them reserved for SC/ST and OBCs, Ministry-wise and category-wise and since when;

(c) whether the Government proposed to hold special examination to fill up these vacancies by the candidate belonging to SC/ST and OBCs categories; and

(d) if not, the manner in which the Government propose to fill up these vacancies expeditiously?

THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES, AGRO AND RURAL INDUSTRIES, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING, DEPARTMENT OF PENSIONS AND PENSIONERS WELFARE OF THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF ATOMIC ENERGY AND SPACE. (SMT.VASUNDHARA RAJE)

(a)&(b): Selection Grade (Deputy Secretary) and Grade I (Under Secretary) of the Central Secretariat Service and grades of Senior Principal Private Secretary and Principal Private Secretary of the Central Secretariat Stenographers Service are centralised and their cadre is controlled by the Department of Personnel & Training. Almost all posts in these grades are filled.
All other grades of three Central Secretariat Services are decentralised into 33 cadres and this information is not maintained centrally.

(c): No Sir.

(d): The Government proposes to fill up vacancies in three Central Secretariat Services through the normal annual direct recruitment and promotion.