Lok Sabha Question No. 2196 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-15
Subject: Reservation Roster
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: M. CHANDRAKASI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2196

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2017)

## RESERVATION ROSTER

## 2196. SHRI M. CHANDRAKASI:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether post based reservation rosters are maintained in Central Secretariat Service cadre in various departments/ ministries/establishments and if so, the details thereof,
- (b) the  number  of  posts  held  by  personnel  belonging  to  SC/ST/OBCs  in  the  Central Secretariat  Cadre  in  different  categories  as  on  date  against  the  number  of  posts reserved for these categories; and
- (c) details of monitoring mechanism to ensure operation of post based reservation in the Central Secretariat Services through Cadre Management System?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office. (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a):   In order to ensure earmarked percentage of reservation for different categories, the post based  reservation  rosters  for  those  grades  of  Central  Secretariat  Service,  where  there  are elements  of  reservation,      are  maintained  centrally  at  the  Department  of  Personnel  & Training.  Details are given as per Annexure-I.
- (b):    The  grade-wise  position  of  the  number  of  posts  held  by  the  persons  belonging  to SC/ST/OBCs in the Central Secretariat Cadre in different categories in respect of the Grade-I (Under  Secretary)  Gr.  A,  Section  Officers'  Grade  (Gr.  B)  and  Assistants  Grade  (Gr.B,) against the number of posts reserved for these categories, is indicated at Annexure-II.
- (c):   Monitoring of post-based reservation roster is being ensured as per existing guidelines of the Government.

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## Annexure-I referred to part (a) of the Unstarred Question No. 2196 for answer on 15/3/2017

Presently,  the  Central  Secretariat  Service  comprises  the  following      grades  and  the position with respect  to the maintenance of rosters with respect to  each of these grades is mentioned below:-

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Grade                          | Position about maintenance of rosters.                                   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Senior Selection Grade (Director) (Gr. A)  | No roster is maintained as there is no element of reservation.           |
|         2 | Selection Grade (Deputy Secretary) (Gr. A) | No roster is maintained as there is no element of reservation.           |
|         3 | Grade-I (Under Secretary) (Gr. A)          | The roster is maintained centrally at Department of Personnel &Training. |
|         4 | Section Officers 'Grade (Gr. B)            | The roster is maintained centrally at Department of Personnel &Training. |
|         5 | Assistant Section Officer Grade (Gr. B)    | The roster is maintained centrally at Department of Personnel &Training. |

Annexure  -II  referred  to  Part  (b)  of  the  Unstarred  Question  No.  2196  for  answer  on 15/3/2017.

## Grade-I (Under Secretary) Gr. A :-

The vacancies in these grades are filled solely by promotion.   The reservation in this grade is available to the SCs/STs only since there is no element of reservation in promotion for  Other  Backward  classes.    As  on  date,  Under  Secretary  Select  List  till  2014  has  been finalized.  Subsequent Select Lists for 2015 and 2016 could not be drawn up due to ongoing litigations.  Therefore, updated reservation roster is available till 30/6/2015 and the details of post reserved for SC/ST category and the number of posts held by these personnel as per the said roster are as under :-

| Category   |   No. of posts reserved |   No. of posts held |
|------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
| SC         |                     240 |                 181 |
| ST         |                     120 |                 109 |

## Section Officers' Grade, Gr. B -

The vacancies in these grades are filled solely by promotion - 50% through Seniority Quota and 50% through Limited Departmental Competitive Examination.   The reservation in this  grade  is  available  to  the  SCs/STs  only  since  there  is  no  element  of  reservation  in promotion  for  Other  Backward  classes.  As  on  date  Section  Officers  Select  Lists,  the Reservation Roster is updated as on 30.6.2015 since the vacancies for the subsequent years have not yet been finalized due to ongoing litigations in various courts.   Accordingly, the details of post reserved for SC/ST category and the number of posts held by these personnel as per the said roster are as follows :-

| Category   |   No. of posts reserved |   No. of posts held |
|------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
| SC         |                     474 |                 383 |
| ST         |                     237 |                 214 |

## Assistant Section Officers' Grade Gr. B

The  vacancies  in  these  grades  are  filled  partly  by  promotion  and  partly  by  Direct Recruitment.  Since there is no element of reservation in promotion for OBCs, the reservation is  available  to  SCs/STs  only  in  respect  of  Promotion  Quota  vacancies.      However,  for vacancies  falling  under  Direct  Recruitment  Quota,  reservation  is  available  to  all  the  three categories,  namely,  SCs/STs/  OBCs.    Therefore,  two  separate  Rosters,  one  for  Promotion Quota vacancies and another for Direct Recruitment Quota vacancies are maintained.

Position about promotion quota reserved vacancies : The regular promotion to the grade of Assistant Section Officer under Promotion Quota from Select Lists Year 2013 could not be made due to ongoing litigations.  As per the Reservation Roster maintained for Select List Year 2012, the position is as under :-

| Category   |   No. of posts reserved |   No. of posts held |
|------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
| SC         |                     585 |                 374 |
| ST         |                     292 |                 145 |

Position about Direct Recruitment (DR) Quota reserved vacancies: The updated position as on 30/6/2016 is as under:

| Category   |   No. of posts reserved |   No. of posts held |
|------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
| SC         |                     572 |                 492 |
| ST         |                     286 |                 237 |
| OBC        |                    1029 |                 843 |

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