Lok Sabha Question No. 1256 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-14
Subject: Allocation of Services
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: Dean Kuriakose

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1256

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2022)

## ALLOCATION OF SERVICES

## 1256. ADV. DEAN KURIAKOSE:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  details  of  candidates  who  have  cleared  Civil  Services Examination, 2021 but were not allocated service by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), till date;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  some  OBC  candidates  have  not  been  allocated  service  stating  the  lack  of equivalence for posts held by their parents in State Public Sector Undertakings, towards determining their Non-Creamy Layer status;
- (d) if so, the State-wise details of such candidates who were not allocated service during the last nine years;
- (e) whether the Government intends to resolve the issue of above candidates by ensuring that equivalence is established by the DoPT or by accepting the equivalence orders issued by respective States; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## 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)  &  (b): Out  of  the  total  748  candidates  recommended  by  the  Union  Public  Service Commission (UPSC) on the basis of the Civil Services Examination (CSE)-2021, 91 candidates could  not  be  allocated  to  any  service  till  07.12.2022  due  to  various  reasons  like,  limited preference, findings of medical examination, unsuccessful claim of reserved category, candidature withdrawn by candidates, etc., as per the provisions of CSE Rules-2021.

(c): As per the provisions of Department of Personnel and Training's OM dated 08.09.1993 for determining the Creamy-layer status of the OBC candidates, 6 (six) recommended candidates of CSE-2021, whose parent(s) were working in the State Public Sector Undertakings, have been treated as falling under OBC(Creamy-layer).

- (d): Details are at Annexure-A .

(e) & (f): The report of the Expert Committee constituted by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to examine the issues related to Creamy-layer equivalence amongst the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBCs) is under consideration.

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## State-wise details of cases where the candidates, whose parent(s) were working in the State Public Sector Undertakings, have been treated as falling under OBC(Creamy-layer) since CSE-2012

|   Sl. No. | Name of State   |   No. of cases |
|-----------|-----------------|----------------|
|         1 | Bihar           |              1 |
|         2 | Haryana         |              3 |
|         3 | Kerala          |              3 |
|         4 | Madhya Pradesh  |              2 |
|         5 | Maharashtra     |              1 |
|         6 | Punjab          |              1 |
|         7 | Rajasthan       |              1 |
|         8 | Tamil Nadu      |              5 |
|         9 | Telangana       |              4 |
|        10 | Uttarakhand     |              1 |
|        11 | Uttar Pradesh   |              5 |