Indian Secretarial Service Rules Ammended

According to the amendment, no person shall be appointed to any post in Group C and D by direct recruitment who is less than 17 years or more than 40 years of age. Also, no person shall be appointed to any post in Group A and B by direct recruitment who is less than 17 years or more than 45 years of age on the last date prescribed for the submission of application for appointment.

However, the Speaker may relax the age limit in the case of appointments in Group C or D posts.

In case of direct recruitment for the post of Deputy Secretary, the candidate should be a LLB. (Professional), have six years of experience in office administration in a supervisory capacity or in parliamentary procedure and have knowledge of Hindi up to matric. Or the candidate should be a LL.B. (Professional) having at least six years of experience at the Bar and the knowledge of Hindi up to matric. In the case of appointment of a Deputy Secretary by promotion, the candidate should be LL.B. (Professional) with three years of experience as Under Secretary or Secretary to the Speaker in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha Secretariat.

According to an official press note, the decision to revise the qualifications for the post of Deputy Secretary has been taken in view of the functional requirements of the Vidhan Sabha Secretariat. As the work is of legal and technical nature, it was necessary to revise the qualifications for the post of Deputy Secretary, stated the press note.