Dimapur, Dec. 12: Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (Administrative Reforms Branch) has issued in an office memorandum on procedure for filling up of Grade-III and Grade-IV posts under the State government, including the district offices.
The office memorandum all direct recruitment vacancies arising in Grade-III as well as Grade-IV posts under the establishment of Deputy Commissioners in district administration shall be filled up by the indigenous of the respective district through a Selection Committee headed by the Deputy Commissioner and having three district level Heads of Offices, an administrative officer, the Regional Employment Officer or District Employment Officer and the Principal or Senior Lecturer of the local College to be nominate by the Deputy Commissioner.
Further, all direct recruitment vacancies in Grade-III posts which are outside the purview of NPSC as well as in Grade-IV posts in a Department, including such in the district offices of that department shall be filled up based on recommendation of the Departmental Screening Committee (except Police Department).
The Department Screening Committee will consists of Director/Head of Department as chairman, A senior officer of concerned directorate not below the rank of Deputy Director in-charge of administration as member secretary, along with representative of concerned administrative department not below the rank of Under Secretary and representative of P&AR Department not below the rank of Under Secretary as members.
Appointments should be made after the recommendations of the Departmental Screening Committee are approved by the government.
All direct recruitment vacancies in Grade-IV posts in District offices of the Departments should be filled up by the indigenous inhabitants of the respective district. In making recruitments to other Grade-IV posts in the Directorate and Secretariat level offices, the reservation policy for Backward Tribes should be adhered to.
The Indigenous Inhabitant Certificate (IIC) should be verified with the help of latest Census records to rule out possibility of multiple IICs in the name of the same person.
This office memorandum was issued in supersession of all earlier instructions on the matter, including the Department of P & AR’s Office Memorandum dated 4th June, 2016.