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Subject: Policy on fixing an upper limit of the number ofyears for which officers can work in the personal staff of the Union Minister in their entire careers.
 The issue of officers working in the personal staff of Ministers for long periods of time has been engaging the attention of the Government for quite some time. The various Departments/Services recruit officers to man their respective organizations and it is not in the interest of the cadre management of an organization lo let its officers be out of their cadres for prolonged periods of time.

2. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has decided that (i) A total ceiling of ten years be prescribed beyond which an officer may not be permitted to be appointed in the personal staff of Ministers, irrespective of level.

(ii) Every time an appointment in the personal staff is made, $e cadre authorities may check whether the officer has worked in the personal staff of a Minister earlier and if so, his &&I tenure be restricted to not more than ten years in his entire career. Further, his tenure as Private Secretary and OSD to the Minister
should be limited to five years within this overall limit, on the personal staff of the Minister.

(iii) The ceiling of ten years and the sub limit of five years for PS/OSD with the ceiling of ten years, in the personal staff would be adhered to' while processing the cases for appoint~nentso f PSs and OSDs. The tenure provided in all such cases would be inclusive of any stint that the officer may have worked in, earlier at Under Secretary or lower levels also in the personal staff of any Minister.

(iv) No relaxation will be granted to the above conditions.

Subject: Grant of incentive for acquiring higher qualification Inclusion of additional qualifications/Review of the qualifications listed in the Annexure to this Department's OM No. 1/2/89-EsttiPay-I) dated 9.4.99.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department's OM of even number dated 28.4.2009 and reminders of even number dated 17.6.2009, 20/8/2009, 30.10.2009 and 7.1.2010 calling for suggestions regarding addition/deletion of qualifications listed in the Annexure to this Department's OM dated 9.4.1999.
All the Ministries/Departments are requested to furnish their considered views/suggestions in this regard to this, Department within 30 days from the date of issuance of this OM.