Deputy Secretary (Hindi), Second Secretary (Hindi and Culture), Attache (Hindi and Culture) and Senior Hindi Translator Posts Recruitment Rules, 2020: Ministry of External Affairs
MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Notification
New Delhi, the 11th December, 2020
G.S.R. 24(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution and in supersession of the Ministry of External Affairs, Deputy Secretary (Hindi), Second Secretary (Hindi and Culture), Attache (Hindi and Culture) and Senior Hindi Translator posts Recruitment Rules, 1991, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the President hereby makes the following rules, regulating the method of recruitment to the posts of Deputy Secretary (Hindi), Second Secretary (Hindi and Culture), Attache (Hindi and Culture) and Senior Hindi Translator in the Ministry of External Affairs, namely:-
- Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Ministry of External Affairs, Deputy Secretary (Hindi), Second Secretary (Hindi and Culture), Attache (Hindi and Culture) and Senior Hindi Translator Posts Recruitment Rules, 2020.(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
- Number of posts, classification, and level in the pay matrix.– The number of posts, their classification and the level in the pay matrix attached thereto, shall be as specified in columns (2) to (4) of the Schedule annexed to these rules.
- Method of recruitment, age-limit and other qualifications.– The method of recruitment, age-limit, qualifications and other matters relating to the said posts, shall be as specified in columns (5) to (13) of the aforesaid Schedule.
- Disqualification.- No person,-(a) who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living, or
(b) who, having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person, shall be eligible for appointment to any of the said posts:provided that the Central Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to the said person and the other party to the marriage and that there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.
- Power to relax.- Where the Central Government is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do, it may, by order, for reasons to be recorded in writing and in consultation with the Union Public Service Commission, relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons.
- Saving.- Nothing in these rules shall affect reservation, relaxation of age-limit and other concessions required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, ex-servicemen and other specified categories of persons, in accordance with the orders issued by the Central Government from time to time, in this regard.
Schedule
| Name of the post. | Number of post. | Classification. | Level in the pay matrix. | Whether selection post or non- selection post. | Age limit for direct recruits. |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
| 1. Deputy Secretary (Hindi) | 1* (2020)
*Subject to variation dependent on workload. |
General Central Service, Group ‘A’ Gazetted, Non- Ministerial. | Level-12 in the pay matrix Rs.78800 – 209200. | Not applicable. | Not applicable. |
| 2. Second Secretary (Hindi and Culture). | 3* (2020)
*Subject to variation dependent on workload. |
General Central Service Group ‘A’, Gazetted, Non-Minis- terial. | Level-11 in the pay matrix Rs.67700 – 208700. | Not- applicable. | Not applicable. |
| 3. Attache (Hindi and Culture). | 3* (2020)
*Subject to variation dependent on workload. |
General Central Service Group ‘B’, Gazetted Non-Ministerial. | Level-8 in the pay matrix Rs. 47600 – 151100. | Not applicable. | Not applicable. |
| 4. Senior Hindi Translator | 1*(2020)
*Subject to variation dependent on workload. |
General Central Service Group ‘B’, Non-Gazetted Ministerial. | Level 7 in the pay matrix Rs.44900 – 142400. | Not applicable. | Not applicable. |
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