Central Information Commission (Group ‘C’) Recruitment Rules, 2012
DOPT notifies Central Information Commission (Group ‘C’) Recruitment Rules, 2012 for regulating regulating the method of recruitment to the posts of Upper Division Clerk, Stenographer Grade D’ and Multi-Tasking Staff in the Central Information Commission
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(Department of Personnel and Training)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 29th August, 2012
GS.R.655(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clause (d) of sub section (2) of section 27 of the Right to Information Act,2005,(22 of 2005), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules regulating the method of recruitment to the posts of Upper Division Clerk, Stenographer Grade D’ and Multi Tasking Staff in the Central Information Commission, namely:-
Short title and commencement.
(1) These rules may be called the Central Information Commission (Group ‘C’) Recruitment Rules, 2012.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Number of post, classification and Pay Band and grade pay or Pay Scale.- The number of post, their classification and the Pay band and grade pay or pay scale attached thereto shall be as specified in columns (2) to (4) of the Schedule annexed to these rules.
3. Method of recruitment, age limit, qualifications etc.- The method of recruitment, age limit, qualifications and other matters relating to the said post shall be as specified in columns (5) to (13) of the said Schedule.
4. 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 the said post:
Provided that the Central Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such 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.
5. 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, relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons.
6. Saving. – Nothing in these rules shall affect reservations, relaxation of age limit and other concessions required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, ex-Serviceman and other special categories of persons in accordance with the orders issued by the Central Government from time to time in this regard.

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