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Vacancv Gircular

Subject- Filling up one post of Deputy Commissioner(Seeds) in the Departmentof Agriculture, Co-operation and Farmer's Welfare in Levell2 of PayMatrix[t.78800-209200] (pre-revised pay of PB-3 {.15600 -39100/-with Grade Pay t.7600/-) on Deputation(ISTC) or absorption basis.

It is proposed to fill up one post of Deputy Commissioner (Seeds) (GeneralCentral Service, Group-'A' Gazetted, Non-ministerial) in the Department ofAgriculture, Co-operation and Farmer's Welfare in Level-12 of Pay Matrix[t.78800-2092001 (pre-revised pay of PB-3 <.15600 -39100/- with Grade Pay t.7600/-) onDeputation(ISTC) or absorption basis.

2. Eliqibilitv Conditions: Deputation(ISTC):

Officers under the Central or State Governments or Union TerritoriesAdministrations or Public Sector Undertakings or Agricultural Universities orRecognised Research lnstitutions or Semi Governments or Autonomous Bodiesor statutory organisations, possessing the following service, educationalqualifications and experience are eligible : -A Se,rvice:-

(i) holding analogous post on regular basis in the parent cadre ordepartment; or

(ii) with five years service in the grade rendered after appointment theretoon a regular basis in posts in Pay Band:3, Rs.15600- 39100 with GradePay of Rs.6600 or equivalent in the parent cadre or department; and

B. Educational Qualifications and Experience:-Essential:

(i) Master's degree in Agriculture with specialization in Agronomy or PlantBreeding and genetics or Seed Technology or Agricultural Botany froma recognized University or lnstitute.

(ii) Eight years experience in the field of Seed Production or SeedMarketing or Seed Certification or Seed Testing or Seed Quality Controlin a Government office or Public Sector Undertaking or AgriculturalUniversity or Autonomous or Statutory Body or any recognizedlnstitution.

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Desirable: Doctorate degree in Seed Technology from a recognizedUniversity or lnstitute.Note 1: Officers of only the Central or State Governments or Union territoryadministrations shall be eligible for absorption.Note 2: The Departmental officers in the feeder category who are in the directline of promotion will not be eligible for consideration for appointment onDeputation. Similarly, the deputationists shall not be eligible for considerationfor appointment by promotion.

q. list of Qutigs/ Responsibilities attached to the post of DeputvCommissioner (Seeds) are as under:

1) Monitoring of all matters relating to minimum seed certification standards andseed testing procedures.

2) Maintenance of National Register of Released Varieties.3) Formulating guidelines relating to Seed Certification and assisting the Centrat

Seed Committee in matters relating to administration of the Seeds Act.4) Providing secretariat help to the Central Seeds Committee and Central Seed

Certification Board convening their meeting and monitoring implementation ofthe decisions taken by the two bodies.

5) Monitoring enforcement of seed Law throughout the country.6) Overall charge of the secretariat of Central Seed Committee and Central

Seed Certification Board set up under the Seeds Act, 1966.7) Charge of the Secretary of the Central Seed Committee and Central Seed

Certification Board as required under the provision of section 3(7) and 8(E) ofSeeds Act, 1966.

8) Coordination of Functions of the Central Seed Committee and Centrat SeedCertification Board and providing Liaison between the CSC and CSCB andCentral and State Governments.

9) Handling the National Register of Released Varieties including maintenanceof detailed record of all released varieties of various crops in the country.

4. Regulation of pay and other terms of deputation : -The pay of the selected candidate will be regulated under the provisions

contained in the DoP&T O.M. No. 6/8/2009-Estt.(Pay-ll) dated 17t0612010 asamended from time to time.

5. AgeJimit:-The maximum age-limit for appointment by deputation shall be not exceeding

56 years as on the closing date of receipt of applications.

6. Period of deputation: -Period of deputation (ISTC) including period of deputation (ISTC) in another

ex-cadre post held immediately preceding this appointment in the same or someother organization/Department of the Central Government shall ordinarily notexceed 4(four) years.

7. Application (in triplicate) only in the prescribed proforma (Annexure-t) of theeligible candidates whose services can be spared immediately on selection, together

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with the certificate from the Forwarding Authority (in proforma Annexure-ll) along withthe following documents:(i)cadre clearance; (ii) lntegrity certificate (iii) List of major/ minor penaltiesimposed if any, on the official during the last 10 years; (if no penalty has beenimposed a 'Nil' certificate should be enclosed). (iv)Vigilance clearance certificate.(v)Attested photocopies of the ACRs for the last five years (2011-12 to 2015-16)(attested on each page by an officer not below the rank of an Under Secretary to theGovernment of lndia).

Complete advertisement, Bio-data format(Annexure-l) and certificate formatfor CC, lC, VC & MMP (Annexure-ll),etc. can be downloaded from the Departmentof Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare's website:- www.aqricoop.nic.in(Link-Recru itment -Vacancies).

The application alongwith required documents, may be fonryarded to Sh. SunilKumar Swarnkar, Under Secretary (Pers.-ll), Room No. 37, Ground Floor, F-Wing,Krishi Bhawan, New Delha - 110001, within 60 days of the publication of the circularin the Employment News/ Rozgar Samachar. Applications not forwarded throuqhproper channel or those received without the requisite certificates andnecessarv documents wi[ not be entertained.

8. The candidates who apply for the post will not be allowed to withdraw theircand idatu re subseq uently.

y'A*^^t+-(Sunil Kumar Swarnkar)

U nder Secretary(Pers.-l l)Tel. No. 011-23383053

Copy forwarded to :-

1. All Ministries/Departments of Govt. of lndia. lt is requested that the vacancymay please be given wide publicity in their subordinate and attached officesand Regional Research lnstitutions under their administrative control.

2. The Secretary, lndian Council of Agricultural Research, Krishi Bhawan, NewDelhi.

3. Principal Secretary/Secretary (Agriculture), All State Governments/Administration of all Union Territories.

4. Chief Managing Directors of all Public Sector Undertakings,5. Vice-Chancellorsof allAgriculturalUniversities.6. Heads of all Semi GovernmenU Autonomous and Statutory Organizations/

Recognized Research lnstitutions.7 JS(Admn.)/JS(Seeds)/Directo(P)/US(Seeds)/US(P.ll)8. Seeds Division, Facilitation Centre, DAC&FWL Copy to NIC for uploading the above circular in Ministry of Agriculture and

Farmers Welfare's website.10. S.O.(E.ll.)/Guard file/Spare Copies/Notice Board

AA^-*^W(Sunil Kumar Swarnkar)

Under Secretary to the Govt. of lndia

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ANNEXURE II

CURRICULUM VITAE PROFORMA FOR THE POST OF DEPUTYcoMMrssroNER(sEEDs) To BE FTLLED Up ON DEPUTATTON(ISTC) OR

ABSORPTION BASIS

l. Name and Postal Address(in Block Letters) with Tel. No

2.Date of Birth(in Christian era)

3. i) Date of entry into serviceii)Date of retirement under Central/State

Govemment Rules

4. Educational Qualifications

5. Whether Educational and other qualificationsrequired for the post are satisfied.(If arryqualification has been treated as equivalent tothe one prescribed in the Rules, state the

for the same

6. Please State clearly whether in the light of entries made by you above, you meet therequisite Essential qualifications and work experience of the post:-

Criteria Qualifications/ Experience required Qualification / Experiencepossessed by the offrcer

i) Master's degree in Agriculture withspecialization in Agronomy or PlantBreeding and genetics or Seed

Technology or Agricultural Botany froma reco gnized University or Institute.

Essential

ii) Eight years experience in the field ofSeed Production or Seed Marketing orSeed Certification or Seed Testing orSeed Quality Control in a Govemmentoffice or Public Sector Undertaking orAgricultural University or Autonomousor Statutory Body or any recognizedInstitution.Doctorate Degree in Seed Technologyfrom a recognized University or Institute.

Desirable

Do you hold analogous post on regular basis in theparent Cadrel Department; orHave 5 years' service in the grade rendered afterappointment thereto on a regular basis in the scale ofpay of PB:3[Rs.15600-39100] with GP Rs.6600/- orequivalent in parent Cadrel Department.

6.1 Note: Borrowing Departments are to provide their specific comments/ views confirmingthe relevant Essential Qualification/ Work experience possessed by the candidate (as

indicated in the Biodata) with reference to the post applied.

7. Details of Employment, in chronological order. Enclose a separate sheet duly authenticatedif the below is insufficient.

*Important: Pay band and Grade pay granted under MACP/ACP are personal to the officerand therefore, should not be mentioned. Only pay band and Grade PaylPay scale of the postheld on regular basis to be mentioned. Details of ACP/I4ACP with present pay Band andGrade where such benefits have been drawn the be indicated as under:

8. Nature of present employment i.e.Ad-hoc or Temporary or Quasi-Permanent or Permanent

9. In case the present employment isheld on deputation/contract basis,

state

9.1 Note: In case of officers already on deputation, the application of such officers should beforwarded by the parent cadrelDepartment along with Cadre Clearance, Vigilance Clearanceand Integrity Certificate9.2 Note: Information under Column 9(c) & (d) above must be given in all cases where aperson is holdine a post on deputation outside the cadre/ organization but still maintaining a

Period ofservice

*Pay Band andGrade PaylPayscale of the postheld on regularbasis

Nature ofappointmentwhetherregular/ ad-hoc/deputation

Natureof duties (indetail)

Office/Organization

PostHeld onregularbasis

From To PayinPB

G.P. BasicPay

Office/Organization

Pay, Pay Band and GradePay drawn underACP/MACP Scheme

From To

b) Period ofappointment ondeputation/contract

c) Name of the parentoffice/ organizationto which you belong.

a) The date of initialappointment

d)Name of the postand Pay ofthe postheld in substantivecapacity in the parentorganization

lien in his parent cadrelorganization10. If any post held on Deputation in the pastby the applicant, date of return from the lastdeputation and other details

11. Additional details about presentemployment:Please state whether working under (indicate thename of your employer against the relevantcolumn)a) Central Govt.b) State Govt.c) Autonomous Organisationd) Government Undertakinge) Universitiesf) Others

12. Please state whether you are working in thesame Department and are in the feeder grade orfeeder to feeder grade

13. Are you in Revised Scale of Pay? If yes,give the date from which the revision took place

and also indicate the pre-revised scale

14. Total emoluments month now drawn

15. In case the applicant belongs to an organisation which is not following the Central

Government Pay scales, the latest salary slip issued by the Organization showing the

details be enclosed:

16.A. Additional information, if any, relevant tothe post you applied for in support of yoursuitability for the post.(This among other things may provideinformation with regard to (i) additionalacademic qualifications (ii) professional trainingand (iii) work experience over and aboveprescribed in the VacancyCircular/Advertisement)(Note: Enclose a separate sheet, ifthe space is insufficient).

Grade Pay Total EmolumentsBasic pay in the PB

Total EmolumentsDearness Pay/ interim relief/other allowances etc., (withbreak-up details)

Basic pay with Scale of payand rate of increment

16.8 Achievements:The candidates are requested to indicate

information with regard to (i) Research

publications and reports 3"9. special projects

[ifn*-Ot/Scholarship/Officiat Appreciation

iiiil Affiliation with the professional

bodies/institutions /societies (iv) Patents

registered in own name or achieved for the

or[anisation (v) Any research/ innovative

*Jurur. involving official recognition (vi) Any

other information.(Note: Enclose a separate sheet if the space is

insullicient)

17. Please state whether You are

applying for deputation (ISTC) (Candidates of

n*-'Coi.*ent Organisations are eligible only

for Short Term Contract.)

18. Whether belongs to SC/ST

Ihavecarefullygonethroughthevacancycircular/advertisementandlamwellawarethat the information n riirn.a in the c,rrrirrt.r. vitae duly supported..lv.the. documents in

respect of Essential <i"Aiiit",iorV Wo* Exp.ritn"" submittld by me will also be assessed by

the serection comriittee at the time J ielection for the post. The information/ details

provided by me are correct and true ,o ttt best of my knowledge and no material fact having

il;;G on *y selection has been suppressed/ withheld.

(Signature of the Candidate)

Name of the candidate:

Full address of office:Tel. No. / FaxNo'

Dated:

Annexure-III

(Certificate to be furnished by the Employer/ Head of Office/ Fonvarding Authority)

The information/details fumished by Shri/Smt. are trueand correct as per facts availableexperience mentioned in theimmediately

2(i)

on records. He/she possesses educational qualifications andVacancy Circular. If selected, he/she will be relieved

(iD(iii)

(iv)

Place:Dated:

Also certified that:-There is no vigilance or disciplinary case either pending or contemplated againstShri/Smt.His/her integrity is certified.Photocopies of the ACRs/APARs for the last 5 years duly attested on each page by anofficer of the rank of Under Secretary to the Govt. of India or above, ur..n.lored.No major/ minor penalty has been imposed on him/trer during the last l0 years. Or Alist of majorl minor penalty imposed on him/trer during the last-I0 yeaii isenclosed.(as the case may be)

Countersigned

(Employer/Cadre Controlling Authority with Seal)Name & Designation:Telephone No.:

Fax No.:Offrce Seal: