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Consolidated guidelines /instructions issued on the staff management of Government and Private Special Economic Zone (W.e.f.16th August 2010)
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....nistered by the Central Government. Accordingly Recruitment Rules (RRs) for the officers and employees in these Government SEZs has been framed and a list of RR is given below. These RRs cover all aspects of staffing in the concerned zone such as number of posts, their classification, scale of pay, mode of appointment viz, promotion or deputation educational qualification, disqualification and relaxation provisions etc. Staffing in the 12 State/Private Sector Special Economic Zones is managed as per the RRs of respective Central Government SEZ under which the State SEZ has been placed. Staffing in Private Special Economic Zone established under the SEZ Act 2005 is being managed in accordance with the instructions issued from time to time by the Department of Commerce the content of which for the sake of record convenience. (1) Man Power Structure: 1.1 The following manpower structure has been sanctioned for the Sector Specific and Multi Product Private SEZs notified after 10th February, 2006: Sector Specific SEZs S.No Name of the post No. of posts 1. Deputy Commissioner of Customs Rs. 15600-39100+6600 1 (One) 2. Superintende....
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....hority is hereby accorded for downgrading the post of Assistant Development Commissioner (Senior){Group "A"} in the scale of pay Rs. 8000-275-13500 wherever exists, in the Office of the Development Commissioner, Kandla SEZ , SEEPZ Special Economic Zone, Noida EPZ, Madras EPZ, Cochin SES , Falta EPZ and Visakhapatnam EPZ in to Assistant Development Commissioner (Group "B" Gazetted) in the scale of pay of Rs 6500-200-10500. The existing incumbent shall continue to hold the post in the same scale of pay and classification till they are promoted to the next higher grade. After their promotion, the post of Assistant Development Commissioner (Senior) shall automatically stand downgraded in to Assistant Development Commissioner. 2.2 Deputy Commissioner of Customs in private Special Economic Zone as Development Commissioner/Joint Development Commissioner: Experience has been that each sector specific private SEZ does not require a full time Deputy Commissioner Customs. It is more effective to utilise the services of the Deputy Commissioner of (Customs) by forming clusters of SEZs so that one Deputy Commissioner of Customs may be in a position to look after a cluster of SEZs. ....
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....bility conditions like age limit etc. would be the same as provided in the recruitment rules prescribed for the respective posts in the Central Government SEZs would be as under: ADC: (a) (i) Holding analogous posts on regular basis; or (ii) With 3 years' regular service in posts in the scale of Rs. 5500-9000(pre-revised) or equivalent; or (iii) With 8 years' regular service in posts in the scale 5000-8000(pre-revised). (b) Possessing 2 years' experience in foreign trade or industrial development work. SO (Accounts): (a) (i) Holding analogous posts on regular basis; or (ii) With three years' regular service in the scale of Rs. 5000-8000(pre-revised) or equivalent; and (b) Possessing any one of the following qualifications: (i) A pass in the subordinate accounts service or equivalent examination conducted by any one of the organised Accounts Department of the Central Government. (ii) Successful completion of training in the Cash and Accounts work conducted by Institute of Secretarial Training and Management of equivalent; and (c) Possessing three years' experience of Cash, Accounts and Budget work. St....
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....iii) Joint Director General of Foreign Trade concerned - Member (iv) Joint Secretary, D/o Commerce or his nominee - Member The Zonal DCs have been given the responsibility of initiating the process for filling up vacancies in the newly created private SEZs and therefore it has been decided that the respective Zonal DCs may chair the meeting of the Selection Committee and DC/JDC of the concerned Zone may be opted as one of the members of the Committee. Accordingly, in partial modification of Para 5 of instruction dated 11.5.2009; the Selection Committee would have the following composition: (i) Zonal Development Commissioner concerned - Chairman (ii) Development Commissioner/Joint Development Commissioner Concerned - Member (iii) Joint Director General of Foreign Trade concerned - Member (iv) Joint Secretary(SEZ), Department of Commerce ....
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....d the same to DOC. (4) One time Relaxation for filling up of posts in Special Economic Zone: 4.1 Relaxation allowed for the post of Astt. Development Commissioner: In terms of existing Recruitment Rules, 33.33% of the posts of Asstt. Development Commissioners (ADCs) are required to be filling up by promotion and remaining 66.67% by deputation. References have been received in the Department of Commerce about the difficulty faced in filling up of the posts in the deputation quota. In the interest of smooth functioning of zones, some of the posts of deputation quota have been filled by way of regulation or ad-hoc promotion of feeder grade officers. Requests have been received in this department to regularise the officials allowed promotion against deputation quota. The matter has been examined in this department. In order to adjust the excess beyond the promotion quota as prescribed in the RRs, as one time measure, it has been decided that upto 33.33% of the posts of ADCs of private SEZs under the jurisdiction of respective Zonal Development Commissioners, which are cost recovery posts be added to the sanctioned strength of ADCs to adjust the excess promotion(s)....
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.... the newly reated SEZs on cost recovery basis. (v) F.No.A-4/11/2007- SEZ 23rdDecember 2009 Filling up the posts of ADC/SO(Accounts)Stenographer s Grade(I/II/III) in newly created SEZ (vi) F.No.A-4/12/2008- SEZ 23rd February 2010 One time relaxation for filling up of Posts of Astt. Development Commissioners from eligible departmental candidates. (vii) F.NoA-6/10/2002- EPZ Vol.1 9^th April, 2010 Manpower Structure in the sector specific SEZs (viii) F. No. A1/3/2008- SEZ 7th April, 2010 (ix) F.No.A6/10/2002E PZvol.1 7th May, 2010 Manpower Structure in Sector Specific SEZs ** Annexure Kandla Special Economic Zone (i) Kandla Freee Trade Zone Administration (Group "A" Gazetted) Recruitment Rules, 1986, Dated 11th June, 1999. (ii) Kandla Freee Trade Zone Administration (Group "C" and 'Group D" Non- Gazetted Posts) Recruitment Rules, 1981, Dated 5th May, 1999. (iii) Kandla Freee Trade Zone Gandhidham-Head Jamadar, Grade -I and Grade II (Gr....