Latest news with #AllIndiaService
Hindustan Times
11 hours ago
- Business
- Hindustan Times
Anurag Rastogi gets one-year extension as Haryana chief secretary
The central government has granted a year's extension in service to chief secretary Anurag Rastogi. The 1990-batch Haryana IAS officer, who was due to retire on June 30, will continue to hold the charge of chief secretary till June 30, 2026. A June 19 communication from the Union ministry of personnel said that the central government, on a proposal of the Haryana government, has approved extension of service for Rastogi from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. Hindustan Times was the first to report on June 8 that Rastogi would get an extension in service, thus enabling him to continue as chief secretary from July 1. Since Rule 16 (1) of the All-India Service (death cum retirement benefits) Rules, 1958, provided for only six months of extension in service for the chief secretary, the central government relaxed this rule by invoking Rule 3 of All India Service (Conditions of Service- Residuary Matters) Rules, 1960, to grant Rastogi 12 months of extension in service. Rule 3 of All India Service (Conditions of Service- Residuary Matters) Rules, 1960, empowers the central government to dispense with or relax the requirements of a rule or regulations made under All India Services Act, 1951. Rastogi was appointed as chief secretary in February this year after 1989-batch IAS officer Vivek Joshi took voluntary retirement on being chosen as Election Commissioner by the central government. The Nayab Singh Saini government appointed Rastogi as Joshi's successor by not following the seniority principle. According to the gradation list of Haryana IAS officers, Sudhir Rajpal of the 1990 batch is the senior most as per the inter se seniority followed by Sumita Misra, Anurag Rastogi, Anand Mohan Sharan and Raja Sekhar Vundru. A dispute has been raised by the 1990-batch IAS officers regarding the inter-se seniority which remains unadjudicated. Rastogi was also given the interim charge of chief secretary for a few days after the retirement of TVSN Prasad and before Joshi joined as the chief secretary in November 2024. Rastogi was later posted as financial commissioner, revenue (FCR) and also held the charge of additional chief secretary, finance and planning. He still holds the charge of the finance and planning departments.
Time of India
25-04-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Raj implements Unified Pension scheme for central govt employees
Jaipur: The Department of Personnel (DOP) issued a notification to implement the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) for All India Service officers of the Rajasthan cadre. The notification conveys the decision of the central govt to introduce the UPS as an option under the National Pension System (NPS) for central govt employees currently covered under the NPS. The UPS will be applicable to such central govt employees who are covered under the NPS and who choose this option under the NPS. As per the notification, benefits under the scheme include an assured payout. The scheme's assured payout will be as follows: (a) the rate of full assured payout will be 50% of the twelve-month average basic pay, immediately prior to superannuation. Full assured payout is payable after a minimum of 25 years of qualifying service; (b) in case of a lesser qualifying service period, a proportionate payout would be admissible; (c) a minimum guaranteed payout of Rs 10,000 per month shall be assured in case superannuation is after 10 years or more of qualifying service; and (d) in cases of voluntary retirement after a minimum of 25 years of qualifying service, the assured payout will commence from the date on which the employee would have superannuated if they continued in service. Eligibility under the scheme for assured payout shall be available only in the following cases: (a) in case of an employee superannuating after a qualifying service of ten years, from the date of superannuation; (b) in case of the govt retiring an employee under the provisions of FR 56 (j) (which is not a penalty under Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965) from the date of such retirement; and (c) in case of voluntary retirement after a minimum qualifying service period of 25 years, from the date such employee would have superannuated if the service period continued to superannuation.
