Constitution of Search-cum-selection Committee for selection for
appointment to a Board level post in Central Public Sector Enterprises(CPSEs)
No.
27(8)EO/2014(ACC)
Government
of India
Secretariat
of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Department
of Personnel & Training
Office of
the Establishment Officer
North,
Block, New Delhi
Dated :
12.02.2015
OFFICE
MEMORANDUM
Subject: Constitution of Search-cum-selection Committee for
selection for appointment to a Board level post in Central Public Sector
Enterprises(CPSEs).
Attention of all Ministries/Departments is invited to the Government of India
Resolution dated 03.03.1987 as amended from time to time which provides that in
special circumstances, the appointment to a particular post or posts in Public
Sector Enterprises may be made other than through the PESB with the prior and
specific approval of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet(ACC). The said
Resolution also stipulates that the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet,
while granting such an approval, will also specify the body such as Search Committee,
Selection Committee, or the Civil Services Board, as the case may be, that
shall make the selection for that particular post or posts as well as the
selection procedure to be followed for filling the particular post or posts.
2. The issue of constitution of Search-cum-Selection Committees for appointment
to Board level posts in a Central Public Sector Enterprise(CPSE) has been
considered and it has been decided with approval of the ACC that in cases where
Search-cum-Selection Committee method is approved for selection, the following
guidelines for composition of Search-cum-Selection Committee for Board level
posts in CPSEs would henceforth be followed by all Ministries/Departments:
(i) The Search-cum-Selection Committee shall be chaired by the Chairman, PESB.
The Committee should normally consist of not more than 05 members including the
Chairman and at least one outside expert of eminence. The Secretary of the
concerned administrative Ministry/Department would invariably be a Member of
such Search-cum-Selection Committee, if the selection is for the post of
Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD). However, if the selection is for a Board
level post other than that of CMD, in place of the concerned Secretary, an
officer not below the rank of Additional Secretary of the administrative
Ministry/Department may be included in the Committee.
(ii) In case of selection of Functional Directors, the concerned regular
Chairman/CMD of the concerned PSU should invariably be included in the
Search-cum-Selection Committee. However in the case of subsidiaries, the
regular Chairman/CMD of the holding company shall be included in the Committee
for selection of both Functional Directors and CMD of the subsidiary.
(iii) The composition of the Search-cum-Selection Committee shall be proposed
by the concerned administrative Ministry/ Department within 10 days of receipt
of approval of the Competent Authority for filling up the post through the
Search-cum-Selection Committee method. The proposal shall be examined and
processed by the Office of the Establishment Officer and the constitution of
the SCSC will-be approved by the Cabinet Secretary.
(iv) The job description of the post including the eligibility conditions shall
be finalized by the administrative Ministry/Department in consultation with the
PESB for Scheduled CPSEs. In case of uncategorised CPSEs, the job description,
including the eligibility conditions etc., will be finalized by the
Search-cum-Selection Committee itself.
(v) The vacancy shall be advertised by the concerned administrative
Ministry/Department and be given wide publicity through open
advertisement/circulation among various Ministries/ Departments/State
Governments/ Autonomous bodies/Research Institutes etc., and will also be
uploaded on the website of the administrative Ministry/Department. On receipt
of the applications, further processing including scrutiny of applications, for
putting up before the SCSC would also be done by the concerned administrative
Ministry/Department.
(vi) A period of not less than 4 weeks may be allowed for receipt of
applications after issue of advertisement by the concerned administrative
Ministry/Department, on the same lines as the provision in this regard
contained in DoPT’s O.M. No. AB-14077/11/2004-Estt.(RR) dated 30.07.2007.
(vii) The Search-cum-Selection Committee will furnish only one name to the
administrative Ministry/Department. A reserve name in a sealed envelope shall
be kept in the personal custody of the Chairman, PESB and will be opened only
on orders of the ACC.
(viii) The panel recommended by the Committee shall be valid for one year. If
no selection is made from the panel within a period of one year, a fresh
Committee shall be constituted to prepare a fresh panel. Such a Committee may
also consider the names of persons recommended in the earlier panel.
(ix) On receipt of the recommendation of the Search-cum-Selection Committee,
the timeline and the instructions regarding vigilance clearance prescribed in
this Secretariat’s O.M. No. 27(4)/2014(ACC) dated 22.10.2014 would be followed
for further processing of the proposals for consideration of the ACC.
(Virender
Singh)
Under
Secretary to the Government of India
