Govt issues fresh guidelines for appointments in CPSEs

The government today issued fresh set of guidelines to ensure that board level vacancies in Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) were filled in time.
In case of regular vacancies, the advertisement needs to be published one year before the expiry of tenure of an incumbent in an CPSE by Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB). A time limit of 60 days has been fixed for receiving application by PESB, as per the guidelines issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).
The PESB's recommendation should be available with the administrative ministry within six months from the expiry of tenure of the incumbent, they said.

The administrative ministry has been given 10 days time to submit their proposal to the Establishment Officer in this regard, the guidelines said.
Any unanticipated vacancies in the CPSEs must be reported to PESB immediately, the guidelines said adding that PESB recommendation for such postings must be made available with the administrative ministry within four months time.
"It has been observed that the administrative departments or ministries were not adhering to the timelines for submitting the proposals for consideration of the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) thereby resulting in delays in filling up the posts," the DoPT said in an office memorandum in this regard to all secretaries of the central government.

DoPT has also issued a detailed checklist to them for submission of proposals to the ACC.
"All the administrative ministries or departments are requested to comply with these guidelines while processing the proposals for Board level appointments, extension, additional charge, etc in CPSEs," it said.