Gazetted officer (India)
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In India, gazetted officers are government officials whose appointments are officially published in The Gazette of India or in the gazette of any of the state governments.[1][2]
Military ranks[edit]
The Indian Armed Forces does not fall under the Central Civil Services. Indian military ranks are broadly classified into commissioned officers, junior commissioned officer (JCO), and other ranks. All ranks from JCO level and above are gazetted officers.[3][4][5]
Civil services[edit]
A. CLASSIFICATION OF POST
The civil service of the Central Government is organised into four groups, viz. Group `A' (which includes all- India Service, Central/General Civil Service ) Group `B', Group `C' and Group `D'.
Such classification broadly corresponds to the rank, status and the degree of the level of responsibility attached to the posts.
Group `A' posts carry higher administrative and executive responsibilities and include senior management positions in the ministries/departments and field organisations.
The middle and junior levels of Group `A' alongwith Group `B' constitute middle management.
Group `C' posts perform supervisory as well as operative tasks and render clerical assistances in ministries and field organisations.
Group `D' posts are meant for carrying out routine duties.
STATUS (GAZETTED OR NON-GAZETTED) Criteria :
(i) Group A posts and Group B non-ministerial and executive posts should ordinarily be given gazetted status.
(ii) Group B ministerial posts may be given gazetted status only on very special considerations, such as, the following :-
(a) The officer already had gazetted status before appointment.
(b) The officer has commissioned or gazetted officers under his orders.
(c) The officer performs duties of a technical character requiring special qualifications.
(d) The officer is periodically left in charge of the office during the absence of his superior on tour and has to dispose of business and to deal with gazetted officers or businessmen/on behalf of his superior. [Para 3 of Home Deptt. Letter No. 1838-Public, dt. 16-7-1921].
(iii) Group C and Group D posts to be treated as a rule, as non-gazetted.
B. CHARACTER OF POSTS Ministerial or non-ministerial
1. Ministerial servant means a Government servant of a subordinate service whose duties are entirely clerical, and any other class of servant -specifically defined as such by general or specific order of a local government. Local government does not include a Chief Commissioner.
[FR 9(17)]
2.1. Those members of Group B service whose duties are predominantly clerical shall be called as ministerial servants. [F.D. Letter No. F.11(6):RT /33, dt. 1-4-1933 to the A.G.C.R].
2.2. Having regard to the nature of the duties attached to them, the posts of Private Secretary to Secretaries and Joint Secretaries should be classified as 'Ministerial'. [PARA. No. F.12/2/52-Ests, dt. 3-3-1952].
2.3. Unless already classified, all new posts should be classified into `Ministerial'. [M.H.A. O.M. No. F.20/16/48-Ests., dt. 23-11-49 (para 3) and No .F.-12/48;752tEsts:, dt. 17-1-53.]
2.4. Posts of Senior Gestetner Operator are to be classified as 'Ministerial'. [M.H.A. OM. No. F.2 /25/54-RPS dt. 3-10-56 (para 1(11)].
2.5. All proposals regarding classification of posts as 'Ministerial' or 'non-Ministerial' should be referred to the Department of Personnel & Trg. who will, where necessary consult the UPSC. [M.H.A. Q.M. No. F.12/48/52-Ests., dt. 17-1-53 (para 2)].
C. Scientific/Technical
3.1 The Criteria for declaring, posts as scientific/technical are laid down in the Cabinet Secretariat office Memoranda No. 164/CF/59-60, dt. 29-12-60, 85/11i'F-61.(1) dt. 28-12-61 and 85 '11 /CF-62 dt. 17-3-62. Administrative Ministries/ Departments are themselves competent to declare posts as scientific / technical in consulation with their Associated Finance. and the Deptt. of Personnel & Training (in doubtful cases).
D. Industrial & nonindustrial
4.1 Such of the staff who come within the meaning of 'Workmen' for the purposes of the industrial Disputes Act, 1946, as amended from time to time, should he clpssified as 'Industrial employees".
Gazetted Officer & Officer on Special Duty (India)
Gazetted Officers are executive / managerial / supervisorial level ranked public servants in India. Authority for a gazetted officer to issue an official stamp comes from the President of India or the Governors of States. To that effect, they are de jure representatives and delegates of the Indian State and the President.
The Gazette of India is published on a regular basis by the Directorate of Printing, Department of Publication, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India.It is an official Central Government or State Government publication, which publishes the appointments or promotions of certain government officials. An officer or public servant, who is appointed under the seal of the Governor at State level or by the President of India at the national level (and in the Union Territories), requires being listed in the Indian Gazette or State Government Gazette and is considered to be a Gazetted Officer. If a person's name is published in the Gazette, he/she is called Gazetted. Many are honorary Justices of the Peace and have the same standing as some of the Magistrates. Such officers, among other functions, have the power to verify the documents for academic, immigration and other purposes.
Ranks The Government of India or the Government of States in India classifies public employees into Group A (Gazetted/Executive), B (Gazetted), B (Non-Gazetted), C and D. Earlier classification was Class I (Gazetted), II (Gazetted), II (Non-Gazetted), III and IV. Class I or Group A is the highest rank class and the Class IV or Group D is the least. The Government of India has plans to merge Group D into Group C.Class I and II (Gazetted) belong to the class of officers whose transfers, appointments, promotions and superannuation are published on a yearly basis in the official gazette of State or Union Government.
Class I or Group A (Gazetted) These officials belong to the managerial or highest class of government servants. Examples - Commissioned officers of the Indian Armed Forces, Bureaucrats from the All India Servicesand the Central Civil Services,Information Technology cadre officers (i.e System Analyst- Asst Dir(IT)/ Sr System Analyst etc), Scientists in ISRO, DRDO, BARC, CSIR etc.
Class II or Group B (Gazetted) Examples - Junior Commissioned Officers in the Indian Armed Forces, Officers in State Civil Services etc.
Class II or Group B (Non-Gazetted) Examples - Office executives and office supervisors, Inspectors in State and Central Police services etc.
Class III or Group C Public servants in non-supervisory roles. Examples -ASO ( Head clerks )/ Section heads, Police Head Constables, Typists, Stenographers, Tax Assistants, Telephone operators, Havildar and Naik or equivalent in the Armed Forces etc.
Class IV or Group D Manual workers (skilled or semi-skilled). Examples - Peons, Sweepers etc Who can certify documents
Attestation of copies of original documents: Group A and B (Gazetted) public servant officers Character certificate, Police records verification: Group A officers. Citizenship certification: Group A officers, certification is limited to very few officials such as Sub-Divisional Magistrate etc.
Non-Gazetted Officers who are in category II of Group B, but are not in possession of any significant administrative position are categorized as Non-Gazetted officers. Also, personnel falling under the category of class III and IV are not gazetted. They do not have the personal authority to issue an official stamp on behalf of the Government. Further, employees serving in Nationalized Banks and PSUs are not gazetted.
Officer on Special Duty (India) An OSD (Officer on Special Duty) is an officer in the Indian civil service considered of the status between a Secretary and an Under Secretary in Government of India.
The practice dates back to the British colonial rule in India, and was explained to the Central Legislative Assembly by a government spokesman in 1931 as follows:
"...There are two principal critieria in appointing an OSD in the civil services -
When an officer by his appointment bring far greater economic benefit to the government than that spent in his appointment When there is an obligation on the government to take a certain action for the benefit of the larger good..."
Notary public[edit]
A notary public is a gazetted officer as per Section 6 of the Notaries Act, 1952, whose appointments are published in the Gazette by the central and state governments.[6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Gazetted officer | Meanings & Definitions of English Words". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Gazetted officer definition". Law Insider. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ Peri, Dinakar (13 August 2018). "JCOs are gazetted officers, says Defence Ministry". The Hindu.
- ^ "JCOs are Gazetted Officers". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ "MoD drops use of term pbor in armed forces". The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ "The Notaries Act of 1952" (PDF). Government of India.