DPC Rules

72 documents with key points and a PDF copy. Orders issued before 02-06-2014 are of the erstwhile combined State of Andhra Pradesh: check that they still apply in Telangana.

• Memo.No.3037 · 26 Nov 1964Intensifying action against corrupt and inefficient officers — dismissal in proved bribery / corruption cases.
• G.O.Ms.No.283 · 30 May 1973Constitution of Departmental Promotion Committees (DPCs) for posts outside the APPSC's purview.
• Memo.No.476/73-1 · 11 Sep 1973Temporary promotions also to be referred to the DPC.
• G.O.Ms.No.719 · 2 Nov 1974When the appointing authority disagrees with the DPC's recommendations.
• Memo.No.157/76-1 · 24 Feb 1976Avoiding delay in DPC meetings.
• G.O.Ms.No.424 · 25 May 1976Promotion of officers facing enquiry, trial or investigation — the basic 'three categories' order.
• Memo.No.1252 · 5 May 1979DPC for filling posts of Heads of Departments.
• G.O.Ms.No.455 · 14 Jun 1979DPCs for recruitment by transfer to first Gazetted posts kept outside the APPSC's purview.
• G.O.Ms.No.32 · 22 Jan 1981Six-monthly review of panels; DPC members' tenure raised to two years.
• G.O.Ms.No.337 · 18 Jun 1983Regular DPC meetings and the zone of consideration — further instructions.
• Memo.No.1011 · 17 Aug 1983DPC — participation of an officer holding additional / current charge; no interviews.
• G.O.Ms.No.403 · 24 Aug 1983Regional DPC for recruitment by transfer to Junior Lecturer posts in Government Junior Colleges.
• G.O.Ms.No.541 · 8 Nov 1983Uniform DPC for all first level Gazetted posts in Secretariat departments.
• G.O.Ms.No.82 · 21 Feb 1985Personal files (confidential reports) abolished for non-gazetted employees except feeder categories to Gazetted posts.
• G.O.Ms.No.187 · 25 Apr 1985Reconstitution of DPCs and comprehensive guidelines (G.R. Nair Committee).
• G.O.Rt.No.2012 · 25 Apr 1985Reconstitution of DPCs with named members (following G.O.Ms.No.187/1985).
• Memo.No.58 · 3 Feb 1986Quorum for DPC meetings.
• G.O.Ms.No.550 · 19 Nov 1987DPC guidelines amended — zone of consideration and years of CRs.
• G.O.Ms.No.267 · 4 May 1988Zone of consideration for DPCs reduced to three times the vacancies.
• G.O.Ms.No.686 · 17 Dec 1988Half-yearly preparation of promotion panels.
• G.O.Ms.No.687 · 17 Dec 1988Half-yearly panels — General Rule 4(a)(1)(ii) of the State and Subordinate Service Rules amended.
• G.O.Ms.No.62 · 8 Feb 1989Review / revision of panels to go through the DPC first.
• G.O.Ms.No.456 · 9 Aug 1989Half-yearly lists of eligible employees for promotion to non-selection (non-gazetted) posts.
• G.O.Ms.No.104 · 16 Feb 1990Promotion of an empanelled officer against whom proceedings start before actual promotion — to be deferred.
• Memo.No.156 · 21 Feb 1990Writing and submitting Annual Confidential Reports on time — instructions reiterated.
• G.O.Ms.No.291 · 3 Apr 1990Number of years of Confidential Reports to be considered by DPCs (adopting GoI guidelines).
• G.O.Ms.No.438 · 16 Jul 1990Annual panels restored — General Rule 4 of the State and Subordinate Service Rules amended (effective 03-01-1990).
• U.O. Note.No.74 · 28 Jul 1990Convening DPC meetings on due dates — instructions.
• U.O. Note.No.152 · 20 Nov 1990Proforma on personal files and adverse remarks to accompany DPC proposals.
• G.O.Ms.No.66 · 30 Jan 1991Promotion to be deferred only after charges are framed and served or a charge sheet is filed in court.
• U.O. Note.No.779 · 30 Jan 1991Frame and serve charges before the DPC meets, and confirm the status in DPC proposals.
• G.O.Ms.No.595 · 24 Oct 1991Validity of annual panels extended to 31st December — General Rule 4(a) amended.
• G.O.Ms.No.74 · 24 Feb 1994Promotion of officers involved in enquiries — ad hoc promotion after two years (GoI pattern).
• Memo.No.1197 · 20 Oct 1994Timely preparation of seniority lists and declaration of probation — schedule prescribed.
• G.O.Rt.No.2136 · 22 Apr 1995Composition of the first level and second level DPCs (as reconstituted from time to time since G.O.Ms.No.187/1985).
• G.O.Ms.No.968 · 26 Oct 1995Stoppage of increments with cumulative effect — bar on promotion for twice the period.
• G.O.Ms.No.8 · 4 Jan 1996Screening Committee for second level Gazetted posts — change of member.
• G.O.Ms.No.14 · 11 Jan 1996Zone of consideration for selection posts fixed at 1:3.
• G.O.Ms.No.187 · 18 Apr 1996Zone of consideration of 1:3 written into General Rule 4(a)(ii) of the State and Subordinate Service Rules.
• G.O.Ms.No.436 · 15 Oct 1996A reformatted reference edition of the AP State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1996 — the General Rules that apply to all State and Subordinate Services…
• G.O.(P).No.65 · 15 Feb 1997Reservation rules recast — Rules 22 and 22-A of the State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1996 substituted; carry-forward extended to BCs and women.
• G.O.Ms.No.109 · 14 Mar 1997Modified ACR format for non-gazetted officers in feeder categories to Gazetted posts.
• G.O.Ms.No.144 · 25 Apr 1998Self-appraisal added to the ACR of non-gazetted officers in feeder categories to initial Gazetted posts.
• G.O.Ms.No.145 · 25 Apr 1998Modified ACR format for Gazetted officers — reporting officer to accept or reject the self-appraisal.
• G.O.Ms.No.203 · 5 May 1999Officers with a series of past penalties — DPCs to consider overall record, not only subsisting punishment.
• G.O.Ms.No.230 · 22 May 1999Appointing authorities for first and second level Gazetted posts in State Services — ad hoc rule.
• Memo.No.31549 · 28 May 1999Transitional instructions on the ad hoc rule on appointing authorities (G.O.Ms.No.230/1999) for the 1998-99 panel year.
• Memo.No.31832 · 31 May 1999Special Rules to be amended in line with the ad hoc rule on appointing authorities.
• G.O.Ms.No.275 · 21 Jun 1999Reconstitution of DPCs / Screening Committees for Gazetted posts after the ad hoc rule on appointing authorities.
• Memo.No.29114 · 25 Jun 1999Inclusion in the promotion panel of employees whose test results came after the qualifying date — clarification on Rule 6.
• G.O.Ms.No.354 · 2 Aug 1999Custodians of Annual Confidential Reports changed after the ad hoc rule on appointing authorities — amendment to G.O.Ms.No.1385/1961.
• G.O.Ms.No.536 · 15 Dec 1999DPC for third level Gazetted posts — nominated members by group of departments.
• Memo.No.11305 · 3 Mar 2000Validity of approved promotion panels — Rule 6 of the State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1996.
• Memo.No.29652 · 27 Jun 2000Continuation of a nominated member of the third level DPC after transfer.
• Memo.No.31412 · 10 Jul 2000Special entry in ACRs for Census 2001 work.
• U.O. Note.No.42455 · 31 Aug 2000Proposals for DPCs (HoDs and fourth level Gazetted and above) for the panel year 2000-2001 — documents required.
• G.O.Rt.No.98 · 3 Feb 2001DPC and Screening Committee for Gazetted posts in Intermediate Education reconstituted.
• U.O. Note.No.18247 · 6 Jun 2001Check list of information for APPSC concurrence to regular promotion panels.
• U.O. Note.No.41886 · 6 Sep 2001Proposals for DPCs (HoDs non-cadre and fourth level Gazetted and above) for the panel year 2001-2002.
• G.O.Ms.No.370 · 8 Sep 2001Timing of DPC meetings — amendment to G.O.Ms.No.507/1999 (file management in the Secretariat).
• U.O. Note.No.51282 · 19 May 2004No relaxation of the requirement to pass prescribed tests; reopening old panels discouraged.
• G.O.Ms.No.396 · 1 Dec 2004Reconstitution of DPCs / Screening Committees for all Gazetted posts (superseding G.O.Ms.No.275/1999).
• G.O.Rt.No.6784 · 1 Dec 2004Reconstitution of DPCs for HoD (non-cadre) posts, fourth level Gazetted and above, and Screening Committees for third level Gazetted posts — term up to…
• G.O.Rt.No.118 · 19 Jan 2005DPC for first level Gazetted posts in the State Audit Department.
• U.O. Note.No.107732 · 1 Sep 2005Proposals for DPCs / Screening Committees for the panel year 2005-2006.
• Memo.No.20606 · 25 Oct 2007Clarification on including employees whose test results came after the qualifying date (Memo dt. 25-06-1999) — cancelled.
• G.O.Ms.No.529 · 19 Aug 2008Promotion of employees acquitted by a criminal court even though an appeal is pending.
• U.O. Note.No.17290 · 9 Jun 2011ACRs to accompany DPC / Screening Committee proposals for third, fourth, fifth level and above Gazetted posts.
• G.O.Ms.No.580 · 12 Oct 2011ACR format amended — date of submission of Annual Property Returns and employee's signature.
• Memo.No.428 · 12 Oct 2011Use only the revised ACR formats.
• U.O. Note.No.29396 · 11 Sep 2012DPC / Screening Committee proposals for the panel year 2012-13 — instructions reiterated.
• DPC Rules - ReferencesA chronological index of Government orders and memos on Departmental Promotion Committees and related matters — not a single order.

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