CHANDIGARH:
Haryana government has decided to reduce the
tenure of the head of departments (HoDs), whose post has been filled up by promotion, from five years to three years, an official spokesperson said here on Friday.
The spokesperson said that after the completion of three years as HoD, the department would consider the next eligible officer working on the feeder post for the assignment and he or she may even be promoted prematurely by giving necessary relaxation, with the approval of competent authority, if he or she is fit for promotion.
He said in case no eligible person is available, the term of the existing HoD, who has already completed first tenure of three years, may be extended for a period not exceeding three more years or up to the date of promotion of junior officer working on the feeder post, whichever is earlier.
“If no junior officer working on feeder post is found fit for promotion even during the second term of three years, the term of existing HoD would again be extended for further three years or up to the date of promotion of junior officer, whichever is earlier, provided that the overall tenure of a particular officer as HoD would, in no circumstances, be more than a period of nine years,” he said.
He said at the time, when a junior eligible officer is promoted as HoD, the predecessor would be assigned some other work commensurate with his or her rank, area of work and core competence, with the designation of head of department (special). For this purpose, an ex-cadre post within the same department would be created from finance department for a limited period, that is up to the date of his or her retirement, and the feeder post vacated by the officer appointed by promotion as HoD would be kept vacant for that period.