The Mizoram Gazette EXTRA ORDINARY Published by Authority RNI No. 27009/1973Postal Regn. No. NE-313(MZ) 2006-2008NOTIFICATIONNo.A-12011/1/2019-P&AR(GSW), 3rd June, 2019.Whereas the Government of Mizoram had notified vide No.A-36012/1/2005-P&AR (GSW) dated 07.07.2006 that the upper age limit for direct recr uitment to all posts/services under the Government shall be 35 (t hirty five) years of a ge, except for the Police forces, Excise for ces and such other forces excluding their Ministerial staff. 2.Wher eas all recruitment rules/service rules were treated a s amended to the extent as per the notification mentioned above, which was duly approved by the Council of Ministers in its meeting dated 26.05.2006 3.Wher eas the age limit for direct recruit ment a r e genera lly prescribed in the recruitment ru les/ser vice rules while at the same time, such rules normally contain a savings clause as follows: “Nothing in these r ules shall affect any reservations, relaxa tion of age limit and other concess ions required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes/the S cheduled Tribes and other categories of persons in a ccordance with the order issued by C entral Government or Government of M izoram from time to time in this regard”. 4.Wher eas the recruit ment rules/service rules generally contain a proviso as follows: “ provided tha t the u pper age limit prescribed for direct recruit ment may be relaxed in the ca s e of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and other special categories of persons in a ccordance with the or ders issued by the Central Government or Government of Mizoram from time to time”. 5.Wher eas the above clauses in the recruitment r ules/service rules implies t hat the provisions of the rules do not affect the operation of the orders issued from time to time by the Government providing relaxation in age limit for direct recruitment to the Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes and other special categories of persons. 6.In view of the the savings clause in recruitment rules/service rules as mentioned a bove, the Competent Authority is, therefore, pleased to prescribe the upper age limit for direct recruit ment as follows for such services/posts whose recruitment rules/service rules provided such savings clause: VOL - XLVIII Aizawl, Monday 10.6.2019 Jyaist ha 20, S.E. 1941, Issue No. 375 - 2 - Ex-375/2019Sl. No.Category of persons to whom relaxation of age limit is admissibleCategories of posts to which relaxation of upper age limit is admissibleExtent of relaxation of upper age limitScheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Other Backward Class Persons with disabilities(vide Notification No.A.12027/1/ 2011-P&AR (GSW) dated 21.02.2013) Persons with disabilities belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribe category(vide Notification No.A.12027/1/2011-P&AR (GSW) dated 21.02.2013) Persons with disabilities belonging to Other Backward Class category Candidates with t hr ee years cont inuous service in the State Government either on regular, work-charged, contr act, muster roll or adhoc/officia ting basis including those working under Centrally Sponsored Schemes Ex-servicemen Disa bled Defence services per sonnelAll posts filled by direct recruitment All posts filled by direct recruitment All posts identified suitable for Persons with disabilities to be filled by dir ect recruit ment All posts identified suitable for Persons with disabilities to be filled by dir ect recruit ment All posts identified suitable for Persons with disabilities to be filled by dir ect recruit ment All posts filled by direct recruitment. This is essentially for candida tes as mentioned at Column (2) working in posts which are in the same line or allied cadres and where a relationship could be esta blished that the service already rendered in a particular post will be useful for the efficient discharge of the duties of the post being adver tised for filling up. All posts in Group ‘B’ (Non- Gazetted), Group ‘C’ & Group ‘D’ filled by direct recruitment Group ‘C’ & Group ‘D’ posts filled by dir ect recruit ment Group ‘A’ & Group ‘B’ posts filled by dir ect recruit ment5 years 3 years 10 years 15 years 13 years Up t o 40 years of age (4 5 years for Scheduled Cas tes/Scheduled Tribes) The period of military service shall be deducted from the act ual age of the candidate and if the resultant age does not exceed the maximum age limit prescribed for the post mentioned in Column (3) for which he seeks appointment by more than three year s, he shall be deemed to satisfy the condition regarding age limit 45 years(50 years for Scheduled Cas tes/Scheduled Trib es) 45 years (50 years for Scheduled Cas tes/Scheduled Trib es) 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8)1234 - 3 -Ex-375/20199) 10) 11) 12)All posts requiring Medical qualification For direct recruitment to Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’ posts, ex-servicemen and Commissioned Officers including ECOs/SSCOs who have render ed atleast 5 years milit ary service and have been released on completion of a ssignment (inclu ding those whose a ssignment is due to be completion within 6 months) otherwise tha n by way of dismissal or discharge on a ccount of physical disability attributable to military service or on invalidment All posts filled by direct recruitment All posts filled by direct recruitment Ex-p ersonnel of Army Medical Corps (S hort Service/Regular Commissioned Officer) Ex-ser vicemen Emergency Commissioned Officer (ECO)/Short Service Commissioned Officer (SSCO) Ex-Gener al Res erve Engineer For ce (GREF ) Personnel Whole Time C adet Instructors in National C adet Cor p (N CC)who were released from NCC after the expiry of their initial/extended tenureThe period of military service shall be deducted from the act ual age of the candidate and if the resultant age does not exceed the maximum age limit prescribed for the post mentioned in Column (3) for which he seeks appointment by more than three year s, he shall be deemed to satisfy the condit ion regarding age limit Five yea rs The period of service in GREF shall be deducted from the act ual age of the candidate and if the resultant age does not exceed the maximum age limit prescribed for the post mentioned in Column (3) for which he seeks appointment by more than three year s, he shall be deemed to satisfy the condit ion regarding age limit The period of service in NCC shall be deducted from the act ual age of the candidate and if the resultant age does not exceed the maximum age limit prescribed for the post mentioned in Column (3) for which he seeks appointment by more than three year s, he shall be deemed to satisfy the condit ion regarding age limit - 4 - Ex-375/201913) 14) 15) 16)Whole Time Cadet Instructors in National Cadet Corp (NCC) who were r eleas ed form NCC before the expiry of their init ia l/extended tenure. Meritor ious Sportspersons Meritor ious Sportspersons belonging to Scheduled Cast es/Scheduled Tr ibes category Retrenched State Government employeesAll posts filled by direct recruitment All posts filled by direct recruitment All posts filled by direct recruitment For posts filled otherwise than through MPS C on the basis of competitive tests, i.e. filled through employment exchangeThe period of ser vice in NCC shall be deducted from the act ual age of the candidate and if the result ant age does not exceed the max imum age limit prescribed for the post mentioned in Column (3) for which he seeks appointment by more than three year s, he shall be deemed to satisfy the condition regarding age limit provided the candidate has served in NCC for a period of not less than six months pr ior to his release from NCC 5 years 10 years The period of service under the Government of Mizor am shall be deducted fr om the actual age of the candidate and if the resultant age does not exceed the maximum age limit prescribed for the post mentioned in Column (3) for which he seeks appointment by more than three year s, he shall be deemed to satisfy the condition regarding age limit7.Whenever the recruitment rules/service rules do not have the savings clause as mentioned above, the age limit for direct recruitment shall be determined as per the provisions of the respective recruit ment rules/service rules without any r elaxations. 8. For the purpose of availing the above mentioned age relaxations, unless the context otherwise requires: a)“a retr enched S tate Government employee” means a person who was employed under the Government of Mizoram for a continuous period of not less than six months pr ior to his retr enchment and was discharged as a r esult of right-sizing or due to normal r eduction in establishment. b)“a whole-time Cadet instructor in NCC” means a person who was recruit ed as a whole-time Cadet instructor in NCC on or after 01.01.1963. c)“Ex-GREF personnel” means a person who was employed in that F orce at least a continuous period for not less than six months and who was released from that F orce on completion of his tenur e of ser vice. d)“disabled ex-servicemen” means ex-serviceman who while serving in the Armed Forces in the Union was disabled in operations against the enemy or in disturbed ar eas. e)“ex-serviceman” means a person (i)who has served in a ny rank whether as a combatant or as non-combatant in a regular Army, Navy or Air Force of the India n Union, and a.who either has been retir ed or r elieved or discharged from such service whether at his own r equest or being relieved by the employer aft er earning his pension; or b.who ha s been relieved fr om s u ch s er vice on medica l gr ou nds a t t rib u t a ble t o milita r y service or circumstances beyond his control and awarded medical or other disability pension; or c.who has been released from such service as a result of r eduction in establishment; (ii) who has been released from such service after completing the specific period of engagement, otherwise tha n at his own r equest, or by way of dismissa l, or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency and has been given a gratuity; and includes personnel of the Terr itoria l Army, namely, pension holders for cont inuous embodied service or broken spells of qualifying service; or (iii) personnel of Army P ostal S ervice who are part of Regular Army a nd retired from the Ar my P os t a l S er vice wit hou t r ever s ion to t heir p a r ent s er vice wit h p ens ion, or ar e r elea s ed fr om the Army P osta l S ervice on medica l gr ounds attr ibutable to or a ggr avated by military service or circumstances beyond their control and awarded medical or other disability pension; or (iv) Gallantry Award winners of the Armed Forces including personnel of Territorial Army; or (v) Ex-r ecruits boarded out or relieved on medical ground and granted medica l disability pension f)“Meritorious sportsperson” means sportspersons considered meritor ious with reference to the following criteria on production of r elevant Certificate from the C ompetent Author ity: i)Spor tsmen who have represented a State or the country in the Nationa l or International competition in any games/sports; or ii)Spor tsmen who have represented their University in the Inter-University Tournaments conducted by the Inter-Universit y Sports Boards in any sports/games; or iii) Spor tsmen who have represented the State School Teams in the Na tional Sports/games for schools conducted by the All India School Games Federation in any games/sports; or iv) Spor tsmen who have been awarded National Awards in Physical Efficiency under the National Physical Efficiency Dr ive. 9.The contents of this Notification pertaining to Sl. No. 6 in paragra ph 6 are applicable only to State Government Civilia n employees holding Civil posts either on regular, work-charged, contr act, muster roll or adhoc/officiating basis including those working under Centrally Sponsored Schemes and are not applicable to personnel working in autonomous/statutory bodies, Public Sector Undertaking etc. which are governed by regulations/statute issued by the concerned administr ative Departments. 10. In t he absence of a specif ic crucia l da t e in the r eleva nt recr uitment rules/ service r ules, the cru cia l date for determining the age limit shall be the closing date for receipt of applications from candidates in India (other than those in Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep). In the case of recruitment made through the Employment Exchange, the crucial date for determining the age limit shall be the last date up to which the Employment Excha nge is asked to submit the list of ca ndidates (Refer ence Notification No.A-36012/1/2005-P&AR (GSW) dated 07.07.2006) 11. This Department’s OM No. A.12018/1/80-APT(B) dated 27.04.1992 on the subject of “Relaxation of a ge for a ppointment to Government Servant by direct r ecruitment” is hereby superseded.- 5 -Ex-375/2019 12. The contents of this Notification shall be without prejudice to the provisions of a ny other extant Act or r ules or directions, if any, of the Supreme Court/High Court pertaining to the subject matter. 12. The age relaxations as pr escribed in this Notification can be claimed only for one specific category as mentioned in the Table at par agraph 6 of this Notification and NOT for a combination of different cat egories . 13. This Notification shall come into force with effect from 1st July, 2019. Lalnunmawia Chuaungo, Chief Secretary to the Govt. of Mizoram.Published and Issued by Controller, Printing & Stationery Department, Government of Mizoram Printed at the Mizoram Government Press, Aizawl. C/100- 6 - Ex-375/2019