Niyukti Evaṃ Kārmika Vibhāga | |
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Jurisdiction | State of Uttar Pradesh |
Headquarters | Department of Appointment and Personnel, Lal Bahadur Shastri Bhawan (Annexy Building), Sarojini Naidu Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 26°50′26″N 80°56′40″E / 26.8404943°N 80.94444599999997°ECoordinates: 26°50′26″N 80°56′40″E / 26.8404943°N 80.94444599999997°E |
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Website | Official Website |
The Department of Appointment and Personnel (IAST: Niyukti Evaṃ Kārmika Vibhāga) (DoAP) is a department of Government of Uttar Pradesh.
The Department of Appointment is responsible for the matters related to transfer posting, training, foreign assignment, Foreign training and compliant monitoring and settlement for IAS, PCS and PCS-J (only after consulting High Court) whereas the Department of Personnel provides opinion to the Department of Secretariat Administration and other departments in the matter of condition of service and regulation for recruitment to the subordinate services.
The Chief Minister serves as the departmental minister, and the Additional Chief Secretary (Appointment and Personnel), an IAS officer, is the administrative head of the department.
The Department of Appointment and Personnel is responsible for forming and the regulating of the rules and regulations for Government officers, related with service rules. The department answers the questions in the Legislative Assembly/Legislative Council, addresses the issues related to the policies and norms, as laid down by it, are followed by all Departments in the recruitment, regulation of service conditions and posting transfers and deputation of personnel as well as other related issues.
It is also responsible for framing of Policy and giving advice in the matter of appointment in civil service of Ex-army personnel and combined competitive examination of different services.
The personnel department is also looking after the Departmental examination of officers, constitutions of subordinated service board and there related regulations.
The Department is also the cadre controlling authority of Indian Administrative Service, and Provincial Civil Service.