DGFT (Lower Division Clerk) Recruitment Rules 2021

DGFT (Lower Division Clerk) Recruitment Rules 2021- NOTIFICATION

G.S.R. 673(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution and in supersession of the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, (Lower Division Clerk) Recruitment Rules, 2011, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the President hereby makes the following rules regulating the method of recruitment to the post of Lower Division Clerk in the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement. –
   (1) These rules may be called the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, (Lower Division Clerk) Recruitment Rules, 2021.
   (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
   
2. Number of posts, classification and level in the pay matrix. – The number of the said posts, its classification and level in the pay matrix attached thereto shall be as specified in columns (2) to (4) of the Schedule annexed to these rules.
   
3. Method of recruitment, age-limit, qualifications, etc. – The method of recruitment to the said post, agelimit, qualifications and other matters relating thereto shall be as specified in columns (5) to (13) of the said Schedule.
   
4. Disqualification. – No person,-
   (a) who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living; or
   (b) who, having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person, Shall not be eligible for appointment to the said post :
   Provided that the Central Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and that there are other grounds for so doing, exempt
   any person from the operation of this rule.
   
5. Power to relax. – Where the Central Government is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do, it may, by order and for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons.
   
6. Saving. – Nothing in these rules shall affect reservations, relaxation of age-limit and other concessions required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, the Other backward classes, Ex-servicemen and other special categories of persons in accordance with the orders issued by the Central Government from time to time in this regard.

SCHEDULE

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