Grant of retrospective promotions in case the Appointing Authorities delay holding DPCs and effecting promotions (M/o Defence & DoPT): Agenda Item No. NC-49/6/26 – 49th NC (JCM) Meeting
(DoP&T O.M. No. 3/1/2025-JCA dated 03.06.2026)
Minutes of the 49th Meeting of the National Council (JCM) held on 11.05.2026 under the Chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary.
5.11 Item No. NC-49/6/26: Grant of retrospective promotions in case the Appointing Authorities delay holding DPCs and effecting promotions (M/o Defence & DoPT)
The demand in brief is that DoPT instructions on DPC and Promotions are not being followed properly in Ministry of Defence and for many years neither DPC is held nor Promotions are given. Staff side demanded that where the Appointing Authorities delay holding DPCs and effecting promotions, the employees should be given notional promotion / notional pay fixation and seniority from the date of the eligibility of employee / date of availability of vacancies in the higher posts.
Shri C. Srikumar, Member, Staff Side point out that the Military Engineering Service in Ministry of Defence has not conducted DPC in last 4 years. Shri Rupak Sarkar, Member, Staff Side also raised the issue of non-conducting DPC in CBDT in Ministry of Revenue. Shri Ajay, Member, Staff Side raised similar issue relating to Department of Defence Production.
Secretary, DoPT informed that advisories are issued by DoPT from time to time to hold DPCs regularly. Timely conduct of DPCs is being monitored and DPC always recommends year wise panel for the number of years for which it had not met. There is no provision for grant of notional promotion on delay in convening DPCs.
Decision: Chairman directed DoPT to circulate all the relevant circulars in this regard. All Ministries/Departments to ensure that the time lines are strictly followed. DoPT to fix accountability in cases of unreasonable delays. Chairman also directed DoPT to examine specific cases of delay in holding DPC in case of Group ‘B’ and ‘C’ posts.
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