EXAMINERThis is an inspector post ; andposted in the pay band 9,300-34,800with grade pay of RS 4,600.If posted in Headquarter—-Clerical/File workIf posted in the field—-Executivework e.g. to examine the goods
imported or to be exported and
assessing duty on that
This is not an uniform post.
His promotions in the order are
Appraiser (Group-B Gazetted),
Assistant Commissioner, Deputy
Commissioner and so on. There is a
qualifying period of 3 years for the
promotion to the post of Appraiser;
means he cant be promoted to that
post before completion of three
years service as Examiner. This post
is considered to be the best among
all CGLE posts. One of the main
reasons is faster promotions as
compared to the other posts of
CGLE.
Examiner posts lie in 11 coastal
cities only.
Courtesy of SANTOSH ANAND
(Preventive Officer)
Assistant Enforcement Officer (AEO)
This is an inspector post also; and
posted in the pay band 9,300-34,800
with grade pay of RS 4,600.
If posted in Headquarter—-Clerical/
File work
If posted in the field—-Executive
work e.g. prevention of money
laundering, to conduct searches of
suspected persons, conveyances and
premises and seize incriminating
materials (including Indian and
foreign currencies involved), to
arrest and prosecute the person
suspected to be involved in the act
of money laundering, etc.
His promotions in the order are
Enforcement Officer (Group-B
Gazetted), Assistant Director, Deputy
Director and so on.
There are ten Zonal Offices of the
Directorate at Ahmedabad,
Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai,
Cochin, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata,
Lucknow and Mumbai. The Zonal
Offices are headed by the Deputy
Directors.
The Directorate has eleven Sub
Zonal Offices at Bhubaneswar,
Calicut, Guwahati, Indore, Jaipur,
Jalandhar, Madurai, Nagpur, Patna,
Srinagar and Varanasi, which are
headed by the Assistant Directors.
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Assistant in Railway
This is a post in the pay band
9,300-34,800 with grade pay of RS
4,600.
As I have learnt an Assistant in
Railway is generally posted at RAIL
BHAWAN. Mind Rail Bhawan is in
Delhi itself. If it’s so it should be
better than CSS as an Assistant in
Railway gets some additional
benefits like; a little over double of
the bonus that the employees of
other govt organisations get (around
Rs 8,000 a year) and free All India
Railway AC Pass/es. Also you might
be getting some kind of benefits in
Ticket Reservation etc. As far as
promotion prospects here are
concerned they might be a little
slower than CSS. Yeah no much
corruption!
An Assistant in Railways gets 1 pass
for family ( to and fro) anywhere in
India free and 3 passes for family (to
and fro) in which he pays 1/3rd of
the total amount of fare….all this is
for tier-2 AC ticket…..then railway
has its own railway homes all over
India; so u can stay there at a very
cheap rate if u using railway passes.
Assistant in MEA & Assistant
(Cypher) in MEA
This is a post in the pay band
9,300-34,800 with grade pay of RS
4,600.
The most sought after Assistant post
under CGLE due to charm of foreign
posting and many other lucrative
facilities like children’s education,
accommodation etc and a very
handsome salary of more than 1 lakh
per month (perhaps upto Rs
1,25,000). But one can be posted in
countries like Afganistan, Pakistan,
Irak, Libya too; but nothing to fear
on this count as while sending one
to an other country on posting he is
given a few choices for the needed
postings and he is posted according
to those choices preferably. If one
chooses any of the countries
mentioned he is given 50% more
salary and his tenure there is
counted as DOUBLE; means he has
to serve there for one and a half
year which is counted equal to three
years. Cyphor Asst. is a little
different from Asst. (general)
because they have to do the task of
coding and decoding of some highly
confidential language in addition.
Cypher has night shifts also and has
to work for 6 days. A system of 2
days off and 2 days will be night
shift…..so no Sat Sun like system.
Cyphor Asst gets more foreign
postings than general Asst but the
promotional avenues are better in
General Asst. In MEA the
promotional chances are very less
and one can go up to the level of
Under Secretary (US). He can be
promoted to the next post in two
ways—–i) Direct after 15-17 years ii)
After 8 years or so after clearing
departmental exams.
An Assistant (General) is supposed
to be posted generally 3 years in
India and 3 years in foreign and like
this throughout his tenure of service
whereas an Assistant (Cypher) is
posted 3 years in India and 6 years
in foreign and like this
DIVISIONAL ACCOUNTANT
This is a post in the pay band
9,300-34,800 with grade pay of RS
4,200.
This post comes under CAG and this
organisation only allocate the
states/zones to DAs. The allocation
is made to different different states’
AG offices as per the position of
merit and state preferences of an
individual. They discharge the role
of Financial Advisers to
the Executive Engineers and ensure
a measure of proficiency in the
accounting of public works
transactions besides serving the
needs of
internal audit.
There are some departments in
every state like agriculture;
irrigation; etc. Each such
department is further divided into
some divisions. The head of the
accounting branch of such division
is called DIVISIONAL ACCOUNTANT.
He has to see everything regarding
expenses incurred on an item falling
into his area; make estimation of an
expense to be incurred on an item
and make budget regarding the
same; and etc. The final decision is
to be taken by his seniors who
normally dont make an objection on
the file put by the Division
Accountant. All in all this post is
reported to be very good. I have
heard that this post does not exist
in Delhi.
The next promotional post is
Divisional Accountant Officer.
Statistical Investigator-II
This is a post in the pay band
9,300-34,800 with grade pay of RS
4,200.
Office Posting: All type of clerical
work like Noting, Drafting,
Dispatching of documents, etc.; and
Data Entry, Analysis, Tabulation,
Compiling and Editing of Data, Data
Encoding etc.
Field Posting: Data collection of any
type of area like agricultural, ration
etc, preparing rough sketch maps of
areas to be enumerated etc. When
on a field work he is entitled for
certain allowances; Rs 500 or
roundabout.
Promotions: Statistical Investigator-I
(Group-B Gazetted), Assistant
Director, Deputy Director, Joint
Director and so on.
Tax Assistant in CBDT
This is a post in the pay band
5,200-20,200 with grade pay of RS
2,400.
Tax Assistant in CBDT can be posted
at two levels———–either in
assessment of tax or in non-
assessment. When he is posted in
assessment he is supposed to do
the work related to assessment of
the income tax of an individual or a
partnership firm or a company or as
the case maybe; and he is to feed
that data in the computer. He could
also be asked to do any clerical work
like work related to DIARY AND
DISPATCH, noting, drafting etc. He
could also be asked to accompany
the RAID team. When he is posted
at a seat that belongs to non-
assessment he is supposed to do
only clerical work. He also gets a
SIM from the department on which
all STD or LOCAL calls on any phone
of BSNL or MTNL are totally free. On
phones of other companies he can
make free calls upto 400 minutes a
month; whether local or STD or both
types. This SIM is provided to every
TA in CBDT irrespective of type of
the seat he is posted at.
Promotions:
Sr TA, ITI, ITO (Group-B gazetted);
Assistant commissioner and so on.
His next promotion is to the post of
Sr TA for which 3 years of service is
a qualification; means he cant be
promoted to that post before 3 years
of his tenure in the post of TA.
Besides a departmental exam (in the
name of DEPARTMENTAL EXAM FOR
MINISTERIAL STAFF) too is a must to
pass for promotion. He can appear
in this exam anytime after his
joining; according to the schedule
declared. But this exam is just an
eligibility; means he can be
promoted only according to his
seniority. After promoted to Sr TA he
is promoted to ITI. For being
promoted to ITI there is a
departmental exam too which TA
also can take but anytime after
passing the departmental exam for
Sr TA.
Inspector of Posts (IP)
This is a post in the pay band
9,300-34,800 with grade pay of RS
4,200
Inspector of posts is there with
every postal division. There must be
2 or more divisions in each district.
This is the worst post SSC is
offering. Presently IP must go to
canvass people for getting Postal
Life Insurance and also they have to
aquire a huge sum for the
department. Presently The
Department of Posts has given
instructions to all circles to enhance
their growth by 20 percent. All such
burden comes on IPs.
Preventive Officer (PO)
Again this is an inspector post also;
and posted in the pay band
9,300-34,800 with grade pay of RS
4,600.
If posted in Headquarter—-Clerical/
File work
If posted in the field (like an
airport/coast etc)—-Executive work
e.g. prevention of smuggling,
assessment of customs duty on
goods, can arrest, seize , search,
detain etc. on any kind of doubt of
smuggling, and etc. Duty is round
the clock (You have to work in day/
night shift).
Uniform (Ashoka Stambha with 2
yellow strips) is a must.
His promotions in the order are
Superintendent (Group-B Gazetted),
Assistant Commissioner, Deputy
Commissioner and so on. There is a
qualifying period of 8 years for the
promotion to the post of
Superintendent; means he cant be
promoted to that post before
completion of eight years of service
as PO. There is a departmental exam
for confirmation; without passing in
that he cant be made confirmed; nor
he can be promoted to the next
post. Promotion period differs from
zone to zone since there is zonal
seniority.
This post like the Examiner posts
lies in 11 coastal cities only.
On airports in other places other
than the coastal cities Excise
Inspectors are posted and they only
perform the duties of a Preventive
Officer, and hence are seen in white
uniform.
Courtesy of SANTOSH ANAND
(Preventive Officer)
Central Excise Inspector
This is a post in the pay band
9,300-34,800 with grade pay of RS
4,600.
If posted in Headquarter—-Clerical/
File work
If posted in the field (like a range
etc)—-Executive work e.g.
augmentation of central excise &
Service tax etc, detection of evasion
of taxes etc.
Uniform (khaki) is there but
generally optional to wear.
His promotions in the order are
Superintendent (Group-B Gazetted),
Assistant Commissioner, Deputy
Commissioner and so on. There is a
qualifying period of 8 years for the
promotion to the post of
Superintendent; means he cant be
promoted to that post before
completion of eight years of service
as Excise Inspector. There is a
departmental exam for confirmation;
without passing in that he cant be
made confirmed; nor he can be
promoted to the next post.
Promotion period differs from zone
to zone since there is zonal
seniority. These posts are
everywhere in the country.
Courtesy of SANTOSH ANAND
(Preventive Officer)
AUDITOR
This is a post in the pay band
5,200-20,200 with grade pay of RS
2,800.
He has to pass a confirmatory exam
first to be confirmed. 3 years
compulsory service at the post is the
minimum qualifying period for his
promotion to the next post of Sr
Auditor; but subject to his
confirmation. If a vacancy is not
available promotion will take more
than 3 years. The pay-band for Sr
Auditor is 9,300-34,800 and grade
pay of Rs 4,200. But an Auditor can
also appear in the SAS Exam after
two years of qualifying service at the
post if he is confirmed. After
passing the exam he becomes AAO
(Assistant Audit Officer) which is a
Group-B gazetted post in the pay-
band 9,300-34,800 with grade pay of
Rs 4,800. After becoming AAO i this
way, means through promotion, he
does not need to take any further
exam.
if a person is recruited as an
Auditor, he has to pass three stages
of S.A.S. exam namely: 1.
Preliminary, 2, Part-I, and 3. Part-II
for S.A.S. Apprentices. If a person is
already an S.A.S, he is exempted
from taking the preliminary stage of
the exam. After clearing all the
stages of the exam AAO. After this
there is no other exam in this
department (CGDA).
An Auditor can also to be asked to
go on official tours sometimes which
may run several months.
Assistant CSS
This is a post in the pay band
9,300-34,800 with grade pay of RS
4,600.
An Assistant in CSS can be promoted
to the next post i.e. SO (Group-B
Gazetted) in two ways………….one by
taking departmental exam and
passing it and secondly without.
One becomes eligible for the
departmental exam after completion
of 5 years of service…….means he
could become an SO after 6 years.
Otherwise one generally gets
promotion in around 10 years of
service.
An Assistant in CSS is posted in
various ministries and is a DELHI
job primarily. The best post for
persons aspiring to spend their
whole service tenure in Delhi and
willing to prepare for higher/further
exams.
Nature of Work:
Be it CSS or Railway or any other
department; an ASSISTANT has to
do clerical work; but he is much
above an LDC. His work is generally
refined. This post is equal to a
HEAD CLERK.
Promotions:
1. SO which is a group-B gazetted
post with GP of Rs 4,800. An SO is
fixed in the next GP of 5,400 in Pay
Band-III (15,600-39,100) after
completion of 4
years service as SO; but he
continues to be in Group-B.
2. Under Secretary with GP of Rs
6,600
3. Deputy Secretary with GP of Rs
7,600
4. Director with GP of Rs 8,700
Mode of Selection:
·Vacancies in the grade of Assistant
are filled by direct recruitment
(75%), limited departmental
competitive examination (10%) and
promotion on seniority basis (15%)
·Vacancies in the grade of Section
Officer are filled by promotion on
seniority basis from the grade of
Assistant (50%) and by Limited
Departmental Competitive
Examination (50%).
·Vacancies in the grade of Under
Secretary, Deputy Secretary and
Director are filled by promotion
SI in CBI
This is a post in the pay band
9,300-34,800 with grade pay of RS
4,200; but it’s almost equal to the
total salary for the grade pay of Rs
4,600 as CBI executive staff is
entitled to additional 25% on BASIC
PAY + DA and in addition to that
salary of 13 months instead of 12
months each year. Forget about any
extra income as CBI keeps a strict
watch on its people.
This is supposed to be a very
powerful and influential post due to
very nature of work. Any IT
Inspector/ Examiner or for that
matter any other central govt
servant will vouch for the fact that
CBI is a much feared organisation. I
can’t say about higher bureaucracy
like IAS etc, but for middle and
lower level officers, once they come
under the scanner, it is very difficult
to get away.
Life in CBI is stressful due to heavy
workload and deadlines there.
Training duration is 32 weeks
involving physical training and
training on criminal and anti-
corruption laws. During the training
the daily physical activity includes 2
km run, PT, Drill in the morning and
Games/Unarmed Combat Course in
the evening.
Friends, as it’s generally thought it
is not a 24 x 7 job; but sometimes
the work streches beyond the usual
working hours i.e. sometimes one
has to work till 8 or 9 pm. Usually
on Saturdays, if the workload is
more, the work goes on as usual;
though Sundays are spared. Also in
some branches like Special Crime
etc, the job involves a fair bit of
travelling especially in the starting
years. The nature and hours of work
also differs from branch to branch
and place to place. Some branches
have less workload and so the
personnel can take it easy. No
uniform required.
Sub Inspectors in CBI or for that
matter any rank in CBI does not
possess revolver/pistol. In a very few
cases, when a search is to be
carried out in some dangenrous
places, weapons are issued to the
staff. The officers of CBI themselves
are not interested in carrying
weapon.
Promotions:
The first promotion is for the post of
Inspector and it takes 4-5 years
normally. The next is for the post of
DSP, which takes about 10-12 year
after becoming Inspector.
Courtesy of VIVEK CHAUDHARY (SI in
CBI)
Income Tax Inspector (ITI):
An ITI generally can be posted at
either of the two types of seats
which are transferable on cyclic
basis. Work related to assessment of
tax or non-assessment of tax. When
on an assessment seat he is
supposed to see the work related to
assessment of income tax to be
imposed on an individual,
partnership firm, company etc; and
refund of it in case someone has
deposited in excess. He also has to
see the work related to TAX
DEDUCTION AT SOURCE (TDS)
besides being accompanying a raid
team. An ITI on non-assessment
seat generally has to do do clerical
work though he too could be asked
to accompany a raid team.
His promotions in the order are ITO,
Assistant Commissioner, Deputy
Commissioner and so on. He is
posted in the pay band 9,300-34,800
with grade pay of RS 4,600. He is
entitled for 30 liter of petrol if
posted on assessment seat. Also he
gets a sim from the department on
which all STD calls on every type of
BSNL/MTNL phone are free; and 400
minutes on other phones whether
STD or LOCAL are free for every
month. This sim is provided to every
ITI irrespective of the seat he is
posted at.
To be eligible for promotion to the
post of ITO (Group-B Gazetted) he
has to pass the departmental exam;
but this exam is just for
ELIGIBILITY; promotion is on the
basis of SENIORITY only which
differs from zone to zone. After
promotion to the post of Assistant
Commissioner the transfer becomes
ALL INDIA LIABILITY. Before that the
department can transfer him within
the zone only unless he himself is
interested in the zonal transfer. This
is a job without uniform.
EXAMINER:
This is an inspector post also; and
posted in the pay band 9,300-34,800
with grade pay of RS 4,600.If posted
in Headquarter—-Clerical/File workIf
posted in the field—-Executive work
e.g. to examine the goods imported
or to be exported and assessing duty
on that
This is not an uniform post.
His promotions in the order are
Appraiser (Group-B Gazetted),
Assistant Commissioner, Deputy
Commissioner and so on. There is a
qualifying period of 3 years for the
promotion to the post of Appraiser;
means he cant be promoted to that
post before completion of three
years service as Examiner. This post
is considered to be the best among
all CGLE posts. One of the main
reasons is faster promotions as
compared to the other posts of
CGLE.
Examiner posts lie in 11 coastal
cities only.
Preventive Officer (PO):
Again this is an inspector post also;
and posted in the pay band
9,300-34,800 with grade pay of RS
4,600.If posted in Headquarter—-Cl
erical/File workIf posted in the field
(like an airport/coast etc)—-
Executive work e.g. prevention of
smuggling, assessment of customs
duty on goods, can arrest, seize ,
search, detain etc. on any kind of
doubt of smuggling, and etc. Duty is
round the clock (You have to work in
day/night shift).
Uniform (Ashoka Stambha with 2
yellow strips) is a must.
His promotions in the order are
Superintendent (Group-B Gazetted),
Assistant Commissioner, Deputy
Commissioner and so on. There is a
qualifying period of 8 years for the
promotion to the post of
Superintendent; means he cant be
promoted to that post before
completion of eight years of service
as PO. There is a departmental exam
for confirmation; without passing in
that he cant be made confirmed; nor
he can be promoted to the next
post. Promotion period differs from
zone to zone since there is zonal
seniority.
This post like the Examiner posts
lies in 11 coastal cities only.
Central Excise Inspector
This is a post in the pay band
9,300-34,800 with grade pay of RS
4,600.If posted in Headquarter—-Cl
erical/File workIf posted in the field
(like a range etc)—-Executive work
e.g. augmentation of central excise
& Service tax etc, detection of
evasion of taxes etc.
Uniform (khaki) is there but
generally optional to wear.
His promotions in the order are
Superintendent (Group-B Gazetted),
Assistant Commissioner, Deputy
Commissioner and so on. There is a
qualifying period of 8 years for the
promotion to the post of
Superintendent; means he cant be
promoted to that post before
completion of eight years of service
as Excise Inspector. There is a
departmental exam for confirmation;
without passing in that he cant be
made confirmed; nor he can be
promoted to the next post.
Promotion period differs from zone
to zone since there is zonal
seniority. These posts are
everywhere in the country.
Assistant Enforcement Officer (AEO)
This is an inspector post also; and
posted in the pay band 9,300-34,800
with grade pay of RS 4,600.If posted
in Headquarter—-Clerical/File workIf
posted in the field—-Executive work
e.g. prevention of money laundering,
to conduct searches of suspected
persons, conveyances and premises
and seize incriminating materials
(including Indian and foreign
currencies involved), to arrest and
prosecute the person suspected to
be involved in the act of money
laundering, etc.
His promotions in the order are
Enforcement Officer (Group-B
Gazetted), Assistant Director, Deputy
Director and so on.
There are ten Zonal Offices of the
Directorate at Ahmedabad,
Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai,
Cochin, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata,
Lucknow and Mumbai. The Zonal
Offices are headed by the Deputy
Directors.
The Directorate has eleven Sub
Zonal Offices at Bhubaneswar,
Calicut, Guwahati, Indore, Jaipur,
Jalandhar, Madurai, Nagpur, Patna,
Srinagar and Varanasi, which are
headed by the Assistant Directors.
Inspector of Posts (IP)
This is a post in the pay band
9,300-34,800 with grade pay of RS
4,600Inspector of posts is there with
every postal division. There must be
2 or more divisions in each district.
This is the worst post SSC is
offering. Presently IP must go to
canvass people for getting Postal
Life Insurance and also they have to
aquire a huge sum for the
department. Presently The
Department of Posts has given
instructions to all circles to enhance
their growth by 20 percent. All such
burden comes on IPs.
SI in CBI
This is a post in the pay band
9,300-34,800 with grade pay of RS
4,200; but it’s almost equal to the
total salary for the grade pay of Rs
4,600 as CBI executive staff is
entitled to additional 25% on BASIC
PAY + DA and in addition to that
salary of 13 months instead of 12
months each year. Forget about any
extra income as CBI keeps a strict
watch on its people.
This is supposed to be a very
powerful and influential post due to
very nature of work. Any IT
Inspector/ Examiner or for that
matter any other central govt
servant will vouch for the fact that
CBI is a much feared organisation. I
can’t say about higher bureaucracy
like IAS etc, but for middle and
lower level officers, once they come
under the scanner, it is very difficult
to get away.
Life in CBI is stressful due to heavy
workload and deadlines there.
Training duration is 32 weeks
involving physical training and
training on criminal and anti-
corruption laws. During the training
the daily physical activity includes 2
km run, PT, Drill in the morning and
Games/Unarmed Combat Course in
the evening.
Friends, as it’s generally thought it
is not a 24 x 7 job; but sometimes
the work streches beyond the usual
working hours i.e. sometimes one
has to work till 8 or 9 pm. Usually
on Saturdays, if the workload is
more, the work goes on as usual;
though Sundays are spared. Also in
some branches like Special Crime
etc, the job involves a fair bit of
travelling especially in the starting
years. The nature and hours of work
also differs from branch to branch
and place to place. Some branches
have less workload and so the
personnel can take it easy. No
uniform required.
Sub Inspectors in CBI or for that
matter any rank in CBI does not
possess revolver/pistol. In a very few
cases, when a search is to be
carried out in some dangenrous
places, weapons are issued to the
staff. The officers of CBI themselves
are not interested in carrying
weapon.
Assistant CSS
This is a post in the pay band
9,300-34,800 with grade pay of RS
4,600.As this is now the lowest post
in CSS one is supposed to do every
work that a clerk does; like typing,
noting, drafting and all file work.
Without typing you cant do. I have
learnt that SO, Under Secretary and
even Deputy Secretary has to do the
same kind of work except some
minor change.
An Assistant in CSS can be promoted
to the next post i.e. SO (Group-B
Gazetted) in two ways………….one by
taking departmental exam and
passing it and secondly without.
One becomes eligible for the
departmental exam after completion
of 5 years of service…….means he
could become an SO after 6 years.
Otherwise one generally gets
promotion in around 10 years of
service.
Status and Power wise this job is
not considered to be rather good
upto Under secretary level in CSS.
Means nothing much associated to
this. Yeah NO CORRUPTION! An
Assistant in CSS is posted in various
various ministries and is a DELHI
job primarily.
Promotions……..1. SO which is a
group-B gazetted post with GP of Rs
4,800. An SO is fixed in the next GP
of 5,400 in Pay Band-II itself after
completion of 4 years service as
SO.2. Under Secretary with GP of Rs
6,6003. Deputy Secretary with GP of
Rs 7,6004. Director with GP of Rs
8,700
Assistant in Railway
This is a post in the pay band
9,300-34,800 with grade pay of RS
4,600.As I have learnt an Assistant
in Railway is generally posted at
RAIL BHAWAN. Mind Rail Bhawan is
in Delhi itself. If it’s so it should be
better than CSS as an Assistant in
Railway gets some additional
benefits like; a little over double of
the bonus that the employees of
other govt organisations get (around
Rs 8,000 a year) and free All India
Railway AC Pass/es. Also you might
be getting some kind of benefits in
Ticket Reservation etc. As far as
promotion prospects here are
concerned they might be a little
slower than CSS. Yeah no much
corruption!
An Assistant in Railways gets 1 pass
for family ( to and fro) anywhere in
India free and 3 passes for family (to
and fro) in which he pays 1/3rd of
the total amount of fare….all this is
for tier-2 AC ticket…..then railway
has its own railway homes all over
India; so u can stay there at a very
cheap rate if u using railway passes.
Assistant in MEA & Assistant
(Cypher) in MEA
This is a post in the pay band
9,300-34,800 with grade pay of RS
4,600.The most sought after
Assistant post under CGLE due to
charm of foreign posting and many
other lucrative facilities like
children’s education, accommodation
etc and a very handsome salary of
more than 1 lakh per month
(perhaps upto Rs 1,25,000). But one
can be posted in countries like
Afganistan, Pakistan, Irak, Libya too;
but nothing to fear on this count as
while sending one to an other
country on posting he is given a few
choices for the needed postings and
he is posted according to those
choices preferably. If one chooses
any of the countries mentioned he
is given 50% more salary and his
tenure there is counted as DOUBLE;
means he has to serve there for one
and a half year which is counted
equal to three years. Cyphor Asst. is
a little different from Asst. (general)
because they have to do the task of
coding and decoding of some highly
confidential language in addition.
Cypher has night shifts also and has
to work for 6 days. A system of 2
days off and 2 days will be night
shift…..so no Sat Sun like
system.Cyphor Asst gets more
foreign postings than general Asst
but the promotional avenues are
better in General Asst. In MEA the
promotional chances are very less
and one can go up to the level of
Under Secretary (US). He can be
promoted to the next post in two
ways—–i) Direct after 15-17 years ii)
After 8 years or so after clearing
departmental exams.
An Assistant (General) is supposed
to be posted generally 3 years in
India and 3 years in foreign and like
this throughout his tenure of service
whereas an Assistant (Cypher) is
posted 3 years in India and 6 years
in foreign and like this
DIVISIONAL ACCOUNTANT
This is a post in the pay band
9,300-34,800 with grade pay of RS
4,200.This post comes under CAG
and this organisation only allocate
the states/zones to DAs. The
allocation is made to different
different states’ AG offices as per
the position of merit and state
preferences of an individual. They
discharge the role of Financial
Advisers tothe Executive Engineers
and ensure a measure of proficiency
in the accounting of public works
transactions besides serving the
needs ofinternal audit.
There are some departments in
every state like agriculture;
irrigation; etc. Each such
department is further divided into
some divisions. The head of the
accounting branch of such division
is called DIVISIONAL ACCOUNTANT.
He has to see everything regarding
expenses incurred on an item falling
into his area; make estimation of an
expense to be incurred on an item
and make budget regarding the
same; and etc. The final decision is
to be taken by his seniors who
normally dont make an objection on
the file put by the Division
Accountant. All in all this post is
reported to be very good. I have
heard that this post does not exist
in Delhi.
The next promotional post is
Divisional Accountant Officer.
Statistical Investigator-II
This is a post in the pay band
9,300-34,800 with grade pay of RS
4,200.Office Posting: All type of
clerical work like Noting, Drafting,
Dispatching of documents, etc.; and
Data Entry, Analysis, Tabulation,
Compiling and Editing of Data, Data
Encoding etc.
Field Posting: Data collection of any
type of area like agricultural, ration
etc, preparing rough sketch maps of
areas to be enumerated etc. When
on a field work he is entitled for
certain allowances; Rs 500 or
roundabout.
Promotions: Statistical Investigator-I
(Group-B Gazetted), Assistant
Director, Deputy Director, Joint
Director and so on.
AUDITOR
This is a post in the pay band
5,200-20,200 with grade pay of RS
2,800.He has to pass a confirmatory
exam first to be confirmed. He
becomes Sr Auditor automatically
after the completion of three
CALENDER YEARS service as Auditor
subject to his confirmation. The pay-
band for Sr Auditor is 5,200-20,200
and grade pay of Rs 4,200. But an
Auditor can also appear in the SAS
Exam after two years of qualifying
service at the post if he is
confirmed. After passing the exam
he becomes AAO (Assistant Audit
Officer) which is a Group-B gazetted
post in the pay-band 9,300-34,800
with grade pay of Rs 4,800. But
while on this post of AAO he has to
pass certain departmental exam
which has papers that are extremely
difficult in nature. If they are not
passed within a certain period he is
subjected to be demoted to the
Auditor post again. BIG DRAWBACK!
An Auditor can also to be asked to
go on official tours sometimes which
may run for good 9 months period
even.
Tax Assistant in CBDT
This is a post in the pay band
5,200-20,200 with grade pay of RS
2,400.Tax Assistant in CBDT can be
posted at two levels———–either in
assessment of tax or in non-
assessment. When he is posted in
assessment he is supposed to do
the work related to assessment of
the income tax of an individual or a
partnership firm or a company or as
the case maybe; and he is to feed
that data in the computer. He could
also be asked to do any clerical work
like work related to DIARY AND
DISPATCH, noting, drafting etc. He
could also be asked to accompany
the RAID team. When he is posted
at a seat that belongs to non-
assessment he is supposed to do
only clerical work. He also gets a
SIM from the department on which
all STD or LOCAL calls on any phone
of BSNL or MTNL are totally free. On
phones of other companies he can
make free calls upto 400 minutes a
month; whether local or STD or both
types. This SIM is provided to every
TA in CBDT irrespective of type of
the seat he is posted at.
Promotions:Sr TA, ITI, ITO (Group-B
gazetted); Assistant commissioner
and so on.
His next promotion is to the post of
Sr TA for which 3 years of service is
a qualification; means he cant be
promoted to that post before 3 years
of his tenure in the post of TA.
Besides a departmental exam (in the
name of DEPARTMENTAL EXAM FOR
MINISTERIAL STAFF) too is a must to
pass for promotion. He can appear
in this exam anytime after his
joining; according to the schedule
declared. But this exam is just an
eligibility; means he can be
promoted only according to his
seniority. After promoted to Sr TA he
is promoted to ITI. For being
promoted to ITI there is a
departmental exam too which TA
also can take but anytime after
passing the departmental exam for
Sr TA.
An ITI generally can be posted at
either of the two types of seats
which are transferable on cyclic
basis. Work related to assessment of
tax or non-assessment of tax. When
on an assessment seat he is
supposed to see the work related to
assessment of income tax to be
imposed on an individual,
partnership firm, company etc; and
refund of it in case someone has
deposited in excess. He also has to
see the work related to TAX
DEDUCTION AT SOURCE (TDS)
besides being accompanying a raid
team. An ITI on non-assessment
seat generally has to do do clerical
work though he too could be asked
to accompany a raid team.
His promotions in the order are ITO,
Assistant Commissioner, Deputy
Commissioner and so on. He is
posted in the pay band 9,300-34,800
with grade pay of RS 4,600. He is
entitled for 30 liter of petrol if
posted on assessment seat. Also he
gets a sim from the department on
which all STD calls on every type of
BSNL/MTNL phone are free; and 400
minutes on other phones whether
STD or LOCAL are free for every
month. This sim is provided to every
ITI irrespective of the seat he is
posted at.
To be eligible for promotion to the
post of ITO (Group-B Gazetted) he
has to pass the departmental exam;
but this exam is just for
ELIGIBILITY; promotion is on the
basis of SENIORITY only which
differs from zone to zone. After
promotion to the post of Assistant
Commissioner the transfer becomes
ALL INDIA LIABILITY. Before that the
department can transfer him within
the zone only unless he himself is
interested in the zonal transfer. This
is a job without uniform.
