Central Civil Services Authority

ARC 2 recommends 

• In posting officers in Government of India, the primary consideration should be to select the most suitable person for the post that is on offer.
• Domains should be assigned by the Central Civil Services Authority (the Commission has recommended the constitution of this Authority in 10th report) to all officers of the All India Services and the Central Civil Services on completion of 13 years of service.
• The Central Civil Services Authority should invite applications from all officers who have completed the minimum qualifying years of service, for assignment of domains. The applications should specify the academic background of officers, their research accomplishments (if any) and significant achievements during their career, relevant to the domain applied for. 
• A consultative process should be put in place where the offi cers should be interviewed and their claims to specific domains evaluated. The Authority should thereafter assign domains to the officers on the basis of this exercise. 
• In case some domains do not attract applicants, the Authority should assign these domains to officers with the relevant knowledge and experience.
• All vacancies arising at the level of Deputy Secretary/Director during a financial year should be identified well before the beginning of that financial year, by the Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT). The Ministries concerned should also give a brief job description for these positions. All these posts and their job description should be notified to the cadre controlling authorities of the concerned All India Services and Central Services. On receipt of nominations from the cadre controlling authorities, the DOPT should try to match the requirements of various positions with the competencies of the officers in the 'offer list'. The DOPT should then seek approval for the entire list from the Competant Authority.
• The Central Civil Services Authority should be charged with the responsibility of fixing tenure for all civil service positions and this decision of the Authority should be binding on Government.
• Officers from the organized services should not be given 'non-field' assignments in the first 8-10 years of their career.
• State Governments should take steps to constitute State Civil Services Authorities on the lines of the Central Civil Services Authority.