STANDING GUARD FILES MUST BE CONSULTED BOTH TO THE DECISION TAKEN WITH IN THE DEPARTMENT AND BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, REQUIRED FOR THE APPRISAL OF THE HISTORY OF DECISIONS ON THE SUBJECT.

The department of the Personnel Govt of Himachal Pradesh has issued instructions to protect the second channels of promotion where found necessary by the Cadre /grade / post since DOPT memo dated24-12-81, 1-9-2010 and 3-12-14 for which it is described by the department that for the post having more than one promotional channel, the option will invariably be called for in every calendar year and officers / officials in zone of consideration and holding the feeder post will have to opt for one of the channels of promotion of his/ her choice, which shall be final and irrevocable.(II) Once a candidate is promoted as per the option exercised , such candidate will neither be entitled for consideration for promotion in the other channel nor will be allowed to withdraw the option, so exercised and his/ her option shall be treated as final and irrevocable for entire service career .Further it is submitted in para 2 of the letter and instructions issued to all Administrative Secretaries, HOD ,Divisional Commissioners and the Deputy Commissioners that these instructions may be brought to the notice of all concerned for strict compliance and the receipt of the same may also be acknowledged, Any departure from these instructions will be viewed seriously and liable for disciplinary action. Keeping in view the above mentioned order of the DOPT and introduction of the HP Finance pending cases have been decided in the light of pay commission report issued on 3-1-2022 with the clarification that increments of the senior government employees should have not been stopped/ withheld by way of penalty or otherwise and for which now the Head of the office/ HOD are responsible to follow statement of cases pending finalisation over 3 months and report compliance to competent higher authority however the pending cases are still pending with the Administrative department even Department of the Administrative reforms too writting to the HOD and SIC and the FAA to follow delay and dereliction of duty and do the needful but no action has been taken by the Head of the office (Superintending Engineer HPPWD Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh) even clear vision of the Finance and personnel as well as the Administrative reforms is proof and evidence on the record for which the branch officer and middle level officer are responsible to follow standing Guard Files and Report compliance within the department and too the government in the other departments ,as such entire system of governance must be apprised about the facts finding report asked by the Honourable Chief Minister and required to be adjudicated by the Department of Administrative reforms in this regard due to delay in deciding the cases and still pending even related to the ACPS prior to 1-1-1996 and issued to junior Engineers on 3-10-1991 with higher post of the designation EAE after 18 years of regular service in the scale and grade  .As such the Superintending Engineer is responsible to consult the Guard File on the subject to ensure that the decision is in conformity with the earlier decisions .