Change the name of posts of LDC, UDC and Assistants – Dopt seeks suggestion
DoPT seeks suggestions on the proposal under consideration to change the name of posts of LDC, UDC and Assistants of CSCS / CSS.
G.I., Dept. of Per. & Trg., O.M.F.No.21/12/2010-CS.I(P), dated the 17.08.2015
Subject: Proposal to change nomenclature of posts of CSCS/CSS
The undersigned is directed to say that this Department is considering a proposal to change nomenclature of posts of Central Secretariat Clerical Service (CSCS) and Central Secretariat Service (CSS), as under:
| S.No. | Existing Designation | Service | Proposed Designation |
| (i) | Assistant | css | Assistant Section Officer (ASO) |
| (ii) | UDC | cscs | Senior Secretariat Assistant (SSA) |
| (iii) | LDC | cscs | Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA) |
2. All concerned may give their inputs/suggestions on the proposal latest by 18th September, 2015 at the e-mail id given below.
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(Parminder Singh)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
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S.K.Hazarika says
Steps taken for changing the designation of LDC, UDC and Assistant are praiseworthy but it is needed to be done in each & every Central Govt. organisations/Statutory bodies/ autonomous bodies/other central sector organisations/Govt. of India undertakings as a whole. Therefore, instead of proposed nomenclature, JSA(LDC), SSA(UDC) meant to be for Central Secretariat, New Delhi, it may be commonly re-designated simply as Junior Assistant(LDC) and Senior Assistant(UDC).
In case of re-designation of Assistant post, the proposed nomenclature, Assistant Section Officer is correct wherever Section Officer post is alive as it means to be assisting the Section Officer. But in case of availability of Superintendent post in the organisation which is treated as equivalent to the post of Section Officer, the designation of Assistant Superintendent will be correct. Such way, wherever Manager post treated as equivalent to Section Officer/ Superintendent, the designation Assistant Manager will be proper.
In the above context, it may be appropriate, if the post of Section Officer/Superintendent of the departments is re-designated simultaneously as “Manager” in all the departments of Central Government organisations, because there is nothing to be guided/ supervised in the standard/ prescribed official processing but required to be managed all the works in all the circumstances promptly in the public interest without depending on subordinates’ presence, as like as the Banks where Manager sometimes sit in the Cash Counter in the absence of Cashier on leave for payment to the public/customers. The proposed post “Manager” in the Central Government departments will make the incumbent more responsible than the post of Section Officer/ Superintendent who used to surrender the responsibility to the subordinates/refuse to dispose off the public works promptly by involving own-self independently.