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 Additional Secretary. Where an officer remains on leave (either from the Centre or from his Cadre authority or both) on the expiry of his tenure as Joint Secretary till his appointment as Additional Secretary, the leave period shall be counted as tenure deputation. Additional Secretary 4 years, except for cases covered under the previous heading. Secretary No fixed tenure.

17.03 Every officer shall revert at the end of his tenure as indicated above on the exact date of his completing his tenure. He will, however, have a choice to revert to his cadre on the 31st May previous to the date of the end of his tenure in case personal grounds such as children's education etc., necessitate such reversion. No extension after completion of the full tenure would be allowed.

17.12 (a) Officers of the Indian Foreign Service appointed to posts under the Central Staffing Scheme would have a tenure of three years. (b) They shall not normally be relieved, except with the approval of the appointments Committee of the Cabinet from a Central Staffing Scheme post before their tenure.

17.13 No lateral shifts of officers from one Ministry/I)eptt. to another will normally be considered. However, in the case of Private Secretary to Ministers the policy followed would be :- (a) The redeployment of a Private Secretary in the same Ministry/Department as Deputy Secretary or Director is discouraged. (b) The Private Secretary (to Minister) who has been empanelled for holding post of Joint