Recommend names in order of merit: Govt to selection panels

NEW DELHI: All selection or search-cum- selection committees mandated to recommend candidates for various posts should send names for these in order of merit, the government said today.

The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has observed that in some of the cases submitted by the various ministries or departments, the selection committees or search-cum- selection committees were found to have not recommended the panel in order of merit or preference.

"ACC has reiterated that unless statutorily required not to arrange the names in the panel in the order of preference, the selection committee or search-cum-selection committee must invariably indicate the order of preference," the Department of Personnel and Training said in an order issued to all government departments.

ACC, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approves senior appointments at the level of Joint Secretary and above and board-level appointments in public sector undertakings, among others