Competition Commission of India (Number of Additional, Joint, Deputy or Assistant Director-General, other officers and employees, their manner of appointment, qualification, salary, allowances and other terms and conditions of service) Amendment Rules, 2023 - G.S.R. 587(E) - Competition Law

MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 4th August, 2023 G.S.R. 587(E) . In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (da), (e) and (f) of sub-section (2) of section 63 read with sub-sections (1A), (3) and (4) of section 16 of the Competition Act, 2002 (12 of 2003) , the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Competition Commission of India (Number of Additional, Joint, Deputy or Assistant Director-General other officers and employees, their manner of appointment, qualification, salary, allowances and other terms and conditions of service) Rules, 2009 , namely: 1. (1) These rules may be called the Competition Commission of India (Number of Additional, Joint, Deputy or Assistant Director-General, other officers and employees, their manner of appointment, qualification, salary, allowances and other terms and conditions of service) Amendment Rules, 2023. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Competition Commission of India (Number of Additional, Joint, Deputy or Assistant Director-General other officers and employees, their manner of appointment, qualification, salary, allowances and other terms and conditions of service) Rules, 2009 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), after rule 7 , the following rule shall be inserted, namely: - 7A. Selection Committee shall devise its own procedure for selection and recommend a panel of at least three names for appointment and the Commission shall appoint any person recommended by the selection committee after obtaining prior approval of the Central Government . 3. In Schedule III to the said rules,- (i) against serial number 1,- (a) for column (4), and the entries relating thereto, the following column and entries shall be substituted, namely:- Level in pay matrix (4) Level 13A (Rs. 131100 216600). ; (b) in column (12), for the words two years experience in the grade pay of Rs. 8700 or six years in the grade pay of Rs.7600 , the words two years experience in pay level 13 or six years experience in pay level 12 shall be substituted; (c) in column (13), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Selection Committee for selection consisting of: - 1. Chairperson, Competition Commission of India Chairperson; 2. Officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs Member; 3. Expert nominated by the Central Government Member. ; (ii) against serial number 2,- (a) in column (4), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Level 13A (Rs. 131100 216600). ; (b) in column (12), for the words two years experience in the grade pay of Rs. 8700 or six years in the grade pay of Rs.7600 , the words two years experience in pay level 13 or six years experience in pay level 12 shall be substituted; (c) in column (13), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Selection Committee for selection consisting of: - 1. Chairperson, Competition Commission of India Chairperson; 2. Officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs Member; 3. Expert nominated by the Central Government Member. ; (iii) against serial number 3,- (a) in column (4), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Level 13A (Rs. 131100 216600). ; (b) in column (12), for the words two years experience in the grade pay of Rs. 8700 or six years in the grade pay of Rs.7600 , the words two years experience in pay level 13 or six years experience in pay level 12 shall be substituted; (c) in column (13), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Selection Committee for selection consisting of: - 1. Chairperson, Competition Commission of India Chairperson; 2. Officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs Member; 3. Expert nominated by the Central Government Member. ; (iv) against serial number 4,- (a) in column (4), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Level 13 (Rs. 123100 215900). ; (b) in column (12), for the words five years in the grade pay of Rs.7600 or ten years in the grade pay of Rs.6600 , the words five years experience in pay level 12 or ten years experience in pay level 11 shall be substituted; (c) in column (13), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Selection Committee for selection consisting of: - 1. Chairperson, Competition Commission of India Chairperson; 2. Officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs Member; 3. Expert nominated by the Central Government Member. ; (v) against serial number 5,- (a) in column (4), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Level 13 (Rs. 123100 215900). ; (b) in column (12), for the words five years in the grade pay of Rs.7600 or ten years in the grade pay of Rs.6600 , the words five years experience in pay level 12 or ten years experience in pay level 11 shall be substituted; (c) in column (13), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Selection Committee for selection consisting of: - 1. Chairperson, Competition Commission of India Chairperson; 2. Officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs Member; 3. Expert nominated by the Central Government Member. ; (vi) against serial number 6,- (a) in column (4), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Level 13 (Rs. 123100 215900). ; (b) in column (12), for the words five years in the grade pay of Rs.7600 or ten years in the grade pay of Rs.6600 , the words five years experience in pay level 12 or ten years experience in pay level 11 shall be substituted; (c) in column (13), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Selection Committee for selection consisting of: - 1. Chairperson, Competition Commission of India Chairperson; 2. Officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs Member; 3. Expert nominated by the Central Government Member. ; (vii) against serial number 7,- (a) in column (4), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Level 12 (Rs. 78800 209200). ; (b) in column (12), for the words five years service in the grade pay of Rs.6600 or equivalent , the words five years service in pay level 11 or equivalent shall be substituted; (c) in column (13), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Selection Committee for selection consisting of: - 1. Chairperson or Member of the Competition Commission of India to be nominated by the Chairperson - Chairperson; 2. Officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs - Member; 3. Expert nominated by the Central Government Member. ; (viii) against serial number 8,- (a) in column (4), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Level 12 (Rs. 78800 209200). ; (b) in column (12), for the words five years service in the grade pay of Rs.6600 or equivalent , the words five years service in pay level 11 or equivalent shall be substituted; (c) in column (13), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Selection Committee for selection consisting of: - 1. Chairperson or Member of the Competition Commission of India to be nominated by the Chairperson - Chairperson; 2. Officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs - Member; 3. Expert nominated by the Central Government Member. ; (ix) against serial number 9,- (a) in column (4), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Level 12 (Rs. 78800 209200). ; (b) in column (12), for the words five years service in the grade pay of Rs.6600 or equivalent , the words five years service in pay level 11 or equivalent shall be substituted; (c) in column (13), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Selection Committee for selection consisting of: - 1. Chairperson or Member of the Competition Commission of India to be nominated by the Chairperson - Chairperson; 2. Officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs - Member; 3. Expert nominated by the Central Government Member. ; (x) against serial number 10,- (a) in column (4), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Level 12 (Rs. 78800 209200). ; (b) in column (12), for the words five years experience in the grade pay of Rs.6600 or equivalent , the words five years experience in pay level 11 or equivalent shall be substituted; (c) in column (13), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Selection Committee for selection consisting of: - 1. Chairperson or Member of the Competition Commission of India to be nominated by the Chairperson - Chairperson; 2. Officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs - Member; 3. Expert nominated by the Central Government Member. ; (xi) against serial number 11,- (a) in column (4), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Level 11 (Rs. 67700 208700). ; (b) in column (12), for the words five years experience in the grade pay of Rs.5400 or six years in the grade pay of Rs.4800 or seven years in the grade pay of Rs. 4600 or ten years in the grade pay of Rs.4200 , the words five years experience in pay level 10 or six years experience in pay level 8 or seven years experience in pay level 7 or ten years experience in pay level-6 shall be substituted; (c) in column (13), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Selection Committee for selection consisting of: - 1. An officer not below the rank of Advisor or Director General of the Competition Commission of India to be nominated by the Chairperson - Chairperson; 2. Representative from Ministry of Corporate Affairs not below the rank of Director or Deputy Secretary Member; 3. Outside Expert to be nominated by the Chairperson - Member. ; (xii) against serial number 12,- (a) in column (4), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Level 10 (Rs. 56100 177500). ; (b) in column (12), for the words two years experience in the grade pay of Rs.4800 or three years in the grade pay of Rs.4600 or eight years in the grade pay of Rs. 4200 , the words two years experience in pay level 8 or three years experience in pay level 7 or eight years experience in pay level 6 shall be substituted. ; (c) in column (13), for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- Selection Committee for selection consisting of: - 1. An officer not below the rank of Advisor or Director General of the Competition Commission of India to be nominated by the Chairperson - Chairperson; 2. Representative from Ministry of Corporate Affairs not below the rank of Director or Deputy Secretary Member; 3. Outside Expert to be nominated by the Chairperson - Member. . [F. No. Comp-01/2/2023-Comp-MCA] MANOJ PANDEY, Jt. Secy. Note : The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide G.S.R. 338 (E), dated the 15th May, 2009 and subsequently amended vide notification G.S.R. 439(E), dated the 23rd June, 2009 and G.S.R. 934(E), dated the 31st December, 2009 .