The Indian Foreign Service (Recruitment, Cadre, Seniority and Promotion), Rules, 1961

10. Deputation of members of the Service:-

(1) The Central Government may at any time depute a member of the Service to a post equivalent to or higher than that held by him in the Service in the Indian Administrative Service, the Indian Frontier Administrative Service, the Indian Foreign Service Branch ‘B’ or any other Central Service Class-I. A member of the Service so deputed shall be held against a post in the deputation reserve :

Provided that :-

(i) The period of deputation shall not exceed three years in the first instance although the Central Government may extend the same by further periods of upto three year at a time.

(ii) The Central Government may in consideration of the deputation, appoint, in exchange, against an equivalent Cadre post, an officer from the Service to which the member of the Service has been deputed.

(2) The Central Government may at any time depute a member of the Service to a post equivalent to or higher than that held by him in the Service to serve under an International Organisation or a Foreign Employer. A member of the Service so deputed shall be held against a post in the deputation reserve:

Provided that the period of deputation shall not exceed three years in the first instance, although, the Central Government may extend the same by further periods of up to three years at a time.

(3) The Central Government may, if it is satisfied that no suitable member of the Service or of the Indian Foreign Service Branch ‘B’ is available to fill a particular cadre post, appoint thereto for a period not exceeding three years, an office of any of the services mentioned in sub-rules (1) of rule 10, even though no member of the Service is sent, in exchange, on deputation to that service:

Provided that if the Central Government is still satisfied that no suitable member of the Service is available at the end of the above period they may extend the appointment for a further period of up to three years.

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