This document summarizes new rules regarding the maximum period of deputation to foreign service for government officers in Kerala, India. Key points: - The period of deputation can initially be up to one year and extended annually up to a maximum continuous period of 5 years. - Officers must be relieved on the expiry date unless the period is extended in writing in advance. Overstaying will result in disciplinary action. - Overstay periods will not count for pension purposes and increments will be deferred until the officer rejoins their parent cadre. No ex post facto approval will be given. - The rules also apply to deputations between departments or services within the state government.

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GOVERNMENT OF KTRAI-A.
F'inance (Rules-A) Department
NOTTFICANON
G O.(P) No.45l2013/Fin. Dated, Thirutenantltapuram, 22nd January, 2013.
S. R. O. No. 71l2013.-In exercisc of the powcrs conferred by sub-section (1)
of section 2 of thc Kerala Public Services Act, 1968 (19 of 1968), read with
section 3 thereof, thc Government of Kerala, hereby make the following rules
funher to amend the Kerala Scrvice Rules, namely:-
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7. Short title and commen(:ement.*-(l) These ruies may be called the Kerala
Scrvicc. (4th Amcndmcnt) Rulcs, 2013.
(2) 1'hcy shall come intn force at once.
2. ,4mendment of the Rules.---'In Part I of the Kerala Service Rules, in rule
140, after sub-rule (b), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:-
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"(c) The period of deputation to foreign service shall be initially for one
year and may be extended year by year up to a continuous period of five years
in the aggregate. The officer on foreign'scrvice shall be relieved of his dutics on
the date of expiry of the sanctioned period unless the competent authority has,
with requisite approval, extended the period of depuktion, in writing, prior to the
date.of its expiry. In the event of the officcr overstaying he shall be liable to
disciplinary action and the period of overstay shall not be corintcd for the
purpose of pension and that any incremcnt due during the period of ovcrstay
shall be defened with cumulative effect, till the date on which the officer rejoins
his parent cadre. No ex post facto approval for regularization of ovcrstay on
foreign service shall be allowed. Thc ofliccr shall be precluded from drawing
pay and allowances from the datc on which ths sailctioncd term of foreign
service expires:
Provided that the period of leavc, if any, taken by an officer, as pcr rulcs
applicable to him, on the conclusion of foreign servicc and beforc jorning his
post shall not be considered as an overstay under this sub-rule.
The provisions of this sub-rule shall rnutatis mutandis apply to an officer
on deputation from one service to another or.from onc Department to anothcr
within the same service.".
By order of the Governor,
Dn. V. P. Jov,
Principal Secrclaty to Got;ernm enl,
Explanatory Note
(This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its
general purport.)
As per rule 140(b) of Part I of the Kerala Service Rules, no officer shall
normally be allowed to remain on dcputation to forcign service for more than
five years continuously. f)espite the abovc provision, there has been a growing
tendency among officers oi deputation/foreign service to overstay the
sanctioned term of deputatron which, often, causes considcrable adrninistrative
inconvenience both to the Government and the lcnding and borrowing
Departments/institutions. Scvcral instances have come to thc noticc of

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Government,,wherein, the officers remained on deputation/foreign service for
ycars without Government sanction and they seek ex post facto sanction of
(iovernment to regularisc thc overstay pcriod after rejoining duty in the parent
cadrc. l'he (iovcrnment have dccided to incorporate necessary provisions in
Part i of the Kerala Scrwice Rules with a view to chcck the tendency.
'fhc notification is intcnded to achieve the above object.
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The Principal Accountant General (Audit), Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
The Accountant Gcneral (A&E), Kerala, Thiruvananthapurarn
Al1 lIeads of Departments and Offices
' Ail Departments and Scctions of the Secrctariat
l'he Director of 'lrcasurics, Thiruvananthapuram
'fhe Sccretary Kerala Public Service Commission, Thiruvananthapuram
(rvrth C.L.)
'lhe General Manager, KSRTC, Thiruvananthapuram
The Registrar, I{igh Court of Kerala, Emakulam (with C.L.)
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Registrar, Kerala Administrative Tribunal, fhiruvananthapuriim (with C.L.)
thc Registrars, Univcrsity of Kerala/Kochi/CalicutMahatma Gandhi/
Kannur (with C.L.)
1'he Registrar, Kerala University of Health and Allied Sciences, Thrissur
(with C.L.)
The Registraq Sree Sankara Sanskrit University, Kalady (with C.L.)
The RegistraE Kerala !'eterinary and Animal Sciences University, Wayanad
(with C.1..)
The Registraq Irisheries Univcrsity, Ernakulam (with C.L.)
'fhe Registraq Kerala Lok Ayukta, thiruvananthapuram
'fhe Registrar, Kerala Agricultural Universiry Mannuthi
'lhc Sccretary Ombudsman for Local Sclf Govemment, Thiruvananthapuram
'l'hc Advocate Gcncral. Kerala, Ernakulam (with C.L.)
1'he Secrctary K.S.ll.B., fhiruvananthapuram (with C.L.)
All Principal Sccretaries/Secretaries/Special Secretaries/Additional
Secretaries/Joint Secretaries/Dcputy Secretaries,/Under' Secretaries
to Government

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"(c) The period of deputation to foreign service shall be initially for one
year and may be extended year by year up to a continuous period of five years
in the aggregate. The officer on foreign scrvice shall be relieved of his dutics on
the date of expiry of the sanctioned period unless the competent authority has,
with requisite approval, extended the period of deputation, in writing, prior to thc
date.of its expiry. In the event of the officer ovcrstaying he shall be liable to
disciplinary action and the period of overstay shall not be countcd lor the
purpose of pension and that any increment due during the periocl of overstay
shall be deferred with cumulative effect, till the date on which the offtccr rejoins
his parent cadre. No ex post facto approval for rqgularization of ovcrstay on
foreign service shall be allowed. 'I'he officcr shall bc preciuded from drawing
pay and allowances from the datc on which the sanctioncd term of foreign
service expires:
Provided that the period of leavc, if any, taken by an officcr, as pcr ruics
applicable to him, on the conclusion of foreign servicc and before joining his
post shall not be considered as an overstay under this sub-rule.
The provisions of this sub-rule shall rnutatis mutandis apply to an officcr
on deputation from one service to another or fiom onc Department to another
within the same seryice.".
By order of the Governor,
Dn. V. P. Jov,
Principal Se.cretary to Gov-ernm enl.
Explanatory Note
(This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its
general purport.)
As per rule 140(b) of Part I of the Kerala Service Rules, no officer shall
normally be allowed to rernain on deputation to foreign service fcr more than
five years continuously. Despite the abovc provision. there has been a growing
tendency among officers oir deputation/foreign service to overstay the
sanctioned term of deputatron wJrich, oftcn, causes considerable adrninistrative
inconvenience both to the Government and the lcnding and borrowing
Departments/institutions. Sevcral instances have come to th'": noticte of

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The Secretary to Govemor, Ra! Bhavan
The Private Secretary to Speaker/Deputy Speai<er to the Legislative
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The Additional Secretary to the Chief Secretary
The Secretary, Human Rights Commission, Thiruvananthapwam
The Private Secrctaries to the Chief Minister and other Ministers
The Private Secretary to the Lcader of Opposition
The State Election Commissioner, Kelala, Thiruvananthapuram
The State Chief Inforrnation Commissioner (with C,L.) :'
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