 bill no 141of  2017 the  all india  services (amendment) bill,  2017 by shri rajeev satav, mp a billprovide further to amend the all india services act, 1951be  it enacted by the parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the all india services (amendment) act, 2017short title and commencement5(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appointlxi of 19512 after section 3 of the all india services act, 1951, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new section 3aperiodic review of members of all india services5"3a (1) notwithstanding anything contained in section 3, the central government shall, in consultation with the state government concerned and parent department or ministry, as the case may be, ensure periodic review of officers appointed to the all india services on completion of five years of tenure through a procedure to be conducted by the union public service commission in such manner as may be prescribed:provided that if the periodic review has not been conducted after five years of service in respect of a member, such review may be conducted at any other time as the central government may deem fit10explanation—for the purposes of this section, the term "periodic review"shall mean the review of the entire service record including the annual confidential report (acr) of the member of all india services regarding suitability or otherwise of such member for further retention in the service, to be conducted regularly for each member of such services15(2) the central government, after consultation with the union public service commission and on conclusion of the periodic review of members of the all india services as specified under sub-section (1), may recommend for the bottom fifteen per cent members from each batch of the all india services—(a) the dismissal or pre-mature retirement of five per cent bottom members of the all-india services from each batch; or20(b) administrative training, for the ten per cent members who have achieved a higher rank than the bottom five per cent members, which includes and is not limited to, sending the members for a compulsory career training program for a period of at least six months at the academy concerned in such manner as may be prescribed25(3) the central government after consultation with the government of the state concerned, union public service commission and the parent department or the ministry, as the case may be, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for regulating the manner and procedure for the conduct of periodic review of members of all india services30(4) the central government after consultation with the director of academy concerned and union public service commission frame guidelines on the method and evaluation of administrative training as provided under clause (b) of sub-section (2)" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsfor creating smooth administrative machinery, there is a need of effective accountability standards the members of the all india services are a vital cog in the wheel of development of india they are selected through a rigorous method of examination and are entrusted with the responsibility of development at district, state, national as well as international level the need is to weed out the deadwood in order to maintain a high standard of efficiency and initiative in the all india services it is not necessary that a good officer may continue to be efficient for all times to come it may be that there may be some officers who may possess a better initiative and higher standard of efficiency and if given change the work of the government might show marked improvementthere are a number of judicial pronouncements in support of total assessment of the performance of the members of the all india services there have also been observations that have approved any measure by which the assessment by superiors, with an opportunity to watch the work and conduct of an officer, is taken into account while deciding about premature retirement it is sometimes found that a few members of the all india services do tend to become mere passengers in the post or at the level in which a member is placed for the time being they become either stale or listless or do not exhibit any creativity or innovativeness and do not achieve the desired results in some other cases, information may be available which casts grave doubt upon the integrity of a members the need is to strike a just balance between the termination of the completed career of a tired employee and maintenance of top efficiency in the diverse activities of administrationthe bill, therefore, seeks to amend the all india services act, 1951 with a view to provide for periodic review of members of all india services on completion of five years of tenure it also provides for dismissal or pre-mature retirement of bottom five per cent of members at the periodic review and compulsory training to the other bottom ten per cent members who have achieved a higher rank than the bottom five per cent members of all india services at academy concernedhence this billnew delhi;rajeev satavjuly 4, 2017 memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 2 of the bill empowers the central government make rules for regulating the manner and procedure for the conduct of periodic review of members of all india services as the rules will relate to matters of details only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billfurther to amend the all india services act, 1951————(shri rajeev satav, mp)gmgipmrnd—990ls(s3)—21-07-2017