Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

(i) Appointments to senior posts: Decides appointments to top-level posts specified under the Transaction of Business Rules, 1961, including posts at the level of Joint Secretary and above and 

• to decide upon temporary upgradation of post(s) to the level of Joint Secretary and above (namely, post(s) in the Pay Matrix at the Level 14 and above) initially for a period of two years from the date of upgradation and its further continuation on the upgraded level up to five years from such upgradation on year to year basis and to decide upon temporary downgradation of such post(s) for a specified period; 

(ii) Empanelment of officers: Approves empanelment of officers for senior positions in the Government of India.

(iii) to decide all cases of disagreement relating to appointments between the Department or Ministry concerned and the Union Public Service Commission; (iv) to decide cases of extension of tenure, under the Central Staffing Scheme(s) or relevant central tenure norms, of officers belonging to the All India Services and other Group ‘A’ Services beyond the prescribed limits; 

(v) to decide cases relating to lateral shift of officers serving on Central deputation; 

(vi) to decide cases of premature repatriation of officers serving with the Central Government to their parent cadre or Department; 

(vii) to decide cases relating to inter-cadre deputation or transfer of All India Services Officers; (vii)(a) to decide cases relating to deputation of Group ‘A’ Officers of Central Government to ex-cadre posts under States / Union territories administration including Public Sector Undertakings / Autonomous Bodies / Statutory Bodies / Universities / Local Bodies etc. under States / Union territories administration;

(viii) to decide cases of extension of service beyond the age of superannuation ;

(ix) to decide all cases of disagreement with the recommendations of the Search-cum-Selection Committee constituted in accordance with the statutory requirements or the relevant instructions of the Department of Personnel and Training in respect of officers of the rank or pay (pay band plus Grade Pay) equivalent to or higher than a Joint Secretary of the Central Government;

(x) to consider and decide representations, appeals and memorials from officers of the rank or pay (pay band plus Grade Pay) equivalent to or higher than a Joint Secretary in the Central Government, except from those working in the cadre, against adverse remarks;

(xi) to decide all cases of disagreement, including in the order of preference of the Public Enterprises Selection Board panel, between the administrative Ministry or Department concerned and the Public Enterprises Selection Board;

(xii) to decide all cases of inter-company transfers of Chairman, Managing Director and functional Directors of Public Sector Undertakings between holding companies and subsidiaries and within the subsidiaries including Memorandum of Understanding signing Public Sector Undertakings;

(xiii) to decide all cases relating to intra-company transfer of Managing Director and functional Directors of Public Sector Undertakings including Memorandum of Understanding signing Public Sector Undertakings; and

(xiv) to decide cases relating to employment or re-employment of any person, who has attained the age of superannuation, in any Department of the Government of India, any State-owned public corporation, company or enterprise, in a post, appointment to which requires approval of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.