Government extends timelines for Central Civil Services and All India Services employees appraisal.
In its response to addressing the Covid-19 crisis the union government had announced a nationwide lock down of 21 days last week. The lock down has impacted almost all organisations in some way, including government offices. To ease the impact on government officers, some relaxation has been announced on one of the key processes marking closure of annual performance appraisal. The recently announced relaxation in the performance appraisal process would impact All India Services (AIS) officers, and Grade A, Centeral Civil Services officers. Earlier the government had issued notification regarding in relaxation of CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972.
The recent announcement has been with regards to – extension of time lines for submission of Annual Performance Assessment Report (APAR) in respect of Group A officers of Central Civil Services for the year 2019-20, and extension in timelines for generation of PAR and submission of self-appraisal in respect of AIS officers for the PAR year 2019-20.
The release from DOPT, related to time lines for submission of Annual Performance Assessment Report (APAR) in respect of Group A officers of Central Civil Services, dated 27th March 2020, said – “In the light of situation arising out of spread of Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19), it has been decided with the approval of competent authority to revise the time schedule for some of the activities relating to recording APAR.”
The revised timelines for the following activities considering the Covid 19 situation are as:
| Activity | Existing Date | Revised Date |
| Distribution of APAR forms to officers reported upon where self-appraisal has to be given and to reporting officers where self-appraisal is not to be given | 31st March 2020 | 31st May 2020 |
| Submission of self-appraisal to reporting officer by officer to be reported upon (where applicable) | 15th April 2020 | 30th June 2020 |
Another release by DOPT, related to extension in timelines for generation of PAR and submission of self-appraisal in respect of AIS officers, addressed to Chief Secretaries of States / UT dated 27th March said – “ …. due to situation arising out of spread of COVID-19, it has been decided with the approval of competent authority, to extend the cut off dates prescribed for some of the activities relating to recording of PAR for the year 2019-20…,”.
The revised timelines are as below:
| Activity | Existing Date | Revised Date, considering Covid-19 situation |
| Blank PAR form to be given to the officer reported upon by Administration Division / Personnel Department, specifying the reporting officer and reviewing authority | 1st April 2020 | 1st June 2020* |
| Self-appraisal for the current year | 31st May 2020 | 30th June 2020 |
*( This may be completed even a week earlier)
These changes come as a one time measure, primarily to address the situation that’s arising as of now.
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