Promotion to the Post of Assistant Director
Official title
Office Order No. 159 of 2026 - Promotion to the Post of Assistant Director (through SO-LDCE-2025)
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The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has promoted 27 officials from the cadres of Assistant Director (Ad-hoc), Social Security Officer, Manager Grade II, and Superintendent to the grade of Assistant Director (Level-8). These promotions follow the Combined Section Officers’ (Grade ‘B’) Limited Departmental Competitive Examination, 2025. The promotion for one official (Sl. No. 26) is effective from June 25, 2026, while for others, it takes effect upon assuming charge. Officials are subject to a two-year probation period and must exercise their pay fixation option within one month. Acceptance of the promotion must be communicated by August 3, 2026. Requests for alternative postings will not be entertained, and failure to accept the promotion will result in cancellation.
- Who is affected
- 27 specific officials from the cadres of Assistant Director (Ad-hoc), Social Security Officer, Manager Gr. II, and Superintendent.
- Required action
- Officials must communicate their acceptance of the promotion by August 3, 2026.
- Officials must exercise their option for pay fixation within one month from the date of promotion.
- Key dates
- Effective date of promotion for official at Sl. No. 26 — 24 Jun 2026
- Deadline for communicating acceptance of promotion — 02 Aug 2026
- Consequences
- Requests for alternative places of posting will lead to the cancellation of the promotion order.
Source details
- Source
- Employees' State Insurance Corporation
- Type
- circular
- Published by source
- 26 Jul 2026
- Document number
- No.A-33/13/1/AD(LDCE)2019-Estt.I-Part(1)
- Issuing division
- Estt.I
- Coverage area
- labour
Document text
No.A-33/13/1/AD(LDCE)2019-Estt.I-Part(1) Date:27-07-2026
OFFICE ORDER NO.-159 of 2026 The Competent Authority has approved promotion of the following officials from the cadre of Assistant Director (Ad-hoc)/ Social Security Officer/Manager Gr. II/Superintendent, to the grade of Assistant Director in level-8 (Rs.47,600-1,51,100/-) [PB-2 (₹9300-34800) with grade pay of ₹ 4800 (Pre-revised)], on regular basis, on qualifying Combined Section Officers’ (Grade ‘B’) Limited Departmental Competitive Examination, 2025 conducted by UPSC {result declared by UPSC vide No.: F.5/17/2025-C-XI dated: 25th June, 2025}:
| Sl. No. | Emp.ID | Name of the officer (Ms./Mrs./Sh.) | Present Place of Posting | Ordered place of Posting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 177006 | Bandepalli Sridhar | RO, Telangana | ZTI(SZ), Kalaburagi |
| 2 | 176853 | Vishnu Vardhan R | SRO, Coimbatore | ESICH, Tiruppur |
| 3 | 177102 | Mandeep Singh | ESICH, Rohini | ESIC - HQ |
| 4 | 176905 | Ifftikar Ali Mallick | RO, West Bengal | ESICH&MC, Bhubaneshwar |
| 5 | 177107 | Subid Hira | RO, West Bengal | RO, Odisha |
| 6 | 116795 | Manila P. V. | RO, Kerala | RO, Kerala |
| 7 | 118858 | Kundan Kumar Jha | RO, Chhattisgarh | ESICH, Korba |
| 8 | 107548 | Ranjeet Kumar Mehta | ESIC-HQ | ESIC - HQ |
| 9 | 177893 | Ishani Gupta | SRO- Noida (Under transfer to SRO- Okhla) | SRO, Alwar |
| 10 | 180674 | Rahul Jain | ESIC- HQ | ESIC - HQ |
| 11 | 176800 | Parmeet | ESIC- HQ | ESIC - HQ |
| 12 | 176990 | Deepak Gunvantrao Jambhulkar | SRO, Nagpur | ESICH, Kolhapur |
| 13 | 176760 | Raja Pandi M | SRO, Madurai | SRO, Madurai |
| 14 | 176825 | Rohit Rathore | RO, Bihar | RO, Bihar |
| 15 | 177017 | Koduru Kushal Kumar Reddy | RO, Telangana | ESICH, Doddaballapura |
| 16 | 178126 | Abhinav Gupta | RO, Himachal Pradesh | RO, Himachal Pradesh |
| 17 | 176711 | Agarwal Jaimin Manishbhai | ESICH&MC, Bapunagar | ESICH, Surat |
| 18 | 177037 | Nikhil Bhardwaj | RO, Maharashtra | SRO, Thane |
| 19 | 120780 | Sushant Rautray | SRO, Jharsuguda | ESICH, Angul |
| 20 | 177075 | Jadhav Shiv Kumar | RO, Telangana | ESICH, Doddaballapura |
| 21 | 176817 | Prabhadevi E | RO, Tamil Nadu | ESICH, Gorimedu, Puducherry |
| 22 | 110373 | Arjun Lal Meena | RO, Gujarat | ESIC - HQ |
| 23 | 150745 | Harish Kumar | ESIC- HQ (Under transfer to ESIC, DC & H- Rohini) | SRO, Rohini |
| 24 | 176877 | D. Vikas | RO, Telangana | SRO, Mangalore |
| 25 | 120551 | Ramphool Bairwa | RO, Rajasthan | ESICH, Udaipur |
| 26 | 108601 | Amit Kumar | DMD-Delhi (On temporary duty to HQ) | D(M)D (On temporary duty at General Branch HQ) |
| 27 | 176939 | Kishore G | ESICH&MC, PGIMSR, K K Nagar, Chennai | ESICH, Sriperumbudur |
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The regular promotion of official at Sl. No. 26 will take effect from 25.06.2026 i.e. the date of declaration of result by UPSC. However, the regular promotion of remaining officials will be effective from the date of assuming charge of the promoted post.
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All the aforementioned officials will be on probation for a period of 2 years from the date of regular promotion in terms of Regulation 5 of the Employees State Insurance Corporation (Staff & Conditions of Service) Regulations 2023.
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Their pay on regular promotion will be fixed in level-8 (Rs.47,600-1,51,100) under the provision of FR.22(I)(a) (1). The Official shall exercise his option for fixation within one month from the date of promotion as per saving clause under FR22(I)(a)(1).
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The promotion and posting of these officials are ordered in Public Interest and they are entitled for TA, DA and Joining Time, as admissible.
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The declaration by the officials regarding his acceptance of the promotion offered will be communicated by 03.08.2026. The controlling authority shall ensure that acceptance as received from the officer is communicated to this office, immediately.
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The request for alternative place of posting will not be accepted and the order of promotion will be cancelled without further correspondence in such cases without assigning any further reason thereof.
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The Regional Head, where the official has been ordered for posting on promotion, shall intimate the details of assumption of charge on promoted post by the officials, to this office in due course.
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The Charge report of the officers will be sent to all concerned in due course.
(Dhruv Jayant) Deputy Director (E-I)
To:- The Officials concerned through their Controlling Authority.
Copy to:
- PPS/PS/PA of DG/ All Divisional Heads, Hqrs. Office.
- All Zonal Insurance Commissioner/ Insurance Commissioner (NTA).
- The Secretary (UPSC w.r.t their letter No. 5/17/2025-C-XI dated 25th June, 2026).
- All the Additional Commissioner and Regional Directors/ Regional Directors/ Deputy Directors (I/c)/ Joint Director-E-V , Hqrs Office
- Concerned Director/Jt. Director/Dy. Director/Asstt. Director (Finance).
- Director/Joint Director, Zonal Vigilance.
- DPC, Cash branch, Hqrs. Office.
- Hindi Cell, Hqrs. Office for Hindi Version.
- W.C.M for Uploading the same on ESIC Website.
- Personal File/Guard File/Spare Copy.
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