UPSC concurrence must when changing Dept recruitment rules

UPSC has brought certain instances to the notice of DoPT where post the advice of Commission, recruitment rules (RRs) have been notified incorporating substantial changes in the recruitment rules/service rules (RRs/SRs) without obtaining the concurrence of the Commission, which is not in order. On consideration of the matter, it has been decided by the Government that if substantial changes are effected in the RRs after the receipt of advice of UPSC, the same shall be brought to the notice of UPSC by the administrative Ministry for obtaining their advice/concurrence on the same. Non-adherence to this procedure may result in the case being treated as a case of disagreement with the Commission, and therefore administrative Ministries have to take a conscious decision in this regard. Substantial changes referred here are those changes having a bearing on the principles of recruitment, viz., change in the method of recruitment, eligibility criteria etc and does not include vetting changes made by the Legislative Department, spelling or grammatical corrections.