**Executive Summary**
This document outlines the National Highways Authority of India (Recruitment, Seniority and Promotion) (Amendment) Regulations, 2026, which amends the principal 2024 regulations. The notification establishes new crucial dates for determining eligibility for recruitment and promotions and modifies experience requirements for specific finance-related roles. These regulations came into force upon their publication in the Official Gazette on May 4, 2026.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Eligibility Criteria for Recruitment**
* **Deputation and Selection:** For posts filled through the Search-cum-Selection Committee or on a deputation basis, the crucial date for determining eligibility is the final deadline for receipt of applications, including any extensions.
* **Direct Recruitment:** The cutoff date for essential educational qualifications will be specified in the job advertisement with the Appointing Authority's approval. This date must not exceed six months from the final application receipt date.
**Promotion Standards**
* **Vacancy Year:** The vacancy year for promotion purposes is defined as the calendar year.
* **Eligibility Dates:** Eligibility for promotion will be determined based on two crucial dates: January 1st and July 1st of the relevant vacancy year.
**Schedule Amendments for Finance and Accounts Roles**
* **Affected Positions:** The amendment applies to Assistant Manager, Manager, Deputy General Manager, General Manager, and Chief General Manager within the Finance and Accounts department.
* **Experience Requirements:** In the recruitment schedule (column 11), the phrase "in an organisation of repute" is replaced with "or Goods and Services Tax related matters," specifically allowing GST-related experience to be recognized for these roles.
**Impact Analysis**
**NHAI Recruitment Applicants**
**Impact**
Applicants are now subject to standardized eligibility cutoff dates depending on whether the recruitment is direct, via deputation, or through a selection committee.
**Action Required**
Candidates must ensure they meet all educational and professional eligibility requirements by the specific deadlines stated in the official vacancy advertisements.
**NHAI Employees (Finance and Accounts)**
**Impact**
Current employees in Finance and Accounts roles see a shift in qualifying experience criteria, which now explicitly includes Goods and Services Tax (GST) related matters.
**Action Required**
Employees seeking promotion or career advancement should ensure their experience in GST-related matters is properly documented in their service records.
**NHAI Administration and Appointing Authorities**
**Impact**
The administration is mandated to align recruitment advertisements and promotion cycles with the new calendar-year vacancy structure and specific eligibility windows.
**Action Required**
The authority must ensure all future recruitment advertisements specify educational qualification cutoff dates that do not exceed the six-month limit from the application deadline. Internal promotion lists must be updated to reflect the January 1st and July 1st eligibility checkpoints.
Key Entities Referenced
National Highways Authority of India (Recruitment, Seniority and Promotion) (Amendment) Regulations, 2026: The primary policy document that amends rules regarding recruitment eligibility, vacancy years, and promotion criteria.
National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988: The parent legislation under which the authority exercises its power to frame and amend internal regulations.
National Highways Authority of India (Recruitment, Seniority and Promotion) Regulations, 2024: The principal regulations being modified to update the definitions of eligibility dates and organizational experience requirements.
National Highways Authority of India: The primary statutory body and regulator responsible for governing national highways and issuing these personnel regulations.
Search-cum-Selection Committee: A key body mentioned in the regulations for determining candidate eligibility for specific posts on a deputation basis.
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EXTRAORDINARY
भाग III—खण् ड 4
PART III—Section 4
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 304] नई दिल्ली, सोमवार, मई 4, 2026/वैिाख 14, 1948
No. 304] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, MAY 4, 2026/VAISAKHA 14, 1948
भारतीय राष्ट्रीय रािमाग गप्राजधकरण
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 4 मई, 2026
फा. स.ं प्रिा-11012/59/2025(ई-293027).— भारतीय राष्ट्रीय रािमाग ग प्राजधकरण अजधजनयम, 1988
(1988 का 68) की धारा 9 के साथ पठित धारा 35 द्वारा प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करते हुए, भारतीय राष्ट्रीय रािमाग ग
प्राजधकरण एतद्वारा, भारतीय राष्ट्रीय रािमाग गप्राजधकरण (भती, वठरष्ठता और पिोन्नजत) जवजनयम, 2024 म ेंसंिोधन करन े
के जलए जनम्नजलजखत जवजनयम बनाता ह,ै अथागत:् -
1. सजं िप्त िीर्कग और प्रारंभ.— (1) इन जवजनयमों को भारतीय राष्ट्रीय रािमागग प्राजधकरण (भती, वठरष्ठता और
पिोन्नजत) (संिोधन) जवजनयम, 2026 कहा िाएगा।
(2) ये जवजनयम आजधकाठरक रािपत्र में इनके प्रकािन की जतजथ से प्रवृत्त होंगे।
3101 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC.4]
2. राष्ट्रीय रािमागग प्राजधकरण (भती, वठरष्ठता और पिोन्नजत) जवजनयम, 2024 (जिन्ह ें इसके पश्चात उि जवजनयम
कहा िाएगा), के जवजनयम 12 म,ें उप-जवजनयम (1) म,ें खंड (ड़) के जलए जनम्नजलजखत खंड प्रजतस्ट्थाजपत दकया िाएगा,
अथागत:् -
“(ड़) खोि-सह-चयन सजमजत के माध्यम से या प्रजतजनयुजि आधार पर भरे िाने वाले पिों के जलए पात्रता जनधागरण
की महत्वपूणग जतजथ जवस्ट्ताठरत जतजथ सजहत, यदि कोई हो, आवेिन प्राप्त करन े हते ु जनर्िष्टग अंजतम जतजथ होगी:
बिते सीधी भती के माध्यम से भरे िान े वाल े पिों के जलए, आवश्यक ििै जणक योग्यता जनधागरण की
महत्वपूणग जतजथ, जनयुजि प्राजधकारी की मंिूरी के साथ जवज्ञापन में जनर्िगष्ट की िाएगी, िो ऐसे जवज्ञापन के संबंध
में आवेिन प्राप्त करन े की अंजतम जतजथ स ेछह महीने स ेअजधक नहीं होगी।“
3. उि जवजनयमों म,ें जवजनयम 13 म,ें खंड (12) के स्ट्थान पर जनम्नजलजखत खडं प्रजतस्ट्थाजपत दकया िाएगा, अथागत:् -
“(12) पिोन्नजत के प्रयोिन हते ु ठरजि वर्ग कैलडें र वर्ग होगा और पिोन्नजत की पात्रता जनधागठरत करने हते ु जनणागयक
जतजथयां ठरजि वर्ग की 1 िनवरी और 1 िलु ाई होंगी, िैसा भी मामला हो।“
4. उि जवजनयमों म,ें अनुसूची म ें मुख्य महाप्रबंधक (जवत्त एव ं लखे ा), महाप्रबंधक (जवत्त एवं लखे ा), उप महाप्रबंधक
(जवत्त एवं लेखा), प्रबंधक (जवत्त एवं लेखा) और सहायक प्रबंधक (जवत्त एवं लेखा) के पिों के जलए, िहां भी कॉलम (11) म ें
"प्रजतजष्ठत संगिन म"ें िब्ि प्रजवष्ट ह,ैं वहााँ उनके स्ट्थान पर "अथवा माल और सेवा कर स े संबंजधत मामले" िब्ि प्रजतस्ट्थाजपत
दकए िाएंगे।
जविाल चौहान, सिस्ट्य (प्रिासन)
[जवज्ञापन-III/4/असा./73/2026-27]
ठिप्पणी.- मलू जवजनयमन भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग-III, खंड 4 में अजधसूचना सख्ं या 11011/19/2014-प्रिा.
दिनांक 30 दिसंबर, 2024 द्वारा प्रकाजित दकए गए थे।
NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 4th May, 2026
F. No. ADMIN-11012/59/2025 (E-293027).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 35 read with
section 9 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the National Highways Authority of
India hereby makes the following regulations, to amend the National Highways Authority of India (Recruitment,
Seniority and Promotion) Regulations, 2024, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These regulations may be called the National Highways Authority of
India (Recruitment, Seniority and Promotion) (Amendment) Regulations, 2026.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the National Highways Authority of India (Recruitment, Seniority and Promotion) Regulations, 2024
(hereinafter referred to as the said regulations), in regulation 12, in sub-regulation (1), for clause(e), the following clause,
shall be substituted, namely:-
“(e) the crucial date for determination of eligibility for posts to be filled through Search-cum-Selection
Committee or on deputation basis shall be the last date including the extended date, if any, specified for the
receipt of applications:[भाग III—खण् ड 4] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3
Provided that for the posts to be filled through direct recruitment, the crucial date for determination
of essential educational qualifications shall be as specified in the advertisement, with the approval of the
Appointing Authority, which shall, not be later than six months from the last date of receipt of applications in
respect of such advertisement.”
3. In the said regulations, in regulation 13, for clause (12), the following clause, shall be substituted, namely:-
“(12) The vacancy year for the purpose of promotion shall be the calendar year and the crucial dates for
determining the eligibility for promotion shall be the 1st January and 1st July of the vacancy year, as the case
may be.”
4. In the said regulations, in the schedule for the posts of Chief General Manager (Finance and Accounts), General
Manager (Finance and Accounts), Deputy General Manager (Finance and Accounts), Manager (Finance and Accounts)
and Assistant Manager (Finance & Accounts), for the words “in an organisation of repute”, wherever they occur in
column (11), the words “or Goods and Services Tax related matters” shall be substituted.
VISHAL CHAUHAN, Member (Administration)
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./73/2026-27]
Note.- The Principal regulation were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, vide
notification No.11011/19/2014-Admn. dated the 30th December, 2024.
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