**Executive Summary**
This document, issued by the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, outlines the recruitment rules for the post of District Transport Officer (DTO) within the Transport Department. Effective from the date of publication in the Official Gazette (December 4, 2025), it specifies the method of recruitment, age limits, qualifications, and other relevant matters. It supersedes previous rules, with certain exceptions.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Title and Commencement:** These rules are called the "Transport Department, Govt. of National Capital Territory of Delhi, District Transport Officer Recruitment Rules, 2025" and are effective from the date of publication in the Official Gazette.
* **Posts and Classification:**
* Number of DTO Posts: 20 (Subject to workload variation).
* Classification: General Central Service, Non-Ministerial Gazetted, Group 'B'.
* Pay Level: Level-7 in the Pay Matrix (Rs. 44900-142400).
* **Recruitment Method:**
* Selection Post.
* Age Limit for Direct Recruitment: Not Applicable.
* Educational/Experience Qualifications for Direct Recruitment: Not Applicable.
* Recruitment by Promotion/Deputation: 100% by Promotion, failing which by Deputation.
* **Promotion Conditions:**
* Headquarter Inspector and Motor Vehicle Inspector in Level-6 with 5 years of service.
* Successful completion of 2-4 weeks training in the relevant field.
* **Deputation Conditions:**
* Officers of the Central Government/State Government/Union Territory Administration.
* Holding analogous post on regular basis or 5 years service in Level-6 in the parent cadre.
* Diploma in mechanical or automotive engineering.
* 2 years of experience in administration, licensing or registration.
* Maximum age limit of 56 years on the last date of receipt of applications.
* **Disqualifications:**
* Marriage to a person with a living spouse, or having a living spouse and marrying another person, unless permitted by personal law.
* **Relaxation and Savings:**
* Government reserves the right to relax provisions with consultation with the Union Public Service Commission.
* These rules do not affect reservations, age relaxation, and other concessions for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Ex-Servicemen, and other categories.
* **Departmental Promotion Committee:**
* Chairperson: Additional Chief Secretary (Finance)/Secretary (Finance)
* Members: Administrative Secretary of the Department Concerned, Special/Additional Secretary (Services)
* **Union Public Service Commission:** Consultation is not necessary for recruitment.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Existing Headquarter Inspectors and Motor Vehicle Inspectors**
* **Impact:** Eligible for promotion to the post of District Transport Officer based on the criteria outlined in the document.
* **Action Required:** Ensure they meet the eligibility criteria, including the required years of service and successful completion of training.
**Stakeholder: Officers of the Central/State Govts/Union Territory Administration**
* **Impact:** Can be appointed as DTO on deputation if they meet the specified criteria.
* **Action Required:** Candidates for deputation must meet the required experience, educational qualifications, and age limit and apply through the proper channels.
**Stakeholder: Transport Department, Delhi Government**
* **Impact:** Provides a clear framework for recruiting and promoting individuals to the position of District Transport Officer.
* **Action Required:** Implement the rules in accordance with the guidelines provided in the document, ensuring compliance with reservation policies.
Key Entities Referenced
District Transport Officer Recruitment Rules, 2025: Recruitment rules for the post of District Transport Officer in the Transport Department, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi.
National Capital Territory of Delhi: The area to which these recruitment rules apply.
Union Public Service Commission: Consultation with the Union Public Service Commission may be required for certain aspects of recruitment but not necessary in this case.
Ministry of Home Affairs: Referenced as providing the powers exercised in the notification.
Transport Department, Govt. of National Capital Territory of Delhi: The department responsible for these recruitment rules.
रजिस्ट्री स.ं डी.एल.- 33002/99 REGD. No. D. L.-33002/99
भारत सरकार
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
एस.जी.-डी.एxलxx.G-अID.H-0x8xx1 22025-268329
SG-DLxx-ExG-0ID8E1x2x2x0 25-268329
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No. 381] DELHI, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2025/AGRAHAYANA 13, 1947 [N. C. T. D. No. 368
भाग IV
PART IV
राष्ट्रीय रािधानी राज्य क्षत्रे दिल्ली सरकार
GOVERNMENT OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI
दिल्ली, 4 दिसम् बर, 2025
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TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT
(Administration Branch)
NOTIFICATION
Delhi, the 4th December, 2025
F. No. 4(85)/Admn/TPT/2022/47752.— In exercise of the powers conferred by the provision to article 309 of
the Constitution of India and read with the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs’ Notification No. F.27/59
Him(i) dated 13th July, 1959 and in supersession of the District Transport Officer/Motor Licensing Officer Rules
notified vide notification no. F.2(23)/71-S.II dated 10th September, 1973 and further amended vide notification no.
F.2(23)/71-S.II dated March, 1978 except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the
Lt. Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi after prior consultation with the Union Public Service[PART IV DELHI GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 5
Commission, is pleased to make following recruitment rules for the post of District Transport Officer in Transport
Department, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement- (1) These rules may be called the Transport Department, Govt. of National
Capital Territory of Delhi, District Transport Officer (Previous name was Motor Licensing Officer) Recruitment
Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Number of Posts, Classification and level in the pay matrix- The number of posts, its classification and level in
the pay matrix attached thereto, shall be as specified in columns (2) to (4) of the Schedule annexed to these rules.
3. Method of recruitment, age-limit, qualification etc.- The method of recruitment, age-limit, qualifications and
other matters relating thereto shall be as specified in columns (5) to (13) of the said schedule.
4. Disqualification- No person,
(a) who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living; or
(b) who, having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person, shall be eligible for
appointment to the said post:
Provided that the Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law
applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and that there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any
person from the operation of this rule.
5. Powers to relax- Where the Government is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient to do so, it may, by
order and for reasons to be recorded in writing and in consultation with the Union Public Service Commission, relax
any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons.
6. Saving- Nothing in these rules shall affect reservations, relaxation of age-limit and other concessions required to
be provided for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Ex-Serviceman and other
categories of persons in accordance with the orders issued by the Government from time to time in this regard.
Sl. No. Particulars of RR for the post of DTO
1 Name of the Post District Transport Officer
2 Number of posts 20 (2024)
*Subject to variation dependent on workload
3 Classification of the post General Central Service, Non-Ministerial Gazetted, Group
‘B’
4 Pay Level in the Pay 7
Matrix Remark :Level-7 (Rs. 44900-142400) in the Pay Matrix
5 Whether Selection Post or Non-Selection Post Selection Post.
6 Age limits for Direct Recruits Not Applicable
7 Educational & other qualifications required for Essential:
direct recruits
Qualification : NA
Experience : NA
Desirable:
Qualification : NA
Experience : NA6 DELHI GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY PART IV]
Qualification Standard Note : NA
Experience Standard Note : NA
8 Whether age and educational qualification Age : NA
prescribed for Direct Recruitment will apply in
Edu. Qual : NA
the case of promotees
9 Period of Probation, if any Not Applicable
10 Method of Recruitment, whether by direct Promotion failing which Deputation : 100 percentage
recruitment or by promotion or by deputation /
absorption and percentage of the vacancies to
be filled by various methods.
11 In case of recruitment by promotion / Promotion: Headquarter Inspector and Motor Vehicle
deputation/ absorption grades from which Inspector in level-6 (Rs.35400-112400) in the pay matrix
promotion/deputation/absorption to be made with 5 years service in the grade rendered after
appointment thereto on regular basis and having
successfully completed 2-4 weeks training in the relevant
field as prescribed by competent authority.
Note : The eligibility list for promotion shall be prepared
with reference to the date of completion by the officers of
the prescribed qualifying service in the respective
grade/post.
Deputation:
Officers of the Central Government/State Government or
Union Territory Administration:
(a) (i) Holding analogous post on regular basis in the
parent cadre or department; or
(ii) With 5 years service in post in Level-6 in the pay
matrix or equivalent in the parent cadre or department; and
(b) Possessing the following educational qualifications or
experience:
(i) Diploma in mechanical engineering or automotive
engineering;
(ii) 2 years experience in the field of administration or
licensing or registration.
Standard Note:
Where juniors who have completed their
qualifying/eligibility service are being considered for
promotion, their senior would also be considered provided
they are not short of the requisite qualifying / eligibility
service by more than half of such qualifying /eligibility
service or 2 years, whichever is less and have successfully
completed their probation period for promotion to the next
higher grade along with their juniors who have already
completed such qualifying/eligibility service
The period of deputation including the period of deputation
in another ex-cadre post held immediately preceding this
appointment in the same or some other
organization/department of the Central Government shall
ordinarily not exceed three years. The Maximum age limit
for appointment by deputation shall be Not exceeding 56
years as on the last date of receipt of applications[PART IV DELHI GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 7
12 If a Departmental Promotion Committee Departmental Promotion Committee
exists, what is its composition
1. Additional Chief Secretary (Finance)/Secretary
(Finance) –(Chairperson)
2. Administrative Secretary of the Department Concerned
– (Member)
3.Special/Additional Secretary (Services) – (Member)
Note : Senior most member of the Departmental
Promotion Committee/Departmental Confirmation
Committee shall act as Chairperson in case the notified
Chairperson of the Committee happens to be junior to
another member of the Committee.
Departmental Confirmation Committee – N.A.
13 Circumstances in which UPSC is to be Consultation with Union Public Service Committee is not
consulted in making recruitments necessary
By Order and in the Name of the Lieutenant Governor
of the National Capital Territory of Delhi,
Dr. ASHUTOSH KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, Jt. Commissioner (Admn.)
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