Revised Rules on Appointments Issued by Outgoing Elective and Appointive Officials

March 28, 2011

CSC MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 10-11

 

Pursuant with the ruling of the Supreme Court in the Leah M. Nazareno, et al. vs. City Mayor Agustin Perdices, et al. (G.R. No. 181559 dated October 2, 2009), the Commission has decided, through CSC Resolution No. 1100188 dated February 1, 2011, to issue the Revised Rules on Appointments Issued by Outgoing Elective and Appointive Officials, as follows:

1. All appointments issued after the election up to June 30 by outgoing elective officials shall be disapproved unless the following requisites relative to their issuance are met:

1.1 The appointee meets the minimum qualifications as required under the CSC Qualification Standards Manual or special law, if any, for the position to which he/she was appointed.

1.2 The appointee has undergone the Personnel Selection Board (PSB) screening prior to the election ban. In this case, the appointing authority or agency shall submit the minutes of the PSB meetings and the evaluation report of the applicants.

1.3 There is an urgent need for the issuance of the appointment/s so as not to prejudice the public or endanger public safety.

1.4 Civil Service Law, rules and regulations and special laws, if any, on the issuance of appointments are followed.

2. All appointments issued after a presidential election up to June 30 by an appointive appointing official shall be disapproved, except in the following cases: cDCHaS

2.1. The appointive appointing official is a Career Executive Service Officer occupying a regular plantilla position.

2.2. The appointive official has a fixed term of office and whose term of office will not expire on June 30.

2.3 The appointee meets the minimum qualifications as required under the CSC Qualification Standards Manual or special law, if any, for the position to which he/she was appointed.

2.4 The appointee has undergone the Personnel Selection Board (PSB) screening prior to the election ban. In this case, the appointing authority or agency shall submit the minutes of the PSB meetings and the evaluation report of the applicants.

2.5 There is an urgent need for the issuance of the appointment/s so as not to prejudice the public or endanger public safety.

2.5 ^* Civil Service Law, rules and regulations and special laws, if any, on the issuance of appointments are followed.

3. The issuance of mass appointments 1 or those issued in large numbers may be allowed provided the above conditions are complied with.

4. If in the exigency of the service, the outgoing appointing authority, whether elective or appointive, opts to issue renewal (reappointment), temporary, casual and/or contractual appointments after the elections or before June 30, prior authority must be obtained from the concerned CSC Regional Office, otherwise, such appointments will be disapproved.

Such authority will be granted on the basis of validated need to fill up the positions immediately in order not to prejudice public service and/or endanger public safety.

All rules, regulations and issuances which are inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly. SEcTHA

(SGD.) FRANCISCO T. DUQUE III, MD, MScChairmanCivil Service Commission

ATTACHMENT

CSC Resolution No. 1100188February 1, 2011

Footnotes

1. The issuance of more than twenty (20) appointments after the elections up to June 30 shall be considered "mass appointments".