Who is a “Group – A Officer”?

Re: Wheather he is “Group – A Officer” ?

……. But it is a fact that we have controversies over the matter. …….What an unavoidable waste of time over a question that could have been answered with only one word ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ if any of our Govt.s (Central or State or any of its dept., specially the Dept of Education ) clarified the matter mentioning the posts under its jurisdiction. ……

Dear friend,
As a Group-A (Gazetted) Officer of the Govt. of India I, with some confidence, can say for the time being that there is no controversies on the definitions of Group-A or Gazetted Officers! There have been frequent and repeated discussions on the matter under reference. All have been justified by citing due references elsewhere in this forum. Since, this forum is envisaged as “A DISCUSSION Board of Acts, Rules, Govt. Orders, Circulars etc.” there is a lot of scope for elaboration of some aspects/ topics or to have insight into an issue for the sake of better understanding or development of a comprehensive idea thereof. Demystification of Govt. Acts, Rule etc. are possible ONLY through detailed discussion. This would obviate proper understanding of vires / applications of different Acts, Rules etc. Mere objective type answers like “Yes” or “No” to a question never clarify the matter. A “Yes” or “No” to a question is established by several logic/rationale. This is not regarded as wastage of time. Rather, this is proper utilization of time for “capacity building” through acquisition of knowledge, wisdom, confidence etc. Merely knowing a rule would not suffice today. Understanding the rules is a better approach instead. SPIRIT OF RULE is important in case of its proper application.
Anyway, classification of posts is now done on the basis of Pay Band & Grade Pay attached to a post ON FUNCTIONAL BASIS. Status of an employee is mentioned in his appointment order in respect of a particular post. As soon as he is appointed to that post he assumes all the DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES attached thereto under extant Service Rules. At the same time he enjoys status & power, facilities etc. coherent to that post. No separate order to this effect is issued.
The Govt. (the Centre & the State ) Notifications/Rules in regard to the Classifications of Posts are uploaded herewith for reference:
With regards.

Re: Whether he is a “Group – A Officer”?
Hello Sir,
Whether assistant works manager of central railway(Mumbai) is a class 1 gazetted officer and eligible to attest documents? I don’t have information regarding his pay scale.

Re: Whether he is a “Group – A Officer”?
Hello Majumdar Sir,
Thanks for your valuable information, again I’m having a query, is Special Executive Officer belongs to class 1/2 gazetted officer ? can he attest my documents ?

I have gone through all the replies but most of them are not clearly explained.
In our state of W.B., The Government officers having the Pay band-4 (Rs.9000- 40500) and above with the grade pay ranging from Rs. 4400 – Rs. 10000, are the Group-A officers (as per ROPA – 09). The name of the Govt. officers are published in the Gazette of the State and thus the officers used to termed as Gazetted Officers. But currently, State Govt. officers having the Grade Pay ranging Rs. 4800 to Rs. 10000 are Gazetted Officers/ Class-I officer s of the state. They have the Attesting power.
The Assistant Teachers, A.H.Ms.and H.Ms. of the Non-Govt., aided/ un-aided/ Govt. Sponsored schools, Lecturers, Sr. Lecturers, Readers and Principal of Non-Govt. aided/ un- aided Colleges do not have any attesting power unless mentioned as “attestation may be done by the head of the institution”, b’coz they are not Govt. employees. Sometimes head of the institutions are nominated to attest some documents for authentication only.
Whereas, the Assistant Masters, A.H.Ms. and H.Ms. of Government Schools/ Zila schools, Lecturers, Sr. Lecturers, Readers, Professors and Principals of Govt. colleges are the Group-A Govt./Gazetted Govt. officers and they all have the attesting power.
Having equal or higher pay does not infer as Gr-A/ Gazetted officer, they must be Govt. Employee first then the Scale of Pay is used for determination of Group of service.

Is Headmaster of a Government Sponsored School in West Bengal a Group A Employee?