Appointing Authority
Stub article on **appointing authority**. A full encyclopedic entry is pending.
What this article will cover
A full salary-calculator article on appointing authority will cover how the expression is defined in the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965, the way the schedule to those rules maps posts to the authority competent to appoint and to punish, the constitutional bar in Article 311 against dismissal by an authority subordinate to the appointing authority, and the part the appointing authority plays in probation, confirmation and discharge, with internal links to neighbouring topics on salary-calculator.in and a references section pointing to primary sources.