Department of Appointment and Personnel

Department of Appointment and Personnel

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Department overview
Preceding agencies	Department of Appointment Department of Personnel
Jurisdiction	State of Uttar Pradesh
Headquarters	Department of Appointment and Personnel, Lal Bahadur Shastri Bhawan (Annexy Building), Sarojini Naidu Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 26°50′26″N 80°56′40″E / 26.8404943°N 80.94444599999997°E / 26.8404943; 80.94444599999997
Minister responsible	Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Minister of Appointment and Personnel
Department executive	Dr.Devesh Chaturvedi, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary (Appointment and Personnel)
Website	Official website

The Department of Appointment and Personnel (DoAP) is a department of Government of Uttar Pradesh. The Department of Appointment is responsible for the matters related to transfer posting, training, foreign assignment, Foreign training and compliant monitoring and settlement for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), the Provincial Civil Service (PCS) and the Provincial Civil Service-Judicial (only after consulting Allahabad High Court), whereas, the Department of Personnel provides opinion to the Department of Secretariat Administration and other departments in the matter of condition of service and regulation for recruitment to the subordinate services.

The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh serves as the departmental minister, and the Additional Chief Secretary (Appointment and Personnel), an IAS officer, is the administrative head of the department.