The Tripura government has adopted the method of empanelment of evaluating the suitability for the appointment of Director and Additional Secretary in the various departments from state civil service cadres.

Accordingly, an expert panel will assess the suitability of officers for posting to the posts but those not having vigilance clearance and less than four years of residual service on the first day of the year in which empanelment takes place will be excluded.

However, the recommendation of expert panel will be examined by the screening committee headed by the Chief Secretary and consisting of ranking officers in the government.