(1) No person shall be appointed to any post in the Service, unless he is,-
(a) a citizen of India ,or
(b) a subject of Nepal ,or
(c) a subject of Bhutan ,or
(d) a Tibetan refugee who come over to India before the 1st January ,1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or Annexure A' Short title and commencement Definitions Number and character of posts Nationality, domicile and character of candidates appointed to Service
(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka or any of the East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formally Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia with the intension of permanently settling in India:
Provided that a person belonging to any of the categories (b), (c), (d) or (e) shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government.
(2) A person in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to an examination or interview conducted by the Committee or any other recruiting authority, but the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him by the Government
(3) No person shall be appointed to any post in the Service by direct recruitment, unless he produces a certificate of character from the principal academic officer of the university, college, school or institution last attended, if any and similar certificate from two other responsible persons, not being his relatives, who are well acquainted with him in his private life and are unconnected with his university, college, school or institution.
5. No person shall be appointed to any post in the Service by direct recruitment who is less than seventeen years or more the forty years of age, on the last date of submission of application to the Committee.
6. Appointment to the posts in the Service shall be made by the Superintending Engineer.
7. No person shall be appointed to any post in the Service, unless he is in possession of qualifications and experience specified in column 3 of Appendix -B to these rules in the case of direct recruitment and those specified in column 4 of the aforesaid Appendix in the case of persons appointed, other than by direct recruitment:
Provided that in case of direct recruitment, the qualification regarding experience shall be relaxable to the extent of fifty percent at the discretion of the Committee in case sufficient number of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes, Other Backward Classes, Ex-Servicemen and Physically Handicapped categories possessing the requisite experience are not available to fill up the vacancies, reserved for them, after recording reasons for so doing in writing.
8. No person;-
(a) who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living; or
(b) who having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person, shall be eligible for appointment to any post in the Service:
Provided that the Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.
9 (1) Recruitment to the Service shall be made;
Age Appointing authority Qualifications Disqualification I. (Mechanical Wing)
(a) in case of Helper -
(i) by direct recruitment; and
(ii) by transfer or deputation of an official already in the Service of any State Government or Government of India;
II. (Civil Wing)
(b) in case of Gauge Reader -
(i) 50% by direct recruitment; and
(ii) 50% by promotion from amongst the Mates; or
(iii) by transfer or deputation of an official already in the service of any State Government or Government of India;
(c) in case of Mate-
(i) by promotion from amongst the Beldars; and
(ii) by transfer or deputation of an official already in the service of any State Government or Government of India;
(d) in case of Beldar-
(i) by direct recruitment; and
(ii) by transfer or deputation of an official already in the service of any State Government or Government of India;
(e) in case of Canal Guard-
(i) by direct recruitment; and
(ii) by transfer or deputation of an official already in the service of any State Government or Government of India;
III. (Electrical Wing)
(f) in case of Helper Electrician -
(i) by direct recruitment; and
(ii) by transfer or deputation of an official already in the service of any State Government or Government of India;
(2) All promotions unless otherwise provided, shall be made on seniority –cummerit basis and seniority alone shall not confer any right to such promotions.