(1) The officers and other employees of the Commission shall ordinarily be appointed on secondment or on re- employment basis as specified in Schedule-II:
Provided that Commission may identify certain posts and specify such posts to be filled up by promotion, along with terms and conditions of promotion, from amongst its officers/ employees appointed on regular basis and while specifying terms and conditions for such promotions, the essential qualifications, experience etc. shall not be less than those prescribed for similar non-technical categories of posts in the State Govt. Departments and technical categories of posts in the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd.
Provided further that in exceptional situations, where the Commission requires the posts to be filled up by way of absorption or by direct recruitment, Commission may fill up such posts in such manner with the approval of the State Government.
(2) Appointment on secondment or on absorption shall be from amongst the officers and employees of the Central and State Govt. Departments, Boards, Corporations, Autonomous and Local Bodies and from surplus pool maintained by the State Govt.
(3)The employees who are appointed on contract basis in the parent organisations shall be eligible for appointment on secondment on contract basis in the Commission;
(4) Notwithstanding any provision contained in the Schedule II, if suitable officers or employees with requisite expertise, skills and experience are not available to fill any post on secondment basis, or if the services of a retired person having such expertise/skill/experience is required by the Commission in public interest, the Commission may fill up such post by way of re-employment from amongst the retired persons of the State Govt., Boards or Corporations or Autonomous bodies or the Commission having such requisite expertise, skills and experience for a period not exceeding three years at a time or up to the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier and emoluments of such re-employed persons will be those as are applicable for re-employment of retired State Govt. officers and employees in the State Govt. Departments, including FR/SR.