65(1) Each Committee shall ordinarily meet every year and prepare a list of such members of the State Forest Service as are held by them to be suitable for promotion to the Service. The number of members of the State Forest Service to be included in the list shall be determined by the Central Government in consultation with the State government concerned, and shall not exceed the number of substantive vacancies as on the first day of January of the year in which the meeting is held, in the posts available for them under rule 9 of the Recruitment Rules.
The date and venue of the meeting of the Committee to make the selection shall be determined by the Commission:
7[Provided that no meeting of the Committee shall be held, and no list for the year in question shall be prepared when;
(a) there are no substantive vacancies as on the first day of January of the year in the posts available for the members of the state Forest Service under rule 9 of the recruitment rules; or
(b) the Central Government in consultation with the State Government decides that no recruitment shall be made during the year to the substantive vacancies as on the first day of January of the year in the posts available for the members of the State Forest Service under rule 9 of the Recruitment Rules;
Provided further that where no meeting of the Committee could be held during a year for any reason other than that provided for in the first proviso, as and when the Committee meets again, the Select List shall be prepared separately for each year during which the Committee could not meet, as on the 31st December of each year.]
EXPLANATION:- In case of Joint Cadres, a separate select list shall be prepared in respect of each State Forest Service.
85(2) The Committee shall consider for inclusion to the said list, the cases of members of the State Forest Services in the order of seniority in that service of a number which is equal to three times the number referred in sub-regulation (1).
5 Regulation 4 omitted w.e.f. 15.01.1972, vide 5/9/70-AIS(IV) dated 03.01.1972 6 Substituted vide DP Notification No. 5/9/70-AIS(IV) dated 03.01.1972, Notification No. 11039/6/77-AIS(I)-C, dated
19.03.1983, Notification No.14015/16/91-AIS(I) dated 28.11.1991 (GSR No.704E dt.28.11.1991) and again substituted vide DP Notification NO.14015/52/96-AIS(I)-C dated 31.12.1997 (GSR No.734E dt.31.12.1997).
7 Substituted vide DP Notification No.14015/27/99-AIS(I)-C dated 25.07.2000 (GSR No.635E dt. 25.07.2000) 8 Substituted vide DP&AR Notification No. 11039/2/76-AIS(I)-C dated 20.04.1976.
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Provided that such restriction shall not apply in respect of a State where the total number of eligible officers is less than three times the maximum permissible size of the Select List and in such a case the Committee shall consider all the eligible officers.
Provided further that in computing the number for inclusion in the field of consideration, the number of officers referred to in sub-regulation (3) shall be excluded;
Provided also that the Committee shall not consider the case of a member of the State Forest Service unless 9{on the first day of 10[January] of the year for which the Select List is prepared}, he is substantive in the State Forest Service and has completed not less that eight years of continuous service (whether officiating or substantive) in 11post(s) included in the State Forest Service.
EXPLANATION 1: The powers of the State Government under the third proviso to this sub-regulation shall be exercised in relation to the members of the State Forest Service of a constituent State, by the Government of that State.
12Provided also that the officers belonging to any service referred to in item (ii) of clause (g) of rule 2 of the recruitment rules, shall not be eligible to be considered for promotion to any cadre other than the Union Territories Cadre.
Provided also that in respect of any released Emergency Commissioned or Short Service Commissioned officers appointed to the State Forest Service, eight years of continuous service as required under the preceding proviso shall be counted from the deemed date of their appointment to that service, subject to the condition that such officers shall be eligible for consideration if they have completed not less that four years of actual continuous service, 13{on the 1st day of 14[January] of the year for which the Select List is prepared}, in the post of Assistant Conservator of Forests.
15EXPLANATION II: In computing the period of continuous service for the purpose of this regulation there shall be included any period during which an officer has undertaken:
(a) Training in a diploma course in the Forest Research Institute and College, Dehradun; or
(b) Such other training as may be approved by the Central Government in consultation with the Commission in any other institution.
16EXPLANATION III: Service in post(s) included in the State Forest Service would also include service rendered in ex-cadre posts connected with forestry whether under the Government or in
(i) a company, Association or Body of individuals whether incorporated or not, which is wholly or substantively owned or controlled by Government, Municipal or Local Body, and
(ii) an International Organisation, an Autonomous Body not controlled by Government or a Private Body;
9 Substituted vide DP Notification No.14015/27/99-AIS(I)-C dated 25.07.2000 (GSR No.635E dt. 25.07.2000) 10 Amended vide DP Notification No.14015/16/91-AIS(I) dated 28.11.1991 (GSR No.704E dt.28.11.1991) and again amended vide DP Notification NO.14015/52/96-AIS(I)-C dated 31.12.1997 (GSR No.734E dt.31.12.1997).
11 Inserted vide DP & AR Notification No. 11039/21/76-AIS(I)-C dated 01.06.1978.
12 Inserted vide DP& AR Notification No. 11039/2/76-AIS(I)-B dated 03.10.1977 effective from 20.04.1976.
13 Substituted vide DP Notification No.14015/27/99-AIS(I)-C dated 25.07.2000 (GSR No.635E dt. 25.07.2000) 14 Amended vide DP Notification No.14015/16/91-AIS(I) dated 28.11.1991 (GSR No.704E dt.28.11.1991) and again amended vide DP Notification NO.14015/52/96-AIS(I)-C dated 31.12.1997 (GSR No.734E dt.31.12.1997) 15 Substituted vide DP&AR Notification No. 11039/2/76-AIS(I)-C dated 20.04.1976.
16 Added vide Notification No. 16021/2/77-AIS(IV) dated 19.04.1978 effective from 01.07.1966.
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Provided that the State Government certified that the officer concerned would have continued to hold a post included in the State Government Services but for his deputation to such ex-cadre post.
5(3) The Committee shall not 17consider the cases of the members of the State Forest Service who have attained the age of 17AFifty-six years 18{on the first day of 19[January] of the year for which the Select List is prepared}:
20Provided that a member of the State Forest Service whose name appears in the Select List 21[prepared for the earlier year] before the date of the meeting of the Committee and who has not been appointed to the service only because he was included 22[provisionally in that Select List] shall be considered for inclusion in the fresh list to be prepared by the Committee, even if he has in the meanwhile, attained the age of 17Afiftysix 23years.
24Provided further that a member of the State Forest Service who has attained the age of 17Afifty-six years 25{on the first day of 26[January] of the year for which the Select List is prepared} shall be considered by the Committee, if he was eligible for consideration on the first day of “January of the year or any of the years immediately preceding the year in which such meeting is held but could not be considered as no meeting of the Committee was held during such preceding year or years under item (b) of the proviso to subregulation(1)”.
275(3A) The Committee shall not consider the case of such member of the State Forest Service who had been included in an earlier select list and – a) had expressed his unwillingness for appointment to the service under regulation 9;
Provided that he shall be considered for inclusion in the Select List, if before the commencement of the year, he applies in writing, to the State Government expressing his unwillingness to be considered for appointment to the service;
b) was not appointed to the service by the Central Government under regulation 10.
285(3AA) The Selection Committee shall classify eligible officers as `Outstanding’, `Very Good’, `Good’ or `unfit’ as the case may be on an overall relative assessment of their service records.
5(4) The List shall be prepared by including the required number of names first from amongst the officers finally classified as `Outstanding’ then from amongst those similarly classified as `Very Good’ and thereafter from amongst those similarly classified 17 Deleted vide Notification No. 28013/20/76-AIS(I)-C dated 05.10.1979.
17 A Substituted vide DOPT Notification No. 14015/30/2015-AIS-(I) (B) dated 17.03.2015 18 Substituted vide DP Notification No.14015/27/99-AIS(I)-C dated 25.07.2000 (GSR No.635E dt. 25.07.2000) 19 Amended vide DP Notification No.14015/16/91-AIS(I) dated 28.11.1991 (GSR No.704E dt.28.11.1991) and again amended vide DP Notification NO.14015/52/96-AIS(I)-C dated 31.12.1997 (GSR No.734E dt.31.12.1997) 20 Substituted vide DP Notification NO.14015/52/96-AIS(I)-C dated 31.12.1997 (GSR No.734E dt.31.12.1997) 21 Substituted vide DP Notification No.14015/19/2001-AIS(I)-C dated 13.10.2005 (GSR No.631E dt.13.10.2005) 22 Substituted vide DP Notification No.14015/19/2001-AIS(I)-C dated 13.10.2005 (GSR No.631E dt.13.10.2005) 23 Substituted/added vide Notification No. 28013/20/76-AIS(I)-C dated 05.10.1979.
24 Substituted/added vide Notification No. 28013/20/76-AIS(I)-C dated 05.10.1979.
25 Substituted vide DP Notification No.14015/27/99-AIS(I)-C dated 25.07.2000 (GSR No.635E dt. 25.07.2000) 26 Amended vide DP Notification No.14015/16/91-AIS(I) dated 28.11.1991 (GSR No.704E dt.28.11.1991) and again amended vide DP Notification NO.14015/52/96-AIS(I)-C dated 31.12.1997 (GSR No.734E dt.31.12.1997) 27 Substituted vide DP&AR Notification No. 11039/4/76-AIS(IV) Dated 03.06.1977 and again substituted vide DP Notification NO.14015/52/96-AIS(I)-C dated 31.12.1997 (GSR No.734E dt.31.12.1997) 434 28 Renumbered vide DP Notification NO.14015/52/96-AIS(I)-C dated 31.12.1997 (GSR No.734E dt.31.12.1997) 435 as `Good’ and the order of names inter-se within each category shall be in the order of their seniority in the State Forest Service.
29Provided that the name of an officer so included in the list shall be treated as provisional if the State Government withholds the integrity certificate in respect of such an officer or any proceedings, departmental or criminal are pending against him or anything adverse against him which renders him unsuitable for appointment to the service has come to the notice of the State Government.
30[Provided further that while preparing yearwise select lists for more than one year pursuant to the 2nd proviso to sub regulation (1), the officer included provisionally in any of the Select List so prepared shall be considered for inclusion in the Select List of subsequent year in addition to the normal consideration zone and in case he is found fit for inclusion in the suitability list for that year on a provisional basis such inclusion shall be in addition to the normal size of the select list determined by the Central Government for such year.]
EXPLANATION I: The proceedings shall be treated as pending only if a charge-sheet has actually been issued to the officer or filed in a Court as the case may be.
EXPLANATION II: The adverse thing which came to the notice of the State Government rendering him unsuitable for appointment to the service shall be treated as having come to the notice of the State only if the details of the same have been communicated to the Central Government and the Central Government is satisfied that the details furnished by the State Government have a bearing on the suitability of the office and investigation thereof is essential.
315(5) Omitted.