(1) All appointments to the service by direct recruitment shall be on probation for a total period of two years within a continuous period of 3 years.
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(2) Confirmation of all appointments by promotion shall not be granted unless the candidates successfully complete 2 (two) years of service on the promoted post.
(3) The period of probation for reasons to be recorded in writing, may be extended by the Appointing Authority by such period not exceeding double the normal period of probation or confirmation, as the case may be, specified in sub rule (1).
(4) At the end of the period of probation, the Appointing Authority shall consider the suitability of the person so appointed or promoted to hold the post to which a person was appointed or promoted, and –
(i) if it decides that a person is suitable to hold the post to which he/she was appointed or promoted and has passed the examinations or tests, if any, required to be passed during the period of probation, it shall, as soon as possible, issue an order declaring him to have satisfactorily completed the period of probation and such an order shall have effect from the date of expiry of the period of probation.
(ii) if the Appointing Authority considers that the person is not suitable to hold the post to which he/she was appointed, he shall, by order –
(a) if he/she is a promotee, revert him to the post which he/she held prior to his/her promotion.
(b) if he/she is a probationer, discharge him/her from service;
(5) A person shall not be considered to have satisfactorily completed the period of probation unless a specific order to that effect is passed.
Any delay in passing such an order shall not entitle the person to be deemed to have satisfactorily completed the period of confirmation or probation, as the case may be.
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in these Rules, the Appointing Authority may, at any time during the period of probation, discharge from service, a probationer on account of his/her unsuitability for the Service.
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