(1) The selection authority shall, from among the candidates who have applied in pursuance to the advertisement inviting applications under rule 5, prepare a merit list of candidates eligible for appointment under these rules, in respect of each category of post, in the order of merit, the merit being determined on the basis of percentage of total marks obtained in the qualifying examination, specified in column (5) of the schedule and taking into consideration the weightage under sub-rule (2) and the orders, rules or any law in force, relating to reservation.
(2) A weightage of two and half percent for each completed six months of service, subject to a maximum of thirty percent shall be given to a candidate, who has served in Government hospital coming under the purview of the Directorate of Health and Family welfare services or Medical Education and schemes coming under the purview of National Rural Health Mission or National Health Mission in Karnataka or in Bruhat Bengalru Mahanagara Palike, either on contract or regular basis in the posts specified in the schedule.
(3) If two or more candidates have secured equal percentage of total marks in the qualifying examination, the order of merit in respect of such candidates shall be fixed on the basis of their age, the candidate who is older in age being placed higher in the order of merit. The number of candidates to be included in such list of eligible candidates shall be equal to the total number of vacancies specified in the schedule.
(4) The selection authority shall also prepare an additional list of such candidates, not exceeding fifty percent of the vacancies notified, not included in the main list prepared under sub-rule (1) in the same manner. The additional list shall be operated to the extent of candidates in the main list, who do not report for duty. There shall be atleast one candidate in the additional list belonging to each of the category of reservation (horizontal and vertical) represented in the list prepared under sub-rule (1).
(5) If the candidate, whose name is included in the main list prepared under sub-rule
(1), fails to report for duty within the specified period, to that extent a candidate belonging to same category of vertical and horizontal reservation in the additional list shall be appointed.
(6) The list prepared under sub-rule (1) and (2) shall be valid till all the vacancies specified under these rules are filled up or until the publication of the next selection list of the same category, whichever is earlier and a copy of the list shall be sent to the Appointing Authority.
(7) In view of many doctors either resigning the job within few weeks of joining or going on unauthorised leave after joining, thus hampering delivery of crucial health services and blocking a post; each selected candidate shall sign a irrevocable undertaking on a judicial bond paper for payment of an amount as mentioned in the table below, which shall be enforced in case if he resigns within six months from the date of joining or remain unauthorised absent for more than thirty days within six months from the date of joining as the case may be, namely,- Table Sl.
No.
Post Bond value (in Rs.)
1 Specialist/ Senior Medical Officer 10 lakhs 2 General Duty Medical Officer 5 lakhs 3 Dental Health Officer 3 lakhs