(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, or the rules of recruitment specially made in respect of any service or post, the recruitment to the posts of Drivers in Group-C and those in Group-D shall be made by the appointing authority by inviting applications from all eligible candidates, in more than one widely circulated newspaper and in such other publication and media in such form as the Appointing authority may determine; in the order of merit determined on the basis of the percentage of total marks secured by the candidate in the qualifying examination specified in the rules of recruitment taking into consideration the orders in force relating to reservation. If two or more candidates secure equal percentage of marks in the qualifying examination, the order of merit of such candidates shall be fixed on the basis of their age, the person older in age being placed higher in the order of merit.
(2) The applications shall be made in the form specified by the Appointing Authority along with application fee as prescribed to be remitted as notified.
Provided that no fee shall be payable by a candidate belonging to Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes or to Category-1 of other Backward Classes or Physically Handicapped.
(3) (a) The appointing authority shall prepare list of selected candidates in accordance with sub-rule (1). The number of candidates to be included in such a list shall be equal to the number of vacancies notified. It shall be published in the Karnataka Gazette and on the website of the appointing authority or such other media of publicity as it deems fit for information of the candidates. The appointing authority shall intimate the fact of selection to the selected candidates by registered post, SMS, E-mail and any other electronic means. The candidates whose names are included in the select list may be appointed by the appointing authority in the order in which their names are found in it after verifying the certificates and satisfying itself about the suitability and physical fitness of each such candidate in accordance with the 14 provisions of the Karnataka Civil Services (General Recruitment) Rules, 1977.
(b) A list of selected candidates prepared under clause (a) shall be in force for a period of six months from the date of its publication or upto the date of publication of a list prepared on the basis of the next selection, whichever is earlier.
(4) (a) The appointing authority shall, in the manner the select list is prepared under sub-rule (1), prepare an additional list of candidates not included in the list prepared under sub-rule (3). The appointing authority may issue orders of appointment to the candidates from the additional list prepared by it, to the extent the candidates from the final list do not report to duty within the specified or extended period of joining time. In such a case, a candidate to be issued orders of appointment from the additional list shall belong to the same category of vertical and horizontal reservation to which the candidate who did not report for duty belonged.
(b) The total number of candidates to be included in an additional list prepared under clause (a) shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the total number of the candidates included in the list prepared under sub-rule (3).
(c) An additional list prepared by the Appointing Authority under sub-rule (4) shall cease to be operative for a period of six months from the date of its publication or on or before the date of publication of a list prepared on the basis of next selection whichever is earlier.
(5) The candidate whose names are included in the additional list prepared under sub-rule (4) may be similarly appointed only in case and to the extent of candidate whose names are included in the final list and to whom order of appointment has been issued do not assume charge of the post to which they are appointed by the appointing authority within the joining time prescribed.
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