(1) The Committee shall prepare a list of such persons as satisfy the condition prescribed in rule 14 above and as are held by the Committee to be sll~~able for promotion to the service, the list shall be sufficient to cover the anticipated vacancies on account of retirement and promotion during the course of one year from the date of preparation of the select list. A reserve list consisting of twenty five per cent of the number of the persons included in the said list shall also be prescribed to meet the unforeseen vacancies occurring during the course of the aforesaid period.
(2) The selection for inclusion in such list shall be based on merit and suitability in all respects with due regard to seniority.
(3) The name of the officer included in the list shall be arranged in order of seniority in the service or posts, as specified in column (2) of Schedule IV, at the time of the preparation of each select list:.
Provided that any -jun!vl"officer, who in the opiniQILQ(tb~J:~1>mmittee, _ -is oCexceptional TY'-{-'rit _~ 11 suitability may be assigned in the lisia higher.
place than that of the officers senior to him. /
Explanation.-A person whose name is included in a select list but who is not promoted during the validity of the list, shall have no claim to seniority over those considered in a subsequent selection merely by the fact of his earlier selection. .
(4) The list so prepared shall be reviewed and revised every year.
(5) If in the process of selection, review or revision it is proposed to supersede any member of the service, the Committee shall record its -reasons for the proposed supersession.---' ----.- --.------- ---