(l) The Departmental Promotion Committee shall prepare a list of such persons, who satisfy the conditions prescribed in rule-15 above and are held by the Committee to be suitable for prQmotion to the service. The list shall. be suffiCientto cover the anticipated vacancies on account of retirements and promotion during the course of one year from the date of preparation of the select list. A reserve list of the 25% of the number of persons included in the said list shall also be prepared 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 names-of-the employees-inCIuaed1n~hel1st'sh~lfb~--~fufifrig~d-':~-:-~::-:
in order of seniority in the setVice on posti as specified in column (2) of .. schedule IVat the time of preparation of such select list: . -----.--
Provided that any junior employeewho in the opinion of the Committee is of exceptional merit and suitability shall be assigned in the list a higher place than that of senior employee 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.
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(4)The list so prepared shall be reviewed and revised every year.
(5)Ifin the process of selection, reviewor revision, as the case may be, it is proposed to supersede any member of Service, the Committee shall record its reasons for the proposed supersession.