(l) There shall be constituted a committee consisting of the .members mentioned in Schedule-IV for .making a preliminary selection' for promotion of eligible candidates:
Provided that for the purpose of constitution ofCommittee under this - suh-rule,.ihe--prQvisions-of-~ection.-8.oLthe-Madhya Pradesh Lok-Sewa- - - - :(AnusuchitJatiyon, Anusuchit Jan 'Jatlyon Aur Anya Pichhda Vargon Ke UyeArakshan) Adhiniyam, 1994 (No.21 of 1994) shall also be applicable.
(2)The Committee shall meet at such intervals ordinarily not exceeding one year.,
20. Eligibility ,for Promotion.~Subject to provisions of sub-rule (2), the Cominittee referred to'in sub-rule (1) of rule 19~shall consider the cases of all persons who on the 1st day \ot January of that year had completed such number ofyears ofservice (whether officiatingor substantive) in the post fromwhiChpromO-ionis'to be mad~or on any other post I. • or post declared equivalent thereto by the @ovemment as specified in column (3) ofihe Schedule-IV and are within the zone of consideration in accordance with the provisions of rule 21:
Provided that the service".of the released officers of the emergency commission-and.short service commission after their appointments in the service shall be counted from the date fx:omwhich they have been deemed to have been appointed in the service in accordance with General Administration Department's No. 2266/1967/1/3/67, dated 21st October, 1967:
Provided further that no Junior person shall be considered for selection ; for selection grade/promotion in preference to the persons senior to him, .
only on the basis of completing the prescribed period of service.
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fI' t .~ (PR)556 PAN .... (RECRUIT. & GEN. COND!. ...J RULES, 1999 R.21 Requirements for Promotion.- While promoting an employee on the basis of seniority-cum-fitness, there is no requirement of assessment of compar at ice merit and an employee is to be promoted if he fulfills the minimum merit of satisfying a benchmark fIXed by the DPC. Bharat Bhusan Sharma v. State arM.p., lLR 2009 M.P. 1204 (DB).