(1) The Committee reserves the right to fill in the posts in the Sansthan either by promotion or by direct recruitment or both either wholly or in part in terms of number of posts available for filling in as per the directions given from time to time by the Government.
(2) Promotions shall be generally governed by the principle of ” Merit -cum- Seniority” and no Sansthan employee shall claim promotion only on the basis of seniority.
(3) Criteria may be fixed by the Executive Officer for determining merit for promotion to different posts in accordance with the general directions of the Committee in this behalf.
(4) Promotion to the Sansthan employee belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes and Other Backward Classes and such other categories as may be determined by the Government, from time to time, shall be considered as per the relevant rules, regulations and orders of the Government of Maharashtra applicable from time to time to the State Government employees belonging to such categories, subject to the fulfillment of other conditions for promotion by such Sansthan employees.