(1) There shall be constituted a Departmental Promotion Committee consisting of the following members to consider the cases of promotion from Group-B to Group-A namely:—
(a) (i) Secretary, H & UD Deptt. – Chairperson
(ii) Director, Municipal Administration – Member 9
(iii) Representative from Schedule Tribe and Schedule Caste Development Department not below the rank of under Secretary from Schedule Tribe & Schedule Caste Development Department – Member
(iv) One Commissioner of any Municipal Corporation nominated by the Chairman – Member
(v) Deputy Secretary/Under Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Department dealing with the Municipal Cadre –Member Convener
(vi) Representative from the General Administration Department not below the rank of Deputy Secretary-Member
(b) Group-C to Group-B and within Group ‘C’ and Group ‘B’ namely:—
(i) Director Municipal Administration – Chairperson
(ii) Representative from Schedule Tribe & Schedule Caste Development Department not below the rank of under Secretary from Schedule Tribe & Schedule Caste Development Department –Member
(iii) One Commissioner of any Municipal Corporation – Member
(iv) Deputy Secretary/Under Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Department dealing with the Municipal Cadre –Member Convener
Provided that in case of promotion or selection of candidates to Engineering service, the Chief Engineer, Civil, Roads, Buildings, or Public Health of Odisha shall be included as a Member as nominated by the Chairperson.
(2) The recommendation of the Committee shall be valid and can be operated upon, notwithstanding the absence of any one of its members other than the Chairperson:
Provided that the member so absenting was duly invited to attend the meeting of the Committee and majority of members of the Committee attended the meeting.