Seniority of an employee in the grade to which he belongs shall be regulated and determined in accordance with the instructions of the Central Government in this regard.
12 Promotion – For the purpose of promotion posts in the Board shall be classified into the following two categories, namely;
(a) Selection Posts – Posts, promotion to which shall be made by selection based on merit with due regard to seniority.
(b) Non-selection Posts – Posts, promotion to which shall be made by seniority subject to rejection of the unfit.
13. Loan of services of the employees of the Board on Foreign Service terms -
(1) Permanent employees, and those temporary employees of the Board who have put in 3 years service in the Board, may be allowed to go on deputation to other organizations. The deputation in each case shall be approved by the Chairman and the period of deputation may be 2 years in the first instance :
Provided that no employee will be allowed to proceed on deputation to private orgaisations.
(2) In a case where the services of an employee have been placed at the disposal of an outside authority, he shall be entitled to all the protection or benefits as would have accrued to him had he been present in the Board.
(3) The terms and conditions governing the foreign service shall be decided in consultation with the borrowing departments.
(4) The borrowing organisation will be responsible for the payment of :-
(i) in the case of death during the period of deputation, the excess of amount of gratuity admissible as per sub-rules (2) of rule 5 of the Oil Industry Development Board Employees (Death-cum-Retirement) Gratuity Rules, 1983;
(ii) in the case of death or injury during the period of deputation, any compensation that may be admissible under the rules of the Board or the provisions of any other Act or rules.
(5) The borrowing organisation will be liable to pay leave salary (including allowances) in respect of disability leave granted to the officer on account of any disability incurred while on deputation even if such disability manifests itself after the termination of the deputation period.
14. Resignation -
(1) The authority competent to accept the resignation of an employee is the appointing authority.
(2) Every temporary employee shall be required to give one month’s notice in writing to the Board while submitting his resignation :
Provided that an employee who has been declared permanent shall be required to give three months notice.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub rule (2) the appointing authority may, at its discretion, accept the resignation of the employee with immediate effect or with effect from any time before the expiry of the notice period.
15. Termination of Service –
(1) Except as may be specifically provided in the contract of service, the services of a temporary employee shall be liable to termination at any time without assigning any reason by a notice in writing given by the appointing authority to the employee and the period of such notice shall be one month.
Provided that the services of any such employee may be terminated forthwith and on such termination, the employee shall be entitled to claim a sum equivalent to the amount of his pay plus allowances for the period of the notice at the same rates at which he was drawing them immediately before the termination of his service, or as the case may be, for the period by which such notice falls short of one month.