(1) No male candidate who has more than one wife living shall be eligible for appointment to the service unless Government after being satisfied that there are special grounds for doing so, exempt any candidate from the operation of this rule.
(2) No female candidate who is married to a person having already a wife living shall be eligible for appointment to the Service unless Government after being satisfied that there are special grounds for doing so, exempt any female candidate from the operation of this rule.
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(3) No married candidate shall be eligible for appointment to the Service if he/she had at the time of his/her marriage accepted any dowry.
Explanation:- For the purpose of this rule, “Dowry” has the same meaning as in the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (Central Act. No. 28 of 1961).
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(4) No candidate shall be eligible for appointment to the service who has more than two children on or after 01.06.2002.
Њ “Provided that
(i) the candidate having more than two children shall not be deemed to be disqualified for appointment so long as the number of children he/she has on 1st June, 2002, does not increase.
(ii) where a candidate has only one child from earlier delivery but more than one child are born out of a single subsequent delivery, the children so born shall be deemed to be one entity while counting the total number of children.
_____________________________________________________________________ + Inserted vide Notification No. F. 15(9)DOP(A-II)/74, dated 5.1.1977.
& Substituted for # “No candidate shall be eligible for appointment to the service who has more than two children on or after
01.06.2002.
Provided that the candidate having more than two children shall not be deemed to be disqualified for appointment so long as the number of children he/she has on 1st June 2002, does not increase.
Provided further that where a candidate has only one child from earlier delivery but more than one child are born out of a single subsequent delivery, the children so born shall be deemed to be one entity while counting the total number of children.” vide Notification No. F. 7(1)DOP/A-II/95 dated 29.10.2005 # Substituted for % “No candidate shall be eligible for appointment to the service who has more than two children on or after
01.06.2002.
Provided that where a candidate has only one child from earlier delivery but more than one child are born out of a single subsequent delivery, the children so born shall be deemed to be one entity while counting the total number of children.” vide Notification No. F. 7(1)DOP/A-II/95 dated 08.04.2003 % Added vide Notification No. F. 7(1)DOP/A-II/95 dated 20.06.2001.
Њ Substituted for “Provided that the candidate having more than two children shall not be deemed to be disqualified for appointment so long as the numbers of children he/she has on 1st June, 2002 does not increase.
Provided further that where a candidate has only one child from earlier delivery but more than one child are born out of a single subsequent delivery, the children so born shall be deemed to be one entity while counting the total number of children.
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Provided also that while counting the total number of children of a candidate, the child born from earlier delivery and having disability shall not be counted.
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Provided also that any person who performed remarriage which is not against any law and before such remarriage he is not disqualified for promotion under this sub-rule, he shall not be deemed to be disqualified with effect from 01.06.2002, if any child is born out of single delivery from such remarriage." vide Notification No. F. 7(1)DOP/A-II/95/Pt. dated 16-03-2023.
0 Added vide Notification No. F. 7(1)DOP/A-II/95Pt.-II dated 24-02-2011.
θ Added vide Notification No. F. 7(1)DOP/A-II/95Pt.-II dated 20-11-2015 w.e.f. 01-04-2015.
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(iii) while counting the total number of children of a candidate, the child born from earlier delivery and having disability shall not be counted.
(iv) any candidate who performed remarriage which is not against any law and before such the remarriage he is not disqualified for appointment under this sub-rule, he shall not be disqualified if any child is born out of single delivery from such remarriage.
(v) the provisions of this sub-rule shall not be applicable to the appointment of a widow and divorcee women."