(1) (a) Subject to the provisions of these Rules, the Appointing Authority shall determine on 1 st April every year, the actual number of vacancies occurring during the financial year;
(b) Where a post is to be filled in by a single method as prescribed in the rule or Schedule, the vacancies so determined shall be filled in by that method;
______________________________________________________________________ # Substituted for “may” vide Notification No. F. 1(4) DOP/A-II/80 dated 13.05.1980.
$ Substituted for *“15. Determination of vacancies:- (1) (a) Subject to the provisions of these Rules, the Appointing Authority shall determine every year the number of existing vacancies and those anticipated during the following twelve months and the number of persons likely to be appointed to the Service by each method. The next determination of vacancies shall be done just before the expiry of twelve months of the last determination of vacancies;
(b) In calculating the actual number of vacancies to be filled in by each method on the basis of percentage prescribed in the Schedule, the Appointing Authority shall adopt an appropriate continuous cyclic order to correspond with the proportion laid down in the Schedule by giving precedence to promotion quota.
(2) The Appointing Authority shall determine every year the number of existing vacancies and those anticipated in next twelve months which are to be filled by promotion of persons already in the Service.
(3) The Appointing Authority shall also determine the corresponding vacancies of earlier years, if any, year wise which were required to be filled in by promotion, if such vacancies were not determined and filled earlier in the year in which they were required to be filled in accordance with sub-rule (2)." vide Notification No. F. 7(2)DOP/A-II/81, dated 21.12.1981 w.e.f.
01.04.1981.
* Substituted for “15. Determination of vacancies:- (1) Subject to the provisions of these Rules, the Appointing Authority shall determine each year the number of vacancies anticipated during the following twelve months and the number of persons likely to be recruited by each method. Such vacancies shall be determined again before the expiry of 12 months of the last determination of such vacancies.
(2) In calculating the actual number to be filled by each method on the basis of the percentage prescribed in the Schedule, the Appointing Authority shall adopt an appropriate cyclic order to correspond with the proportion laid down in the Schedule by giving precedence to promotion quota over direct recruitment quota i.e. where the appointment by direct recruitment and promotion is in the percentage of 75 and 25, respectively, the cycle shall run as follows:
1. By promotion, 2. By direct recruitment,
3. By direct recruitment, 4. By direct recruitment,
5. By promotion, 6. By direct recruitment,
7. By direct recruitment, 8. By direct recruitment,
9. By promotion, and so on.” vide Notification No. F. 5(3)DOP/A-11/77, dated 06.10.1979.
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(c) Where a post is to be filled in by more than one method as prescribed in the rules or Schedule, the apportionment of vacancies, determined under clause (a) above, to each such method shall be done maintaining the prescribed proportion for the overall number of posts already filled in. If any fraction of vacancies is left over, after apportionment of the vacancies in the manner prescribed above, the same shall be apportioned to the quota of various methods prescribed in a continuous cyclic order giving precedence to the promotion quota.
(2) The Appointing Authority shall also determine the vacancies of earlier years, year wise which were required to be filled in by promotion, if such vacancies were not determined and filled earlier in the year in which they were required to be filled in.
PART-IV Procedure for Direct Recruitment