Section 21: Disqualification for Appointment

21. Disqualification for appointment:- (1) No male candidate who has more than one wife living shall be eligible for appointment to the service unless the 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. £(3) “Deleted” * Inserted vide Notification No. F. 2(1)DOP/A-II/93, dated 17.09.2021. Inserted vide Notification No. F. 2(1)DOP/A-II/93, dated 17.09.2021. Substituted for "Commission" vide Notification No. F. 2(1)DOP/A-II/93, dated 17.09.2021. £ Deleted “(3) No Candidate male or female who has more than three children shall be eligible for appointment to the service unless one of the spouses has undergone sterilization or in the case of female candidates, she is above 45 years of age: Provided that any married candidate, male or female, who had no child for the last 10 years shall be exempted from the operation of this sub-rule. Explanation:- For purpose of this sub-rule, a child shall include an adopted child or a step-child; and For claiming exempted under the provision to this sub-rule, the candidate shall have to produce a certificate either from a Registered Medical Practitioner or swear an Affidavit to the effect that the age of his or her youngest child is not less than 10 years.” vide Notification No. F. 7(3)DOP/A-II/76, dated 15.02.1977. (4) 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 28 of 1961) (5) No candidate shall be eligible for appointment to the service who has more than two children on or after 1.6.2002. &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. (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 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 widow and divorcee women.