Section 23: Criteria for "Selection" by Promotion

23. Criteria for *“Selection” by promotion:- (1) * “Selection for” higher posts other than the post of Technician Machine shop Fitting shall be made “deleted” strictly on the basis of merit and on the basis of seniority-cum-merit in proportion of 1:2. Appointment to the post of Technician Machine shop/Fitting by promotion shall be made solely on the basis of seniority-cum-merit. (2) The persons enumerated in Column 5 of the Schedule shall be eligible for promotion to posts specified against them in Column 2 thereof to the extent indicated in Column 3 subject to their possessing minimum qualifications and experience on the first day of month of April of the year of selection as specified in Column 6. @Explanation:- In case direct recruitment to a post has been made earlier than regular selection for promotion in a particular year, such of the persons, who are or were eligible for appointment to that post by both the methods of recruitment and have been appointed by direct recruitment first, shall also be considered for promotion. 23-A. No officer shall be considered for promotion unless he is substantively appointed and confirmed on the next lower post. If no officer substantive in next lower post is eligible for promotion, officers who have been appointed on such post on officiating basis after selection in accordance with one of the methods of recruitment or under any Service Rules promulgated under proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India may be considered for promotion on officiating basis only in the order of seniority in which they would have been had they been substantive on the said lower post.