Section 24: Procedure for Selection by Promotion

24. Procedure for Selection by Promotion:- (1) As soon as the Appointing Authority determines the number of vacancies under rule 15 and decides that a certain number of posts are required to be filled by promotion, it shall prepare a correct and complete list containing names &not exceeding β “five” times the number of vacancies out of the senior most persons who are qualified under these rules for promotion £(deleted) to the class of posts concerned. * Substituted for “Appointment to” vide Notification No. F. 7(6)DOP/A-II/74, dated 15.10.1974. (w.e.f. 15.01.1973) Deleted ‘by selection’ vide Notification No. F. 7(6)DOP/A-II/74, dated 15.10.1974. (w.e.f. 15.01.1973) half times the number of posts to be filled in on the respective basis. The Committee may co-opt suitable experts to assist it in selecting the candidates. @Provided that in case any Member or Member-Secretary, as the case may be, constituting the Committee has not been appointed to the post concerned, the officer holding charge of the post for the time being shall be the Member or Member-Secretary, as the case may be, of the committee. (4) The names of the candidates selected on the basis of seniority-cum-merit and merit shall be arranged in their respective list in order of Seniority. (5) The list prepared by each of the Committee shall be sent by them to the Appointing Authority. (6) Where consultation with the Commission is necessary, the lists prepared in accordance with sub-rule (3) shall be forwarded to the Commission by the Appointing Authority along with the Confidential Rolls and Personal Files of all Officials whose names are indicated in the lists along with Confidential Rolls and Personal Files of all Officers who are proposed to be superseded by the concerned Committee. Substituted for “(2) For the purpose of first promotion on within the service against the merit quota, only such of the persons shall be eligible for promotion who have put in at least six years service on the post from which promotion is to be made.” vide Notification No. F. 1(4)Apptts/A-II/73, dated 13.06.1974. Inserted vide Notification No. F. 7(3)DOP/A-II/75, dated 05.04.1975. & Inserted vide Notification No. F. 1(18)Apptts/A-II/70, dated 08.08.1975. for promotion to the class of posts concerned under these rules, “interviewing such of them as they may deem necessary” and shall prepare a list containing names of the suitable persons equal to the number of existing vacancies and the vacancies anticipated to occur during the next twelve months after the determination of vacancies. The Committee shall also prepare a separate list containing the names of persons equal to 50 of the persons selected in the aforesaid list or select one more persons if the number of vacancies is one only, who may be considered suitable to fill temporary or permanent vacancies, which may occur till the next meeting of the Committee, on a temporary or officiating basis and the list so prepared shall be reviewed and revised every year and shall remain in force until it is so reviewed and revised. The lists so prepared on the basis of merit and on the basis of seniority-cum-merit shall be arranged in the order of seniority on the category of post from which selection is to be made. Such lists shall be sent to the concerned Appointing Authority together with the Annual Confidential Rolls and Personal Files of all the candidates included in them as also those not-selected, if any.” vide Notification No. F. 7(2)DOP/A-II/81, dated 19.02.1982. (w.e.f. 01.04.1981) "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." vide Notification No. F. 7(1)DOP/A-II/95/Pt.-III, dated 03.07.2019. (w.e.f. 01.06.2002) “24B. Notwithstanding anything contained in those rules, a person belonging to the Scheduled Castes pr the Scheduled Tribe promotion on higher post in the Service may be posted by the Appointing Authority in a District or Zone or Range or Division, other than this Home District or zone or range or division. Provided that:- (i) For purpose of promotion to higher post, for the persons belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe, subject to provisions contained in rule relating to ‘seniority’ the inter-so-seniority on lower post shall be determined at state Level ; (ii) In case a person belonging to Scheduled Cast/Scheduled Tribe, is promoted higher post and posted by the Appointing Authority against a vacancy available in District or zone or Range or Division, other than the Home District or zone or Range or Division only when he has served for a period of not less than five years in the District or zone or range or Division, in which he has been posted on promotion on higher post (iii) In case a person belonging to Scheduled Cases/ Scheduled Tribes, does not want his promotion in another District or Zone or Range or division, in that event a chance shall be extended for promotion to higher post by the Appointing Authority to the next junior persons; (iv) In case if in a District or zone or Range or Division, the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, are not available for promotion to higher post against reserved vacancies, in that event such reserved vacancies shall be filled in from amongst the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes, available in another District or Zone or Range or Division.”