Section 25: Disqualification for appointment

25. Disqualification for appointment.- (1) No male / female candidate who has more than one wife/husband living, shall be eligible for appointment to the service unless the Government after being satisfied that there are special grounds permissible under personal law 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 the Government, after being satisfied that there are special grounds for doing so, exempt any female candidate from the operation of this rule. (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 28 of 1961). (4) No candidate shall be eligible for appointment to the service who has more than two children on or after1-6-2002: 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 or children. Provided also that this sub-rule shall not be applicable to the appointment of a widow under the provisions of the Rajasthan Compassionate Appointment of Dependents of Deceased Government Servants Rules, 1996. Added vide Notification No. F. 7(1)DOP/A-II/95/Pt-II dated 24.02.2011. Provided also that 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.