Section 12: Extension of probation

In the case of any probationer, the appointing authority may extend the period of his probation to enable him to acquire the special qualifications or pass the prescribed tests, or, as the case may be, to enable the appointing authority to decide whether the probationer is suitable for full membership or not. Such extended period of probation shall terminate at the latest when the probationer has, after the date of expiry of the period of probation prescribed for the category in which he is on probation, completed one more year of duty in such category. In cases, where the period of probation of a probationer is extended, a condition shall, unless there are special reasons to the contrary, be attached to the order of extension of probation that the increment of the probationer shall be stopped until he is declared to have satisfactorily completed his period of probation. If however, the probationer has already drawn an increment, his next increment shall be postponed until he is declared to have satisfactorily completed the period of his probation and for the period to which his probation is extended. Such stoppage of increment shall not be treated as a penalty but only as a condition of extension of probation and shall not have the effect of postponing future increments after he has passed the prescribed tests or after he is declared to have satisfactorily completed the period of his probation.