(1) Every vacancy in the post of teacher in a recognized institution shall except as otherwise provided in sub regulation (2) be filled by direct recruitment.
2. (a) Fifty percent of the total number of the sanctioned posts in lecturer's grade shall be reserved for promotion from amongst the teachers working in the institution in the LT Grade and promotions shall be made subject to availability and eligibility of such teachers for promotion.
(b) If more than fifty percent of the total number of the sanctioned posts in the lecturer's grade have already been filled by promotion, the persons already promoted shall not be reverted.
(c) In computing fifty percent of the posts under clause (a) fraction of less than one half shall be ignored while fraction of one-half or more shall be reckoned as one.