(1) Recruitment by promotion shall be made on the basis of seniority subject to rejection of unfit through a Departmental Promotion Committee comprising-
(i) The Chief Executive Officer ... Chairman
(ii) Officer-in-Charge of Establishment not below the rank of Senior Manager ... Member
(iii) An officer belonging to Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes nominated by appointing authority ... Member
(iv) One technical officer nominated by appointing authority. ... Member Providing that in case there is no member belonging to Backward Class in the Selection Committee an officer belonging to Backward Class shall be nominated by the appointing authority as additional member of the Selection Committee.
(2) The appointing authority shall prepare eligibility list of the candidate in accordance with the Uttar Pradesh promotion by selection (on posts outside the purview of the Public Service Commission) eligibility list Rules, 1986 as amended from time to time and place it before the Departmental Promotion Committee along with their Character Rolls and such other records pertaining to them as may be considered proper.
(3) The Departmental Promotion Committee shall consider the case of candidates on the basis of the records placed before it and if it considers necessary it may interview the candidates also.
(4) The Departmental Promotion Committee shall prepare a list of selected candidates arranged in order of seniority as it stood in the cadre from which they are to be promoted and forward the same to the appointing authority.