(1) A person on appointment to a post in the Service against a substantive vacancy shall be placed on probation for a period of two years. The probation period for the person appointed by promotion shall be one year.
(2) The appointing authority may for reasons to be recorded extended the period of probation in individual cases, specifying the date upto which the extension is granted: Provided that save in exceptional circumstances, the period of probation shall not extend beyond one year and in no circumstances beyond two years.
(3) If it appears to the appointing authority at any time during or at the end of the period of probation or extended period of probation that a probationer has not made sufficient use of his opportunities or has otherwise failed to render satisfactory service he may be reverted to his substantive post, if any, and if he does not hold a lien on any post, his services may be dispensed with.
(4) A probationer who is reverted or whose services are dispensed with, under sub-regulation (3) shall not be entitled to any compensation.
(5) The appointing authority may allow continuous service rendered in any officiating or temporary capacity on a post including in the cadre of the service or any other equivalent or higher post, to be taken into account for the purpose of computing the period of probation.