(1) No person shall be appointed as an Executive Assistant of a Gram Panchayat, whether in a permanent or temporary capacity, except in the manner as laid down in the West Bengal Panchayat (Recruitment and Conditions of Appointment of the Executive Assistant of Gram Panchayat) Rules, 2003 and amendment of such rule as may be made from time to time.
(2) No person shall be appointed as a Secretary. Job Assistant or Sahayak of any Gram Panchayat, whether in a permanent or temporary capacity, unless he is ordinarily a resident of thedistrict in which theGramPanchayar is situated and he has passed the Madhyamik examination under theWest Bengal Board of Secondary Education or any equivalent examination with 50% marks in aggregate; with such other additional academic or vocational attainment as an essential or preferable qualification, as may be specified by the State Government from time to time.
(3) No person shall be appointed as aGram Panchayat Karmee, whether in a permanent or temporary capacity, unless he is ordinarily a resident of thePanchayat Samitiareawithin which theGram Panchayat is comprised and he has passed the annual examination of the standard eight under any recognised institution.
(4) The minimum age for recruitment to the post shall be eighteen years. The upper age limit shall be such as may be determined by theStateGovernment, by general or special order, from time to time. The upper age limit shall be relaxable in case of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Seheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and exempted categories in terms of the rules and orders issued from time to time by the Backward Classes Welfare Department or the Labour Department:
Provided further that the State Government may relax, by general or special order, the upper age limit of any person or class of persons.
(5) Every candidate selected for appointment shall submit to the appointing authority along with his joining report a declaration stating the year, month and date of his birth and produce evidence in support of his declaration. The appointing authority shall, after examining the declaration and the evidence produced in support thereof, pass an order accepting the date of birth. The date of birth so declared and accepted shall bebinding on the candidate and he shall have no right to revise it subsequently for any reason whatsoever. The declaration shall be in Form 5.
(6) The appointing authority may at any time review the order accepting the date of birth under sub-rule (4) and modify the same, and it shall not bemodified to the disadvantageof theemployee unless he has been given an opportunity of making any representation.
(7) A GramPanchayat employee shall be deemed to be on probation on completion of continuous temoporary service of two years after his initial appointment in a post and shall beconfirmed by the appointing authority and made permanent on satisfactory completion of the period of probation for one year:
Provided that for confirmation of the employees of aGram Panchayat in themanner not provided in these rules or the Act, the provisions of the West Bengal Services (Appointment, Probation and Confirmation) Rules, 1979 shall apply mutatis mutandis:
Provided further that the appointing authority may extend the period of probation by one year if the service of an employee has not been found satisfactory or who has not passed the training course as may be specified for any group of employees during the period of probation.
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