Departmental examination

(1) Every member of the Service, shall within two years from the date of his appointment to the Service, pass the departmental examination as prescribed in the Appendix ‘E’ to these rules. (2) If a member has already passed the departmental examination in both the papers in Haryana Fisheries Department State Service Group C with credit he shall not be required to pass the same in this Service. (3) In order to pass the departmental examination, a member shall have to obtain 50 per cent marks in each paper. A member getting 66 per cent marks or above in each paper shall be deemed to have qualified the departmental examination with credit and he shail not be required to pass the said examination in Class I Service again. (4) If any member fails to pass the departmental examination, his services shall be terminated ; provided that the Government may exempt any member of the Service from passing the whole or any portion of the departmental examination or may extend the period within which the member of the Service shall pass the examination. (5) The increments of a member of the Service shall be regulated as under :— (i) If a member of the Service passes the departmental examination within a period of two years from the date of his appointment, he shall be entitled to get two increments, including that already earned by him from the date, if any, following the last day on which the departmental examination is completed. However, he shall be entitled to get the third increment after the completion of three years service ;