Direct recruitment by selection

Direct recruitment by selection.--(1) Selection for recruitment to the service shall be held at such intervals as the Appointing Authority may, in consultation with the Board, from time to time determine.

1. (2) The selection of candidates for the service shall be made by the Board after interviewing them.
2. (3) 16 percent and 20 percent of the available vacancies for direct recruitment shall be reserved for candidates who are members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes respectively.
3. (4) In filling the vacancies so reserved candidates who are members of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes shall be considered for appointment in the order, in which their names appear in the list referred to in rule 13 irrespective of their relative rank as compared with other candidates.
4. (5) Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, selected by the Board to be suitable for appointment to the service with due regard to the maintenance of efficiency in administration, may be appointed to the vacancies reserved for the candidates of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, as the case may be under sub-rule (3).