Procedure for Selectiori by the Board

(1) The Board shall meet at least once in a year preferably in the manth of january to prepare a list of Officers, as are held by them, suitable for promotion to the next higher grade. (2) The Board,whi1e considering the promotion cases of suitable Officers and for preparing the select list shall follow theprovisions of — (a) the Orissa Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services (for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Act, 1975 and the rules made there under; (b) the Orissa Civil Services (Zone of Censiderati'én for Promotion) Rules, 1988; (c) the Orissa Civil Services (Criteria for Promotion) Rules, 1992; and (d) the Orissa Civil Services (Criteria for Selectlon for Appointment including Promotion) Rules, 2003. (3) The recommendation of the Board shall be valid and can be'operated upon notwithstanding the absence of any one of its members other than the Chairman: Provided that the member so absenting was duly1nv1ted to attend the meeting of the Board and the majority of members of the Board attended the meeting.