Recommendations of the Commission

The Commission shall prepare a list of the candidates whom they considers suitable for appointment to the post concerned, arranged in the order of merit. The Commission shall forward the list to Government. Provided that the Commission or Government as the case may be, may to the extent of 50% of the Advertised vacancies, keep names of suitable candidates on the reserve list. The Commission may on requisition, recommend the names of such candidates in the order of merit to Government within six months from the date on which the original list is forwarded by the Commission to Government. (3) No person shall be considered for first promotion in the service unless he is regularly selected on the post from which promotion is to be made in accordance with one of the methods of recruitment prescribed under the provisions of these rules. Provided that the condition of five years' service shall not be applicable to a person if any person junior to him is eligible for consideration for promotion on the basis of merit: Provided further that in the event of non-availability of persons, equal to the number of vacancies to be filled in, eligible for promotion in the category of posts next lower from which promotion is made, the committee may consider the persons having less than five years' service if they are found otherwise suitable for promotion on the basis of merit alone. (9) The zone of consideration of persons eligible for promotion shall be as under:-(i) Number of Vacancies: Number of eligible persons to be considered (a) for one vacancy: five eligible persons (b) for two vacancies: Eight eligible persons. (c) for three vacancies: Ten eligible persons. (d) for four of more vacancies: Three times the number of vacancies. (ii) Where, the number of eligible persons for promotion to higher post is less than the number specified above, all the persons so eligible shall be considered. (iii) Where, adequate number of the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes, as the case may be, are not available within the zone of consideration specified above, the zone of consideration may be extended to seven times the number of vacancies and the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes, as the case may be (and not any other) coming within the extended zone of consideration shall also be considered against the vacancies reserved for them. (iv) For the highest post in a State Service:- (a) if promotion is from one category of post, eligible persons upto five in number shall be considered for promotion; (b) if promotion is from different categories of the posts in the same pay scale, eligible persons upto two in number from each category of posts in the same pay scale shall be considered for promotion; (c) if promotion is from different categories of posts carrying different pay scales, eligible persons in the higher pay scale shall be considered for promotion first and if no suitable person is available for promotion on the basis of merit in the higher pay scale then only the eligible persons of other categories of posts in lower pay scales shall be considered for promotion and so on and so forth. The zone of consideration for eligibility in this case shall be limited to five senior-most eligible persons in all.