Section 5 in The U.P. Co-Operative and Panchayat Audit Service Rules, 1979
5. Sources of recruitment.
- Recruitment to the various categories of posts in the Service shall be made from the sources specified below:A. Regional Audit Officers. - (a) By direct recruitment through the Combined State Services Examination conducted by the Commission.(b)By promotion from amongst permanent District Audit Officers of the Co-operative and Panchayat Audit Organization who have put in at least three years continuous service as District Audit Officer on the first day of the year of recruitment to which the vacancies relate.B. Deputy Chief Audit Officers. - By promotions from amongst the permanent Regional Audit Officers who have put in at least three years service as Regional Audit Officer on the first day of the year of recruitment to which the vacancies relate.C. Chief Audit Officer. - By promotion from amongst the permanent Deputy Chief Audit Officers, who have put in at least two years service as Deputy Chief Audit Officer on the first day of the year of recruitment to which the vacancies relate:Provided that-(i)so long as there are no permanent District Audit Officers, the posts of the Regional Audit Officer may be filled by promotion from amongst permanent Senior Auditors, who have put in at least three years' service as such;(ii)recruitment to the post of Regional Audit Officer shall be so arranged that 50 per cent of the posts in the cadre are. held by direct recruits and the rest by promotees, and if the number of posts on the basis of the percentage is not a whole number, the number of posts to be filled in by promotion shall be the next higher whole number:(iii)in case of the post of Chief Audit Officer, if suitable candidates are not available for appointment by promotion, the post may be filled by transfer (deputation) of a member of Uttar Pradesh Finance and Accounts Service (in the senior scale).
