Section 12(5) in The Assam Agricultural Service Rules, 1980
(5)Subject to suitability, an officer shall be eligible for promotion if he possesses the qualifications and experience as set forth below:(a)for promotion to cadre of Additional Director an Officer must have served as Joint Director of Agriculture or equivalent posts for a minimum period of 5 years;(b)for promotion to the cadre of Joint Director an officer must have rendered service in the cadre of Deputy Director for a minimum period of 3 years of the first January of the year of promotion;(c)for promotion to the cadre of Deputy Director, an officer must be at least a B.Sc. (Agriculture) or M.Sc. (Agriculture Bot.) and must have rendered service as Subject Matter Specialist [and/or] [Inserted by Notification No. AGA 107/75/Pt./370, dated the 4th July, 1980, w.e.f. 11-12-1080.] Sub-divisional Agricultural Officer for a minimum period of six year on the first January of the year of promotion;(d)for promotion to the cadre of Subject Matter Specialist an officer must have B.Sc. (Agriculture) or M.Sc. (Agriculture Bot.) and must have rendered service for a minimum period of 3 years in the cadre of Sub-divisional Agricultural Officer;(e)for promotion to the cadre of Sub-divisional Agricultural Officer an officer must have at least a degree in Agricultural Science or M.Sc. (Agriculture Bot.) and must have rendered service for a minimum period of 5 years in the corresponding lower cadre of the service on the first January of the year promotion:Provided that the above mentioned qualification shall be relaxed for officer already in service and possessing B.A. or B.Sc. [or B.Com.] [Inserted by Notification No. AGA 107/75/Pt./370, dated the 4th July, 1980 w.e.f. 11-12-1080.] degrees but this relaxation will apply to promotion to posts mentioned in Schedule III to the Rules only and for that purpose the promotion in the cadre of Subject Matter Specialist will be done from the cadre of A.A.S. Class II.
