Section 11(4) in The Assam Engineering (Public Works Department) Service Rules, 1978
(4)A member of the Assam Subordinate Engineering (P.W.D.) Service shall be eligible for promotion as Assistant Engineer subject to the following conditions :(a)He has rendered minimum 8 years of service as a Subordinate Engineer on the First January of the year of promotion.(b)He has successfully undergone the training and passed the Departmental Examination as prescribed by Government from time to time.(c)Notwithstanding anything contained hereinbefore in this rule, subject to suitability, a subordinate Engineer Grade I, of the Assam Subordinate Engineering (P.W.D.) Service, on his acquiring the academic qualification, as prescribed for a direct recruit Assistant Engineer shall be promoted as Assistant Engineer, in consultation with the Commission, as provided in Rule 14, against the next available vacancy in the cadre and such promotion shall be treated as direct recruitment to the cadre of Assistant Engineer for the purpose of these rules.
