Section 5 in The Orissa Service of Engineers' Rules, 1941
5. [ Recruitment to the Service. [Substituted vide Orissa Gazette Extraordinary No. 443717.3.1989-SRO No. 226/89/8.3.1989.]
(1)First appointment to the Service shall ordinarily be made to the rank of Assistant Engineer.(2)Appointment to the rank of Chief Engineer, Superintending Engineer Level-I, Superintending Engineer Level-II, Executive Engineer, Assistant Executive Engineer (Junior Class I) shall be made by the Government, in consultation with the Commissioner by promotion from the rank of Superintending Engineer Level-I, Superintending Engineer Level-II, Executive Engineer, Assistant Executive Engineer (Junior Class I) and Assistant Engineer respectively.(3)The promotion shall be made by selection on the basis of merit and suitability of the Officer in all respects with due regard to seniority :Provided that any junior officer who in the opinion of the Departmental Promotion Committee is of exceptional merit and suitability may be assigned a place higher than that of the officers senior to him.]
