Section 27 in The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation Service Rules, 1987
27. Promotion panel. - Selection of candidates for higher posts shall be regulated as follows:-
(a)The Commissioner shall assess the number of vacancies that would occur by superannuation of existing incumbents, creation of new or additional posts within a period of six months or one year, as he considers necessary under each class or category of the serviced.(b)The Commissioner shall, thereafter, cause a panel of candidates prepared in the order of preference based on their qualifications, merit and ability Seniority being taken into account only, if qualification, merit and ability are approximately equal.(c)The number of persons to be included in the panel will be equal to twice the number of vacancies or such number as the Commissioner may decide.(d)Separate panel shall be prepared for each category of the service for which the qualification and scale of pay fixed are different.(e)The Commissioner shall arrange the names of all eligible candidates in the order of their seniority in the class from which promotion has to be made and also record his own views on the fitness or otherwise of the candidates. He shall, thereafter, place the list before the appointing authority which shall scrutinise them and draw promotion panel for each class.(f)Any modification to the list placed by the Commissioner shall be justified by the appointing authority and the reasons therefor shall be recorded by it in writing.(g)The panel as approved by the appointing authority shall be maintained by the Commissioner and the appointments shall be made in the order in which their names are arranged in the panel.
