Section 4(2) in Departmental Examination for the Class III Posts, (Editorial Wing) in the Commissionerate of Information, Rules, 2012
(2)No person holding the post as specified in Appendix A shall be eligible to appear at the higher level departmental examination unless he has completed three years regular service on the post and has passed the lower level departmental examination or the relevant examination under the old rules; or has been exempted from passing it:Provided that a person belonging to the Scheduled Casts or Scheduled Tribes may be given one additional chance which shall have to be availed of within a period of one year from the date of expiry of the period specified in these rules:Provided further that the chances for passing the relevant examination under the old rules shall be deemed to have been provided under these rules and a person who before the appointed date has been provided any chance under the old rules shall be allowed to avail the remaining chances under these rules:Provided also that if the period for passing the relevant examination as provided in these rules, expires before providing him the chances available under these rules, the said period shall be deemed to have been extended upto the date of declaration of the result of such examination which provides him the last chance.
