State of Bihar - Act
The Bihar Co-operative Service Rules, 1975
BIHAR
India
India
The Bihar Co-operative Service Rules, 1975
Rule THE-BIHAR-CO-OPERATIVE-SERVICE-RULES-1975 of 1975
- Published on 10 February 1976
- Commenced on 10 February 1976
- [This is the version of this document from 10 February 1976.]
- [Note: The original publication document is not available and this content could not be verified.]
Part I – General
1. Short Title and Commencement.
- These Rules may be called the Bihar Co-operative Service Rules, 1975 and shall take effect from the date of this Notification:Provided that nothing in these Rules shall be construed as affecting or invalidating an appointment already made or an order issued in connection therewith, and that all such appointments and orders shall continue to be in force and shall be deemed to have been made or issued under the appropriate provisions of these Rules.2. Definitions.
- In these Rules, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context:3. Cadre.
- (i) The Bihar Co-operative Service shall consists of classes of officers:-4. Status.
- The member of the Bihar Co-operative Service shall have Gazetted Rank.Part II – Recruitment
5. Source of Recruitment.
- Save as otherwise provided recruitment to the services shall be made:-6. Fixation of Vacancies.
- The Governor of Bihar shall decide in each year the number of vacancies in Class II (Junior) Branch to be filled in that year separately by direct recruitment and by promotion and the sources from which they shall be filled:Provided that the number of vacancies to be filled by promotion in the Class II (Junior Branch) in any one year shall not be more than 66% of the total number of vacancies to be filled up in any such year.Part III – 7. Direct Recruitment by Competitive Examination.
- The Commission shall announce in each year, in such manner as they think fit the number of vacancies in Class II Services (Junior Branch) to be filled by direct appointment on the result of Competitive Examination and shall invite applications from candidates eligible for appointment under Rules 8 and 9.The Competitive Examination shall be conducted by the Commission and shall normally be held, between the months of November and February, unless, otherwise notified.The Commission may fix a limit in any particular year as to the number of eligible candidates to be admitted to the Examination and if the number of candidate exceeds the limit fixed, the Commission may make a preliminary selection of candidates to be admitted to the written examination on the basis of their academic records:Provided that no member of the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes who is eligible under the Rules shall be excluded from appearing at the Written Examination.8. Age and Academic Qualification of Candidates.
- A candidate may either be a male or female and;(a)be not more than 27 years and less than 21 years of age on the 1st day of August last preceding the month in which the examination is held;(i)in the case of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes the upper age limit shall be 32 years;(ii)in the case of candidates who are bonafide displaced persons from Pakistan, there shall be no upper age limit, but such candidates shall be allowed to avail in consecutive years, only of the same number of chances to appear at the examination as are permissible to candidates to whom the normal age limits apply;(iii)in case of non-official employees serving in Co-operative Institutions, with not less than six years of continuous service in an Institution who possess other qualifications, the upper age limit will be 40 years, if their applications are supported by a Certificate to this effect by an Officer of the Co-operative Department not below the rank of a Deputy Registrar.Academic Qualifications(b)Must hold a degree in Arts, Science, Commerce or Agriculture of any of the Universities recognized by the Governor or the degrees declared equivalent to the University degree and notified as such by the State Govt, from time to time:Provided that a Chartered or Incorporated or Registered Accountant shall also be eligible for the. Audit wing of the Bihar Co-operative Services Class II (Junior Branch).Notes. - (1) A Registered Accountant is an Accountant who has been enrolled as a Registered. Accountant in the Register of Accountant maintained by the Central Government under the Auditors' Certificate Rules, 1932.9. Physical Fitness.
10. Character.
- A candidate must satisfy the Public Service Commission that his character is such as to qualify him for employment in the Service.11.
A candidate shall apply to be admitted to the examination in his own handwriting in the prescribed form to the Secretary to the Bihar Public Service Commission not later than such date as may be notified by the Commission in this behalf in each year. The prescribed form and a copy of these Rules are obtainable from the Secretary to the Bihar Public Service Commission.12. With his application a candidate must submit:
-(i)Evidence that he holds one of the educational qualifications referred to in Rule 8(b).(ii)Certificate of character and conduct from the heads of all the colleges at which he has studied since he passed the Matriculation Examination.(iii)The names of two persons, as references who know him in private life and are not his near relatives. A candidate must not fill written testimonials of such persons and the references furnished by him should not include College Professors or Principals unless, they know the candidate otherwise.(iv)A certificate from any registered medical practitioner in the prescribed form which may be obtained from the Secretary to the Commission.(v)Evidence of age which should ordinarily be a copy of the Matriculation Certificate or its equivalent.Notes. - (1) The certificate and other documents required should be true copies of the originals bearing on such a certificate from Gazetted Officer stating that he has seen the originals and that the copy is a true copy. The candidate may be required to provide the original certificates before the Commission at the time of viva-voce test.13. Candidates must pay the following fees:
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Notwithstanding anything contained in the fore-going provisions of these Rules, the Commission may require a candidate to furnish any such additional proof on any point as to his/her suitability as the Commission may deem necessary.16.
Subject to the provisions of these Rules, the decision of the Commission as to the eligibility or otherwise for the admission to the examination shall be final.17.
The examination shall be held according to the Syllabus specified in this behalf by the Government which is liable to alteration from time to time by the Government, as and when necessary.18.
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20.
On the basis of the marks obtained-at the written examination the Commission shall arrange for a viva-voce test of the candidates who have qualified at the written examination according to Rule 19 (a) or (b).Provided that in exceptional circumstances and with the prior approval of Government, the Commission may at their discretion admit candidates of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes to the viva-voce test even though they may not have obtained the minimum qualifying marks at the written test prescribed in Clauses (a) or (b) of Rule 19.21.
The marks obtained at the viva-voce test shall be added to the marks obtained at the written examination. The names of the candidates will then be arranged by the Commission in order of merit. From the list of candidates so arranged, the Commission shall nominate such number of candidates as may have been fixed by the Governor. This list shall be submitted to the Governor by such date in each year as the Governor may fix.22.
The Commission shall while submitting their recommendation under Rule 21 consider the claims of qualified candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes if the list of the nominees submitted under Rule 21 does not contain adequate number of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes candidates who may be appointed to the vacancies reserved for them in these Services, the Commission shall submit a supplementary list nominating sufficient* number of such candidates as in their opinion attain* the required standard of qualifications and are in all respects suitable for appointment.23.
The Commission reserve the right to recommend successful(s/c) candidate who is considered suitable. Success at the examination confers no right for appointment unless, Government are satisfied, after such enquiry as may be considered necessary, that the candidate is suitable in all respects for appointment to the Public Services.24.
Candidates selected for written or viva-voce test will present themselves at their own expense at a time and place of which they will be informed in due course.25.
A consolidated result of the examination will be prepared by the Commission and a copy of the marks obtained both at the written and the viva-voce test may be supplied immediately to each candidate, soon after the results are compiled and the list referred to in Rule 21 is submitted to the Governor.Part IV – Promotion of Officers in Government Service
26.
Promotion of Officers to Bihar Co-operative Service Class II (Junior Branch). -Not more than 66 % of Class II (Junior) posts shall be filled in by promotion of Non Gazetted Officers subordinate to the Registrar, Co-operative Societies including Ministerial Officers of offices subordinate to the Registrar, both at the headquarters and in the muffasil who have held atleast for three years a post in the pay scale, initial of which is at least Rs. 160/- (Pre-revised):Provided that in the case of Ministerial Officers, the upper age limit for promotion shall be 40 years:Provided further that promotions in the Audit Wing shall be made only from Audit staff. The Audit staff will not be considered for promotion to posts in the Department, except in the Audit Wing including the Posts of Lecturers in Audit and Accounts in the Co-operative Training Centres.Notes. - For promotion to the posts of Lecturers, at least B.A (with Economics Co-operation) or B.Com. degree will be essential.27. Procedure for selection for Promotion.
28. Promotion of Officers to Class II (Senior Branch).
- Ordinarily 100 percent of Class II (Senior Branch) posts shall be filled up by promotion of suitable Officers from Class II (Junior Branch) in order of seniority:Provided that no officer will be eligible for promotion to the Class II (Senior Branch) posts:-29. Promotion of Officers to Class I.
- Ordinarily 75 % of the Class I Posts shall be filled up by promotion of officers from Class II (Senior), if there are any, otherwise from Class II (Junior) provided they fulfil the condition laid down for promotion to Class II (Senior) posts. The selection shall be made strictly on merit with due regard to seniority.30.
The Commission shall advise the Governor in respect of each candidate nominated whether he is suitable for promotion and whether his record prove him to have the requisite character and ability for the service to which it is proposed to promote him and whether, in the opinion of the Commission, the supersession of the Officer recommended to be superseded is justified.31.
The final selection shall be made by the Governor after considering the recommendations made by the Commission under Rule 30.32. Medical Examination.
- An officer finally selected by Government for promotion to any of the cadres, if already in permanent Government Service will not be required to undergo further medical examination. If in temporary service, they will be required to furnish a medical certificate in accordance with the provisions of the Rule 52(A) of the Bihar Service Code.Part V – Probation and Confirmation in the Bihar Co-operative Service
33. Probation.
34. Confirmation.
- Subject to the provisions of Rule 33 an officer appointed on probation shall be confirmed at the end of the period of his probation if he has passed the Departmental Examination by the prescribed standard and if the State Government consider him fit for confirmation.Part VI – 35. Departmental Examination.
- Liability of Officers to pass departmental examination.| Subject | Maximum Marks | Number of marks required to pass the Exam. by | Time | ||
| Lower Standard | Higher Standard | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Part-I | General Law (for Officers on Administrative Wing only) | 100 | 40 | 60 | 3 hours |
| or | |||||
| Advanced Accounting & Book Keeping (for officers of AuditWing Only) | 100 | 40 | 60 | 3 hours | |
| Part-II | Revenue Law | 100 | 40 | 60 | 3 hours |
| Part-III | Accounts | 100 | 50 | 50 | 3 hours |
| Part-IV | Hindi (in Dev Nagari Script) | 100 | 50 | 50 | 3 hours. |
Part I – {|
|-| Sl. No.| Act| Subject to short titles|-| 1.| General Law-XIV of 1960| The Indian Penal Code ACT, XLV of 1960 with SpecialReferences to Chapters 2, 4, 10, 17.|-| 2.| Act-I of 1872| The Indian Evidence Act, ACT No. 1 of 1872 omitting ChaptersVIII and X.|-| 3.| Act 5 of 1898*| Code of Criminal Procedure. Act V of 1898* with Specialreference to Chapters 1,4, 7,15,16,25, 26, 81, 82. [* PresentlyCode of Criminal Procedure, 1973.]|}Part II – {|
|-| 1.| Revenue Law| Bihar Co-operative Societies Act,Act VI of 1935, Co-operative Societies Rules, Bye-Laws of CentralCo-operative Banks, Vyapar Mandals and Multipurpose CoopSocieties. Public Demands Recovery Act, ACTVI of 1914.Agriculturist Loans Act, Bihar Tenancy Act (ChotanagpurTenancy Act, Santhal Parganas Regulations.|}(v) (a)Any officer of the Bihar Co-operative Services posted in the areas mentioned in the Part I of the Appendix "C" will have to pass the examination in the Tribal language mentioned therein against the district in which he is posted by the Lower standard, within a period of 18 months from the date on which he is posted to that district, if he fails to do so his increment will be stopped until such time he passes the examination:Provided that if an officer is prevented from passing the examination by circumstances beyond his control Government may grant him such further time for passing the examination as they consider fit.(b)An officer whose increment has been stopped for failure to pass the Compulsory Examination in a Tribal Language shall get his increment as soon as he is transferred to a District outside the areas mentioned in Part I of the Appendix 'C' or as soon as he crosses the age of 50 years whichever is earlier.(c)The stoppage of increment under sub-rule (a) or sub-rule (b) of this Rule shall not have cumulative effect.(d)An officer posted in Bihar outside the areas mentioned in Part I of the Appendix 'C' will be eligible to appear at the optional Examination in the Tribal Language mentioned in Part II of the Appendix 'C'.36. Disqualification caused by failure to pass Departmental Examination.
Part III – {|
|-| 1.| Accounts| Bihar Service Code,Bihar Financial Rules Volume I &II, Treasury Code, Board's Miscellaneous Rules, Budget andAccounts Procedure.|}Part IV – ** 1. Language Examination (Hindi). - There will be only one standard in the Language (Hindi) Examination (in Devnagri Script). An officer shall be required to pass the examination before he is confirmed and allowed first increment.
| Text Books: | The following are the text books prescribed for LanguageExamination:- |
| Hindi Praveshika Part I & II Published by theSuperintendent of Government Printing Bihar, Gulzarbagh, Patna. | |
| (a) An officer of the Class II (Senior Branch) shall berequired to pass by both lower and higher standards and anofficer of the Class II (Junior Branch) by the lower standardonly. | |
| (b) No officer of Class II (Junior Branch) will be eligiblefor promotion to Class II (Senior Branch) unless he has passedthe departmental examination in all subject by higher standard. |
Part VII – * Training
37. Training.
- The period of training ordinarily be for Six months and a programme of training shall be approved by Registrar. During the period of the training, the trainee shall be attached either with Deputy Registrar, District Cooperative Officer or an experienced Assistant Registrar. The break-up of the six months' training will be as follows:-| Sl. No. | Subject | Periods |
| 1. | Study of Co-operative Laws, Rules & Bye-Laws andCo-operative Administration | 3 weeks |
| 2. | Organization of Societies, registration, Annual GeneralMeetings,Committee Meetings Haisiat Registrars, loanapplication, liquidation etc. | 3 weeks (Sic) |
| 3. | Accounts and Audit of Co-operative including those of CentralCo-operative Banks, test audit, audit notes, rectificationreports etc. | 3 weeks |
| 4. | Study of Co-operative Farming, short, medium and long timefinancing. Financing of agricultural societies, Industrial andother types of Societies. | 3 weeks |
| 5. | Inspection of different types of Primary and affiliatingsocieties-Multipurpose Co-operative Societies, Industrial,Handloom, Khadi, Farming, Vyapar Mandal, Central Banks, etc. | 6 weeks |
| 6. | Study of the set-up of apex institutions, State Co-operativeBanks, State Marketing Union Ltd. | 2 weeks |
| 7. | To work with Joint Registrar, Co-operative Societies andSpecial Deputy Registrar, Co-operative Societies. | 4 weeks |
| 24 weeks (6 months) |
Part VIII – * Pay and Advancement on the time scale and determination of seniority.
38. Time Scale of Pay for Officers of the 3 Branches of the Bihar Cooperative Service.
- The time scale of pay sanctioned for officers of the 3 branches of the Bihar Co-operative Service is as follows:-| Year of Service | Class II Junior Branch | Class II Senior Branch | Class-I |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 1st | 455 | 510 | 620 |
| 2nd | 470 | 535 | 655 |
| 3rd | 485 | 560 | 690 |
| 4th | 500 | 585 | 725 |
| 5th | 515 | 610 | 760 |
| 6th | 530 | 640 | 795 |
| 7th | 545 | 670 | 830 |
| 8th | 560 | 700 | 865 |
| 9th | 580 | 730 | 900 |
| 10th | 600 | 760 | 935 |
| 11th | 620 | 790 | 970 |
| 12th | 640 | 820 | 1005 |
| 13th | 660 | 850 | 1040 |
| 14th | 680 | 880 | 1075 |
| 15th | 700 | 910 | 1110 |
| 16th | 720 | 945 | 1150 |
| 17th | 740 | 980 | 1190 |
| 18th | 765 | 1015 | 1235 |
| 19th | 790 | 1050 | 1280 |
| 20th | 815 | 1085 | 1325 |
| 21st | 840 | 1120 | 1325 |
| 22nd | 1155 | 1325 | |
| 23rd above |
39. Fixation of Initial pay on Promotion.
- The initial pay of an officer from a lower post to a higher post will be regularized (sic) according to the provisions in the Bihar Service Code and Bihar Executive Orders of the Government issued from time to time.40. Crossing Of Efficiency Bar.
- Where an efficiency bar is prescribed in a time scale, the incumbent (sic) next above the bar shall not be given to a Government servant (sic) without the specific sanction of the authority empowered to with-held increment. (sic).41. Seniority.
- Seniority of officers appointed to the service shall be determined in accordance with the instructions issued by the State Government from time to time.By order of the Governor of Bihar(R. K. Srivastava.)Secretary to the Government, Department of Co-operation,Bihar, PATNA.Memo. No. 281 Patna, the 10th February, 1976.Appendix-'A'| Administrative | Audit wing | ||
| Bihar Co-operative Service Class-I | |||
| (a) | Joint Registrar, Co-operative Societies. | (a) | Addl. Registrar,Co-operative Societies (Audit) or/and JointRegistrar, Cooperative Societies (Audit). |
| (b) | Deputy Registrar, Co-operative Societies. | (b) | Deputy Chief Auditor, Co-operative Societies. |
| (c) | Any other post in the department in the scale of DeputyRegistrar. | (c) | Any other post in the Department in the scale of Deputy ChiefAuditor. |
| Bihar Co-Operative Service Class-II (SeniorBranch) | |||
| (a) | District Co-operative Officer | Nil. | |
| (b) | Principal, Co-operative Training Centre. | ||
| (c) | Any other post in the department in the scale of DistrictCo-operative Officer. | ||
| Co-Operative Service Class-II (Junior Branch) | |||
| (a) | Assistant Registrar, Co-operative Societies. | (a) | District Audit Officer Co-operative Societies. |
| (b) | Lecturers, Co-operative Training Centres. | (b) | Any other post in the Department in the scale of DistrictAudit Officer, Cooperative Societies. |
| (c) | Any other post in the department in the Scale of AssistantRegistrar, Co-operative Societies. |
| 1. | Hazaribagh | Santhali |
| 2. | Ranchi | Mundari |
| 3. | Palamau | Orson |
| 4. | Singhbhum | Ho |
| 5. | Santha Parganas | Santhali |
| 6. | Dhanbad (only Chas and Chandan Kiaripolice Station of BaghmaraSub-division) of the District of Dhanbad. | Santhali |
2. The test which a candidate must undergo at the compulsory examination are as follows:-
3. (a) The standard prescribed for the compulsory examination is the lower standard. In order to pass by this standard, the examinee must obtain not less than 50% of the marks allotted to each branch of examination and 66 2/3 percent of the aggregate.
4. Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraphs 2 & 3 above, the compulsory examination in the case of officers who have put in 15 years or more of service, shall consist only of an oral test, in which the examinee must be able to converse freely with the people of the tribe to understand and to make himself understood by them. In this test the examinee shall be declared to have passed, if he secures not less than 50 percent of the marks.
5. If an officer is posted to one of the districts named in paragraphs 1 of this Appendix and duly Passes the examination in the tribal language prescribed for the district, and is subsequently posted to another district named in the same paragraphs, for which a different tribal language is prescribed, it shall not be necessary for him to pass the examination the tribal language of the latter district.
6. If an officer knows one of the languages contained in paragraph 1 of this Appendix as his mother tongue, and is posted to a district for which that very language has been prescribed as the compulsory tribal language he shall not be required to pass the compulsory examination in that language. If, however, he is posted form the tribal language which he knows as his mother tongue, he shall be required to pass the compulsory examination in the tribal language of the district.
7. Examination in the tribal languages shall be held once in six month, in January and June each year. The Commissioners of Chotanagpur and Bhagalpur Divisions will be responsible for conducting these examinations. There shall be uniformity in the standard of examinations held in both the divisions.The same set of question papers shall be set for examination in one particular language to be held on a particular date.The examination shall be held at the district headquarters and the District Officer shall, under the supervision and control of the Commissioner, be made responsible for conducting the examination. In case the District Officer has himself to appear at a particular examination, he will go to the divisional headquaters to appear at the examination in the presence of the Commissioner, and arrangements for holding the examination at the district headquarters will be supervised by the Additional Collectior. If the Additional Collectior himself has to appear at the examination, it should be arranged that he and the District Officer appear on different dates. Different sets of question paper will be set for the examination held on different dates.
8. The prescribed text book in the Tribal Languages are the following:-
| Name of languages | Name of prescribed text book | |
| 1. | Santhali | Santhali Praveshika, Parts I & II by Sri Doman Sah,'Samir' Editior of the "Hore Sambad" published bySanthal Paharia Seva Mandal, Deoghar. |
| 2. | Mundari | A Mundari Grammer with exercises by R.V.J. Hoffman, S. J.Catholic Mission, Ranchi. |
| 3. | Oraon | Kath Ara Rath Billin Jan (sic.?) by Dr. Christ Michel Tigga,K. S. Kadru, Ranchi. |
| 4. | Ho. | Ho Kaji by Sri Bhim Ram Salaniri, Chaibasa. |
9. Rewards will be given as mentioned below to candidates who passed the examination mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Appendix, within the stipulated time, subject to the condition that from all rewards granted any rewards previously drawn for the same language will be deducted:-
| Lower Standard | Higher Standard | |
| Officers of Class-I | 750/- | 1000/- |
| Officers of Class-II | 500/- | 800/- |
| Officers of Class-III | 250/- | 400/- |
| Group-I | Ho, Mundari, Santhali |
| Group-II | Oraon, Rajmahal, Paharia. |
| Group-III | Nepalese, Paharia or Khas Kura. |
10. The Commission conducting the examination will report to Government the names of Officers declared to have passed by each standard.
Part II – Rules for the optional study of Tribal Languages.
11. Officers Posted out side the area mentioned in Part-I of this Appendix will be eligible to appear at the optional examination in the Languages noted below:-
| Group-I | Ho, Mundari, Santhali |
| Group-II | Oraon, Rajmahal, Paharia. |
| Group-III | Nepalese, Paharia or Khas Kura. |
12. The test which a candidate must undergo shall be as in Part-I of this Appendix. In addition, the examination in Nepalese, Paharia shall include a test in which the examinee must transliterate and translate into English or Hindi a Paper in the current written [not printed] form of character of this Language.
13. The standars of the optional examination and the percentage of marks required for passing by each standard shall be the same as for the compulsory examination in other Tribal Languages laid down in paragraph 3 of this Appendix.
14. The examination shall be conducted under the control of the Commissioners, Chotanagpur and Bhagalpur Divisions, who will convene local committees for the purpose.
| Commissioner of Bhagalpur | |
| Group-I | Santhali |
| Group-II | Rajmahal, Paharia. |
| Group-III | Nepalese, Paharia. |
| Commissioner of Chotanagpur | |
| Group-I | Ho, Mundari. |
| Group-II | Oraon. |
15. The rewards to be given to successful candidates will be as detailed below subject to the condition that from all rewards granted any rewards previously drawn for the same language are deducted:-
| Lower StandardRs. | Higher StandardRs. | |
| For all Languages exceptNepalese Paharia. | ||
| Officers of Class-I | 750/- | 1000/- |
| Officers of Class-II | 500/- | 800/- |
| Officers of Class-III | 250/- | 400/- |
| For Nepalese Paharia. | ||
| Officers of Class-I | 250/- | 500/- |
| Officers of Class-II | 150/- | 300/- |
| Officers of Class-III | 50/- | 100/- |