Section 8 in Orissa Electrical/Mechanical/Telecommunication (Departmental and Professional Examination) Engineering Service Rules, 1957
8.
An Engineer shall not be eligible for promotion before he passes all the examinations ;Provided that if an Engineer has not passed the examinations, but was considered fit to be promoted, he shall be required to pass the examinations within one year of the date of his promotion failing which he shall be liable to be reverted ;Provided further that if an Engineer is unable to pass the examinations within the specified period due to the exigencies of public services or illness or other circumstances beyond his control, the State Government may notwithstanding anything contained in Rules 3, and 4, grant an extension of time for such period as they may usual annual in which event he may be entitled to draw his consider necessary increasement, if he passes the examinations within the extended period granted.
