Section 18 in The Orissa Khadi and Village Industries Board Regulations, 1960
18. Promotion and efficiency.
(1)All promotions to higher grades or ranks shall be on the basis of merit and ability. None shall be promoted who is not on the basis of his record and in the opinion of the appointing authority fit for promotion and of those who are fit only the fittest shall be promoted to any particular vacancy, the factor of seniority being taken into account only when all other factors and particularly the factor of merit are equal.(2)There shall be no bar for reverting an employee from a higher post to which he may have been promoted on an officiating or trial basis, if he is not found up to the mark.(3)Efficiency bars in the time-scales of pay shall be rigorously applied and none shall be allowed to cross a bar unless the Head of the office is satisfied that he has attained a reasonable standard of efficiency.(4)Annual or periodical increments in pay scales shall not be allowed as a matter of course, and normally an employee who has been adversely reported on, during a year shall not be allowed his increment until he earns a good report.
