Section 11 in The Assam Engineering (Irrigation Department) Service Rules, 1978
11. Promotion as Assistant Engineer.
(1)The Appointing Authority shall publish in the Government Gazette annually the number of vacancies in the respective cadres of Assistant Engineers which have occurred or are likely to occur in the year.(2)Subject to suitability as may be dedicated by the Board and by the Appointing Authority in consultation with the Commission, an officer belonging to the corresponding cadre of Subordinate Engineer Grade I in the Assam Subordinate Engineering (Irrigation Department) Service under the Government and possessing the qualifications as set forth herein below shall be promoted to the cadre of Assistant Engineers in the manner provided in Rules 13 and 14.(3)The vacancies to be filled up by promotion of Subordinate Engineers shall be so fixed that the promoted Assistant Engineers do not exceed 30% of the total corresponding cadre strength of permanent and temporary Assistant Engineers.(4)A member of the Assam Subordinate Engineering Grade I (Irrigation Department) Service shall be eligible for promotion as Assistant Engineer subject to the following conditions :(a)He has rendered minimum 8 years of service as a subordinate Engineer on the First January of the year of promotion.(b)He has successfully undergone the training and passed the Departmental Examination as prescribed by Government from time to time.(5)Notwithstanding anything contained hereinbefore in this rule, subject to suitability, a Subordinate Engineer Grade I, of the Assam Subordinate Engineering (Irrigation Department) Service, on his acquiring the academic qualification, as prescribed for a direct recruit Assistant Engineer shall be promoted as Assistant Engineer, in consultation with the Commission, as provided in Rule 14, against the next available vacancy in the cadre and such promotion shall be treated as direct recruitment to the cade of Assistant Engineer for the purpose of these rules.
