Section 17(3) in The Inland Waterways of India Recruitment, Seniority and Promotion Regulations, 1992
(3)The DPC should be convened at regular annual intervals to draw panels which could be utilised for making promotion against the vacancies occurring during the course of a year. The requirement of convening annual meetings of the DPC should be dispensed with only after a certificate has been issued by the appointing authority that there are no vacancies to be filled promotion or no officers are due for confirmation during the year in question.
