Section 14 in Bihar Employees' State Insurance Medical Service Rules, 1981
14.
(a)Promotion to Class-I (Junior) of the service shall be made from amongst members of Class II grade of the Service. The total strength in this category shall be 20 percent of the total cadre (officers promoted to this grade will be posted as Deputy Superintendent of Hospitals or as Insurance Medical Officer, Incharge of Employees' State Insurance Dispensaries).(b)Promotion to Class I (Senior) of the service shall be made from amongst members of the Class I (Junior) of the service. The total strength in this category shall be 12 ½ per cent of the total cadre (officers promoted to this grade will be posted as Superintendents of Hospitals or as Insurance Medical Officer, Incharge of Employees' State Insurance Dispensaries):Provided that-(i)Such other officers already in the service of the Government as may, from time to time, be specified in this behalf by Government shall also be eligible for promotion under this Rule, if they possess a Post-Graduate qualification in any branch of Medical Science or any other degree equivalent thereto:Provided further that no member of the service shall be eligible for promotion to a higher grade in the service unless he has been confirmed and has completed at least 5 years of service in his appointment in the Grade from which he is to be considered for promotion:Provided further that certain number of posts to be filled by promotion shall be kept reserved for the Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes according to the reservation formula prescribed by the Government from time to time.(c)Promotion to the post of Administrative Medical Officer, Employees' State Insurance Scheme-The post of Administrative Medical Officer shall be treated as a Selection post. Selection for promotion to this post shall be made solely on merit. Where more than one officer are of equal merit, their names shall be arranged in order of seniority.
