Section 9 in The Orissa Secretariat Service (Junior) Rules, 1981
9. Preparation of fiat by the Selection Committee of Senior Assistants suitable for promotion to service.
- [(1) For preparation of the list of Senior Assistants fit for promotion to the Service as Section Officers, the Committee shall take into consideration the cases of Senior Assistants, four times number of vacancies included in the consolidated list placed before it under Sub-rule (2) of Rule 8 and prepare a list of Senior Assistants found fit for promotion to the Service.] [Substituted vide Orissa Gazette Part III-A No. 50/13.12.1985.](2)Selection of Senior Assistants for inclusion in the list prepared by the Committee under Sub-rule (1) shall be based on merit and suitability with due regard to seniority.(3)Names of Senior Assistants considered fit for promotion to the service shall ordinarily be arranged in the order of their respective position in the gradation list as referred to in Sub-rule (2) of Rule 8 :Provided that any Senior Assistant who is of exceptional merit may be assigned a place higher than that of such Assistant Senior to him in the said gradation list.(4)The Committee shall set forth briefly the reasons for not recommending or for superseding a Senior Assistant.(5)The Committee shall subject to availability of Senior Assistants having minimum continuous service specified in Sub-rule (2) of Rule 5. having regard to the criteria for selection laid down, recommend not less than double the expected number of vacancies to the posts in the service during the year :Provided that the Committee may recommend less than double the number of expected vacancies, if adequate number of officers suitable for promotion,are not available or for reasons to be recorded in writing, they consider it inexpedient to recommend double the number of expected vacancies as aforesaid.
