Section 11 in The Assam Agricultural Service Rules, 1980
11. Recruitment by promotion as Agricultural Extension Officer and Junior Subject Matter Specialist.
- Appointment by promotion in the cadres of Agricultural Extension officer and Junior Subject Matter Specialist shall be made in the manner provided hereinafter:(1)The Appointing Authority shall publish in the Assam Gazette annually the number of vacancies in the cadres, which have occurred or are likely to occur in the year;(2)Subject to suitability as may be decided by the Board and by the Appointing Authority in consultation with the Commission and officer belonging to the corresponding lower cadre of the Subordinate Agricultural Service (Assistant Agricultural Inspector and the equivalent posts) and possessing the qualifications as set forth herein below shall be promoted only to the cadres of Agricultural Extension Officer and Junior Subject Matter Specialist in the manner provided in Rules 13 and 14:Provided that non-matriculates who are already promoted up to the date of this notification to various categories of posts shall not be eligible for any further promotion in the services;(3)25 per cent of the strength of the cadre of Agricultural Extension Officer and Junior Subject Matter Specialist shall be filled by promotion, subject to availability of suitable candidate; provided that my short fall of this reservation due to non-availability of adequate number of suitable candidates in a particular year or years shall be carried forward to the subsequent year(s);(4)A member of the cadre of Assistant Agricultural Inspector and equivalent posts in the Subordinate Agricultural Service shall be eligible for promotion subject to the following conditions:(a)he has passed at least the matriculation examination or an equivalent examination;(b)he has rendered service as an Assistant Agricultural Inspector or in an equivalent post for a maintain period of 8 years on the first January of the year of promotion; and(c)he has successfully undergone the training and passed departmental examination as may be prescribed for the purpose.
