Section 17(1) in U.P. Jail (Group A and B) Service Rules, 1982
(1)Recruitment by Promotion to the post of Inspector-General of Prisons and Additional Inspector-General of Prisons shall be made on the basis of merit and to the posts of Deputy Inspector-General of Prisons, Superintendent, Central Prisons, Principal, Jail Training School and Superintendents, Sampurnanand Camps and Model Prisons, Lucknow shall be made on the basis of seniority subject to rejection of the unfit through selection committee comprising:-(i)the Chief Secretary to the Government or his nominee;(ii)the Secretary to the Government, Personnel Department or his nominee;(iii)the Secretary to the Government, Home (Jails) Department.
