Section 27 in The Cochin Port Trust Employees (Recruitment, Seniority, and Promotion) Regulations, 2010
27. Field of Selection for Promotion.
(1)Where one or more posts in a grade are required to be filled by promotion through selection method from employees holding posts in the feeder grade in accordance with the prescribed recruitment rules employees holding the eligible posts and having the prescribed qualifications and experience for promotion shall be considered for promotion if they fall within the zone of consideration.(2)The following procedure shall be observed while recommending employees for promotion through selection method:(a)The Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) shall determine the merit of those being assessed for promotion with reference to the prescribed benchmark and accordingly grade the officers as 'fit' or 'unfit' only those who are graded 'fit' by the DPC shall be included and arranged in the select list in order of their inter-se seniority in the feeder grade. Those Officers who are graded as 'unfit' by the DPC shall not be included in the select list.(b)The Departmental Promotion Committee shall also consider the cases of eligible employees who are on foreign service or on study leave.(c)The instructions issued by the Govt. from time to time on procedure to be followed in DPC proceedings in respect of Govt. servants shall mutatis mutandis apply.Note: - For absorption to the post carrying pay scale of Rs.16000-400-20800 and above and for which composite method of recruitment is adopted, the benchmark in the overall grading shall be 'Very Good'. In all other cases, the benchmark shall be "Good".(3)For promotion to non-selection posts, where no bench mark is specified, the criteria for selection shall be seniority-cum-fitness.
