Section 27(2)(a) in The Cochin Port Trust Employees (Recruitment, Seniority, and Promotion) Regulations, 2010
(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.