Section 3(1) in Home Guards Organisation, (Departmental Examination) Rules, 2012
(1)Every person who is appointed as a Clerk, class III shall be required to pass lower level departmental examination within three chances and within a period of three years from his regular appointment as Clerk:Provided that a person belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes shall be allowed one additional chance to be availed within a period of one year from the date of expiry of the period specified in these rules;Provided further that the chances for passing the relevant examination availed under the old rules shall be deemed to have been availed of under these rules and a person, who before the appointed date has availed of any chances under the old rules, shall be allowed to avail the remaining chances under these rules:Provided also that if the period for passing the examination provided in these rules expires before providing him the last chance, the said period shall be deemed to have been extended up to the date of declaration of result of examination which provided him the last chance;
