Section 2(8) in The Haryana Service of Engineers, Class I, Public Works Department (Building and Roads Branch), (Public Health Branch) and (Irrigation Branch) respectively Act, 1995
(8)"Direct appointment" means an appointment by open competention but does not include -(a)an appointment made by promotion; and(b)an appointment by transfer of an officer already in the Service of a State Government or of the Union.Explanation. - A Class II Officer who enters the Service by open competitive selection, shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have entered the service by direct appointment;
