Section 12 in The Assam Agricultural Service Rules, 1980
12. Recruitment by promotion as Sub-divisional Agricultural Officer and to Class I posts.
(1)Vacancies in the cadres of Additional Director, Joint Director, Deputy Director, Subject Matter Specialist and Sub-divisional Agricultural Officer to the extent as specified in sub-rules (2) and (3) of Rule 5 shall be filled by promotion in the manner prescribed herein below:Provided that the Government may for good and sufficient reasons fill any of the posts for specialised investigation, design and research work temporarily or on tenure by transfer or deputation from outside the service, if it is satisfied that there is no suitable officer in the service available filling the vacancy.(2)In case of specialisation a member of the service posted in connection with the specialised subject, shall be retained in"the same specialised work, on his promotion in the normal course, by creation of a higher post in the cadre to which he is so promoted keeping the lower post in abeyance if the Government considers that such an officer cannot be withdrawn from the specialised work due to non-availability of any other Officer of the lower cadre in the service to perform the specialised work.(3)The Government may, for good and sufficient reasons, fill any of the posts in the service by inter-changing officers engaged in teaching or in research side of Agriculture University with members of the Service.(4)Subject to suitability as may be decided by the Board and by the Appointing Authority as set forth in Rule 13 and also subject to possessing qualifications and experience as prescribed hereinafter, an officer shall be eligible for promotion from one cadre to another of the service in the manner provided below:(i)from Joint Director to Additional Director.(ii)From Deputy Director to Joint Director.(iii)from Subject Matter Specialist to Deputy Director.(iv)from Sub-divisional Agricultural Officer to Subject Matter Specialist.(v)from Agricultural Extension Officer and Junior Subject Matter Specialist to Sub-divisional Agricultural Officer.(5)Subject to suitability, an officer shall be eligible for promotion if he possesses the qualifications and experience as set forth below:(a)for promotion to cadre of Additional Director an Officer must have served as Joint Director of Agriculture or equivalent posts for a minimum period of 5 years;(b)for promotion to the cadre of Joint Director an officer must have rendered service in the cadre of Deputy Director for a minimum period of 3 years of the first January of the year of promotion;(c)for promotion to the cadre of Deputy Director, an officer must be at least a B.Sc. (Agriculture) or M.Sc. (Agriculture Bot.) and must have rendered service as Subject Matter Specialist [and/or] [Inserted by Notification No. AGA 107/75/Pt./370, dated the 4th July, 1980, w.e.f. 11-12-1080.] Sub-divisional Agricultural Officer for a minimum period of six year on the first January of the year of promotion;(d)for promotion to the cadre of Subject Matter Specialist an officer must have B.Sc. (Agriculture) or M.Sc. (Agriculture Bot.) and must have rendered service for a minimum period of 3 years in the cadre of Sub-divisional Agricultural Officer;(e)for promotion to the cadre of Sub-divisional Agricultural Officer an officer must have at least a degree in Agricultural Science or M.Sc. (Agriculture Bot.) and must have rendered service for a minimum period of 5 years in the corresponding lower cadre of the service on the first January of the year promotion:Provided that the above mentioned qualification shall be relaxed for officer already in service and possessing B.A. or B.Sc. [or B.Com.] [Inserted by Notification No. AGA 107/75/Pt./370, dated the 4th July, 1980 w.e.f. 11-12-1080.] degrees but this relaxation will apply to promotion to posts mentioned in Schedule III to the Rules only and for that purpose the promotion in the cadre of Subject Matter Specialist will be done from the cadre of A.A.S. Class II.
