Section 10 in Bihar Secretariat Service Rules, 2010
10. Promotion in different grades of service.
(1)The promotion to the different grades in the service shall be admissible from the date of vacancy of the post of concerned grade.(2)The procedure for promotion shall be made so reasonable that whole procedure of promotion shall be completed before probable vacancy. For this purpose, calculation of expected vacancies for next year due to retirement etc. as well as clearance of roster, minimum qualifying period i.e. Kalawadhi, updating of confidential remarks, updating the register regarding clearance etc will be completed at the beginning of each year and recommendation of departmental promotion committee shall be obtained in time and advance panel shall be prepared.(3)The principle for eligibility of candidates for promotion in the service shall be 'seniority-cum-merit.'(4)The criterion of eligibility for candidates of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe shall be determined along with the candidates of general category at the time of promotion, meaning there by the criteria of eligibility for all candidates shall be similar.(5)The promotion in different grades of service shall be given on the recommendation of departmental promotion committee constituted by State government.(6)The minimum qualifying service i.e. Kalawadhi for such promotion shall be as determined by the Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department from time-to-time.
