Section 27(2) in The Chennai Port Trust Employees (Recruitment, Seniority and Promotion) Regulations, 2008
(2)The following procedure shall be observed while recommending employees for promotion through selection method:(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.(b)The Departmental Promotion Committees shall also consider the cases of eligible employees who are on foreign service or on study leave.(c)The instructions issued by the Govt. from time to time on procedure to be followed in DPC proceedings in respect of Government Servants shall mutatis mutandis apply.Note:- for absorption to the post carrying pay scale of Rs.16,000-400-20800 and above and for which composite method of recruitment is adopted, the benchmark in the overall grading shall be 'Very Good'. In all other cases, the benchmark shall "Good".
