Section 6(2)(e) in The Tripura Courts Stenographers' Service Rules, 1983
(e)all posts in Senior Grade of the Service shall be filled by-(i)departmental candidates who are declared as suitable for appointment to Selection Grade but are not appointed thereto on account of sufficient number of vacancies not being available to the Grade;(ii)departmental candidates referred to in Clause (d) (iv) above; and(iii)departmental candidates holding appointment as Stenographer in the scale of pay of Rs. 325-665 who have not completed 3 (three) years of service for being considered for the Selection Grade of the Service and who may be screened for such appointment by the Departmental Promotion Committee on the basis of their seniority subject to the rejection of the unfit;(iv)departmental candidates who immediately before the appointed day were holding appointment as Stenographer in the pay-scale of Rs. 325-665 who have not completed 3 (three) years of service, and are assessed as not suitable or eligible for appointment in the senior Grade by the Departmental Promotion Committee, shall be absorbed in the next lower Grade (Junior Grade). Such Officers shall be eligible to be considered at the maintenance stage for appointment in the officiating capacity to a temporary post in the Senior Grade and they shall reckon their seniority on appointment to that Grade according to the order of their selection for such appointment: