Section 11A in The Assam Engineering (Flood Control Department) Service Rules, 1981
11A. Promotion as River Research Assistant.
- (i) The Appointing authority shall publish in the Government Gazette annually the number of vacancies in the respective cadres of River Research Assistant which have occurred or are likely to occur in the year.(ii)Subject to suitability as may be decided by the Board and by the Appointing Authority in consultation with the Commission, an officer belonging to the corresponding cadre of Senior Observer under the Director, River Research Station and possessing the qualification as set forth herein below shall be promoted to the cadre of River Research Assistant in the manner provided in Rule 13.(iii)The vacancies to be filled up by promotion of Senior Observer shall be so fixed that the promoted River Research Assistant do not exceed 30% of the total corresponding cadre strength of permanent and temporary River Research Assistant.(iv)A member of the Senior Observer shall be eligible for promotion as River Research Assistant subject to the following conditions :(a)He has rendered minimum 8 years of service as a Senior Observer on the First January of the year in which the selection for promotion is made;(b)He has successfully undergone the training and passed the Departmental Examination as prescribed by the Government from time to time.
