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Lower Division Clerk

  • LOWER DIVISION CLERKS

    (8) (a) Ten Percent of the vacancies in the grade of Lower Division Clerks shall be filled by appointment by promotion of group 'D' employees (borne on regular establishment) of the Ministry in the following manner , namely :-

    (i) Five percent of the vacancies may be filled on the basis of qualifying examination held for the purpose by the Staff Selection Commission from amongst Group 'D' employees who have rendered at the crucial date not less than five years regular service in the grade, posses at least Matriculation or equivalent qualification and are with in 45 years of age ( 50 years in the case of the Scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes).

    (ii) Five percent of the vacancies may be filled on the basis of seniority, subject to the rejection of the unfit , from amongst those Group 'D' employees of the Department who have rendered not less than 5 years Matriculation or an equivalent examination of a recognized Board or University;

    Provided that to the extend to which sufficient number of qualified candidates are not available for appointment on the result of such examination mentioned on clause (i) or for promotion as mentioned in caused (ii), the vacancies may be filled by direct recruitment on the result of a competitive examination held for the purpose by the Staff Selection Commission.

    Provided further that if more of such employees than the number of vacancies available under clauses (1)

    qualify at the said examination such excess employees shall be considered for filling the vacancies arising in

    the subsequent years so that the employees qualifying at an earlier examination years so that the employees

    qualifying at an qualify at a later examination.

    (b) (Ninety percent of the vacancies in the grade of Lower Division Clerks or such higher percentage as may be determined by in accordance with the proviso to clause (a) shall be filled by director recruitment with the proviso to Clause (a) shall be filled by direct recruitment on the result of a competitive examination held for the purpose by the Staff Selection Commission.

    Note :.The persons appointed to the grade shall rank in terse in the following manner, namely :-

    I. Those appointed under clause (a) (i) of this sub-rule shall rank inter-se in the order in which their names are

    arranged in a single list by the Staff Selection Commission on the basis of their seniority in the parent Group

    D' post the employees holding post in a higher grade to rank senior to those in the lower grade.

    II. Those appointed under clause (a) (ii) of this sub -rule shall rank inter-se in the order of their seniority in the lower grade the employees holding posts in a higher grade to rank senior to those in the lower grade.

    III. The inter-se seniority of persons referred to in items (i) and (ii) shall be in the ratio of 1:1 that is to say, that the persons in these categories shall be arranged by taking alternately one person each from amongst the categories of persons specified in items (i) and (ii)

    IV. Those appointed under clause (b) of this sub-rule shall rank inter-se in the order of merit in which they are placed at the competitive examination on the results of an earlier competitive examination being ranked senior to those of a later examination.

    V. The inter-se seniority of persons referred to in items (i), (ii) and (iv) shall be regulated according to the quotas fixed for each of the Department starting with one person referred to in item (i) followed by 9 from item (iv) and one person from item (ii) followed by 9 from item (iv) and so on.

    VI The seniority of persons qualifying or appointment under clause (a) (i) of this sub-rule in excess of the number of vacancies available for that year and who are to be adjusted against the vacancies in subsequent year under clause (b) of this sub-rule shall also be regulated in the manner provided in item (v); provided that seniority of persons recruited on the result of the competitive examination held under clause (b) in whose cases offers of appointment are revised after being cancellation and those appointed under the proviso to clause(b) shall such as may be determined by he Department.

    (c) Not withstanding any thing contained in clause (a) or clause (b), the appointing authority contained in clause (a) or clause,(b), the appointing authority may fill not more than 5% of the vacancies in the grade of Lower Division clerk arising in a year, by appointment of a son or daughter or spouse or brother or sister a Government servants who dies during the period of his service and the person so appointed shall be ranked juniors to the persons who are recruited on the basis of competitive examination held in that years.