Appointment of Gazetted Officer

Chapter III
Appointment of Service Personnel and Transfer to Another Department

Appointment of Gazetted Officer

14. Regarding the post of gazetted officer in respective service personnel organizations:
(a) it shall be deemed as a post to be initially selected by the Union Civil Service Board;
(b) if there is a vacant gazetted officer post to which an external person is to be appointed, the respective service personnel organization shall propose to the Union Civil Service Board and ask for the approval;
(c) if a service personnel organizations desires to promote their service personnel to the posts of gazetted officer they shall propose to the Union Civil Service Board and ask for the approval.

15. The Ministries and service personnel organizations may initially appoint external persons to the following posts:
(a) general service staff grade (1);
(b) clerical staff grade (1);
(c) technical staff grade (1) and (4);
(d) professional staff grade (1), (2) and (3);
(e) management staff (economic) grade (1);
(f) management staff (administration, social) grade (1).

16. When the Ministries and service personnel organizations need to appoint an external person to any post of technical staff grade (2) and (3) either because of the nature of work or because of stipulated qualifications of the post, the person shall be appointed as an apprentice against the desired technical post at first and the appointment shall be confirmed at such post if their performance is satisfactory.

17. For initial appointment as a service personnel, the candidates who fulfill the specified qualification for the post to be appointed shall be selected competitively in accordance with the rules.

18. When the Ministries and service personnel organizations need to select and initially appoint external persons to the posts prescribed in the rule 15, the head of service personnel organization shall form a selection board comprising suitable service personnel in the organization.