Conditions in Which Promotion is not Entitled

Conditions in Which Promotion is not Entitled

43. Although a service personnel meets the specified qualifications for promotion, he shall not be promoted if any of the following conditions arises:
(a) if a service personnel is given a written warning, during six months from the commencing date of the warning;
(b) if a service personnel is punished with withholding of increment, during the period of withholding of increment;
(c) in case of recovering wholly or partially for the damage due to the service personnel’s negligence or incompetence while performing duties, up to one year from the commencing date of issuing the order to recover the value of damage or the date on which the amount is fully paid back, whichever is earlier;
(d) if a service personnel remains on the current post although having been punished on conviction for any immoral offence, up to one year from the commencing date of the punishment;
(e) if a service personnel is reduced to a lower pay scale within the time scale pay, until the original pay scale is reached;
(f) during the period of preliminary enquiry or departmental enquiry;
(g) if the service personnel is demoted because of an offence, during the period prescribed in the demotion order;
(h) during probationary period in a post;
(i) during temporary suspension from duties.

44. A service personnel shall not be promoted while being punished with any disciplinary penalty. However, after he had freed from such penalty and the waiting list is still valid, he shall be promoted if there is a vacant post. If he frees from the penalty only when the list is no longer valid, he shall take the assessment test again.

45. A service personnel shall normally be promoted rank by rank without jumping step. However, in case of the service personnel organizations need to appoint external persons to a post to which they are not authorized to directly appoint a person according to the work nature or the specified qualification for the post, they initially appoint him to the post to which they are authorized to appoint directly and he may be promoted to the suitable post within one year if his performance is satisfactory. If the post is of the gazetted officer, the approval shall be obtained from the Union Civil Service Board after consultation under rule 14 (b).