Civil Service Personnel Rule 34

Specifications for Promotion

• 34. (a) The specifications contained in these rules shall be applied to the promotion of the service personnel up to the rank which is lower than that of the head of service personnel organization who is directly appointed only by the President.
• (b) In a service personnel organization which is organized as a military unit, the relevant service personnel organization may specify procedures which are similar to the principles of these rules in order to fulfill the functional needs of the organization for the promotion.
• (c) When the service personnel in the organization are needed to be promoted to a post of gazetted officer rank which is prescribed to be selected by the Union Civil Service Board, it shall be coordinated with the Union Civil Service Board.
• (d) The relevant service personnel organization shall specify the required minimum educational qualifications and skills depending on the nature of the post by obtaining the approval of the Union Government in accord with their requirements.
• (e) A service personnel who is under departmental enquiry can be tested for his promotion and put on the waiting list of successful persons whereas the persons who are suspended from their duties, or detained in custody or released on bail may not be tested for his promotion and put on the waiting list of successful candidates.