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_Inthis act , unless the context otherwise requires, - (1) “appointment to the service” means an appointment made to the post in service and includes an appointment, made according to the terms provisions of this Act, to an officiating vacancy of a post in service; (2) “Assistant Executive Engineer” means a number of the service in the Junior Scale of pay ; (3) “Cadre post” means: a permanent post in the service; (4) “Class II Service” means the Haryana Service of Engineers, Class HL Pabic Works Department in the Buildings and Roads Branch, Public Health Branch or Irrigation Branch, as the case may be; (5) “Commission” means the Haryana Public Service Commission; (6)“Competent Authority” means such Government officer or authority may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint to perform the functions of a competent authority under this Act; (7) “Department” means the Public Works Department of the Government in Buildings and Roads Branch, Public Health Branch or Irrigation Branch, -as the Case may be; (8)“Direct appointment” means an appointment by open competition but does not include- (a)An appointment made by promotion; and (b)An appointment by transfer of an officer already in the service of a State Government or of the Union, (9) “Engineer-in-Chief” means an Engineer-in-Chief of the Haryana Public Works Department in the Buildings & Roads Branch, Public Health Branch or Irrigation Branch, as the case may be, and includes a post declared by the Government, as of equivalent responsibilities; (10) “Executive Engineer” means an officer-in-charge of a division and includes an officer holding a post of equivalent responsibility; (1) “Government” means the Haryana Government in the Administrative Department of Public Works Department in the Buildings & Roads Branch, Public Health Branch and Irrigation Branch, as the case may be; (12) “Member of the Service” means an officer appointed substantively to a cadre | post , and includes,- (a) In the case of a direct appointment an officer on probation, or such an officer, who having successfully completed his Probation, awaits appointment to a cadre post; (b) In the case of an appointment by transfer an officer who is on probation or who, having successfully completed his probation, awaits appointment to a cadre post, provided such officer does not have a lien on a substantive post in any Government Department; cadre post. Explanation :- It is not hecessary that a member of the Service shall at any given time be actually doing the work of a cadre post. He may be working in an ex-cadre post for reasons of administrative convenience. Conversely, an officer officiating against an ex-cadre post may infect perform the duties of a cadre post; 4 (13) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act: (14) “Superintending Engineer” means an officer-in-charge of an area known as a circle or whose duties are of equivalent responsibility to the charge of a circle; (15) “Service” means the Haryana Service of Engineers, Class-I, Public Works Department in the Buildings and Roads Branch, Public Health Branch or Irrigation Branch, as the case may be; and (16) “University” means — (a) any University incorporated by law in any of the States of India; and (b) in the case of degrees or diplomas obtained as a result of explanations held before the 15" August, 1947, the Punjab, Sind or Dacca University; and (c) Any other University, which is declared by the Government to be a recognised University for the purposes of this Act, Strength of Service H 38) (1) The numbers of posts in the Service shall comprise such number of posts of Assistant Executive Engineers, Executive Engineers, Superintending Engineers, Chief Engineers and Engineer-in-Chief as the case may be determined each year on the first day of January or as soon there after as may be practicable according to the provisions of Appendix A.. The strength so determined shall remain in force till it is revised, (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub section (1), Government may appoint a member of the service to an ex-cadre post not included in the Service in accordance with the provisions of this Act , provided such post has been sanctioned, ationality and domicile ndidat 4, (1) No person shall be appointed to the Service unless he is, (a) a citizen of India ; or (b) a subject of Sikkim ; or (c) a subject of Nepal ; or (d) a subject of Bhutan ;or a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the Ist day of January, 1962, with the intention of pe Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (c), (d), (e) and (f) shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been given by the competent authority and if he belongs to category (f) the certificate of eligibility will be issued for a period of one year, after which such a candidate will be retained in Service subject to his having acquired Indian citizenship (2) A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to an examination or interview conducted by the Commission or ny other recruiting authority on his furnishing proof that he has applied for the certificate and he may also provisionally be appointed subject to the necessary certificate being given to him by the competent authority. (e) Recruitment permanently settling in India ; (f) a person of India origin who has migrated from Pakistan with the intention of permanently settling in India; Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (c), (d), (e) and (f) shall be = person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been given by the competent authority and if he belongs to category (f) the certificate of eligibility will be issued for a period of one year, after which such a candidate will be retained in service subject to his having acquired Indian citizenship. : (2) A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to an examination or interview conducted by the Commission or any other recruiting authority on his furnishing proof that he has applied for the certificate and he may also provisionally be appointed subject to the necessary certificate being given to him by the competent authority. Recruitment to Service 5 (1) Recruitment to the Service shall be made by Government by any one or more of the following methods;- (a) by direct appointment ; (b) by transfer of an officer already in the Service of a Government, or of the Union ; or (c) by promotion from Class II Service, f (2) Recruitment of the Service shall be so regulated that the number of posts filled by promotion from Class II Service shall not exceed 50% of the strength of Service excluding the posts of Assistant Executive Engineers: Provided that, if adequate number of Assistant Executive Engineers who are eligible and fit for promotion are not available, the posts in Service even beyond 50% shall be filled up by promotion of members of Class II Service or by transfer as may be decided by Government: Provided further that in case of Irrigation Branch for the first eight years commencing from Ist day of November, 1966, for the word 50% the word 75% be read. (3) In the case of persons who were members of the Service on the commencement of this Act it shall be assumed that the number recruited by promotion from Class II Service is in accordance with the _ provisions of sub-section (2) of Section5, and future recruitment shall be based on this assumption. em (4) All first direct appointments to the Service shall be made to the post of Assistant Executive Engineers: Provided that a direct appointment May, in exceptional circumstances, for reasons to be recorded in writing, be made to the post of Executive Engineer, (5) An officer promoted from Class II Service shall be appointed to the post of Executive Engineer. (6) Appointment by transfer of an officer will normally be made to the rank of Executive. (7) That in exceptional circumstances , for reasons to be recorded in writing, Government will have the power to alter the percentage specified in sub-section (2) of this section. Qualifications