Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
No person shall be appointed to the Service unless he,- (a) In case of appointment by direct recruitment possesses one of the University degree or other qualifications as specified in Appendix B of this Act: (b) In the case of an appointment by promotion from Class II Service, has, in addition to the qualifications provided in clause (a), eight years completed Service and has passed the departmental examination of Class II Service: Provided that the Government may waive the requirement of qualifications mentioned in clause (a), for appointment to the Service by promotion from Class II Service, in the case of particular officer: Provided further that the Government may relax the eight years Service in the.case of an officer who has completed 5 years Service and in such a case the Officer shall earn the first increment as an Executive Engineer on the completion of 9 years service. Explanation- For the purpose of computing 8 years Service, in the Service in Class II, as well as in Class I shall be counted: Provided further that no officer of Class II Service working on the Civil side in Buildings and Roads Branch shall be eligible for promotion to Class I Service, unless he has , served for a total minimum period of 2 years on a post related to design or planning or research or survey and investigation or teaching or training or purely office posting whether in Head Office or in Circle Office or Research Laboratory under the Haryana Government or while on deputation under any authority: (c) Is a person with a satisfactory character and antecedents, verification in respect of which shall be arranged through appropriate Government agency, except in cases where such verifications may have already been made at the time of his entry into Government Service: (d) Has not more than one wife living or , in the case of a woman, is not married to a person already having a wife living: Provided that Government may if satisfied that there are special grounds for doing so, exempt any person from the operation of this condition. 7, (1) The minimum and maximum age for direct appointment shall be such as may be notified by Government from time to time. (2) The selection of candidates shall be made by the Commission, after holding a competitive examination, the syllabus for which shall be such as may be prescribed by Government from time to time. Provided that a candidate shall not be considered qualified for appointment, unless he obtains not less than forty percent marks in each subject and also not less than fifty percent marks in the aggregate, and no candidate who does not obtain the qualifying marks shall be called for interview by the Commission. (3) Appointments to the Service shall be made according to the number of vacancies to be filled by direct appointment strictly in the order of morit indicated by the Commission. Explanations:- When so requested by Government, the Commission may hold a comb.ned Competitive examination for selection to the Service as well as to any other Engineering Service or Services of the State and in such an event appointments shall be made in order of merit indicated by the Commission , after allowing persons that are appointed to another Service. Appointment by Promotion