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Reduction of full members: (a) If the full member of any service, or category is substantively reduced to a lower service or category, he/she shall be deemed to be a full member of the latter and the permanent cadre thereof shall, if there is no vacancy in which he/she could be absorbed, be deemed to be increased by one: Provided that against every such addition, an officiating or temporary vacancy, it any, in such lower service, or category, shall be kept unfilled and such addition shall be absorbed in the first permanent vacancy that subsequently arises in such lower service, or category as the case may be. (b) Appointment in place of members dismissed, removed, compulsorily retired or reduced:- Where a person has been dismissed, removed, compulsory retired or substantively reduced from any service, class or category, no vacancy caused thereby or arising subsequently in such service, or category, shall be substantively filled to the prejudice of such person until the expiry of a period of one year from the date of such dismissal, removal, compulsory retirement or reduction or until the appeal, if any, preferred by him/her against such dismissal, removal, compulsory retirement or reduction is decided, whichever is later.