The Indian Foreign Service (Recruitment, Cadre, Seniority and Promotion), Rules, 1961
15. Seniority :-
(1) Officers already appointed to the Service before the commencement of these rules shall retain their seniority as in the Gradation List in force immediately before such commencement.
(2) The year of allotment of an officer recruited to the Service on the results of an open competitive examination held by the Commission, whether before or after such commencement, shall be the year, following the year in which the said examination was held.
(3) The inter se seniority of officers recruited to the Service on any one occasion in accordance with rule 14 shall be in accordance with merit list compiled by the Commission.
(4) When an officer is promoted to the senior scale of the service in accordance with sub-rule 2 or 4 * of rule 13, he shall be given a year of allotment as follows :-
(i) If he is promoted from Grade I of the Indian Foreign Service Branch ‘B’ one corresponding to a date three years prior to the date from which he was continuously holding a post in Grade I of the Indian Foreign Service Branch ‘B’ or an equivalent or a higher post;
**(ii) If he is promoted from the Indian Information Service- on corresponding to a date from which he was continuously holding a post in the Indian Information Service in a capacity not lower than that of an Information Officer :
Provided that clauses (i) and (ii) shall not so apply as to make any promoted officer senior to any other officer promoted under sub-rule (2) or sub-rule (4) of rule 13 on an earlier occasion, and in the event that this occurs, the year of allotment shall be increased to that of the lower officer in the Gradation List promoted under sub-rule (2) or as the case may be of sub-rule (4) or rule 13:
Provided further that the year of allotment so determined shall not be earlier than the year, 8 years preceding the date of actual promotion.
(5) As between direct recruits and promotees inter se seniority shall depend on the year of allotment. When the year is the same, it shall depend on the date of appointment in the year on which the year of allotment is based. When the date of appointment is the same, the direct recruit or recruits shall be senior.
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* No longer applicable vide second proviso to para 13(4, ibid.
** No longer applicable vide second proviso to para 13(4),ibid.
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