The Indian Foreign Service (Recruitment, Cadre, Seniority and Promotion), Rules, 1961
19. Eligibility for Confirmation:-
(1) No officer of Grade I of the General Cadre of the Indian Service Branch ‘B’ (or of the Indian Information Services) shall be eligible for confirmation in the senior scale of the Service unless he has to the satisfaction of the Central Government, passed the prescribed examination or test in the compulsory language allotted to him.
(2) The Central Government may exempt from the operation of sub-rule (1) any officer who has, prior to the date of promotion to the Service, attained the age of forty five (45) years.
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