The period of probation is prescribed for different posts/ services in Central Government on the following lines:
Probation Period for Various Central Government Posts and Grades
S. No |
Method of Appointment |
Period of Probation |
PROMOTION | ||
1 |
Promotion from one
grade to another but within the same group of posts e.g. from Group 'C' to
Group 'C' |
No probation |
2 |
Promotion from one Group to another e.g.
Group 'B' to Group 'A' |
The period of
probation prescribed for the direct recruitment to the higher post. If no
period is prescribed, then it should be 2 years. |
DIRECT
RECRUITMENT | ||
3 |
(i) For direct
recruitment to posts except clause (ii) below
(ii) For direct
recruitment to posts carrying a Grade Pay of Rs. 7600 or above or to the
posts to which the maximum age limit is 35 years or above and where no
training is involved
Note: Training
includes 'on the job' or 'Institution training' |
2 years
1 year |
4 |
Officers
re-employed before the age of superannuation |
2 years |
5 |
Appointment on
contract basis, tenure basis, re-employment after superannuation and
absorption |
No probation. |
(A) DIRECT RECRUITMENT TO ANOTHER POST IN SAME OR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT
If a Government servant is appointed to another post by direct recruitment either in the same department or a different department, it may be necessary to consider him for confirmation in the new post in which he has been appointed by direct recruitment irrespective of the fact that the officer was holding the earlier post on a substantive basis.
Further confirmation in the new entry grade becomes necessary because the new post may not be in the same line or discipline as the old post in which he has been confirmed and the fact that he was considered suitable for continuance in the old post (which was the basis for his confirmation in that post) would not automatically make him suitable for continuance or confirmation in the new post,, the job requirements of which may be quite different from those of the old post.
(B) PROMOTION
(i) Persons who are inducted into a new service through promotion shall also be placed on probation. There shall be no probation on promotion from one grade to another but within the same group of posts, except when the promotion involves a change in the Group of posts in the same service, e.g., promotion from Group ‘B’ to Group ‘A’ in which case the probation would be for the prescribed period.
(ii) Consequent upon the decision of delinking confirmation from the availability of permanent posts it was also decided that if the recruitment rules do not prescribe any probation, an officer appointed/promoted on regular basis (after following the prescribed DPC procedure, etc.) will have all the benefits that a person confirmed in that grade would have.
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