1. Instructions have been issued under Board’s letter No. E[NG]I-2006/PM1/5 dated 21.03.2006 [RBE No. 34/2006], whereby, in partial modification of instructions issued under Board’s letter No. E[NG]I-96/PM4/14 dated 17.04.1997, it has been decided that in case of persons transferred on request basis to a new unit in the same category of posts, and assigned bottom seniority therein, the service rendered by them in the previous unit may be reckoned for determining their eligibility wherever a minimum length of service is prescribed as a condition, for promotion in the new unit, subject to the condition that the length of service which is so allowed to be counted does not exceed the length of service of their immediate senior in the new unit.
2. In this regard, it is hereby clarified that the above instructions are applicable for reckoning the minimum qualifying service of Group ‘C’ employees, in case of own request transfer to a new unit in the same category of posts, for determining their eligibility for promotion to Group ‘B’ posts also.