Section 29State of Tamilnadu- Act Act
Section 29: Service in a different service counting for probation
Service in a different service counting for probation.
(1)
A probationer in a service or a class or category of service shall be eligible to count for probation, his service, if any, performed otherwise than in a substantive capacity on regular appointment to another service in accordance with the rules if the normal method of recruitment to the latter service is, according to the rules, by transfer from the former service or the class or category thereof, as the case may be.(2)
A probationer in any category of a service or class of a service shall be eligible to count for probation, his service, if any, performed otherwise than in substantive capacity on regular appointment to a higher category of the same service or class of service, as the case may be:Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall be construed as authorising the promotion of a probationer in a category to a higher category in contravention of section 41.(3)
A probationer in one service who is appointed temporarily to another service, under sub-section (1) or sub-section (4) of section 17 shall be entitled to count towards his probation in the former service the period of duty performed by him in the latter service during which he would have held a post in the former service but for such temporary appointment.(4)
A probationer in any category of a service who is promoted temporarily under the provisions of section 47 to a higher category in the same service shall be entitled to count towards his probation, if any, in the former category the period of duty performed by him in the latter category during which he would have held a post in the former category but for such temporary promotion.(5)
The period of military duty of a probationer shall count towards his probation in the post held by him prior to his joining military duty; it shall also count towards his probation in the post to which he may be appointed under section 12.(6)
A probationer in a category or class of a service who is or has been deputed to foreign service shall be entitled to count towards his probation in that particular category or class of the former service, the period of duty performed by him under foreign service during which he would have held a post in the former service:Provided that the scale of pay or pay band applicable to the post in foreign service is either equal or higher than that applicable to the post in the parent department and that the duties and responsibilities of the posts are comparable.Previous
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