IN CASE OF SPECIAL REASONS PRESCRIBING A LONGER OR SHORTER PERIOD A SUITABLE PERIOD MAY BE FIXED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS.

PROBATION AND IT'S OBJECT :-- After formal selection for a post and before the confirmation therein there should be specified period of probation during which the work of the officer could be carefully watched , and his suitability for confirmation decided on that basis. Since performance in a lower service can only indicate an employee's potentialities for a higher service ,it is necessary that his suitability should be judged before he is confirmed in the higher service . Therefore,those promoted as well as the fresh entrants to a service should be kept on probation.The controlling authority may, however, have the discretion to count any period of successful officiation in the service as probationary period . PERIOD OF PROBATION --It would be desirable to have uniformity as regards the period of probation in different services, and the period of probation should normally be two years .But where there are any special reasons for prescribing a longer or shorter period a suitable period may be fixed in consultation with the Department of the Personnel and Administrative Reforms. As for as the extension of period of probation is concerned, while the normal probation may be extended in suitable cases , it is not desirable that an employee should be kept on probation for years.Therefore , save for exceptional reasons probation should not be extended for more than a year , and no employee should be kept on probation for more than double the normal period.