TWO YEARS OF PROBATION HAS BEEN CONSIDERED MAXIMUM PERIOD OF AN EMPLOYEE'S POTENTIALITIES FOR A HIGHER SERVICE, THEREFORE, THOSE PROMOTED AS WELL AS THE FRESH ENTRANTS TO A SERVICE SHOULD BE KEPT ON PROBATION

After formal selection for a post and before confirmation there in 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 the basis. As for the categories of officers to be kept on probation is concerned, here in since performance in a lower service can only indicate an employees potential 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. 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 Personnel and the Administrative reforms. While the normal probation may be extended in suitable cases, it is not desirable that an employee should be kept on probation for years as happens occasionally at present. Therefore save the 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. The decision whether an employee should be confirmed or his probation extended should be taken soon after the expiry of the initial probationary period, that is, ordinarily within six to eight weeks, and communicated to the employee together with the reasons in case of extension, however, reversion of a government servant appointed on probation to any other post to his permanent service grade or post, or termination of the services of a government servant appointed on probation, during or at the end of the period of probation in accordance with the terms of his appointment or the rules and orders governing such probation, does not amount to a penalty with in the meanings of rule 11 of the CCS(CC&A) Rules, 1965, as per explanation (V) and (VIII) (a) below Rule 11 of the CCS &A) Rules, 1965.) :-- Er Fateh chand Guleria, Director, RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal pradesh phone number, 9459334377