Bihar Engineering Service Rules, 1939

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    "title": "Bihar Engineering Service Rules, 1939",
    "short_title": "Bihar Engineering Service Rules, 1939",
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    "act_year": 1939,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
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    "description": "Bihar Engineering Service Rules, 1939",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"the service\" means the Bihar Engineering Service, Class-I;\n(b) \"member of the Service\" means a Government servant appointed to a post in the cadre of the service, but does not include a member of the Indian Service of Engineers;\n(c) \"direct recruitment\" means recruitment in the manner prescribed in Rules 9 to 16 of these Rules;\n(d) \"inferior post\" means any post in the service other than a superior post;\n(e) \"promoted officer\" means an officer promoted to the Service from the Bihar Engineering Service, Class II, either substantively or on officiating basis;\n(f) \"superior post\" means the post of Chief Engineer, Deputy Chief Engineer, Superintending Engineer, Executive Engineer, Undersecretary to the Provincial Government in the Public Works Department and such other posts as may be specially classed as superior by the Governor;\n(g) \"the commission\" means the Public Service Commission, Bihar.\nPart II\nCadre",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Strength of cadre.",
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            "content": "Permanent.\nTemporary.\nChief Engineer\n1\n...\nDeputy Chief Engineer\n...\n1\nSuperintending Engineers\n4\n6\nExecutive Engineers including Under-Secretary.\n21\n17\nTotal\n26\n24\n(a) the Governor may leave unfilled or hold in abeyance post, without thereby entitling any member of the service to compensation, and may increase or decrease the cadre by creating or reducing permanent or temporary posts from time to time, as may be found necessary; and\n(b) the number of members of the Service shall not at any time exceed the difference between the number of posts sanctioned for the time being and the sum total of the number of officers of the Indian Service of Engineers borne on the provincial cadre for the time being holding such posts plus the number of officers appointed against any such posts held in abeyance.\nPart III\nRecruitment",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Sources of recruitment.",
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            "content": "(i) by direct recruitment; and\n(ii) by promotion from the Bihar Engineering Service, Class II. Not less than one-third of the total number of superior posts shall be filled by promotion, provided that when no officer in the service who is fit to hold charge of a division is available, the proportion of superior posts filled by promotion may temporarily exceed one-third of the total number of superior posts :\n5.\nPart IV\nQualification",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Nationality and domiciles.",
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            "content": "(a) a citizen of the Indian Union;\n(b) of good character;\n(i) preference shall be given to candidates who are natives of the State of Bihar or whose parents are permanently domiciled therein according to such definition of domicile as may be laid down by the Governor from time to time;\n(ii) as between two or more candidates of the class referred to in proviso (i) who are graduates of Indian Engineering Colleges, preference shall be given to candidates who are graduates of the Bihar College of Engineering;\n(iii) if a candidate claims to be eligible by domicile, he shall produce a certificate of domicile in Bihar from the District Officer of the district in which he claims to be domiciled and shall attach it to his application.",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Age.",
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            "content": "Explanation.\n(i) \"Scheduled castes\" shall have the same meaning as in the Constitution of India;\n(ii) \"Backward tribes\" shall have the same meaning as in the Constitution of India\nNote. - Persons who hold posts in Government service in a temporary or officiating capacity on probation are eligible to apply for direct appointment, provided that they are within the age limits prescribed in this Rule. Persons who have been confirmed in Government service are not eligible except that members of the Bihar Engineering Service, Class II are eligible for appointment by promotion in accordance with Rules 17 and 18 of those Rules.\nNote.",
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            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Technical qualifications.",
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            "content": "Part V\nProcedure for Direct Recruitment",
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            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Procedure for direct recruitment.",
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            "content": "10.\nNote. - The prescribed form and a copy of these Rules are obtainable from the Secretary to the Commission.\nNote.\n(b) The application shall be accompanied by a Treasury Challan of Rs. 10 as application fee, which will in no circumstances be refunded. When the fee has been paid on a first application no fee will be payable on a subsequent application for the Service.\n(c) With his application a candidate must submit-\n(i) evidence that he holds one of the educational qualifications referred to in Rule 8 :\n(ii) certificates of character and conduct from the heads of all the colleges at which he has studied since he passed the Matriculation Examination;\n(iii) evidence, in the form of an acknowledgement from the District Officer of the district in which he ordinarily resides or in which he claims to be domiciled, that he has, not later than fourteen days before the date fixed under Rule 10(2), requested that officer to report to the Commission before the said date whether his character and antecedents are such as to render him suitable for appointment to the Service;\nNote. - A candidate shall, when requesting the District Officer to furnish a report to the Commission on his character and antecedents under sub-clause (iii) of clause (c), furnish as reference the names of two persons who know him in private life and are not relatives. Such references should not include College professors or principals unless they know the candidate at his home. A candidate must not file written testimonials.\nNote.\n(iv) evidence of age, which shall ordinarily be the original Matriculation certificate or its equivalent in original; and\n(v) if he claims to be eligible for appointment under proviso (iii) of Rule 6, a certificate of domicile granted by the District Officer of the district in which he claims to be domiciled;\n(vi) a certificate of health and physical fitness from a registered medical practitioner in the prescribed form.\nNote. - The certificates and other documents required to be sent by a candidate shall be submitted in original. If any certificate or other document required cannot for any reason be submitted in original, a true copy of it may be sent, but in that case the copy should bear a certificate from a gazetted officer stating (a) that he has been the original and that the copy is a true copy and (b) the reasons why the original cannot be sent with the application.\nNote.\n11.\n12.\n13.\n14.\n15.\n16.\n(b) Every candidate so selected shall be examined by a medical board. A candidate who fails to satisfy the medical board shall not be appointed.",
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            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Procedure for recruitment by promotion.",
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            "content": "(b) The Chief Engineer shall submit the list of such candidates to the Governor who will direct such list to be sent to the Commission with all relevant papers including those for any officers whose supersession is proposed. After examination of the papers, the Commission shall submit their recommendations to the Governor.\n18.\nPart VI\nTraining and Probation",
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            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Period of Probation.",
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            "content": "(ii) An officer whose services are dispensed with or who is reverted under clause (i) shall not be entitled to any compensation.",
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            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Confirmation.",
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            "content": "(a) he has completed the prescribed period of probation;\n(b) he has passed the prescribed professional and departmental examination:\n(c) the Governor is satisfied that he is fit for confirmation.\n(ii) All confirmations under this Rule will be notified in the Bihar Gazette.\nPart VII\nPay",
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            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Scale of pay.",
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            "content": "£ Substituted for Rs. 325-985\n* Substituted for Rs. 730-1250.\n† Substituted for Rs. 1200-1700.\n†† Substituted for Rs. 1850-2250\n** Substituted for Rs. 325-985 All vide Replacement Scales.\nNote. - Officers of the Indian Service of Engineers holding posts in the service will draw pay at the rates sanctioned for the Indian Service of Engineers in the Superior Service Rules, 1924, as amended from time to time by the Secretary of State.\nNote.\n(b) Pay in the senior scale shall only be drawn by a person who holds a superior post either substantively or as an officiating measure; a holder of an inferior post shall draw pay in the Junior scale.",
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            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Date from which pay and service for increments will commence.",
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            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Promotion to Executive Engineer's grade.",
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            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Promotion to administrative grade.",
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        {
            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Special pay for Under-Secretary to Government.",
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            "content": "26.",
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            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Seniority.",
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            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Leave pensions, etc.",
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            "number": "29",
            "title": "29. Special provisions.",
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            "content": "30.\n(i) Chief Engineer;\n(ii) Deputy Chief Engineer;\n(iii) Superintending Engineer;\n(iv) Under-Secretary to Government:\nAnnexure\nAnnexure\nList of Engineering degrees from Universities of the United Kingdom and examination which will be accepted by the Government of Bihar as qualifying for appointment to the B. E. S.\nClass I, ( vide Rule 8)\n(1) Engineering Degrees.\nOxford\n...\n...\nB.A. with Honours in the Engineering Science. Final Honours\n\t\t\t\tSchool.\nCambridge\n...\n...\nB.A. with Honours in Mechanical Science Tripos.\nSt. Andrews\n...\n...\nB.Sc. in Engineering.\nGlassgow\n...\n...\nB.Sc. in Engineering.\nEdinburgh\n...\n...\nB.Sc. in engineering.\nDublin\n...\n...\nB.A I (ordinary or with Honours in Engineering).\nDurham\n...\n...\nB.Sc. in Civil or Mechanical Engineering or in Naval\n\t\t\t\tArchitecture (Honours or ordinary degree).\nLondon\n...\n...\nB.Sc. (internal degree) in Engineering, ordinary or with\n\t\t\t\tHonours (not including the B.Sc. in Engineering (Metallurgy). The\n\t\t\t\texternal degrees is also accepted to the same extent provided it\n\t\t\t\tis recognized by the Institution of Civil Engineers as exempting\n\t\t\t\tfrom Section A and B of the A.M.I.C.E. Examination.\nVictoria University (Manchester)\n...\nB.Sc. with Honours in Engineering, B.Sc., Technical in\n\t\t\t\tMechanical or Electrical Engineering (Honours division in the\n\t\t\t\tfinal Examination).\nBirmingham\n...\n...\nB.Sc. in Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering (Honours\n\t\t\t\tor ordinary degrees).\nLiverpool\n...\n...\nB.Sc. Engineering in Civil, Mechanical or Electrical\n\t\t\t\tEngineering or Naval Architecture (Honours or ordinary degrees).\nLeeds\n...\n...\nB.Sc. in Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering (Honours\n\t\t\t\tor ordinary degree).\nSheffield\n...\n...\nB.Sc. Engineering in Civil, Mechanical or Electrical\n\t\t\t\tEngineering (Honours degree or ordinary degree) with a first\n\t\t\t\tclass in the final examination.\nBristol\n...\n...\nB.Sc. in Civil or Mechanical Engineering (Honours or ordinary\n\t\t\t\tdegree).\nUniversity of Wales\n...\n...\nB.Sc. (in Civil Mechanical or Electrical Engineering).\nNational University of Ireland\n...\nB.E.\nQueen's University, Belfast\n...\nB.Sc. in Engineering.\nNote. - The above degrees will be accepted only if taken after three years' study and the passing of the regular examination in the several Universities. The rule requiring three years' study will not, however, apply to Indians, who having taken an Indian Degree which exempts them from part of the University course shall have taken one of the above degrees in less than 3 years in accordance with the regulations of the University concerned.\nNote.\nClass II\nClass II\nPart I\n(i) by direct recruitment in accordance with the rules in Part II,\nor\n(ii) by the promotion or transfer of officer already in Government service, permanent or temporary, in accordance with the rules in Part III.\nPart II\n(a) be of an age not below twenty-three years and not exceeding twenty five years on the first day of August in the year in which applications are invited:\n(b) be of good character;\n(c) be of sound health, good physique and active habits and free from organic defects or bodily infirmity; and\n(d) (i) hold a degree in Civil engineering from an Indian University or University or a diploma in Civil Engineering from an Indian Engineering College; or\n(ii) be an Associate Member of the Institution of Engineers, India or have passed Section 'A' and 'B' of the Associate Membership Examination of the Institution of Engineers (India) or possess any other educational qualifications recognised by the Institution of Engineers (India) as being equivalent to a pass in Sections 'A' and 'B' of the Associate Membership Examination; or\n(iii) hold a University degree or a diploma from a Civil Engineering College in the United Kingdom or be an Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.\nNote. - Person who hold posts in Government service in a temporary or officiating capacity or on probation are eligible to apply for direct appointment subject to the provisions of this Rule.\nNote.\n(i) members of the Subordinate Engineering Service and (ii) members of other services, possessing qualification specified in clause (d) are eligible for appointment by promotion or by transfer in accordance with procedure laid down in Part III of these Rules.\n(b) The application shall be accompanied by a Treasury Challan for Rs. 5 as application fee, which will not be refunded. When the fee has been paid on a first application no fee shall be payable on a subsequent application for the Service. The fee of Rs. 5 shall be credited to the Government of Bihar under the head \"*XXI-Miscellaneous-Miscellaneous Department (Provincial)-Examination Fees-Fees realised by the Public Service Commission\".\n* Substituted for old XXXVI.\n(c) With his application a candidate must submit true copies duly attested by a Gazetted Officer-\n(i) of an evidence that he holds one of the educational qualifications referred to in clause (d) of Rule 4;\n(ii) of certificate of character and conduct from the heads of all the colleges at which he has studied since he passed the Matriculation Examination;\n(iii) of an evidence, in the form of an acknowledgement form the District Officer of the district in which he ordinarily resides, or in which he claims to be domiciled that he has not later than 14 days before the date fixed under clause (a), requested that officer to report to the Commission before the said date whether his character and antecedents are such as to render him suitable for appointment to the service for which he is a candidate;\nNote. - While requesting the District Officer to furnish a report to the Commission on his character and antecedents, a candidate should furnish as references the name of the two persons who know him in private life and are not near relatives. A candidate must not file written testimonials and the reference furnished by him should not include College Professors or Principals unless they know candidate at home.\nNote.\n(iv) a certificate of health and fitness from a registered medical practitioner, in the prescribed form;\nNote - Form of the certificates of health and fitness may be obtained from the Secretary to the Commission.\nNote\n(v) evidence of age which should ordinarily be the true and attested copy of the Matriculation certificate or its equivalent.\n(b) Every candidate so selected, shall be examined by a Medical Board. A candidate, who fails to satisfy the Board shall not be appointed.\nPart III\nPromotion of officers already in Government service.\n(b) The Chief Engineer shall send all papers relating to the candidates nominated by him direct to the Commission together with relevant papers of any Officer whose supersession is proposed and shall at the same time submit list of such candidates to the Governor.\nGeneral\nGeneral\nPart I\n(i) by direct recruitment in accordance with the Rules in Part II,\nor\n(ii) by the promotion or transfer of officers already in Government service, permanent or temporary, in accordance with the Rules in Part III.\nPart II\n(a) be of an age not below twenty-three years and not exceeding twenty-five years on the first day of August, in the year in which applications are invited provided that if he satisfies the Commission that he requires no further practical training in Engineering he may be of an age not exceeding twenty-six years on that date:\nExplanation.\n(b) be of good character;\n(c) be of sound health, good physique and active habits and free from organic defects or bodily infirmity; and\n(d) [i] hold a degree in Civil Engineering from an Indian University or a diploma in Civil Engineering from an Indian Engineering College; or\n[ii] be an Associate Member of the Institution of Engineers, India, or have passed Section 'A' and 'B' of the Associate Membership Examination of the Institution of Engineers (India) or posses any other educational qualifications recognized by the Institution of Engineers (India) as being equivalent to a pass in Sections 'A' and 'B' of the Associate Membership Examination; or,\n[iiii] hold a degree or a diploma from a Civil Engineering College in the United Kingdom; or\n[iv] hold one of the qualification enumerated in Annexure to these Rules.\n(i) member of the Subordinate Engineering service and (ii) members of other services, possessing qualifications specified in clause (d), are eligible for appointment by promotion or by transfer in accordance with the procedure laid down in Part III of these Rules.\nNote. - the prescribed form and a copy of these Rules are obtainable from the Secretary to the Commission.\nNote.\n(b) The application shall be accompanied by a Treasury Challan for Rs. 5 as application fee, which will not be refunded. When the fee has been paid on a first application no fee shall be payable on a subsequent application for the Service. The fee of Rs. 5 shall be credited to the Government of Bihar under the head \"XXI-Miscellaneous Departments (Provincial)-Examination Fees-Fees realised by the Public Service Commission\".\n(c) With his application a candidate must submit-\n[i] evidence that he holds one of the educational qualification referred to in clause (d) of Rule 4;\n[ii] certificates of character and conduct from the heads of all the college at which he has studied since he passed the Matriculation Examination;\n[iii] evidence in the form of an acknowledgement from the District Officer of the district in which he ordinarily resides, or in which he claims to be domiciled, that he has, not later than 14 days before the date fixed under clause (a), requested that officer to report to the Commission before the said date whether his character and antecedents are such as to render him suitable for appointment to the service for which he is a candidate;\nNote. - While requesting the District Officer to furnish a report to the Commission his character an antecedents a candidate should furnish as references the names of two persons who know him in private life and are not near relatives. A candidate must not file written testimonials and the reference furnished by him should not include College Professors or Principals unless they know the candidate at home.\nNote.\n[iv] a certificate of health and fitness from a registered medical practitioner, in the prescribed form;\nNote. - Forms of the certificate of health and fitness may be obtained from the Secretary to the Commission.\nNote.\n[v] evidence of age, which should ordinarily be the original Matriculation Certificate;\n[vi] if he claims to be eligible for appointment under clause (b) of Rule 3, a certificate of domicile granted by the District Officer of the district in which he claims to be domiciled;\n[vii] if he claims to be eligible for appointment under clause (c) of Rule 3, evidence to show that he is so qualified; and\n[viii] the certificate and other documents required should ordinarily be submitted in original. If any certificate or other document required cannot for any reason by submitted in original, a true copy of it may be sent but in that case the copy should bear a certificate from a Gazetted Officer stating (a) that he has seen the original and that the copy is a true copy and 9(b) the reason why the original cannot be sent with the application.\n(b) Every candidate so selected shall be examined by a Medical Board. A candidate who fails to satisfy the Board shall not be appointed.\nPart III\nPromotion of Officers already in Government service.\n(b) The Chief Engineer shall send all papers relating to the candidates nominated by him direct to the Commission together with relevant papers of any officer whose supersession is proposed and shall at the same time submit a list of such candidates to the Governor.\nGeneral\nGeneral\nAnnexure\nAnnexure\n[See Rule 4(d) (iv).]\nList of Qualification.\nList of Qualification.\n(a) The B.A. degree (final Honours School) in Engineering Science of the University of Oxford.\n(b) The B.Sc. degree in Engineering of the University of Glassgow.\n(c) The B.Sc. degree in Engineering of the University of Edinburgh.\n(d) The B.Sc. degree in Engineering of the University of London (either the ordinary or Honours degree for internal students), not the B.Sc. degree in Engineering (Mining) nor the B.Sc. degree in Engineering (Metallurgy).\n(e) The B.Sc. degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering of the University of Bristol (Ordinary or Honours degree).\nRules to regulate the method of recruitment to the Bihar Electrical Engineering Service, Class II\nRules to regulate the method of recruitment to the Bihar Electrical Engineering Service, Class II\nClass II\nClass II\nPart I\n(i) by direct recruitment in accordance with the Rules in Part II; or\n(ii) by the promotion of officers already in Government service permanent or temporary in accordance with the Rules in Part III.\nPart II\nDirect appointment.\n(a) be under twenty-eight years of age on the first day of August, in the year in which his application is made:\n(b) be of good character;\n(c) be of sound health, good physique and active habits and free from organic defects or bodily infirmity; and\n(d) [i] holds a degree in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from an Indian University or a diploma in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from an Indian Engineering College;\n[ii] holds a degree or diploma from an Electrical Engineering College in the United Kingdom; or\n[iii] holds one of the qualifications enumerated in Annexure I to these Rules;\n[iv] 'have had three years' practical experience or training in Electrical Engineering with a Company or firm of repute.\n(b) The application shall be accompanied by a Treasury challan for Rs. 10 as application fee, which will not be refunded. When the fee has been paid on a first application, no fee will be payable on a subsequent application for the service.\n(c) With his application a candidate must submit-\n[i] evidence that he holds one of the educational qualifications referred to in clause (d) of Rule 4;\n[ii] certificate of character and conduct from the heads of all the Colleges at which he has studied since he passed the Matriculation Examination;\n[iii] a report from the District Officer of the District in which he ordinarily resides, or in which he claims to be domiciled, whether his character and antecedents are such as to render him suitable for appointment to the service;\n[iv] a certificate of health and fitness from a registered medical practitioner;\n[v] evidence of age which should ordinarily be the original Matriculation Certificate; and\n[vi] the certificate and other documents required should ordinarily be submitted in original. If any certificate or other document required cannot for any reason be submitted in original, a true copy of it may be sent, but in that case the copy should bear a certificate from a Gazetted Officer stating (a) that he has seen the original and that the copy is a true copy, and (b) the reason why the original cannot be sent with the application.\n(b) In submitting a report in accordance with clause (a) of this Rule, the Commission shall state in the case of each candidate who has not been selected by them under Rule 8-\n(i) whether the candidate is in their opinion fit for appointment to the service; and\n(ii) to what extent he is inferior to the candidates selected under Rule 8.\n(b) Every candidate so selected shall be examined by a Medical Board. A candidate who fails to satisfy the Board shall not be appointed.\nPart III\nPromotion of officers already in Government service.\n(b) The Chief Engineer shall send all papers relating to the candidates nominated by him direct to the Commission and shall at the same time submit a list of such candidates to the Governor.\nGeneral\nGeneral\nAnnexure I\nAnnexure I\nList of examinations which will be accepted by the Governor as qualifying of appointment to the Bihar Electrical Engineering Service, referred to in Rule 4(d).\n(a) The City and Guilds College, Kensington.\n(b) University College, London.\n(c) Kings College, London.\n(d) The City and Guilds of London Institute.\n(e) The Technical College, Finsbury.\n(f) The Royan Technical College, Glassgow.\n(g) The Heriot Watt College, Glassgow.\n(h) The University of Scheffiled.\nAnnexure II\nAnnexure II\nCommon Application Form\n1.\nName of candidate in full in block capitals.\n2.\nAddress in full (any change of address should at\n\t\t\t\tonce be reported to the Secretary to the Public Service\n\t\t\t\tCommission, Bihar, Patna.)\n3.\nDate of birth. (On this point evidence must be\n\t\t\t\tproduced in original. A Matriculation or High School or Cambridge\n\t\t\t\tCertificate, or a certificate of baptism, will ordinarily be\n\t\t\t\taccepted, if it contains a record of age).\n4.\nPlace of birth and the province or State in\n\t\t\t\twhich it is situated.\n5.\nNationality at birth (whether a British subject\n\t\t\t\tor a subject of an Indian State).\n6.\nFather’s name and present or former\n\t\t\t\toccupation or profession. Father's address, if he is still alive.\n7.\nFather's place of birth and the Province or\n\t\t\t\tState in which it is situated.\n8.\nFather's nationality at birth (whether a British\n\t\t\t\tsubject or a subject of an Indian State).\n9.\nPeriod (if any) during which the candidate has\n\t\t\t\tlived in the Province in which he seeks an appointment. (A\n\t\t\t\tcandidate who is not a native of the Province but who claims to\n\t\t\t\tbe domiciled therein, must produce in original a certificate in\n\t\t\t\tsupport of his claim from the District Officer of the district in\n\t\t\t\twhich he claims to be domiciled).\n10.\nReligion and caste (or race)\n11.\n(a) Home district\n(b) Candidate's mother-tongue\n(c) What other vernaculars (if any) he can read\n\t\t\t\tand write fluently-\n12.\nSchools and Colleges at which educated-\nSerial No. Name of school or college. Date of joining. Date of leaving. 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5\nSerial No.\nName of school or college.\nDate of joining.\nDate of leaving.\n1\n2\n3\n4\n1 2 3 4 5\n13.\nScholarship won (if any)...\n14.\nDates of passing and class obtained-\nYear. Class or Division of pass. Subject, if any, in which Honours were obtained. (i) the Matriculation, High School or Cambridge School,\n\t\t\t\tCertificate Examination. (Strike out the alternatives which do\n\t\t\t\tnot apply); (ii) the Intermediate Examination; (iii) the B.A. or B.Sc. Examination; (iv) Post-graduate Examination passed.\nYear.\nClass or Division of pass.\nSubject, if any, in which Honours were obtained.\n(i)\nthe Matriculation, High School or Cambridge School,\n\t\t\t\tCertificate Examination. (Strike out the alternatives which do\n\t\t\t\tnot apply);\n(ii)\nthe Intermediate Examination;\n(iii)\nthe B.A. or B.Sc. Examination;\n(iv)\nPost-graduate Examination passed.\n15.\nAny positions of authority held or distinctions\n\t\t\t\t(other than scholarships) gained at school or college, e.g. in\n\t\t\t\tgames, or in school or college societies.\n16.\nAppointment (if any) so far held-\nSerial No. Nature of post Date of joining. Date of leaving. Salary. Name and address of official superior or\n\t\t\t\temployer. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4\nSerial No.\nNature of post\nDate of joining.\nDate of leaving.\nSalary.\nName and address of official superior or\n\t\t\t\temployer.\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n1 2 3 4\n17.\nAny other work done since leaving college with\n\t\t\t\tdates.\n18.\nPosts, if any, for which the candidate has\n\t\t\t\tpreviously applied. The approximate date of each application and\n\t\t\t\tits result should be stated, also whether the candidate was\n\t\t\t\tselected for interview.\n19.\nWhether the candidate has at any time been\n\t\t\t\tpronounced unfit for Government Service by a Provincial Medical\n\t\t\t\tBoard or other duly constituted Medical Authority.\n20.\nRelations, if any, in Government Service with\n\t\t\t\ttheir names, their relationship to the candidate and the\n\t\t\t\tappointment held by each.\n21.\nList of testimonials from school or college\n\t\t\t\tauthorities, or present or former employers, sent with the\n\t\t\t\tapplication.\n22.\nNames, addresses and professions of two\n\t\t\t\treferences, who should be responsible persons, not related to the\n\t\t\t\tcandidate but well acquainted with him in private life, and not\n\t\t\t\tconnected with his school or college-\nSerial no. Name of reference Address Period for which he has known the candidate. 1 2 3 4 1 2\nSerial no.\nName of reference\nAddress\nPeriod for which he has known the candidate.\n1\n2\n3\n4\n1 2\nDeclaration\nDeclaration\nSignature of candidate.\nAnnexure III\nAnnexure III\nGeneral Physical Requirements\nGeneral Physical Requirements\nAge.\nHeight without shoes.\nChest measurement on full expiration.\nChest measurement on full inspiration.\n21 and upwards\nInches.\nInches.\nInches.\nInches.\n62 ½\nand under\n65\n30\n32\n65\n“\n68\n31\n33\n68\n“\n70\n32\n34\n70\n“\n72\n33\n35 ½\n72\nand upwards\n34\n36 ½\nBetter eye\nWorse eye\nVision = 6/6\nVision = 6/9\nBetter eye\nWorse eye\nVision = 6/6\nVision = 6/9\nForm of Medical certificate for candidates for appointment to the Bihar Electrical Engineering Service.\nYears.\nService for which medically examined.\nReason for rejection, If known.\n* Strike out this paragraph if the candidate states that he has not been previously examined.\n(a)\nGeneral conformation..............\nRight Eye.\nLeft Eye.\n(a) uncorrected\n(b)\nVision\n(b) corrected\n(c) nature and degree of defect\n(c)\nTeeth\n(d)\nHearing\n(e)\nLungs\n(f)\nHeart\n(g)\nLiver\n(h)\nSpleen\n(i)\nHernia, present or absent*\n(j)\nHydrocele, present or absent*\n(k)\nGlycosuria, present or absent*\n(l)\nAlbuminuria, present or absent*\n(m)\nDistinguishing marks...\n* Strike out \"present\" or \"absent\" in (i), (j), (k) and (l) as the case may be\nName\n…\n…\n…\nPresident.\nDesignation\n…\n…\n…\nName\n…\n…\n…\n…\nMembers\nDesignation\n…\n…\n…\n…\nName\n…\n…\n…\n…\nDesignation\n…\n…\n…\n…\nPlace\n…\n…\n…\n…\nDate\n…\n…\n…\n…\n+ Here specify cause of rejection. Appendix I (See Paragraph 8.) Rule regarding appointments, promotion, etc., applicable to the Bihar Subordinate Engineering Service. Appointment. 1. All permanent appointment to the Bihar Subordinate Engineering Service either by absorption of temporary or work-charged Overseers and Estimators, or by direct recruitment, will be made by the Chief Engineer, provided that, in the case of direct recruitment (permanent or temporary) appointment will be made on the advice of the committee of senior officers constituted for the purpose. The committee will consist of three members including the Chief Engineer who will be nominated by him with the approval of Government in the Public Works Department from time to time.\nAppendix I\nAppendix I\n(See Paragraph 8.)\nRule regarding appointments, promotion, etc., applicable to the Bihar Subordinate Engineering Service.\nRule regarding appointments, promotion, etc., applicable to the Bihar Subordinate Engineering Service.\nAppointment.\nAppointment.\nQualifications Required of Candidates.\nQualifications Required of Candidates.\nProbation.\nProbation.\nWithholding of Increments and Passing at the Efficiency Bar and Promotion to Posts Carrying Higher Scale of Pay in the Cadre.\nWithholding of Increments and Passing at the Efficiency Bar and Promotion to Posts Carrying Higher Scale of Pay in the Cadre.\nAppendix II\nAppendix II\n(See Paragraph II.)\nInstruction for preparation and submission of Annual and Confidential Reports on Gazetted Officers and communication of adverse remarks to them.\nInstruction for preparation and submission of Annual and Confidential Reports on Gazetted Officers and communication of adverse remarks to them.\nI. General.\nI. General.\nNote. - No such report need be left by the officer proceeding on leave or transfer if such reports were earlier recorded by him within four months.\nNote.\nII. Submission of Annual Reports.\nII. Submission of Annual Reports.\n(a) All annual reports will be recorded on forms prescribed by Government for the purpose. Reports should be prepared in respect of all posts held by an officer in a financial year.\n(b) Annual Reports relating to a financial year should reach Government by the 1st June at the latest.\n(c) Reports on Assistant Engineers shall be recorded by the Executive Engineer concerned and submitted to Government through the Superintending Engineers and the Chief Engineer.\n(d) Report on the Executive Engineers shall be recorded by the Superintending Engineers concerned and submitted to the Chief Engineer for submission to Government after recording his own remarks.\nNote. - The original reports on Executive Engineers and Assistant Engineers will be retained by the Chief Engineer who will only forward copies thereof to Government.\nNote.\n(e) Reports on the Superintending Engineers will be recorded by the Chief Engineer.\nIII. Communication of Adverse Remarks.\nIII. Communication of Adverse Remarks.\n(b) When a report is built up on the individual opinions recorded by different department superiors, it is only the opinion as accepted by the highest authority which need by considered from the point of view of communication.\n(c) All defect remediable as well as irremediable should be communicated to the officers concerned. It is fair that an officer should be made aware of any defect in him to which attention has been drawn in the Annual Report.\n(d) When an adverse remark is to be communicated, the substance of the whole report for the year, including favourable and infavourable remarks, should be communicated. Normally commendatory remarks should not be communicated but commendatory remarks following a previous adverse report should also be communicated only to the extent they show any improvement over the defects noticed in the previous year.\n(e) While communicating adverse remarks the name and designation of the reporting officer should, under no circumstances, be indicated.\nAppendix III\nAppendix III\n(See Paragraph 55).\nRules for the Departmental Examination of Officers and Subordinate of the Public Works Department (Roads & Buildings and Irrigation).\nRules for the Departmental Examination of Officers and Subordinate of the Public Works Department (Roads & Buildings and Irrigation).\nExamination in Languages.\nExamination in Languages.\nLower Standard.\nLower Standard.\n(a) Transliteration and translation from the vernacular-\n(i) part of a khasra and document connected with the work of an Irrigation Officer, such as a petition of complaint about supply of water, shall be transliterated into the Roman character and shall also be translated into English;\n(ii) a contractor's bill and a document connected with the work of an Officer employed on roads and buildings shall be similarly transliterated and translated.\n(b) Translation from English into the Vernacular-\nThree short and simple passages will be set for translation from English into the Vernacular. One passage will deal with subject connected with irrigation, one with subjects connected with roads and buildings, and the third with a short document of account such as a khasra or contractor's bill.\nThe time allowed for this paper will be two hours and the maximum marks for each passage will be 30 and pass marks 45 for the three passages.\n(c) Viva voce examination in the Vernacular-\n(i) the examinee will be tested in conversation with languages of various classes in such a manner as to satisfy the officers who will conduct the viva voce examination that he can make himself easily understood by them;\n(ii) an ordinary piece of English narrative prose will be handed to him, and after being allowed to read it through, he will be required forthwith to give a fluent oral translation of it. The piece should deal with matters with which the examinee is likely to be familiar.\nNote. - For the examination in Hindi the character will be Kaithi .\nNote.\nExamination in Law.\nExamination in Law.\nSubject of examination.\nMaximum marks.\nPass marks.\nTime allowed.\nLaw, part \"A\"\n120\n60\n3 hours.\nLaw, part \"B\"\n120\n60\n3 hours.\nExaminations in cases, part \"C\"\n120\n60\nTo be determined by the Examination Committee.\n(i) Cattle Trespass Act, I of 1871, as amended by Act, I of 1891.\n(ii) Bengal Irrigation Act, III (B.C.) of 1876, as amended by Act, VII of 1880 and Act, I of 1903 and the Rules thereunder.\n(iii) Indian Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860)-\n(iv) Evidence Act (I of 1872 as amended by XVII of 1872-\n(v) Criminal Procedure Code (Act V of 1898)-\n(vi) Circular Order of the High Court (Criminal) No. 6, dated the 18th November, 1901, Sections I and II.\n(i) Canals Navigation Act, V (B.C.) of 1864.\n(ii) Land Acquisition Act, I of 1898, Parts I to VI.\n(iii) Drainage Act, VI (B.C.) of 1880.\n(iv) Embankment Acts XXXII of 1855, VII (B.C.) of 1886 and II (B.C.) of 1882.\n(v) The Bihar Public Irrigation Works Act XI of 1930.\n(vi) The Bihar and Orissa Private Irrigation Works Act, V of 1922 as modified to the 16th October, 1939.\n(vii) Rules made under these Acts.\nPart II\nRules dealing with the professional examination of Assistant Executive Engineers, Assistant Engineers and Assistant Electrical Engineers.\n(a) The knowledge of an Officer regarding the localities where he has been employed as to-\n[i] their resources for the raw materials of engineering construction;\n[ii] the processes for preparing materials for engineering construction;\n[iii] the methods and costs of engineering constructions;\n[iv] the dealings with contractors and management of work people.\n(b) His acquaintance with the Rules of the Public Works Department Code as far as they concern an Assistant Executive Engineer or Assistant Engineer and his knowledge of the accounts of a subdivision. The Officer will be expected to show that he is sufficiently acquainted with those portions of the Government publication mentioned below;-\nPublic Works Department Code, 10th Edition, Chapter II, III and IV, Public Works Account Code, Chapters VI, VII and X; Bihar and Orissa Account Code, Chapters I, II, VIII and IX; Bihar and Orissa Service Code, Chapters II, VI excepting Rules 191-192, 200-206, 208-210, 213-217, 222-224, and 239-246, Chapter VII excepting Rules 304-305,310,312-313 and 333-334, Chapter VIII and Appendix 15.\n(c) His ability to design and estimate works.\nAppendix VI\nAppendix VI\n[See paragraph 56]\nApplication for Post Rules\nApplication for Post Rules\n(a) if he is a temporary Government servant ordinarily be granted to submit an application for a post to appear for an examination for a post or for transfer of service to a post, in another office or department, of the Government of Bihar, or under another State Government or the Government of India, if the post applied for is permanent, or is a higher grade, or is a temporary post of longer duration :\nProvided that the Plead of the office or Department of the Government of Bihar or the authority empowered under Rule 2 may not grant the permission, if in his opinion the grant of permission would not be consistent with the interests of the public service.\n(b) if he is a permanent Government servant-\n(i) ordinarily be granted for appointment to, or for appearing at a examination for selection for appointment to an All-India Service;\n(ii) ordinarily be not granted except for very exceptional reasons to be recorded in writing, for appointment to a post or service under another State Government;\n(iii) ordinarily be not granted to submit an application for a post or for transfer of service to a post in another office or department of the Government of Bihar, unless the Plead of the Department or the office or the authority empowered under Rule 2, is of the opinion that the grant of permission would be in the interest of public service:\nAppendix V\nAppendix V\n[See paragraph 58.]\nTemporary Service Declaration\nTemporary Service Declaration",
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        "Act Year": "1939",
        "Short Title": "Bihar Engineering Service Rules, 1939",
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