10. Probation.

(a) any period after such appointment spent on deputation on a corresponding or a higher post, shall count towards the period of probation;
(b) any period of work in equivalent or higher rank, prior to appointment to the service may, in the case of an appointment by transfer, at the discretion of the Appointing Authority, be allowed to count towards the period of probation fixed under this regulation; and
(c) any period of officiating appointment shall be reckoned as period spent on probation, but no person who has so officiated shall, on the completion of the prescribed period of probation, be entitled to be confirmed, unless he is appointed against a permanent vacancy.
(a) If such person is appointed by direct recruitment, dispense with his services; or
(b) If such person is appointed otherwise than by direct recruitment :-
(i) revert him to his former post; or
(ii) extend his period of probation and thereafter deal with him in such other manner as the terms and conditions of previous appointment permit :
(i) confirm such person from the date of his completion of probation period, if a permanent vacancy exists or from the date from which permanent vacancy occurs subsequently.
(iii) declare that he has completed his probation to the satisfaction of the Appointing Authority, if there is no permanent vacancy.