KARNATAKA GOVERNMENT SERVANTS (SENIORITY) (SECOND AMENDMENT) RULES, 1969

PREAMBLE

In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Karnataka hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Karnataka Government Servants' (Seniority) Rules, 1957, namely.--

Rule - 1. Title and commencement.

(1)     These rules may be called the Karnataka Government Servants (Seniority) (Second Amendment) Rules, 1969.

(2)     They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

Rule - 2. Insertion of new Rule 6-A.

In the Karnataka Government Servants' (Seniority) Rules, 1967, after Rule 6, the following rule shall be and shall be deemed always to have been inserted, namely.--

"6-A. The transfer or appointment of an officer of the Defence Services, an All India Service or a Civil Service of the Union or the Civil Service of any other State to any equivalent class or grade of service in the State Civil Services shall not be treated as first appointment to that class or grade of service for purpose of seniority; and the seniority of an officer so transferred or appointed shall be determined with reference to his first appointment to the class or grade of service or services to which he belonged prior to such transfer or appointment:

Provided that, where such transfer or appointment is made at the request of officer, he shall be placed in the seniority list of the class or grade of service to which he is transferred or appointed below the persons borne on that class or grade of service immediately prior to the date of such transfer or appointment."