(1) While calculating the period of previous service of any civil employee, it shall be calculated as follows:
(a) For purposes of the calculation of seniority for promotion, cent percent of the period of service rendered previously in the civil service or post after having permanent appointment thereto (if service has been discontinued in the meantime, after deducting the period of discontinuity therefrom) shall be calculated, and in the case of a civil employee who has previously served in a post towards development and kept that service continual or a civil employee who has previously served temporarily in a post towards the regular stream of the civil service for more than One year and kept that service continual and permanently appointed to the civil service, the previous development or temporary service period shall be calculated as follows:
(1) For the period of service in the post of Gazetted first - Thirty Three class percent
(2) For the period of service in the post of Gazetted second class -Fifty percent
(3) For the period of service in the post of Gazetted third -Sixty-six class percent
(4) For the period of service in the Non-gazetted class and -Seventy-
in the post of helper five percent
(b) For purposes of pension, the period of service rendered previously in the government service or post after having permanent appointment thereto (if service has been discontinued in the meantime, after deducting the period of discontinuity therefrom) and in the case of a civil employee who has previously served in a post towards development after getting appointment thereto prior to 2026.8.11(26 Nov. 1969) and kept the service in such post continual and then permanently appointed to the permanent service, the period of service rendered permanently239 in such post towards the development and general stream.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sub-rule (1), in cases where any person, who has already obtained gratuity for any previous government service, is appointed again to a civil post, the period of his
or her previous service shall be counted in the current post under this Rule only if he or she returns the amount of gratuity obtained by him or her previously.
(3) The civil employees serving in the civil service at the time of
commencement of these Rules shall, within One year from date of commencement of this Rule, and the civil employees appointed after the commencement of these Rules shall, within One year from the date of such appointment, have to get added the period of service pursuant to these Rules. In cases where the period of service has not been added within such period, the period of such service shall not be added.
(3a) No previous service period may be got added and facility
obtained by adding the service period in any process other than that set forth in this Rule.
(4) The civil employee intending to add the period of previous service to the current service pursuant to Sub-rule (3) shall submit the details of study leave, extra-ordinary leave, medical expenses and record of insurance taken prior to the addition of service to the Civil Employees Record Office.
Explanation: x For the purposes of this Rule, the term "government service" means the civil service, parliament service and health service with entitlement to pension from the state fund of the Government of Nepal.