(1) If there is a doubt as to whether an education degree obtained by a civil employee is related with the concerned service, group or sub-group for the purposes of promotion, the following committee shall make decision thereon:
(a) Secretary of the Ministry or chief of body operating the
service, group or sub-group -Chairperson
(b) Secretary of the Public Service
Commission or a gazette first class officer of the Commission designated by him or her
-Member
(c) Secretary of the Ministry of General Administration or a gazette first class officer
designated by him or her -Member
(d) One professor or expert of any university of Nepal related with the subject of which equivalency/relevancy is to be
fixed -Member
(e) Officer designated by the Secretary of the Ministry or chief of body operating the service, group or sub-group
-Member secretary
(2) If there is a doubt as to whether the subject, division and grade of a training taken by a civil employee, for the purposes of promotion, there shall be a committee as follows to fix equivalency on that subject:
(a) Secretary of the Ministry or chief of body operating the service, group
or sub-group -Chairperson
(b) Secretary of the Ministry of General Administration or a gazette first class officer designated
by him or her -Member
(c) Gazetted first class officer of the
Public Service Commission designated
(d) Chief of training institute or training chief related with the subject of training of which equivalency/relevancy is to be fixed or one representative designated by
-Member
him or her -Member
(e) Such expert related with the training as designated by the Secretary of the Ministry or body related with the service, group or
sub-group -Member
(f) Officer designated by the Secretary
of the Ministry or body operating the service, group or sub-group
-Member secretary
(3) If the committees as referred to in Sub-rule (1) and (2) fix equivalency in relation to the educational qualification and training submitted by a potential candidate for promotion prior to the holding of the promotion committee, the marks of such educational qualification and training shall also be calculated for promotion.
(4) The Ministry or body operating the service, group or sub- group shall publish a notice of subjects of educational qualification of which equivalency has been fixed by the committees as referred to in this Rule in the Nepal Gazette.
(5) The secretariat of the committees as referred to in Sub-rules
(1) and (2) shall remain in the Ministry concerned with the service, group or sub-group.