Company : Sol Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Website : www.courtkutchehry.com COCONUT DEVELOPMENT BOARD (CHIEF COCONUT DEVLOPMENT OFFICER AND SECRETARY) RECRUITMENT RULES, 1981 CONTENTS 1. Short title and commencement 2. Number of posts and scales of pay 3. Method of recruitment, age limit, other qualifications etc 4. Disqualifications 5. Power to relax 6. Saving SCHEDULE 1 :- SCHEDULE COCONUT DEVELOPMENT BOARD (CHIEF COCONUT DEVLOPMENT OFFICER AND SECRETARY) RECRUITMENT RULES, 1981 G.S.R. 409 dated 4th April, 1981.'-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub section (1) of Sec. 19, read with sub-section (5) of Sec. 7 of the Coconut Devlopment Board Act, 1979 (5 of 1979), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules regulating the method of recruitment to the posts of Chief Coconut Development Officer and Secretary in the Coconut Development Board under the Ministry of Agriculture (Department of Agriculture and Cooperation), namely :- 1. Short title and commencement :- (1) These rules may be called the Coconut Development Board (Chief Coconut Development Officer and Secretary) Recruitment Rules, 1981. (2)They shall come into force on the dale of their publication in the official Gazette. 2. Number of posts and scales of pay :- The number of the said posts and the scales of pay attached thereto shall be as specified in columns 3 and 5 of the Schedule annexe to these rules. 3. Method of recruitment, age limit, other qualifications etc :- The method of recruitment, age limit, qualifications and other matters relating to the said posts shall be as specified in columns 6 to 13 of the Schedule aforesaid. 4. Disqualifications :- No person,- (a) who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living; or ; (b) who, having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person, Shall be eligible for appointment to the said posts : Provided that the Central Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and that there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the operation of this rule. 5. Power to relax :- Where the Central Government is of opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do. it may, by order and for reasons to be recorded in writing,relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons. 6. Saving :- Nothing in these rules shall affect reservations, relaxation of age limit and other concessions required to be provided for the candidates belonging to the Scheuled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and other special categories of persons in accordance with the orders issued by the Central Government from time to lime in this regard. SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE Sl. Name of Post No. of Classifications Scale of Pay Whether se Age limit for direct Educational and other qualifica No. Posts lection post recruits tions required for direct recruits or non-se lection post 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Chief Coconut One Not applicable <FNR>1</FNR> [Rs. 3700-125- Not 45 years (Relaxable for Essential: Development 4700- applicable Government servants <FNR>2</FNR> [(i) M.Sc. (Horticulture) or Officer 150-5000] and employees of the M.Sc. (Agriculture) or Coconut,Development M.Sc. (Botany) with Board). specialisation in coconut Note : The crucial date and other plantation crops for determining the age from a recognised univer limit shall be the sity or equivalent. closing date for receipt (ii) Thorough knowledge of of applications from all aspects of coconut cul candidates in India tivation, marketing and (other than those in the processing so as to be Andaman and Nicobar able lo advise the Board Islands and on the implementation of Lakshadweep). suitable development pro grammes. (iii) About ten years' ex perience in agriculture research/ development/ extension/ processing/ marketing work with particular reference to coconut.] Desirable: (i) Doctorate of any of the ' subjects mentioned under essential qualifications. (ii) Should possess experi ence of preparation of development projects on the various aspects of the coconut industry. (iii) Administrative experience in a responsible capacity. Note 1 Qualifications relax- able at the discretion of Selection Commit tee in the case of candidates otherwise well qualified. Note 2 The qualificalion(s) re garding experience is/ are relaxable at the discretion of the Selec tion Committee in the case of candidates be longing lo the Sche duled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes if, at any stage of selection the Selection Com mittee is of the opinion that sufficient number of candidates from these commu nities possessing the requisite experience are not likely to be available to fill up the vacancy(ics) reserved for them. ]