DOPT OM NO 22017/4/98-ESTT(D) DATED 12.10.98.
PARA-3.--- ACCORDING TO LEGAL OPINION , IT WOULD NOT BE IN ORDER IF ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES , WHO WERE WITHIN THE ZONE OF CONSIDERATION FOR THE RELEVANT YEAR BUT ARE NOT ACTUALLY IN SERVICE WHEN THE DPC IS BEING HELD ARE NOT CONSIDERED WHILE PREPARING YEAR WISE ZONE OF CONSIDERATION/PANEL AND CONSEQUENTLY , THEIR JUNIORS ARE CONSIDERED IN THEIR PLACES WHO WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN THE ZONE OF CONSIDERATION IF THE DPC HAD BEEN HELD IN TIME. THIS IS CONSIDERED IMPERATIVE TO IDENTIFY THE CORRECT ZONE OF CONSIDERATION FOR RELEVANT YEAR.
NAMES OF THE RETIRED OFFICIALS MAY ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE PANEL. SUCH RETIRED OFFICIALS WOULD HOWEVER HAVE NO RIGHT FOR ACTUAL PROMOTION. THE DPC MAY IF NEEDED BE PREPARED EXTENDED PANEL FOLLOWING THE PRINCIPLES OF DOPT OM DATED 09.04.96.