6.1THE INDIAN FOREST SERVICE (APPOINTMENT BY PROMOTION) REGULATIONS, 1966 — All-India Services Act, 1951

6.1THE INDIAN FOREST SERVICE (APPOINTMENT BY PROMOTION) REGULATIONS, 1966 In pursuance of sub-rule (1) of rule 8 of the Indian Forest Service (Recruitment) Rules, 1966, the Central Government, in consultation with the State Governments and the Union Public Service Commission, hereby makes the following regulations namely: 1. Short title & commencement . -1(1) These regulations may be called the Indian Forest Service (Appointment by promotion) Regulations 1966. 1(2) They shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 1st July 1966. Definitions. -2(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires : `Cadre Officer' means a member of the Service; `Cadre Post' means any of the posts specified as such in the regulations made under sub -rule (1) of rule 4 of the Cadre Rules; `Cadre Rules' means the Indian Forest Service (Cadre) Rules, 1966; `Committee' means the Committee set up in accordance with regulation 3; `Commission' means the Union Public Service Commission; `Recruitment Rules' means the Indian Forest Service (Recruitment) Rules, 1966; `State Government' means: (i) in relation to a State in respect of which a separate cadre of the service exists, the Government of such State ; and 2 (ii) in relation to a group of States in respect of which a Joint Cadre of the Service is constituted, the Joint Cadre Authority; (iii) in relation to a group of Union Territories , and in respect of which a joint cadre of the service is constituted, the Central Government. 3 h) `Year' means the period commencing of the first day of January and ending on 31st day of December of the same year. 2(2) All other words and expressions used in these regulations but not defined shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Recruitment Rules. 3. Constitutio