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3. On the other hand diploma in any one of the Auto mobile,Auto (Electrical) Engineering or Mechanical Engineering isessential qualification for direct entry to the post SI (Tech).4. As per para 8 of FHQ BSF (Pers Dte) letter under referredabove, total posts of SI (Tech) are to be filled up 75% bypromotion and 25 by direct Rectt. HC (Tech) with at least 10yeas regular service in the grade; or with at least 5 yearsregular service in the grade with at least 18 years combinedregular service in that grade and any other grade in the BSFand possessing other technical and professional qualification,will be eligible for promotion to the rank of SI (Tech). In allabove cases for promotion from HC to SI, whether personnelare in Technical grade or GD total regular service should be atleast 18 years.5. In your case you have not completed 18 years of regularservice. As such your case will be considered by the DPCaccordingly.Sd/-Dy. Inspector General (TPT)”6. If we go by the aforesaid communications and the contentsthereof what was conveyed to the petitioner is that since he had notcompleted 18 years of continuous service in BSF, his case did notcome within the purview of consideration.7. In the counter affidavit filed by the respondents, it has beenstated that as per the earlier Recruitment Rules of 2002, the petitionerW.P.(C)(SH) No. 285/2009 Page 9 of 15