Since it is a direct recruitment to a new post, such Government servant will have to undergo probation period of the new post again and he will have to again get confirmed in the new post subject to satisfactory probation period completion. This is in spite of the fact that he was earlier working in a confirmed post under the same Government, wherein he had completed his probation period successfully.
In this regard, let me refer from the Office Memorandum O.M. No. 18011/3/88-Estt(D) dated 24.09.1992 of the Government of India, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training) which explains this position. The gist of this O.M. in this regard is as under:
If a Government servant is appointed to another post by direct recruitment either in the same department or a different department, it may be necessary to consider him for confirmation in the new post in which he has been appointed by direct recruitment irrespective of the fact that the officer was holding the earlier post on a substantive basis. Further confirmation in the new entry grade becomes necessary because the new post may not be in the same line or discipline as the old post in which he has been confirmed and the fact that he was considered suitable for continuance in the old post (which was the basis for his confirmation in that post) would not automatically make him suitable for continuance or confirmation in the new post the job requirements of which may be quite different from those of the old post.
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