(a) [The State Government] shall suspend the lien of a Government servant on a permanent post which he holds substantively if he is appointed in a substantive capacity :—
[G.O.Ms.No. 12, Fin. & Plg. (FW:FR.I) Dept., Dt. 7-2-1995]
(1) to a tenure post, or
(2) Omitted by G.O. Ms. No. 81, Finance, Dt. 20-4-1970.
(3) Provisionally, to a post on which another Government servant would hold a lien not been suspended under this rule.
(b) [The State Government] may, at its option, suspend the lien of a Government servant on a permanent post which he holds substantively if he is deputed out of India or transferred to foreign service, or, in circumstances not covered by clause (a) of this rule, is transferred, in an officiating capacity to a post in another cadre, and in any of these cases there is reason to believe that he will remain absent from the post on which he holds a lien for a period of not less than three years ;
[G.O.Ms.No. 81, Fin., Dt. 20-4-1970 & G.O.Ms.No. 12, Fin., Dt. 7-2-1995]
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (a) or (b) of this rule, a Government servant's lien on a tenure post may in no circumstances be suspended. If he is appointed substantively to another permanent post, his lien on the tenure post must be terminated ;
(d) If a Government servant's lien on a post is suspended under clause (a) or (b) of this rule, the post may be filled substantively and, the Government servant appointed to hold it substantively shall acquire a lien on it ; provided that the arrangements shall be reversed as soon as the suspended lien revives ;
Note 1 :—This clause applies if the post concerned is a post in a selection grade of a cadre. Note 2 :—When a post is filled substantively under this clause the appointment will be termed a provisional appointment ; the servant appointed will hold a provisional lien on the post ; and that lien will be liable to suspension under clause (a) but not under clause (b) of this rule.
(e) [ x x x ] A Government servant's lien which has been suspended under clause (a) of this rule shall revive as soon as he ceases to hold a lien on a post of the nature specified in sub-clause (1) or (3) of that clause.
[Omitted by G.O.Ms.No. 384, Fin. (FR.I) Dept., Dt. 6-10-94]
(f) A Government servant's lien which has been suspended under clause (b) of this rule shall revive as soon as he ceases to be on deputation out of India or on foreign service or to hold a post in another cadre, provided that a suspended lien shall not revive because the Government servant takes leave, if there is reason to believe that he will, on return from leave, continue to be on deputation out of India or on foreign service or to hold a post in another cadre and the total period of absence on duty will not fall short of three years or that he will hold substantively a post of the nature specified in sub-clause (1) or (3) of clause (a). (G.O.Ms.No. 81, Finance, Dt. 20-4-1970)
[(g) The Lien of (i) a Government employee, appointed outside the regular line from the date of his relief; (ii) a Government employee who resigned/are relieved from a post to join in a different post to which he is selected by direct recruitment, from the date of his resignation/relief from the old post; and (iii) a Government employee who is transferred from one department to another on request or otherwise by way of departmental transfers from the date of his relief shall stand automatically suspended even if it is not mentioned in such orders and such Govt. employees shall automatically acquire provisional lien in the new departments, in which they join].
[G.O.Ms.No. 144, Fin. & Plg. (FW:FR.I) Dept., Dt. 19-5-2009]