Rajasthan Civil Aviation State Service Rules, 2013
No: -- Dated: Oct, 01 2013
GOVERNMENT OF RAJASTHAN
DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL
NOTIFICATION
In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Rajasthan hereby makes the following rules regulating the recruitment to posts in, and the conditions of service of persons appointed to the Rajasthan Civil Aviation State Service, namely:
Part-I
General
1. Short title and Commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Rajasthan Civil Aviation State Service Rules, 2013.
(2) They shall come into force with immediate effect.
2. Definitions.- In these rules unless the context otherwise requires,
(a) "Administrative officer" means an officer in the Directorate of Civil Aviation who has adequate functioning, working and technical knowhow of aviation;
(b) "Aircraft Act" means the Aircraft Act, 1934 (Central Act No. 22 of 1934);
(c) “Appointing Authority" means the Government of Rajasthan;
(d) “Approved Medical Authority" means a Medical Officer or Medical Board who is authorized to certify the compliance of established medical standards required in view of the discharge of duty of the members of the service;
(e) "ATPL” means Airline Transport Pilot's License;
(f) "Commission" means the Rajasthan Public Service Commission;
(g) "Committee" means the Committee referred to in rule 10, 27 and 29, as the case may be;
(h) "CHPL" means Commercial Helicopter Pilot's License;
(i) "CPL" means Commercial Pilots License;
(j) “Co-Pilot" means a licensed pilot serving in any piloting capacity other than as pilot-in-command but excluding a pilot who is on board the aircraft for the sole purpose of receiving flight instruction;
(k) "Direct recruitment" means recruitment made according to the procedure prescribed in Part-IV of these rules;
(l) "Director" means the Director of Civil Aviation, Rajasthan appointed by the State Government. The State Government may appoint any administrative officer or technical officer not below the rank of Chief Pilot Officer on this post;
(m) "Directorate" means Directorate of Civil Aviation;
(n) “Endorsement with respect to a license means an entry in the license indicating the privileges which the license holder is entitled to exercise, including any observation impacting the exercise of such privileges;
(o) “Engineer" means the technical officer working in the Directorate who maintains airplane/ helicopter and possesses its qualification;
(p) "Equivalent post" means a post carrying similar nature of duties and identical pay;
(q) “FIR” means Flight Instructor's Rating.
(r) "Government" means the Government of Rajasthan;
(s) "IR" means Instrument rating.
(t) “License” means a license issued under Aircraft Rules 1937.
(u) "Member of the Service" means a person appointed to a post in the service on the basis of regular selection under the provisions of these rules or the rules or orders superseded by these rules;
(v) "Operator" means a person, organization or enterprise engaged in or offering to engage in aircraft operation;
(w) "Pilot" means the technical officer working in the Directorate who operates the flights of aeroplanes helicopters and possesses requisite qualification;
(x) “PIC means" "Pilot-In-Command", Pilot in charge in respect of a pilot engaged in general aviation or helicopter operations means the pilot designated by the operator or owner as being in command and charged with the safe conduct of a flight;
(y) “Rating" means an authorization entered on a license and forming part thereof, stating special conditions, privileges or limitations pertaining to such licenses;
(z) "Schedule” means Schedule appended to these rules;
(aa) "Service" means the Rajasthan State Civil Aviation Service;
(bb) “State” means the State of Rajasthan;
(cc) “Substantive appointment” means an appointment made after due selection under the provisions of these Rules to a substantive vacancy after the selection by any of the methods of recruitment prescribed under these rules and includes an appointment on probation or as a probationer followed by confirmation on the completion of the probationary period.
Note: “Due selection” means selection made by any methods of recruitment prescribed under these rules will include recruitment either on initial constitution of service or in accordance with the provisions of any rules promulgated under proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, except urgent temporary appointment.
(dd) “Service" or "Experience" wherever prescribed in these rules as a condition for promotion from one Service to another or within the Service from one category to another or to senior posts, in the case of a person holding a lower post eligible for promotion to higher post shall include the period for which the person has continuously worked on such lower post after regular selection in accordance with rules promulgated under proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India;