General Studies · All-India Services & Promotion

Consider the following statements regarding the promotion of civil servants from state services to All-India Services: A. The transition of an officer from a State Civil Service to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is classified as a promotion from a lower service to a higher service. B. The All-India Services rules provide that senior posts in the IAS, IPS, and IFS filled by promotion of state-level officers shall not exceed 33 per cent (or 33.33%). C. Under the provisions of Article 311 of the Constitution, an employee appointed through promotion can be dismissed by an authority subordinate to the one that made the promotion. D. Selection committees constituted in each state for the promotion of officers to the IAS are presided over by the Chairman or a member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: