Deputation and promotion eligibility for Development Commissioner post: criteria, service conditions, application process and deputation limits. The Development Commissioner, Cochin SEZ post will be filled by promotion/transfer on deputation from eligible All India and Central Services Group 'A' officers or specified Central Government officers meeting substantive-post or pay-band service criteria and possessing relevant experience in industrial development, foreign trade, estate development and administration. Applications must be advertised for thirty days, forwarded to the Department of Commerce, and submitted with a prescribed proforma and a head-of-department certificate; deputation tenure and maximum age limits apply, and departmental feeders and deputationists are mutually ineligible for the alternative route.