5 CFR § 550.808 - Prohibition against setting aside proper promotions.

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title: "5 CFR § 550.808 - Prohibition against setting aside proper promotions."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "550.808"
section_name: "Prohibition against setting aside proper promotions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
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subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "550"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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# 550.808 Prohibition against setting aside proper promotions.

Nothing in section 5596 of title 5, United States Code, or this subpart shall be construed as authorizing the setting aside of an otherwise proper promotion by a selecting official from a group of properly ranked and certified candidates.

[46 FR 58275, Dec. 1, 1981, as amended at 53 FR 18072, May 20, 1988, and 53 FR 45886, Nov. 15, 1988]