[1][1]THE EX-EMPLOYEES OF THE FORMER GOVERNMENT OF EAST PAKISTAN (APPOINTMENT
TO PROVINCIAL POSTS) ACT 1986
(Pb. Act I of 1986)
[10 March 1986]
An
Act to provide for the appointment and conditions of service of former
employees of the Government of East Pakistan to posts under the Government of
the Punjab
Preamble.— Whereas it is expedient to provide for the
appointment and conditions of service of former employees of the Government of
East Pakistan to posts under the Government of the Punjab;
It
is hereby enacted as follows:-
1. Short title, extent and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Ex-employees
of the former Government of East Pakistan (Appointment to Provincial Posts)
Act, 1986.
(2) It extends to the whole of the Punjab.
(3) It shall come into force at once and
shall be deemed to have taken effect on the sixteenth day of December, 1971.
2. Definitions.— In this Act, unless there is anything
repugnant in the subject or context—
(a) “employee”
means an ex-employee of the former Government of East Pakistan who repatriated
or migrated from East Pakistan to Pakistan during the period commencing on the
16th December, 1971 and ending on the 31st December, 1974, in consequence of
occupation of the territory by enemy troops or establishment of Bangladesh;
(b) “former
post” means the post which was held by an employee at the time of his
repatriation or migration under clause (a);
(c) “Grade”
means the Grade of the National Pay Scale in which a post or group of posts is
placed; and
(d) “post”
means a post in a service of the Punjab Province or a post in connection which
the affairs of the Punjab.
3. Appointment.— An employee may, with the approval of the
competent authority, be appointed to an existing or supernumerary post in the
grade, as far as practicable, equivalent to the scale of the former post of
such employee from the date he holds such post.
Explanation.— In this section, “competent authority”, in
relation to a post means the authority competent under the Punjab Civil
Servants Act, 1974 (Act VIII of 1974) to make appointment to that post.
4. Seniority.— The service rendered under the former
Government of East Pakistan by an employee shall count towards seniority in the
Grade of the post to which he may be appointed under section 3.
5. Pension.— The service rendered under the former
Government of East Pakistan which qualified for pension under that Government
by an employee who is appointed to a post, shall count for the purposes of
pension under the Government of the Punjab.
[1][1]This Act was passed by the
Punjab Assembly on 17th February, 1986; assented to by the Governor of the
Punjab on 10th March, 1986; and, was published in the Punjab Gazette
(Extraordinary), dated 10th March, 1986, Pages 531-C to 531-D.
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