GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB
SERVICES,
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
NOTIFICATION
The 24th August, 1974
No. SOR-III-I-5/74 -- In exercise of the powers
conferred by Section 23 of the Punjab Civil Servants Act, 1974, the Governor of
the Punjab is pleased to make the following rules, namely:-
THE
PUNJAB CIVIL SERVANTS
(APPOINTMENT AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) RULES, 1974
(APPOINTMENT AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) RULES, 1974
PART-I - GENERAL
1. (1) These rules may be called the Punjab
Civil Servants (Appointment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1974.
(2) They shall come into force at once.
(3) They shall apply to all civil servants.
Definitions --
2. In
these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions
shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:--
a) "All-Pakistan Unified Grades"
has the same meaning as in All Pakistan Services (Change in Nomenclature)
Rules, 1973;
b) "Appointing authority" in
relation to a post means the person authorized under rule 6 to make appointment
to the post;
c) "Autonomous or semi-autonomous
organisation" means an organization set up under a law by the Government
as a unit separate from the formal departmental organisation;
d) "Board" means a Selection
Board and includes a Provincial Selection Board;
e) "Commission" means the Punjab
Public Service Commission;
f) *("Committee"
means a Departmental Promotion Committee or a Selection Committee;)
(g) "Department" has the same meaning as in the Punjab Government Rules of
Business, 1974;
h) "Functional Unit" means a group of posts or
a part of such group sanctioned as a separate unit in or under a Department;
i) "Grade" has the same meaning
as in the Punjab Civil Servants (Change in Nomenclature of Services and
Abolition of Classes) Rules, 1974; and
j) "Post" means a post in
connection with the affairs of the Province.
(2) Words and expressions used but not
defined shall bear the same meanings as they bear in the Punjab Civil Servants
Act, 1974.
3. (1) Appointment to posts shall be made by promotion, transfer or initial
recruitment, as may be prescribed by the Government in relation to the posts in
a grade from time to time:
@ (Provided that where as a
result of retrenchment in, or re-organisation of a Government Department/office
or an Autonomous or Semi-Autonomous Organisation set up by the Government,
certain posts or cadres are abolished and Government decides, by a special
order, to absorb persons rendered surplus in consequence thereof, such persons
may be absorbed against such posts in such manner and on such terms and
conditions as may be determined by the Government;
Provided that absorption of such persons shall be made on
the recommendations of the Punjab Public Service Commission in case of posts
carrying BS-16 and above and in case of other posts on the recommendations of
the Committee constituted by the Chief Minister or any officer authorized by
him in that behalf;
Provided
further that for purposes of seniority, persons absorbed as above shall be treated as having been
appointed by initial recruitment with effect from the date they take over
charge in the absorbing functional unit/cadre.)
[1]Provided
further that where no equivalent post is available, he may be offered a lower
post in such manner and subject to such conditions, as may be prescribed and
where such civil servant is appointed to a lower post, the pay being drawn by
him in the higher post immediately preceding his appointment to a lower post
shall remain protected.
(2) Appointments by promotion or transfer
shall be made in accordance with Part II and by initial recruitment in accordance
with Part III of these rules.
(3) The appointment shall be made from among
such persons possessing such qualifications and fulfilling such other
conditions as may be prescribed by the Government from time to time.
· 4. (1) The Government
may constitute Selection Committees to make selection for appointment by initial recruitment and
Departmental Promotion Committees to make selection for appointment by promotion or by transfer for
posts as may be specified by the Government from time to time.
(2) There shall be a Provincial Selection
Board and such other selection boards as may be constituted by
Government from time to time.
(3) The composition of such committees and
board and the procedure to be observed by such committees and boards shall be
determined by Government.
(4) The
Provincial Selection Board shall make selection for
appointment:-
i) By promotion and transfer to posts in
BS-19 and above and for posts in BS-18 included in the schedule IV of the
Punjab Government Rules of Business, 1974;
ii) By initial recruitment to such posts in
BS-16 and above as may be specified to be filled without reference to the
Commission under Rule 5 of the Punjab Public Service Commission (Functions)
Rules, 1978; provided that any of the functions of the Provincial Selection
Board may be entrusted by the Government to any selection board constituted
under sub-rule (2) above; and
(5) The Government in relation to various
posts for which a committee and a board have concurrent jurisdiction, shall, by
general or special order, specify the post for which selection will be made by
a committee or a board.
5. Where
an appointing authority other than the Chief Minister does not accept the
recommendation of a committee or a board, it shall record reasons thereof and
obtain orders of next higher authority and act accordingly.
* 6. Notwithstanding any thing to the contrary contained in any
service rules, the authorities competent to make appointment to various posts
shall be as follows:
Post Appointing
Authority
i) BS 19 and above
ii) BS-18
iii) BS 16 & 17
** iv) BS 1 to 16
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Chief Minister
t (Chief Minister for
posts included in Schedule IV to the Punjab Government Rules of Business,
1974 and the Administrative Secretary or the Chairman of the Commission in
other cases concerning the Secretary or Chairman.
Administrative Secretary concerned or the
Chairman of the Commission for posts in the Commission except such posts in
BS-16 for which any other authority is prescribed as appointing authority in
the service/ recruitment rules relevant to a Department or the Commission.)
Respective authorities exercising such powers
immediately before the commencement of these rules or such authorities as may
hereafter be empowered.
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7. (1) A person appointed to a post in a grade
against a substantive vacancy shall remain on probation for a period of two years, if
appointed by initial recruitment, and for a period of one year, if appointed
otherwise; provided that the appointing authority may extend the period of
probation by a further period not exceeding two years in all.
Explanation
-- Officiating service and service spent on deputation to a corresponding or a higher post may be allowed to count
towards the period of probation.
(2) No person shall be confirmed in a post
unless he has successfully completed such training and passed such departmental
examination as may be prescribed.
(3) If no orders have been made by the day
following the completion of the initial probationary period, the period of
probation shall be deemed to have been extended.
(4) Subject to the provisions of sub rule
(2) above, if no orders have been made by the day on which the maximum period
of probation expires, the probationer shall be deemed to have been confirmed in
his appointment from the date on which the period of probation was last
extended or may be deemed to have been so extended.
§Provided that in case of
grant of extraordinary leave during the period of probation of two years, the
name of the person will be removed from the seniority list and placed on a
static list with no claim to promotion, seniority or confirmation for the
period he remained on EOL.
(5) A probationer, who has satisfactorily
completed his period of probation against a substantive vacancy, shall be confirmed with effect from the date of his
continuous appointment in such a vacancy:
Provided
that where the period of his probation has been extended under the provisions
of sub rule (1) of this rule, the date of confirmation shall, subject to the
other provisions of this rule, be the date on which the period of a probation
was last extended.
8. The
seniority inter se of persons appointed to posts in the same grade in a
functional unit shall be determined:-
(1)
(a) In the case of persons appointed by
initial recruitment in accordance with the order of merit, assigned by the
selection authority provided that persons selected for appointment to the grade
in an earlier selection shall rank senior to the persons selected in a later selection;
and
(b) in the case of persons appointed
otherwise, with reference to the dates of their continuous appointment in the
grade; provided that if the date of continuous appointment in the case of two
or more persons appointed to the grade is the same, the older if not junior to
the younger in the next below grade, shall rank senior to the younger person.
Explanation
I -- If a person junior in a lower grade is promoted to a higher grade on ad
hoc basis, in the public interest, even though continuing later permanently in
the higher grade, it would not adversely affect the interest of his seniors in
the fixation of his seniority in the higher grade.
Explanation
II -- If a person junior in a lower grade is promoted to higher grade by superseding
his senior and subsequently the latter is also promoted, the promoted first
shall rank senior to the one promoted subsequently.
Explanation
III -- Subject to the provisions of rule 14 of these rules, a junior appointed
to a higher grade shall be deemed to have superseded his senior only if both
the junior and the senior were considered for the higher grade and the junior
was appointed in preference to the senior.
(2) The seniority of the persons appointed by initial recruitment to the grade
vis-Ã -vis those appointed otherwise shall be determined with reference to the
date of continuous appointment to the grade; provided that if two dates are the
same, the person appointed otherwise shall rank senior to the person appointed
by initial recruitment; provided further that inter se seniority of person belonging to the same category will not be altered.
Explanation
-- In case a group of persons is selected for initial appointment at one time,
the earliest date on which any one out of the group joined the service will be
deemed to be the date of appointment of all persons in the group. Similarly in
case a group of persons is appointed otherwise at one time in the same office
order the earliest date on which any one out of the group joined the service
will be deemed to be the date of appointment of all persons in the group. And
the persons in each group will be placed with reference to the continuous date
of appointment as a group in order of their inter se seniority.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this
rule, the seniority lists already prepared in accordance with the rules applicable
immediately before the commencement of these rules shall be construed as
seniority lists for the respective new grades in respect of persons already
in service and amendments therein shall continue to be made in accordance with
those rules to settle inter se seniority disputes among them.
§Provided further that in
case of extraordinary leave without pay beyond 5 years, the name of the person
to whom such leave is granted will be removed from the seniority list and
placed on a separate static list with no claim to promotion or to seniority
over any junior who may be promoted during this period and his name will be
brought back on the seniority list only after he resumes duty on return and his
seniority shall be determined after deducting the period he remained on EOL
beyond 5 years. If approved for promotion he will not regain his seniority.
PART-II
APPOINTMENT
BY PROMOTION,
TRANSFER OR DEPUTATION
TRANSFER OR DEPUTATION
9. (1) Appointments by promotions or transfer
to posts in various grades shall be made on the recommendations of the
appropriate committee or board.
(2) Promotion including proforma promotion shall not be claimed as of right by any civil servant.
10. Only
such persons as possess the qualifications and meet the conditions laid down
for the purpose of promotion or transfer to a post shall be considered by the
Selection Authority.
(1) Appointment on acting-charge basis may be made in the manner hereinafter
prescribed.
(2) Where the appointing authority considers
it to be in the public interest to fill a post reserved under the rules for
departmental promotion and the most senior civil servant belonging to the cadre or service concerned who is otherwise eligible for promotion does
not possess the specified length of service, the authority may appoint him to
that post on acting-charge basis.
(3)
Where the appointing authority is
satisfied on report of the selecting authority that no suitable officer is
available to fill a post in a grade 17 and above reserved under the rules to be
filled by initial recruitment and it is expedient not to allow the post to
remain unfilled, it may appoint to that post on acting-charge basis the most
senior officer eligible for promotion to that post.
(4) No appointment on acting charge basis shall be made against a post which is likely to remain
vacant for period of less than six month.
(5) No appointment on acting-charge basis
shall be made without the recommendations of the Departmental Promotion
Committee or the Provincial Selection Board as the case may be, but such appointment shall not be deemed to
have been made on regular basis for any purpose nor shall confer any right for
regular appointment.)
(1) Where a post is likely to remain vacant
for a period of less than ¨one year and the appointing
authority does not consider it expedient to make an appointment on ad hoc
basis, it may appoint the senior most civil servant, who in the opinion of the
appointing authority, is eligible and suitable for promotion under the relevant
rules, on current-charge basis.
(2) An appointment made on current-charge basis shall come to an end on appointment of a person on regular
basis or on the expiry of ¨one year, whichever is
earlier.)
** 11. Appointments by transfer may be made if transfer is prescribed in the relevant service
rules as a method of appointment to such post:
(i) from one functional unit to another functional unit if the person holds an appointment on
regular basis in the same basic scale and rank as that of the post to which
appointment by transfer is proposed to be made provided he possesses the
qualifications prescribed for initial recruitment to such posts; or
(ii) from amongst persons holding
appointments in Federal Government and other provinces of Pakistan if the
person fulfills conditions of appointment to the post to which he is
transferred and satisfies such other conditions as may be laid down by the
Government in this respect:
Provided
that persons holding posts in All Pakistan Unified Grades may be appointed by
transfer to a certain number of posts as may be determined from time to time.
12. Until
the rules laying down the qualifications and other conditions for the purposes
of promotion are made, no person shall be promoted to a post in higher grade
on regular basis unless he has passed such test as may be specified by the
appointing authority to be conducted by the selection authority;
Provided
that the Government may dispense with the requirement of passing the test in
relation to such posts as may be specified.
(i) Where a post falls vacant as a result
of deputation, @@
posting outside cadre, leave, suspension or appointment on acting-charge basis of the #(regular)
incumbent or is reserved under the rules to be filled by transfer, if none is
available for transfer, the appointing authority may make appointment by
promotion against such post on officiating basis.
(ii) No person shall be promoted on
officiating basis unless he possesses the qualifications and experience
prescribed for the post and his promotion as such is approved by the chairman
of the appropriate selection authority.
(iii) An officiating promotion shall not confer
any right of promotion on regular basis but shall be liable to be terminated as
soon as a person becomes available for promotion on regular basis.
(iv) Officiating promotion shall be made on
the same terms and conditions as to pay as are prescribed for regular
appointment by promotion.)
* 14. (All persons holding posts in the same functional unit who possess the minimum
qualifications and experience prescribed for a higher post reserved for
departmental promotion, shall be eligible to compete for promotion in the
manner and subject to the conditions as may be prescribed.)
** 14.A Out of turn promotion:-
Notwithstanding
anything contained in these rules, a civil servant eligible for promotion
against a post reserved for promotion in the respective functional unit may be promoted, out of turn, in consideration of criteria laid
down in Section 8-A of the Punjab Civil Servants Act, 1974, on the
recommendations of the following Boards; with the approval of the Chief
Minister:-
1) Posts
in BPS-17 and above Provincial
Selection Board.
2) Posts in BPS-1 to
16 Special Selection Board
comprising Additional Chief Secretary; Finance Secretary, Secretary Law,
Secretary (Services) SGA&ID, Secretary O&M/ Deputy Secretary (Reg:),
SGA&ID.
15. (1) A person in the service of an autonomous
or semi-autonomous organisation who possesses minimum educational
qualifications, experience or, comparable length of service prescribed for the
post shall be eligible for appointment to the said post on deputation, for a period not exceeding three years at a time, on such terms
and conditions as may be sanctioned by the Government in consultation with the
lending organisation.
(2) Subject to any rules or orders on the
subject issued by the Government, a civil servant who fulfills the conditions
and is considered suitable may be sent on deputation to an autonomous or semi-autonomous organisation, established by
law, on such terms and conditions as may be decided by appointing authority in
consultation with the borrowing organisation.
Provided
that leave and pension contributions shall invariably be made by the borrowing
organisation.
PART-III
INITIAL APPOINTMENT
¨“16. Initial recruitment to the posts in Grade 16 and above and such
other posts in BS.11 to BS.15 as are notified by the Government, except those
which, under the Punjab Public Service Commission (Functions) Rules, 1978, do
not fall within the purview of the Commission or which are specified to be
filled without reference to the Commission, shall be made on the basis of the
examination or test conducted by the Commission.”
17. Initial
appointment to all posts in grades 1 and above except those filled under rule
16, shall be made on the basis of examination or test to be held by the appropriate
committee or the board, as the case may be, after advertisement of the
vacancies in newspapers, or in the manner to be determined by the Government.
@@ 17.A. Notwithstanding
anything contained in any rule to the contrary, whenever a civil servant dies
while in service or is declared invalidated/incapacitated for further service,
one of his unemployed children may be employed by the Appointing Authority against a post to be filled under rules 16 and 17 for which
he/she possesses the prescribed qualification and experience and such child may
be given 10 additional marks in the aggregate by the Public Service Commission
or by the appropriate Selection Board or Committee provided he/she otherwise
qualifies in the test/examination and/or interview for posts in BS-6 and above.
Provided
further that one child of a Government servant who dies while in service or is
declared invalidated/incapacitated for further service shall be provided a job
against posts in BS-1 to 5 in the department in which the deceased Government
servant was working, without observance of formalities prescribed under the
rules/procedure. Provided such child is otherwise eligible for the post.
# (18. (1) A
candidate for initial appointment to a post must possess the prescribed
educational qualifications and experience and also, except as provided in the
rules framed for the purpose of relaxation of age limit, must be within the age
limit as laid down for the post:
Provided
that experience, where prescribed, would include equivalent experience, to be
determined by the Government in a profession or in the service of an autonomous
or semi-autonomous organisation or a private organisation.
(2) (i) Where recruitment is to be made on
the basis of a written examination, age shall be reckoned as on the first of
January of the year in which the examination is proposed to be held; and
(ii)
in other cases, as on the last date fixed for submission of applications for
appointment.)
* (19. (1) No
person shall be appointed to a post unless he is a citizen of Pakistan, provided that this restriction may be relaxed by Government in
suitable cases.
(2) No person, who has married a foreign
national shall be appointed to a post; provided that this restriction may
be relaxed by Government in case of a person who has married a citizen of India
§or citizen of Bangladesh.)
20. Vacancies
in various posts shall be filled from persons domiciled in the province of the Punjab in accordance with merit; provided
that for a period not exceeding ** (20) years from the
commencing day of Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, such posts
may be reserved for persons domiciled in such areas as may be specified.
21. A
candidate for appointment must be in good mental and bodily health and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the
discharge of his duties. A candidate who after such medical examination as
Government may prescribe is found not to satisfy these requirements shall not
be appointed.
# (21.A. (1) No
person, not already in Government service, shall be appointed to a post unless
he produces a certificate of character from the principal Academic Officer of the academic institution
last attended and also certificates of character from two responsible persons
not being his relatives who are well acquainted with his character and
antecedents.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in sub rule (1)
an appointment by initial recruitment shall be subject to the verification of
character and antecedents of the candidate or the person appointed to the satisfaction of
the appointing authority.)
”The date of birth once
recorded at the time of joining government service shall be final and
there-after no alteration in the date of birth of a civil servant shall be
permissible.”
PART-IV
AD HOC APPOINTMENTS
22. (1) When a post is required to be filled,
the appointing authority shall forward a requisition to the selection authority
immediately after decision is taken to fill the post.
(2) After forwarding a requisition to the
selection authority, the appointing authority may, if it considers necessary in
the public interest, fill the post on ad hoc basis for a period not exceeding *
(one year) pending nomination of a candidate by the selection authority:
Provided; 1) the vacancy
is advertised properly in the newspapers;
2) the appointment is made of a person duly
qualified in accordance with the provisions of the rules and orders applicable
to the post;
3) the selection is made on the basis of merit
determined by objective criteria;
4) the appointment order certifies that a
requisition has been sent to the selection authority; and
5) the appointment is made subject to
revocation at any time by the competent authority;
Provided
further that ad hoc appointment shall not confer any right on the persons so
appointed in the matter of regular appointment to the same post nor the service
will count towards seniority in the grade.
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PART-V
RELAXATIONS
23. *
(The Chief Minister may, for special reasons to be recorded in writing, relax
any of the rules in any individual case of hardship, to the extent prescribed
by him.)
HISTORY OF AMENDMENTS AND ORIGINAL VERSION OF RULES
Rule 2 (f)
Original Version of Rule 2 (f).
"2. (f) "Committee" means a
Departmental Promotion Committee or a Departmental Selection Committee"
The above original version was substituted vide
Notification No. SOR.III-16/86 dated 17.2.1987 as under:
"Committee" means
a Departmental Promotion Committee, a Departmental Selection Committee or a
Recruitment Advisory Committee.
The substitution made vide Notification No.
SOR-III-1-16/86, dated 17.2.1987 was withdrawn vide Notification No.
SOR-III-1-16/86, dated 20.4.1988. Consequently, original version was restored
which was again substituted vide Notification No. SOR.III(S&GAD)2-122/89
dated 20.12.1989 as given at page 17.
Rule 4
The whole Rule 4 consisting of 9 sub-rules was
substituted vide Notification No. SOR-III (S&GAD)2-122/89 dated 20.12.89 as
given at page 18 Amendments made from time to time in the 9 sub-rules are
detailed below:-
Original version of Sub-Rule (1) of Rule 4.
"4.(1) In each Department or Office of the
Government, there shall be one or more Departmental Promotion Committees and Departmental Selection Committees."
After the full stop at the end of Rule 4 (1) the
following words were added vide Notification No. SOR-III-1-16/86 dated 17.2.1987.
Provided that there shall
be one Recruitment Advisory Committee at District level for all departments.
The above addition was withdrawn vide
Notification No. SOR-III-1-16/86 dated 20.4.1988. Thereafter through another
amendment made vide Notification No. SOR-III-2-35/89 dated 15.5.1989 a proviso
was added below the sub-rule (1) of Rule, 4, as under:-
Provided
that there shall be one Departmental Selection Committee at District level for
purposes of making recruitment to district cadre posts in BS-1 - 15 of all departments.
Sub-rule 2
The original version of sub-rule (2) is given
hereunder :-
(2)
There shall be a Provincial Selection Board and such other Selection Boards as may be constituted by Government
from time to time.
Sub-rule (3)
Original version of Sub-Rule (3) of Rule 4.
4. (3)
Each such Committee or Board shall consist of at least three members one of
whom shall be appointed as Chairman.
After the full stop at the end of sub rule (3)
of Rule 4 the following words were added vide Notification No. SOR-III-1-16/86
dated 17.2.1987.
Provided that the
Recruitment Advisory Committee shall be constituted as may be notified by the
Government from time to time.
The sub-rule (3) was substituted vide
Notification No. SOR-III-1-16/86 dated 10th June, 1987 as under:-
(3)
Each such Committee or Board shall consist of at least three members, except in
the case of Recruitment Advisory Committee, one of whom shall be appointed as
Chairman.
Sub-rule 4
Original version of sub-rule (4) of rule 4 is as
under:-
(4)
The composition of such Committees and Boards and the procedure to be observed
by such Committees and Boards shall be determined by Government.
Sub-rule 5
Original version of sub-rule 5 of rule 4 is as
under:-
(5)
The appointing authority or its representative shall be ex-officio member of
the Board making selection.
Sub-rule 6
Original version of Sub-Rule 6 of rule 4 is as
under:-
(6)
A Departmental Promotion Committee shall make selection for appointment by
promotion or transfer to posts in or under a Department or Office for which it
is constituted in Grades 18 and below.
This Sub-rule 6 was substituted vide
Notification No. SOR-III-1-39/78 dated 10.7.1981, as below:-
"(6) A Departmental
Promotion Committee shall make selection for appointment by promotion or
transfer to posts in or under a Department or Office for which it is
constituted in Grade 17 and below."
This sub-rule was again substituted vide
Notification No. SOR-III-2.25/86 dated 21.9.1986 as under :-
(6)
A Departmental Promotion Committee shall
make selection for appointment by promotion, or transfer to posts in or
under a Department or Office for which it is constituted in BPS 16 and 17 and
also for posts in Bs-18 other than those included in schedule IV of Punjab
Government Rules of Business, 1974.
Sub-rule 7
Original version of Sub-Rule 7 of Rule 4 is
given hereunder :-
(7)
A Departmental Selection Committee shall make selection for appointment by
initial recruitment to posts in or under a Department or Office for which it is
constituted in Grades 15 and below and such other posts in Grades 16 and above
as may be specified to be filled without reference to the Commission under rule
5 of the Punjab Public Service Commission (Functions) Rules, 1974.
The above Sub-Rule 7 was substituted vide No.
SOR-III-1-39/78 dated 10.7.1981.
A Departmental Selection Committee shall make
selection for appointment by initial recruitment to posts in or under a
Department or Office for which it is constituted in Grade 15 and below.
The following words were added after deleting
the full stop after the word below vide Notification No. SOR-III-2-23/86 dated
8.5.1987:-
"and the post of
Superintendent in non-Secretariat office."
After the full stop appearing at the end of
sub-rule (7) the following addition was made vide Notification No.
SOR-III-1-16/86, dated 17.2.1987.
"Recruitment Advisory
Committee shall make recommendations for appointment by initial recruitment to
all posts in BS-1 to BS-6 in the district cadres of all departments.
Recommendations of the Recruitment Advisory Committee shall be of advisory
nature and the respective appointing authorities may issue appointment orders
as per recommendations of these Committees."
The above addition made vide Notification No.
SOR-III-1-16/86 dated 17.2.1987 was withdrawn through Notification NO.
SOR-III-1-16/86 dated 20.4.1988.
A proviso to this sub-rule was added vide
Notification No. SOR-III-2-35/89, dated 15.5.1989 as under:-
Provided
that the Departmental Selection Committees at district level headed by the Dy. Commissioner concerned shall
make selection for appointment by initial recruitment to all district cadre posts in BS-1-15 of all departments.
Sub-rule 8
Original version of Sub-Rule 8 of Rule 4 is
given hereunder:-
(8) A Selection Board shall make selection for
appointment by initial recruitment, transfer or promotion to all posts in
Grades 15 and below and such other posts in Grade 16, 17 and 18 as may be
specified to be filled without reference to the Commission under rule 5 of the
Punjab Public Service Commission (Functions ) Rules, 1974.
The above version was substituted as below vide
Notification No. SOR-III-1-39/78 dated 10.7.1981.
The Provincial Selection Board shall make selection for appointment--
1. by promotion and transfer to posts in
Grade 18 and above ; and
2. by initial recruitment to such posts in
Grade 16 and above as may be specified to be filled without reference to the
Commission under rule 5 of the Punjab Public Service Commission (Functions)
Rules, 1978; and
The above mentioned clause (I) was substituted
as under vide Notification No. SOR-III-2-25/86 dated 21st September, 1986:
"By promotion and
transfer to posts in BS-19 and above and for posts in BS-18 included in the
schedule IV of the Punjab Government Rules of Business, 1974."
Through an amendment made vide Notification No.
SOR-III-1-12/87 dated 27.6.1987, the word "and" appearing after
semicolon in clause (2) above was deleted and the following provision was added
thereunder:-
** (and Provided
that any of the functions of the Provincial Selection Board may be entrusted by the Government to any Selection Board
constituted under clause (2) above.)
The above notification No.SOR.III-1-12/87 dated
27th June, 1987 was superseded vide Notification No. SOR.III.2.20/86, dated
19th October, 1987 and it was given effect from 21.8.1986. The word
"and" appearing in clause (2) after semi-colon was again deleted
through this amendment:-
"and Provided
that any of the functions of the Provincial Selection Board may be entrusted by the Government to any Selection Board
constituted under clause (2) above."
Sub-rule 9
Original version of Sub-rule 9 of Rule 4 which
was deleted vide Notification No. SOR-III-1-39/78 dated 10.7.1981.
(9) The Provincial Selection Board shall make selection for appointment ----
(i)
by promotion and transfer to posts in Grades 19 and above and such other posts
in Grade 18 as may be specified; and
(ii)
by initial recruitment to such posts in Grades 19 and above as may be specified
to be filled without reference to the Commission under rule 5 of the Punjab
Public Service Commission (Functions) Rules, 1974.
Moreover, sub-rule 10 was re-numbered as
sub-rule (9) vide Notification No. SOR-III-1-39/78 dated 10.7.1981. The
original version of sub-rule (10) which was re-numbered is given below :-
(10) The Government, in relation to various posts
for which a Committee and a Board have concurrent Jurisdiction, shall, by
general or special order, specify the post for which selection will be made by
a Committee or a Board.
Rule 6
Original version of Rule 6
6. The
authorities competent to make appointment to various grades shall be as
follows;
Grades Appointing
Authority
Grade 16 and above Government
Grade 1-15 Respective
authorities exercising such powers immediately before the commencement of these
rules or such authorities as may thereafter be empowered.
The above Rule 6 was substituted vide
Notification No. SOR.IV(S&GAD) 15-4/85 dated 24.12.1985 as under:
6. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in any service rules, the authorities
competent to make appointment to various posts shall be as follows:
Posts Appointing
Authority
i) BPS 19 and above Chief Minister
ii)
BPS 18 Chief
Minister for posts included in schedule IV of Punjab Government Rules of
Business, 1974 and the administrative secretaries concerned in other cases.
iii)
BPS 16 & 17 Administrative
secretaries concerned.
iv) BPS 1-15 Respective
authorities exercising such powers immediately before the commencement of these
rules or such authorities as may hereafter be empowered.
Entries at Sr. No. (i) and (ii) above are still
operative (may be seen at page 19). However, entries at (iii) and (iv) below
the heading Posts were substituted vide Notification No. SOR.III-2-23/86 dated
8.5.1987 as under:-
iii) BPS-16 and 17 (except posts
of superintendent in non-secretariat offices).
iv) BPS-1 to 15 and BPS-16 posts
of superintendent in non-secretariat offices.
Thereafter, entries mentioned above at Sr. No.
iii and iv were again substituted vide Notification No. SOR.III-2-23/86 dated
24.6.1990 as given as under:
iii) BPS-16 and 17
iv) BPS-1 to 16
Original version of ii) and iii) in the table of
Rule 6 which was substituted vide Notification No. SOR.III.1-9/89 dated
20.8.1998 as under:
Chief Minister for posts
included in Schedule IV of Punjab Government Rules of Business, 1974 and the
Administrative Secretaries concerned in other cases.
Administrative Secretary
concerned or the Chairman of the Commission for posts in the Commission except
such posts in BS-16 for which any other authority is prescribed as appointing
authority in the relevant service/recruitment rules relevant to a Department or
the Commission.
Rule 10
Rule 10-B was substituted vide notification No.
SOR.III-1-14/75 dated 26.2.1983 with the following text:-
(10-B Appointment on current-charge basis --
(1) Where a post is likely to remain vacant
for a period of less than six months and the appointing authority does not
consider it expedient to make an appointment on ad hoc basis, it may appoint
any civil servant to that post on current-charge basis.
(2) An appointment made on current-charge basis shall come to an end on appointment of a person on regular
basis or on the expiry of six months whichever is earlier.)
Rule 11
(Appointments by transfer may be made:-
(i) from one functional unit to another functional unit if the person holds an appointment on
a regular basis in the same grade as that of the post to which appointment is
proposed to be made; or
(ii)
from amongst persons holding appointments in Federal Government and other
provinces of Pakistan if the person fulfills conditions of appointment to the
post to which he is transferred and satisfies such other conditions as may be
laid down by the Government in this respect:
Provided
that persons holding post in All Pakistan Unified Grades may be appointed by
transfer to a certain number of posts as may be determined from time to time.)
The
above rule was substituted vide Notification No. SOR.III-1-14/75 dated
17.10.1993.
Rule 13
Original version of Rule 13
13. (1) No person shall be promoted on ad hoc
basis unless he possesses the qualifications for the post and his appointment
as such is approved by the chairman of the appropriate selection authority.
(2) An ad hoc promotion shall terminate on
the expiry of six months from the date of promotion or on the date regular
promotion is ordered, whichever is earlier.
The
above mentioned rule 13 comprising two sub rules, was substituted vide
Notification No. SOR.IV-1-14/75 dated 12.3.1985 by four clauses as under:
(i)
Where a post falls vacant as a result of deputation, leave or appointment on acting-charge basis of the regular
incumbent or is reserved under the rules to be filled by transfer, the
appointing authority may make appointment by promotion against such posts on
officiating basis.
(ii),
(iii), (iv) as given at page 23, 24.
However,
the above mentioned clause 1 was again substituted vide Notification No.
SOR.III-1-14/75 (P) dated 10.1.1990 as given at page 23.
Rule 14
Original version of Rule 14 which was substituted
vide Notification No. SOR.III (SGA&ID) 1-14/75 dated 28.7.1987.
14. (1) All persons holding posts in a
functional unit in the same grade who possess the minimum qualifications and
experience prescribed for promotion shall be eligible to compete for promotion
and take part in the test to be held for the purpose.
(2) A person who fails in the test and is
not promoted on the basis of competitive merit, shall be deemed to have been
superseded by his juniors who are promoted provided that inter se seniority of the officers thus promoted shall be maintained on promotion:
Provided
that a person, who was not able to take part in the test due to reasons, beyond
his control, may be permitted in writing one more change by the appointing
authority and, if so allowed, shall retain his inter se seniority on promotion if he does not fail in a special test, which may be
held for the purpose, or the next regular test, following the previous test in
which he did not appear. In any other case a person not appearing in the test
shall be deemed to have failed in the test and has been superseded.
Rule 16 (1)
Initial recruitment to the posts in grade 16 and
above and such other posts in BS-11 to 15 as are referred to it by the Chief
Minister, except those which under the Punjab Public Service Commission
(Functions), Rules 1978 do not fall within the purview of the commission or
which are specified to be filled without reference to the commission, shall be
made on the basis of examination or test conducted by the Commission.
Rule 16 (2)
Notwithstanding anything contained in any rule
to the contrary, whenever a civil servant dies while in service and during the
performance of the duty, any one of his children may be employed by the
Government against a post for which he possesses the prescribed qualifications
and experience without observance of the procedure laid down in rules 16 (1)
and 17 ibid.
Original version of Rule
16(1) substituted by Notification No. SOR.III-2-2/91 dated 24.3.1996 is as
under:-
16 (1) Initial
appointment to the posts in Grade 16 and above, except those which, under the
Punjab Public Service Commission (Functions) Rules, 1978, do not fall within
the purview of the Commission or which are specified to be filled without
reference to the Commission, shall be made on the basis of examination or test
conducted by the Commission.
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(2)
Rule 17-A
Notwithstanding anything contained in any rule
to the contrary, whenever a civil servant dies while in service or is declared
invalidated/incapacitated for further service, any one of his unemployed
children, if any, may be employed by the Appointing Authority against a post to be filled under rules 16 and 17 for which
he/she possesses the prescribed qualifications and experience and such child
may be given 10 additional marks in the aggregate by the Public Service
Commission or by the appropriate Selection Board or Committee, provided he/she
otherwise qualifies in the test, examination and/or interview
Rule 22 (3)
Original version of sub rule (3) of Rule 22
which was deleted vide Notification No. SOR III (S&GAD) 1-14/86 dated
11.3.1975.
22. (3) Governor may, for special reasons, relax
any of these conditions in any individual case.
Rule 23
Rule 23 was added in these rules as below vide
Notification No. SOR.III 1-14/75 dated 11.3.1975.
"23. Government
may, for special reasons, relax any of the rules in any individual case".
This
rule was substituted vide Notification No. SOR.III 1-14/75 dated 6.2.1978, as
under:
Government may, for special reasons to be
recorded in writing, relax any of the rules in any individual case of hardship
to the extent prescribed by Government."
This
rule was further substituted vide Notification No. SOR.III-1-14/75 dated
14.10.1993 as under:-
“23. The Governor may for
special reasons to be recorded in writing and after consultation with the PPSC,
relax any of the rules in any individual case or hardship to the extent
prescribed by him.”
This
rule was again substituted vide Notification No. SOR.III-1-14/75 dated
14.10.1993 as under:-
“23. The Chief Minister
may, for special reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the rules in
any individual case of hardship, to the extent prescribed by him.”
* Substituted vide
Notification No. SOR.III(S&GAD)2-122/89 dated 20.12.1989. History of
amendments is available at page No. 30.
[1] Added vide Notification No. SOR.III.2-32/88 dated
19.09.2001.
· Substituted vide
Notification No. SOR.III(S&GAD) 2-122/89, dated 20.12.1989. History of
amendments is available at page 30.
** Substituted vide
Notification No. SOR.III-2-23/86, dated 24.6.1990. Previous version is
available at page 35.
t Substituted vide Notification No. SOR.III.1-9/89 dated
20.8.1998.
§ Proviso added
after Rule 7 (4) vide Notification No. SOR.III-2-52/99 dated 20th
November, 2001.
§ Proviso added
after Rule 8 (3) vide Notification No. SOR.III-2-52/99 dated 20th
November, 2001.
@ Substituted vide
notification No. SOR.I(S&GAD)16-32/94 dated 4.9 1994 (original version at
page 35).
¨ The words “six
months” substituted with the words “one year” in sub-rule (1) and (2) vide
Notification No. SOR.III-2-58/97 dated 9.9.1999.
** Substituted vide
Notification No. SOR.III-1-14/75 dated 17.10.1993. Previous version is
available at page 35.
* Substituted vide
Notification No. SOR.III-1-14/75, dated 28.7.1987. Original version is
available at page 36.
¨ Substituted vide Notification No. SOR.III.1-14/75 dated
20.5.2001. Previous version is available at page 37.
@@ Substituted vide
Notification No. SORIII-2-42/92 dated 28.8.1993. Previous version is available
at page 37.
# Rule 18 was renumbered as
18(1) and sub rule (2) was added vide Notification No. SOR.III-1-14/75 dated
1.4.1976.
* Rule 19 was renumbered as
19(1) and sub rule (2) was added vide Notification No. SOR.III-1-14/75 dated
1.4.1976.
§ In Rule 19 (2),
words “or citizen of Bangladesh” added vide Notification No. SOR. IV
(S&GAD) 1-9/96 dated 28th October, 1997.
© Added vide Notification No. SOR.III-1-14/75 dated
15.11.2000.
* Substituted vide
Notification No. SOR.IV (SGA&ID) 15-4/85 dated 24.12.1985. Previous
versions are available at page 38.
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