FEDERAL INVESTIGATION
AGENCY (APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION
S.R.O. 340 (1)/75, dated
21st March, 1975: In exercise of the
powers conferred by Section 9 of the Federal Investigation Agency Act, 1974
(VIII of 1975), the Federal Government is pleased to make the following rules
namely
1. Short title,
commencement and application: (1) These rules may be called the Federal Investigation
Agency (Appointment, Promotion and Transfer) Rules, 1975.
(2) They shall come into
force at once.
2. Definitions: In these rules, unless there is anything
repugnant in the subject or context:‑‑
(a) "Act"
means the Federal Investigation Agency Act, 1974 (VIII of 1975);
(b) "Central
Selection Board" has the same meaning as in the Civil Servants (Appointment,
Promotion and Transfer) Rules, 1973 ;
(c)
"Commission" has the same meaning as in the Civil Servants
(Appointment, Promotion and Transfer) Rules, 1973;
(d) "Departmental
Promotion Committee" means a Committee constituted for the purpose of making
selection for appointment by promotion to posts under the Federal Investigation
Agency in Grade 18 and below;
(e) "Departmental
Selection Committee" means a Committee constituted for the purpose of
making selection for direct appointment or through transfer to posts under
Federal Investigation Agency in Grade 18 and below;
(f) "Grade"
means a National Scale of Pay in which a post or group of posts is placed ; and
(g) "Schedule"
means Schedule appended to these rules.
3. Appointments to the
posts under the Federal Investigation Agency shall be made by the following
methods, namely;
(a) by promotions of
persons employed on regular basis in the Agency;
(b) by transfer of
person from other Departments of the Federal Government and the Provincial Governments,
on deputation for a specified period; and
(c) by direct
appointment.
4. Appointments to the
posts of Director‑General and Additional Director‑General shall be made by the
Federal Government on the basis of selection ordinarily from amongst officers
of All‑Pakistan Unified Grade.
5. Posts in Grade 19
shall ordinarily be filled by promotion of officers of Grade 18 serving in the
Agency on regular basis: Provided that if no suitable officer possessing the
requisite qualifications and experience, if any, is available for promotion In
the Agency, the posts may be filled by transfer or direct appointment as may be
appropriate.
6. Not more than 50 per
cent of the posts in Grades 16, 17 and 18 shall be filled by promotion of
officers serving in the Agency on regular basis: Provided that if no suitable
officers possessing the reuisite qualifications, experience and length of
service are available the posts may be filled by transfer or direct
appointment.
7. Posts in Grades 1 and
2 of peon, constable and electrician shall be filled by direct appointment and
the posts of Daftry and Jamadar shall be filled by promotion.
8. 50 per cent, of the
posts in Grades 3 to 15 shall be filled by promotion and 50 per cent by direct
appointment or transfer: Provided that if no suitable person is available in
the Agency to fill a post by promotion, the post may be filled by direct
appointment or transfer as may be appropriate.
9. There shall be three
Departmental Promotion Committees each consisting of three officers for
selecting persons for appointment by promotion to the Grades specified against
each in Schedule I.
10. There shall be three
Departmental Selection Committees each consisting of three officers for
selecting persons for appointment by direct recruitment or transfer to the
Grades specified against each in Schedule II.
11. The authorities
competent to make appointment, whether by promotion, transfer or direct
recruitment to the various Grades shall be as follows
(i) Grades 17 and above:
Prime Minister.
(ii) Grades 11 to 16:
Director‑General.
(iii) Grades 3 to 10:
Director‑General or Additional Director‑General or any Officer not below the
rank of a Director of the Agency (Grade 19) to whom the powers are delegated by
the Director General.
(iv) Grades 1 and 2 :
Deputy Director of the Agency (Grade 18 officer).
12. For the purposes of
promotion, and direct appointment, and transfer, the posts in the Federal
Investigation Agency will be placed in the following groups, namely
(i) Investigation (iv)
Income‑tax.
(ii)
Accounts (v)
Engineering.
(iii)
Customs (vi)
Legal.
These groups may, for
the smooth administration of the Agency and with the prior approval of Federal
Government, be added to or modified as may be considered appropriate by the
Director‑General.
13. (1) Appointments by
promotion shall ordinarily be made within the Groups mentioned in rule 12 by
promotion of officers and staff working in the next lower grade or rank on the
recommendation of the appropriate Departmental Promotion Committee or the
Central Selection Board, as the case may be.
(2) Only those persons
who are employed on regular basis in the Agency shall be considered by the
Departmental Promotion Committee for promotion.
(3) Persons appointed in
the Agency by transfer can be considered for promotion only after they have
been selected to serve the Agency only on regular basis.
14. The service limits
for purposes of promotion to Grades 18, 19 and 20 shall be the same as have
been or may be prescribed by the Establishment Division from time to time.
15. Appointment by
transfer on deputation for a specified period shall be made from amongst the
persons holding appointments in the departments or organizations in the same
grade in which the post to be filled exists or in promotion from the next lower
grade, or rank provided that the person concerned possess the qualifications and
experience prescribed for the direct appointment or promotion to the post
concerned.
16. A person appointed
under rule 15 may, with the approval of the appointing authority, be retained
on regular‑basis in the Agency and may, after obtaining the consent of the
official concerned and with agreement of his parent department be confirmed in
due course against permanent post.
17. Direct appointments
to posts in Grade 16 and above shall be made on the basis of examination or
test to be held by the Commission.
18. Direct appointments
to posts in Grades 3 to 15 shall be made on the recommendation of the
Departmental Selection Committee after the vacancies have been advertised and
the candidates interviewed.
19. A candidate for
direct appointment to a post must possess the educational qualifications and
experience, must be within the age limits and fulfil other conditions laid down
for the post in Schedule III.
20. A candidate for
appointment to a post shall be a citizen of Pakistan:
Provided that in the
case of candidates to be appointed on temporary basis to posts in the Pakistan
Missions or elsewhere abroad, this requirement may be relaxed with the approval
of the interior Division for a period not exceeding one year at a time.
21. Vacancies in the
under‑mentioned posts shall be filled on all‑Pakistan basis in accordance with
the merit on Provincial or regional quotas prescribed by the Federal Government
from time to time (i) Ail posts in Grade 16 and above. (ii) Posts in Grades 3
to 15 in offices which serve the whole of Pakistan.
22. Vacancies in posts
in Grades 3 to 15 in offices which serve only a particular province or region
and the incumbents of which are not ordinarily transferable to officers of the
Agency located in other Provinces or regions shall be filled by appointment of
region concerned.
23. Vacancies in posts
in Grades 1 and 2 shall ordinarily be filled on local basis.
24. 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.
25. When under these
rules a post is required to be filled through the Commission, the appointing
authority shall forward a requisition on the prescribed form to the
Commission immediately if it is decided to fill the post or, if that is not
practicable and the post is filled on ad hoc basis as provided in rule 26
within two months of the filling of the post.
26. When the appointing
authority considers it to be in the public interest to fill a post falling
within the purview of the Commission urgently pending nomination of a candidate
by the Commission, it may proceed to fill it on an ad hoc basis for a period
not exceeding six months. The post shall be advertised and the procedure, as
laid down in Part VII for direct appointment shall be followed in making ad hoc
appointments.
27. Short term vacancies
in the posts falling within the purview of the Commission and vacancies
occurring as a result of creation of temporary posts for period not exceeding
six months may be filled by the appointing authority otherwise than through the
Commission on a purely temporary basis, after advertising the vacancy in the
newspapers.
28. Notwithstanding
anything contained in the foregoing provisions of the rules, the rules framed
by the Establishment Division from time to time for appointment to all grades
of the Ministerial posts in attached departments of the Federal Government
shall apply to appointments to the ministerial posts in the Agency.
29. All posts of Ministerial
staff in the Agency up to Grade 14 shall be considered to be on cadre.
30. The appointing
authority may, on the recommendation of the Departmental Selection Committee,
relax the upper age limit and physical requirements regarding height and chest
as laid down in Schedule III in suitable cases of persons otherwise highly
experienced in the field in which the posts exist, and the requirements of
educational qualifications may be relaxed provided that persons possessing the
requisite qualifications are not available and prior approval of the Federal
Government is obtained for such relaxation.
31. In respect of
matters not provided in the Act and not covered by these rules or any other
rules framed under the Act but covered by the Civil Servants Act, 1973 (LXXI of
1973), or the Civil Servants (Appointment, Promotion and Transfer) Rules, 1973,
the corresponding provisions of the later Act or the Rules shall apply to the
appointments made under these rules.
[For Schedules I to III,
see Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part II, dated 21st March, 1975].
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