Federal Levies Force Regulation 2010
[Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part 11,
17th June, 2010)
S.R.O.
518(I)/2010, dated 16-6-2010.---In exercise of the powers conferred by section
11 of the Federal Levies Force Regulation, 2010 the Federal Government is
pleased to make the following rules, namely:-‑
1.
Short title and commencement.---(1) These rules may be called Federal Levies
Force (Service) Rules, 2010.
(2)
They shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.---(1) In these Rules, unless
the context otherwise require, the following expressions shall have the
meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, namely:
(a) "Appointing
Authority" means
the appointing authority specified in rule 4;
(b) "Government" means the Federal
Government;
(c) "Schedule" means the Schedule to these
rules; and
(d) "Selection
or Promotion Committee"means a committee for recruitment or as the
case may be, promotion of Force personnel as notified by the Commandant.
(2)
The expression used but not defined herein shall have the same meanings as are
assigned to them under the Federal Levies Force Regulation, 2010.
3.
Composition and eligibility of the Force.—(1) The Force shall comprise of the posts
specified in Schedule-I and such other posts as may be determined
by the Government from time to time.
(2)
Recruitment to the Force shall be made in accordance with requirements
specified in Schedule-I. The following conditions shill alsoe fulfilled,
namely:
(a) a candidate for appointment
shall be a citizen of Pakistan and bona fide resident of the
respective district, agency or frontier region, as the case may be
(b) no candidate shall be
appointed to a post unless he is found, after medical examination, to be in good
mental and bodily health and free from physical defect likely to interfere in
the efficient discharge of his duties;
(c) Medical Superintendent of
the respective district headquarter hospital or agency headquarter hospital
shall issue a certificate of medical fitness of the candidate;
(d) recruitment to all ranks of
the Force shall be made from amongst those persons having a minimum height of
five feet and five inches and chest measurement of thirty-two to thirty-four
inches with an age of not less than eighteen years and not more than
twenty-five years;
(e) the upper age limit may be
relaxed up to three years in special circumstances and in case of ex-servicemen
up to five years by the competent Authority;
(f) no person
(except those who are not already in Government Service) shall be appointed to
the Force unless he produces a certificate of character from the Principal or
Academic Officer of the academic institution last attended and also a
certificate of character from two other gazetted officers
or Maliksfrom respective districts or subsection of the tribes, not being
his relative and who are well acquainted with his character; and
(g) no person who is married
to a foreign national shall be eligible for appointment in the Force, unless
allowed by the Government, in writing.
4.
Appointing Authority.—(l) Commandant or his nominated officer shall
be the appointing authority for initial recruitment or promotion of the Force
personnel.
(2)
Appointment to the post shall be made in accordance with the provision
contained in Schedule-I of these rules.
(3)
Appointment shall be made through a duly constituted Selection Committee.
5.
Probation.---(l)
All selected personnel ' of the Force shall remain on probation for one year
extendable by a further period of one year. If no order
is issued on the expiry of thefirst
year of probation period, the period of probation shall be deemed to have
been extended for further one year. If no order is issued on the completion of
extended period the probation shall be deemed to have been terminated.
(2)
All promotes shall be on probation for a period of one year from the date of
promotion and may be reverted to the former rank if they fail to maintain the
prescribed standard of conduct and efficiency. All reversion orders shall
explain the reasons for making the order and shall be in writing.
6.
Training.--(1)
All newly recruited personnel of the Force, shall undergo six months
pre-service training before being assigned duties of the rank for which they
are selected. Initially, the Appointing Authority shall arrange for appropriate
training till a proper Levies Training School is established.
(2)
The pre-service training mentioned in sub-rule (1) may contain training on
basic laws, investigation techniques, mob control, basic intelligence, arrest
and detention procedure, jail duties, drill, weapons training, field
craftbramtha, bomb disposal, counter assault, traffic control etc. Proper
training syllabus and module shall be developed through\mutual consultation
with local law enforcing agencies by the Commandant.
7.
Resignation.—No
member of the Force shall resign before the expiration of the first three
months of his recruitment or he shall deposit an amount equal to his three months
pay in lieu of his three months essential service.
8.
Seniority and promotion.---Promotion shall be strictly on seniority cum fitness basis
as well as on the required length of service as specified in Schedule-I. The
services of apersonnel by initial recruitment or promotion may be
dispensed with or reverted if, in the opinion of the Competent Authority, his
work and conduct is not satisfactory during probation period or due to
abolishment of posts, as the case may be. A seniority list shall be maintained
at district, agency, and frontier region level.
9.
Transfer during service.—Members of the Force shall be liable to transfer anywhere
in their respective district or agency or frontier region. An Officer may be
transferred to any other district or agency or frontier regions in the public
interest.
10.
Punishment.—After
satisfying themselves regarding punishable acts (as referred to in schedule-II
) through a proper inquiry, the necessary punishment specified in
schedule-III may be awarded by the Competent Authority. A person to whom
punishment is awarded shall be given an opportunity to show cause in writing.
However, in circumstances where it is not possible to adopt this procedure the
Competent Authority, for reasons to be recorded in writing, may dispense with
such requirement.
11,
Appeal.—If a
Force personnel is aggrieved by any order under these rules, he may within
thirty days of communication to him of such order, prefer appeal to the
Competent Authority. Force personnel may file a review petition to the next
higher authority within thirty days of the receipt of decision of appeal or
sixty days of the preference of appeal, whichever is earlier.
12.
Awards and commendations.—(l) Force personnel may be given special award and
commendation certificate for devotion to duty, demonstration of gallantry and
achievement in the performance of duty, in the manners as prescribed by the
Commandant after approval from the Government.
(2)
Force personnel, if embraces martyrdom in the discharge of his duty, will be
given proper Guard of Honor at the time of burial.
13.
Service record.—Proper
service rolls of all Force personnel stall be maintained in Levy Office of each
district or agency or frontier region. Annual Reports of
all havaldars and junior commissioned officers (JCO) will also be
maintained for the purpose of promotion.
14.
Leave.—(1)
Earned leave may be granted depending on the exigencies and at the discretion
of the Competent Authority. All leave of ten days or above, will be considered
as long leave and shall be granted on the recommendation
of subedar major by the Competent Authority.
(2)
Casual leave may be allowed up to three days by the Competent Authority. Casual
leave up to nine days may be granted by the Deputy Commandant (to be notified
by the Commandant) on the recommendation of the concerned JCO.
(3)
Medical Leave shall be granted by the Commandant on the production of medical
certificate from the Civil Surgeon concerned.
15.
Salary.—The Force
personnel shall be entitled to receive pay and allowances as per their pay
scales notified by the Government from time to time.
16.
Gratuity and pension.—All Force personnel will be entitled to pension as per
prevailing Government rules.
17.
Compensation.—(l) The family of Force personnel shall be granted death
compensation in case the Force personnel embraces martyrdom during discharge of
his duty as per rates prescribed by the Government.
(2)
Force personnel shall be granted compensation in case of sustaining fatal
injury or injuries during the discharge of his duty. If he is declared
incapacitated for further service due to such fatality, he shall be entitled to
gratuity and pension for rendering minimum service of ten years.
(3)
Sons and wards of such martyred and incapacitated Force personnel shall be
given preference in recruitment of Force personnel for compensating the family
martyr.
18.
Funds.—(1)
Force personnel shall be governed by the provision of general provident fund,
benevolent fund and group insurance as prescribed for other employees of the
Government.
(2)
A special welfare fund for Force personnel shall be created by the Government
at Federal level with monthly contribution from all Force personnel at the rate
as prescribed by the Commandant, which shall be utilized for the general
welfare of Force personnel and their families.
19.
Health care.—Medical
facilities for the Force personnel and their families shall be catered at local
Government hospitals and dispensaries at par with other employees of the Government.
20.
Monitoring and evaluation.--(1) Commandant or Deputy Commandant of the
Force shall set up suitable number of levy posts in the respective jurisdiction
and shall assign suitable number of Force personnel at each of such levy post.
(2)
There shall be a levy line in each district, agency and frontier region, which shall have
all necessary facilities including parade ground,barraks, quarter guards, kote and
armory etc.
(3)
Every personnel of the Force shall wear prescribed uniform along with all
assessors at the time of duty during the duty hours and beyond if assigned
special duty.
(4)
Duty registers showing the duties assigned to each individual on day to day
basis shall be maintained in each levy post by a muharrir.
(5) Naib subedar shall
be responsible for carrying out the work assigned to Force personnel whose
duties shall be intimated in advance with written entry in the duty register.
(6)
Such registers including roznamchas as prescribed by the Commandant
shall be maintained in every post. .
(7)
Sub-divisional
magistrates, tehsildars andnaib tehsildars shall in the
course of their tours, inspect levy duty register androznamchas and
satisfy themselves that Force personnel are carrying out their respective
duties. A note regarding absence from the post or from the place of duty of any
Force personnel without leave, shall invariably be recorded by inspecting
officers in the Force duty register. Matter shall be reported to Assistant
Director or District Commandant within twenty four hours for appropriate
action.
SCHEDULE-I
[See rules 4(2)]
S.No. Post/Rank Eligibility
for Promotion Direct Qualification
Promotion Quota Quota
1. Subedar 5
years
service 100% -- -‑
Major as Subedar. (BPS-16)
2. Subedar 5
years
service100% -- -‑
(BPS-13) as Naib
Subedar.
3. Naib 5
years
service 100% -- -‑
Subedar as Havaldar
(BPS-11).
4. Havaldar 3
years
service100% -- -‑
(BPS-8) as Sepoy and
above rank.
5. Naik (BPS- 3
years
service 100% -- -‑
7) as Sepoy or
Lance Naik.
6. L/Naik 2
years
service 100% -- -‑
(BPS-6). as Sepoy
7. Sepoy 100% Middle Pass
(BPS-5). Preferably metric
8. Assistant 5
years
service 50% 50% B.A.
or (PBS-14) as
Senior Clerk equivalent
for direct recruitment.
9. Senior 5
years
service 50% 50% F.A.
or Clerk as
Junior
Clerk. Equivalent (BPS-9) (Preferably know
Typing/ Computer)
10. Junior 10%
from 90% Matric or Clerk lower
staff equivalent
(BPS-7) with (Preferably Matric know
Tying/ Computer).
11. Driver 100% Driving
(BPS-4) Licence/
Driving experience
12. Tracker 5
years
service 10% 90% Primary Pass.
(BPS-2) in
BPS-1
13. Bahishti 100% Literate.
(BPS-1)
14. Sweeper 100% Literate.
(BPS-1)
SCHEDULE-II
[See rule 10]
Grounds of Penalty:
The concerned authority
may impose one or more penalties (as specified in Schedule-III of these rules),
where a personnel of the Force, in the opinion of the authority,
(a) is inefficient or has ceased to be
efficient.
(b) is guilty of misconduct, like unauthorized absence from leave,
breach of order, disobedience, unruly behavior, passing on official secrets to
unauthorized persons, etc;
(c) is corrupt, or may reasonably be considered as
corrupt;
(d) is guilty of any violation of duty;
(e) losses, misplaces or causes harm to a weapon
through negligence or lack of maintenance;
(f) is grossly insubordinate to his superiors;
(g) is convicted of a criminal offence;
(h) is guilty of cowardice, or abandons any piquet,
fortress, post or guard which is committed to his charge, or
which is his duty to defend;
(i) is engaged in propagation of sectarian,
parochial, anti-state views. and controversies;
(j) is engaged or is reasonable suspected of being
engaged to excite, cause or conspire to cause or joins in any mutiny, or being
present at any mutiny and does not use his utmost endeavor to suppress it;
(k) attempt collective bargaining, conspiring or attempting to call
off duty or take out procession to press for the demands;
(l) is guilty of omission and commission under
the law and rules.
SCHEDULE-III [See rule 10]
PUNISHMENT
AND COMPETENT AUTHORITY
S.
No. Punishment Subedar Naib Naik or Sepoy
Major
or Subedar or Lance
Subedar Havaldar Naik
1. Extra Drill
not - - Subedar Naib
exceeding Subedar
fifteendays fatigue
orother duties.
2. Confinement
to Director Deputy Assistant Subedar
quarter guard Director Director Major
upto fifteen
days
3. Censure. -do- -do- -do- -do‑
4. Forfeiture of -do- -do- -do- -do‑
approved
approved
service upto two
years.
5. Stoppage of -do- -do- -do- -do-
increment not
exceeding one
month's pay.
6. Fine to
any -do- -do- -do- -do‑
amountnot
exceedingone
month'spay.
7. Withholding
of -do- -do- -
do- -do-
promotion for
one year
or less.
8. Reduction
from do- -do- -do- -do-
substantive rank
to a
low rank or
reduction in
pay.
9. Dismissal or -do- -do- -do- -do- removal
from
Service or
Compulsory
Retirement
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