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2.53 Sphere of duty of a Government employee is the local area outside which he can not travel without the special orders of competent authority. The sphere of duty of Heads of Department other than Commissioners in the Punjab; of Commissioners their respective divisions; and of others. Government employees as may be ordered by competent authority.

2.54 Subsistence grant means a monthly grant made to a Government employee who is not in receipt of pay or leave salary.

2.55 Substantive pay means the pay, other than special pay, personal pay or emoluments classed as pay by the competent authority under rule 2.44 (a)(iii), to which a Government employee is entitled on account of a post to which he has been appointed substantively or by reason of his substantive position in a cadre.

Note 1. - Substantive pay includes the pay drawn by a probationer in a post to which he has been appointed on probation.

Note 2. - Substantive pay does not include overseas pay.

2.56 Omitted.

2.57 Omitted.

2.58 Temporary post means a post carrying a definite rate of pay sanctioned for a limited time. Such a post can be held in an officiating capacity.

Note - An extension of a temporary post necessary to cover the period of leave granted to its holder, is expedient only when the grant of leave involves no expense to Government, but improper in the absence of this condition.

2.59 Tenure post means a permanent post which an individual Government employee may not hold for more than a limited period.

2.60 (a) Time-scale pay means pay which, subject to any conditions prescribed in these rules, rises by periodical increments from a minimum to a maximum. It includes the class of pay previously known as progressive.

(b) Time scales are said to be identical if the minimum, the maximum, the period of increment and the rate of increment of time-scales are identical.

(c) A post is said to be on the same time-scale as another post on a time-scale if the two time-scales are identical and the posts fall within a cadre, or a class in a cadre, such cadre or class having been created in order to fill all posts involving duties of approximately the same character or degree of responsibility in a service or establishment or group of establishments, so that the pay of the holder of any particular post is determined by his position in the cadre or class, and not by the facts he holds the post.

Note. - Two time scales of pay should be treated as identical within the meaning of Rule 2.60 (b) even though the scales may differ in the matter of provisions of efficiency bars.

2.61 Transfer means the movement of a Government employee from one headquarters station in which he is employed to another such station, either :-

(a) to take up the duties of a new post; or

(b) in consequence of a change of his headquarters.

2.62 Travelling allowances means an allowance granted to a Government employee to cover the expenses which he incur in travelling in the interests of the public service. It includes allowances granted for the maintenance of conveyances, horses and tents.

SCHEDULE

[Referred to in Rule 2.16(b)]

1. A Government employee is treated as on duty under the following circumstances:-

(i) When he is following out a duly authorised course of training or instruction in India.

Note 1 - The period of Military training of Civil Government employees admitted to the Army in India, Reserve of Officers or the Indian Territorial Forces is treated as duty.

Note 2. - The period spent by Civil Government employees, whether paid from the Defence Services Estimates or Civil Estimates on training of pre-cadet provincial school with the permission of the Head of Office is treated as duty. This concession is also admissible to temporary Government employees only for so long as they would have continued in service but for their training.

Note 3. - The authorities competent to appoint the Government employee to the post for which the training is essential are empowered to treat the period of training or instruction in India of Government employee as duty for the purpose of rule 2.16 subject to the following conditions :-

(a) The training or instruction should be in India;

(b) The training or instruction should be in public interest and connected with the post which the Government employee is holding at the time of placing him on training or instruction and should cover such a course where a Government employee does not secure any academic degree or diploma or does not become eligible for securing admission to a course leading to the award of such degree or diploma;

(d) The training should not be in professional or technical subjects which are considered in public interest and which are normally covered under the provisions relating to study leave, such as a course by which a Government employee secures academic degree or diploma or becomes eligible for securing admission in a course leading to the award of such degree or diploma; and

(e) The period of training should not exceed one year.

The cases which do not fall in the above category shall be rejected summarily but in cases in which the course is considered of great public importance, there is dearth of Government employees trained in it and ordinarily Government employees are not enthusiastic to undergo such a course of their on volition, Government may sponsor names of Government employees for training in such a course only with the prior consent of the Department of Finance.

Exception. - Teachers in Government service who are untrained or who being trained are desirous of undergoing a further course of training shall not be regarded as on duty during the course of training. They may be granted leave therefore under the ordinary rules with such leave salary as may be admissible.

The provisions of the above Exception do not apply to the following cases:-

(a) women teachers required to undergo a duly authorised course of training approved by competent authority;

(b) teachers in Intermediate Colleges required to undergo S.S.T.C. or B.T. training at a Training College;

(d) Physical Training Supervisors in Government Colleges required to attend the Elementary Library Routine Class conducted by the Punjab University.

(e) Women teachers from the Government Industrial School for girls or from Government Travelling Demonstration Parties required to undergo industrial training at the Industrial Teachers Training Class for women.

(ii) Period or periods spent by an employee of the Punjab Government in A.R.P. Training and A.R.P. duty during normal working hours with the permission of the head of his office shall be treated as duty for the purpose of rule 2.16.

(iii) In the case of a Government employee who has been substantively appointed to a post or cadre in a Government service during any course of instruction or training which he may be required or permitted to undergo in accordance with the terms of any general or special orders of the competent authority.

(iv) In the case of a student, stipendiary or otherwise, who is entitled to be appointed to the service of Government on passing through a course of training at a University College or School during the interval between satisfactory completion of the course and his assumption of duties, unless in any case, it be otherwise provided in the terms of his appointment.

(v) On the first arrival in India of Government employees appointed outside India, who do not, before they report themselves at the seat of the Government of the Punjab, receive orders to take charge of a specified post during the interval between the date of such report and the date on which they take charge of their duties; provided that the interval between the receipts of orders and their assumption of duties shall not exceed the amount of joining time which would be admissible to a Government employee entitled to joining time under the rules in Chapter IX -.

(vi) The period of compulsory waiting by a Government employee returning from leave for orders of Governing posting him to a particular post.

(vii) During the period occupied in attending obligatory examinations including the time reasonably necessary for the journeys to and from the place of examination.

(viii) During the period occupied in attending optional examinations at which a Government employee is permitted to appear by competent authority and during the time reasonably necessary for the journey to and from the place of examination.

(ix) For the treatment of the periods of periodical military training of Reservists of the Indian Army in Civil Government employee as duty, see Explanation 2 under rule 4.3.

(x) The period spent by newly appointed Engineer Officers from the day they report for duty to the day they complete taking over charge of posts involving verification and inspection of stores, etc. It is not necessary to create new posts to accommodate the direct recruits since treating the period as duty is by itself sufficient sanction in this regard.

(xi) In all cases of enforced halts occurring en route on tour journeys temporary transfer or training, necessitated by break down of communications due to bolckade of roads on account of floods, rains, heavy snowfall, land slides, or delayed sailings of ships or awaiting for air lift etc.

II. Government employee is not on duty during any time he may spend beyond his sphere of duty except in the following circumstances :-

(1) Under the conditions laid down in clause 1 above.

(2) If a Police Officer, acting with his legal power.

(3) If an Excise and Taxation Officer, Assistant Excise and Taxation Officer, Excise Inspector, Taxation Inspector or Excise Sub-Inspector acting under the orders of (i) The Excise and Taxation Commissioner, or (ii) Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner, or (iii) The Collector.

(4) A Tehsildar, or Naib-Tehsildar serving in a mahal, a settlement or a colony post who proceeds under the orders of the Deputy Commissioner, Settlement Officer, or Colonisation Officer, as the case may be, beyond his sphere of duty but inside the district, or who proceeds under the orders of the Commissioner beyond the districts to which he is posted.

(5) If authorised by competent authority, by general or special order.

(6) If a ministerial Government employee or a peon, accompanying a recessing officer to his recess station.

Clarification : It is not the intention of the rule to keep an employee returning from leave waiting for his posting orders for an inordinately long period and to place an avoidable burden on the State Exchequer. Action should be initiated for the posting of an employee expected to report for duty well in advance and formal posting orders should invariably be issued well before the date of return of the employee to duty.

ANNEXURE (A)

(Referred to in Rule2.5 and note 3 thereunder)

1. These rules may be called the Punjab Civil Services Volume I, Part I (3^rd Amendment) Rules, 1987.

In regard to the date of birth a declaration of age made at the time of or for the purpose of entry into Government service shall, as against the Government employee in question, be deemed to be conclusive unless he applies for correction of his age as recorded within two years from the date of his entry into Government service. Government, the right to make a correction in the recorded age of a Government employee at any time against the interests of the Government employee when it is satisfied that the age recorded in his service book or in the History of service of a Gazetted Government employee is incorrect and has been incorrectly recorded with the object that the Government employee may derive some unfair advantage therefrom.

2. In the Punjab Civil Services Rules, Volume I, Part I (hereinafter referred to as the said rules) in Annexure (A), appended to Chapter II, in Para I, for the words “Government, however, reserves”, the words “The Administrative Department, in consultation with the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, however, reserves “shall be substituted –

When a Government employee, within the period allowed, makes an application for the correction of his date of birth as recorded a special enquiry should be held to ascertain his correct age and reference should be made to all available sources of information such as Certified Copies of entries in the municipal birth register. University or School age Certificate, Janam Patris or horoscopes. It should, however, be remembered that it is entirely discretionary on the part of the sanctioning authority to refuse or grant such application and no alternation should be allowed unless it has satisfactorily been proved that the date of birth as originally given by the applicant was a bonafide mistake and that he has derived no unfair advantage therefrom.

3. The result of every such enquiry should, in the case of gazetted, non-gazetted Government employees be briefly stated in their service cards, service books and if a correction is sanctioned, the fact should be reported to the Accountant –General.

CHAPTER III

General Conditions of Service

CONDITIONS REGARDING HEALTH AND AGE

3.1 Except as provided in rules 3.2 and 3.3, no person may be appointed in India to a post in government service without medical certificate of health, in the following form. In the case of non – gazetted staff, a declaration in the form of appended as an annexure at the end of this chapter shall be obtained from the candidates at the time of medical examination required by this rule, or on re-employment to government service. This declaration form should be filled in by the candidate concerned in the presence of the medical officer :-

“Signature of Applicant”.

“I hereby certify that I have examined A.B., a candidate for employment in the ________________ Department, whose signature is given above, and can not discover that _____________- has any disease (communicable or otherwise), constitutional weakness or bodily infirmity, except ____________, I do not consider this disqualification for employment in the office of _____________ A.B.’s age is, according to _____________ own statement ________ years and by appearance about __________years ______________ has been vaccinated within the last 12 months ____________ or has been re-vaccinated within the last 12 months, or has already had small-pox and shows abvious scars thereof.”

“Marks of identification ______________”.

Impression of the left hand

Thumb and fingers.

Exception 1 :- The Administrative Department may authorise the drawal of pay and allowances for a period not exceeding two months in respect of fresh recruits of Government service without a medical certificate of health, subject to the condition that if the person concerned is subsequently found medically unfit his services should be terminated after the expiry of the period of one month from the date of communication to him of the findings of the Medical Officer/ Board if no appeal for second medical examination is made by him during this period or after the case for second medical examination is finally decided if such an appeal, is made and accepted. This condition should be clearly stated in the initial letter of appointment.

The Administrative Department shall, however, exercise this power sparingly and in exceptional circumstances only, e.g., when it is considered necessary in the public interest that a selected person should be appointed immediately in anticipation of his medical examination.

Exception 2 :- The Administrative Department may authorise the drawal of pay and allowances without production of fitness certificate in respect of Government employees, other than those covered by clauses (a) and (b) of Note 2 (iv) below rule 3.4 who are promoted to hold gazetted posts and who are required to undergo medical examination by the appropriate medical authority, for a period not exceeding two months subject to the condition that if the person concerned is subsequently found medically unfit, he should be reverted to the lower post from which he had been promoted, after the expiry of one month from the date of communication to him of findings of the examining medical authority if no appeal for a second medical examination is made by him during this period or after the case for second medical examination is finally decided if such an appeal is made and accepted. This condition should clearly be stated in the relevant orders of promotion to the Gazetted post.

Note 1.- In the case of literate persons who can sign in English, it will be sufficient if the examining Medical Officer or Board obtains on the Medical Certificate only the signature of the candidate in his or its presence which should he verified by the Head of Office by comparison with that in the Service Book.

Note 2. - A certificate to the effect that the medical certificate in the prescribed form has been obtained in respect of the Government employee should be furnished to the Audit Office as under :-

(i) In respect of Gazetted Officers, certificate furnished by the competent authority to whom the medical certificate has been submitted, should be attached to the first pay bill.

(ii) In respect of non-gazetted officers the drawing and disbursing officers should furnish certificate alongwith the first pay bill of the Government employee concerned.

(iii) Where the competent authority under ‘exception’ below rule 3.1 authorises the drawal of the pay and allowances of a newly appointed Government employee for a period not exceeding two months without a medical certificate of health, a certificate to this effect should be furnished in the first pay bill.

(iv) Where an officer is declared temporary unfit by the competent medical authority and retained in service the period for which the officer has been declared temporarily unfit should be intimated to audit.

Note 3- Omitted.

Note 4- The following fees shall be levied for medical examination of candidates selected for fresh appointment to posts under Government :-

(a) Rs.24 in the case of appointment to Gazetted posts.

(b) Rs.12 in the case of appointment to Class III posts.

(c) Rs.4 in the case of appointment to Class IV posts.

(d) Rs.6 in the case of appointment to Class III posts for Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes.

(e) Rs.2 for Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes persons appointed to Class IV.

The fee on account of the above charges shall be credited into Government Treasury in entirely.

Note 5. - The following fee shall be charged for appeals against Medical Examination of Government employees who have been declared unfit by the Principal Medical Officer or Assistant to Civil Surgeon/ Standing Medical Board:

1. The fee in case of appeal by a Non-Gazetted Government employee against the decision of a Principal Medical Officer or Assistant to Civil Surgeon declaring him/ her unfit whether on account of visual acuity or otherwise should be Rs.10.

2. The fee in case of appeal by a Gazetted Government employee against the decision of Standing Medical Board declaring him/ her unfit whether on account of visual acuity or otherwise shall be Rs.48.

3. The fee for the second appeal in case of rejection on account of visual acuity which is permissible in doubtful cases will be same as the fee in case of first appeal.

4. There should be no additional charges for the inclusion of Second Ophthalmoligist in the special Medical Board in case of appeals against rejection on account of visual acuity. It is the responsibility of the Government to constitute the special medical Board with two ophthalmologists and it is an internal arrangement as to where the second Ophthalmologists and it is an internal arrangement as to where the second Ophthalmologist is called from.

5. The successful appellant may be refunded the fee of appeal and also be paid travelling allowance by his department for his attendance before the Board on the analogy of the practice in case of appeal against invalidment. The Travelling Allowance should be granted equal to actual railway fare (of class of accommodation to which they are entitled) without any allowance for incidental expenses and daily allowance for the journey to be undertaken to appear before the Medical Board which is constituted to have another opinion about fitness.

3.2 A competent authority may, in individual cases, dispense with the production of a medical certificate and may, by general order, exempt any specified class of Government employees from the operation of rule 3.1

Note. - Once a person is asked to produce a Medical Certificate of fitness for entry into Government service and has actually been examined and declared unfit, it is not open to the competent authority to use its discretion to ignore the certificate.

3.3 Except where the competent authority by general or special order directs otherwise, the following classes of Government employees are exempted from producing a Medical Certificate of health :-

(1) A Government employee appointed by the High Commissioner for India.

(2) A qualified student of the Thomason College, Roorkee, permanently appointed to the Public Works Department within 18 months from the date of the health certificate granted to him on the completion of the College Course.

(3) A Government employee appointed in a temporary vacancy for a period not exceeding six months.

(4) A temporary Government employee who has already been medically examined in one office if transferred to another office without a break in his service. The person concerned should, however, obtain a certificate from the Head of office from which he is transferred to the effect that he had already produced the requisite medical certificate of Health.

(5) A retired Government employee re-employed immediately after retirement.

(6) An ex-serviceman disabled in war operation. - In his case, however, the certificate of fitness granted by the Demobolisation Defence Services Medical Board for Civil Service may be considered valid for service under the Punjab Government;

Provided that the above certificate is not found to be inconsistent with the minimum standard otherwise prescribed for the post of service to which the appointment is to be made.

Provided further that in case where period of not less than one year has elapsed since the release of the disabled ex-serviceman from the Army, or it is otherwise considered necessary, the appointing authority shall have the power to get such ex-serviceman examined by the Civil Surgeon/ Principal Medical Officer concerned.

Note 1. - The production of a Medical certificate is necessary when :-

(i) A Government employee is promoted from a non-qualifying service paid from a local fund to a post in superior Government service;

(ii) A person is re-employed after resignation or forfeiture of past service.

Exception : A person re-employed after resignation shall be exempted from producing a medical certificate of fitness if the resignation was for taking up another appointment under Government or quasi-Government body for which he applied with the approval of and through the appropriate authority; provided that he was medically examined by the Competent Medical Authority and declared fit according to the medical standards not lower than those in his new post.

Note 2. - In the case of Government employees referred to in clause (3) of the rule ; the appointing authorities should, in any case, satisfy themselves that the candidate is protected against smallpox.

3.4 (1) (a) Except in the case of Members of the Punjab Home Guards, the Medical Certificate of health shall be signed by a Medical Board in the case of a Gazetted Government employee, and by a Principal Medical Officer or an Assistant to Civil Surgeon or a Medical Officer of equivalent status in the case of a Non-Gazetted Government employee other than Class IV.

(b) In the case of the members of the Punjab Home Guards who are primarily governed by the Punjab Home Guards Act, 1947 and the Punjab Home Guards’ Rules 1963, the medical certificate of health shall be signed by a Principal Medical Officer or Assistant to Civil Surgeon in the case of a gazetted officer and by a Senior Medical Officer or a Medical Officer examination shall be held in accordance with the standard laid down by the Commandant-General, Punjab Home Guards.

(2) (a) In the case of a female candidate appointed to a gazetted post, the medical certificate shall be signed by a Medical Board consisting of a woman doctor possessing medical qualification included in one of the Schedules to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956) as one of its members, and

(b) In the case of a female candidate appointed to a Non-gazetted post, the medical certificate shall be signed by a registered female medical practitioner possessing a medical qualification included in one of the Schedules to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956).

(3) In the case of Class IV Government employees, the medical certificate shall be signed by the Authorised Medical Attendant possessing a medical qualification included in one of the Schedules to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956) and where there is no such Authorised Medical Attendant by a Government Medical Officer of the nearest dispensary or hospital possessing such qualification.

(4) A candidate who is likely to be employed in a temporary capacity continuously for a period exceeding three months shall produce either before or within a week from the date of employment, the certificate from the competent medical authority as prescribed in this rule. When, however, a Government employee initially employed in an office in a temporary capacity for a period not exceeding three months is subsequently retained in that office or is transferred without a break to another office and the total period of continuous service under Government is expected to last for a period exceeding three months he shall produce such a certificate within a week from the date of orders sanctioning his retention in that office or joining the new office.

Note 1. – (i) A person who is appointed to Government service afresh after a break in service not exceeding one year should be treated as in continuous service for the purpose of these orders, the period of break not being counted. If, however, the period of break exceeds one year, he should be regarded as a fresh entrant to Government service.

(ii) A person who is in continuous service but in different posts should be deemed for the purpose of these orders to have been in continuous service in the same post.

Note 2. – (i) Except as provided in para (4), a Government employee, holding under Punjab Government :-

(a) a non-gazetted post when appointed to another gazetted post, or

(b) a gazetted post when appointed to another gazetted post, either by transfer or on promotion in the same line or in a different line through open competitive examination, need not be required to undergo medical examination by the Medical Board. If he has already been declared fit on medical examination by the Civil Surgeon at the time of his entry into Government Service.

(ii) A permanent Government employee holding a gazetted post in Centre or under any other State Government when appointed to a gazetted post under the State Government need not be subjected to a fresh medical examination by a Medical Board:

(iii) A permanent Government employee holding a non-gazetted post in the Centre or under any other State Government when appointed to a gazetted post under the Punjab Government will be required to undergo a fresh medical examination by a Medical Board, but when appointed to a non-gazetted post, no Medical examination will be necessary ; and

(iv) In cases where the rules for recruitment to new appointment prescribe a fresh medical examination in respect of all candidates, all directly recruited/ selected candidates irrespective of the fact whether they are already in permanent or quasi-permanent Government service in the same or in other departments or are fresh appointees, should undergo a medical examination by the prescribed standard and by the prescribed medical authority ; provided that a fresh medical examination will not be necessary in the case of –

(a) a person who is already in permanent or quasi-permanent employ of the Government and has already under gone a medical examination by a standard and by a medical authority which are recognised by the appointing authority as equivalent to those prescribed for the new appointment for which he is recruited/ selected, and

(b) a person who is already in permanent or quasi-permanent employ in the same line, and being eligible for promotion to the new appointment against a promotion quota of vacancies, is actually so promoted.

Note 3. - These orders will not have retrospective effect and past cases need not be reopened.

Note 4. - The gazetted staff posted at Delhi is permitted to produce certificates of health and age signed by the Medical Board, Delhi.

Note 5. - A candidate recruited to the P.C.S. (Executive Branch) from Register A-1 (Tehsildar and Naib-Tehsildars) and Register A-II (Ministerial Government employees) should not be required to under go medical examination if he was medically examined and declared fit on appointment to Government Service.

Amendment: Where the both husband and wife are posted in the same station living in hired/ owned accommodation as per their entitlement both are entitled to draw the house rent allowance subject to fulfillment of other condition vide notification No.10/44/89-FPI/4038 dated 3.5.1990.

3.5 When a Government employee in whom a defect has been noticed by the examining surgeon, but which defect is not considered to be a disqualification for employment in the particular office or department in which he is serving, is subsequently transferred to another office or department the duties of which are of a different character, the transfer shall not be regarded as permanent until the Principal Medical Officer or Assistant to Civil Surgeon or other medical authority referred to in rule, 3.4 has, at the written request of the Head of the new office or department, certified either that the defect previously noticed has disappeared or that it does not constitute a disqualification for the new duties entrusted to the Government employee.

3.5A. The appointing authority shall have power to require a Government employee to appear before a Medical Board to test his physical fitness for the efficient discharge of the duties of his post, whenever, it has reason to believe that Government employee is not physically fit to carry out his duties satisfactorily. The Government employee concerned shall, however, have a right of appeal to an appellate Medical Board, against the decision of the first Medical Board.

(ii) Age of entry into Government Service.

3.6 A person whose age exceeds 30 years may not ordinarily be admitted into pensionable service under Government.

Note. - This rule will not apply to the employment in civil capacities of pensioners and reservists of the Indian Army.

3.7 The limit in rule 3.6 is extended to :-

(a) twenty-seven years in the case of a person appointed to be a Subordinate Judge: Provided that Advocates and Pleaders who are actually practising in the High Court or Courts subordinate thereto, will be allowed to subtract from their age one year for each year of practice up to maximum of 3 years ;

Note. - The maximum age limit in this clause may, in special circumstances, be relaxed by the Hon’ble Judges at the time of appointment by not more than one year.

(b) thirty-five years in the case of Medical Officers, Assistant Directors of Health Services, District Health Officer, District Epidemiologist-cum-Malariolgist, Public Analyst and Dean of Hygiene and Vaccine Institute ;

(d) thirty years in the case of ex-soldiers of the Indian Army who are enlisted in the Subordinate Police Service;

(e) thirty-five years in the case of ex-soldiers and forty years in the case of pensioned soldiers for appointment to the post of forest guards;

(f) twenty-six years in the case of Punjab Service of Engineers (Irrigation Branch), class II, on the first day of June immediately preceeding the date on which the appointment is made;

(g) thirty-five years in the case of officers appointed direct to the Punjab Agricultural Services, Classes I and II.

(h) Thirty-five years in the case of persons appointed to the Punjab State Legislative Service;

(i) forty years in the case of District-Attorneys and thirty-five years in the case of Assistant District Attorneys.

Note . -The question of relaxing the age-limit for entry into Government service laid down in rule 3.6 and 3.7 should be considered at the time of first appointment to a post whether such appointment is of an officiating temporary or permanent nature, through formal sanction may be accorded at the time the person is confirmed in Government service.

3.8 Except where otherwise expressly provided in the Service Rules, the restriction in rule 3.6 may be waived in special circumstances by Heads of Departments in the case of non-gazetted Government employees.

Exception 1. Commissioners of Divisions are competent to waive the age-limit in the case of all district establishment included in the Punjab District Subordinate Service Rules.

Exception 2. The Advocate-General, Punjab, does not exercise the powers of a Head of Department under this rule.

Exception 3. The Superintending Engineers in the Public Works Department, Irrigation Branch, Punjab, and the Director; Irrigation Research Institute, Punjab, are competent to waive the age-limit in respect of the following establishments up to the age of specified against each :-

	Class of Establishment	Officiating or temporary appointment	Permanent appointment	Remarks.
1,	Subordinates	35 years	--	Provided the first appointment in the Irrigation Branch is before the age of 25 years, even though there may be a break in service.
2.	Assistant Clerks	30 years	30 years
3.	Navigation Munshies	Full powers	Full powers.
4.	Draftsmen	30 years	--
5.	Tracers	30 years	30 years
6.	Artificers	Full powers	Full powers
7.	Signallers
8.	Storekeepers

Exception 4.- The Superintending Engineers, Director, Irrigation Research, Punjab, and the Divisional Officers in the Public Works Department, Irrigation Branch, Punjab, are competent to waive the age-limit in respect of all Class IV appointments.

Note. It is intended; as far as possible, to eliminate persons entering service at advanced age and subsequently entertaining a grievance that they are not allowed to continue in service, till they earn the full pension. If, in any case, therefore, the Head of Department should desire to make an exception to the age limit, the recruit should be made aware at the time of recruitment of the fact that he is unlikely to be able to earn full pension.

(iii) Vaccination and re-vaccination.

3.9 Every Government employee shall get himself vaccinated and re-vaccinated at any time when so directed by the Government by general or special order.

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