3.31      Investing of complaints of corrupt conduct of officials - The Government have from time to time been  taking effective steps to root out corruption from the services in order to make the  administration clean and healthy. For this purpose a full-fledged Vigilance Department has been set up in the  State which is looking into the complaints of corruption received against various Government  officials, making enquiries and suggesting action in case of the officials having been found guilty. Instructions laying down the policy and procedure relating to the vigilance enquiries  and vigilance cases have been issued by the Government . (See Annexure  E).

 

3.31-A: Redress of public grievances.: In order to look in to the complaints  and to  redress the public grievances the Government have introduced  a machinery which attends to this subject. The underlying idea to introduce such a machinery is to ensure that the grievances of the public at the district level are attended to promptly and effort made to redress them, there and then, as far as possible.  A District Officer , Removal of Grievances of the status of an Under Secretary  has been put on this job who is to work under the direct control of the  Deputy Commissioner. Whatever, it is considered necessary the officer at the Secretariat level (Chief Secretary/ Administrative Secretaries) are also brought in to the picture and are apprised of the state of  affairs in the district in this behalf so as to obtain  guidelines in the matter of resolving the complicated issues. Whenever action against a Government official is proposed to be taken at the higher level as a result of an enquiry the concerned authorities are approached in the matter. The Government has issued detailed instructions indicating the functions of the Grievances Department, duties of the District Officer, Removal of Grievances and the appointment of Grievances Committees at the district level to redress the grievances of the public at large. (See Annexure F).

 

3.32 Employment of Peons.:  Peons who are Government  servants and wear the Government livery, are not to be employed on personal service of a menial character by  the officers to whom they are attached.

 

3.33 Acquisition of land by Government servants: A Government employee shall report to the Government all cases of acquisition by purchase or gift of land and where necessary would obtain the prior permission of the Government for such acquisition.

 

3.34 Compassionate Fund.:  In the event of the death of a Government employee while the service, an ex-gratia grant between Rs.10,000 to Rs.30,000 is given to the widow/dependants of the deceased Government employee. A family pension is also given in such cases. This has been done to supplement the existing provision relating to pension and gratuities. [Punjab Government F.D.Letter No.18/5/79-FR(6)/7266, dated 30th November, 1979].

 

3.35 }

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3.36 }

 

3.37. Government official convicted on a criminal charge.:  Whenever the conduct of a Government official is made the subject of judicial enquiry a copy of the decision should be sent to the Head of the Department in which he is employed in order that such action in the case as may be deemed proper may be taken at once. Even should the judicial enquiry have resulted in his acquittal in a criminal suit, or success in a civil suit, the records may furnish proof of official misconduct or negligence or improper dehaviour which, while not sufficient to justify a conviction or civil decree, may be serious enough to call for departmental punishment or dismissal from the service of Government.

 

            All proposal regarding the promotion of or the conferment of honours upon officers of Government should be held in abeyance, in cases where enquires or proceedings whether executive or judicial, as regards the conduct of such officers are under contemplation or have been instated until such enquiries or proceedings have been completed.

The Government have laid down guidelines as to how to proceed in the case of employees convicted on the criminal charge by the court of law. Detailed instructions in this behalf are contained in the Punjab Government Letter No.86-GOI-2GS-76, dated 23rd December, 1976 issued by the Chief Secretary to Government, Punjab.

 

(See Annexure G).

 

3.38. Officials to pay for supplies : All District/Sub-Divisional/Tehsil level officers and servants of Government are strictly prohibited from taking advantage of their official position for private objects, and must purchase article for their private consumption or use in the same way as non officials. They are also prohibited from executing in their official capacity commissions of a private nature for other persons in the Sadr Station or elsewhere.

 

3.39.    Attitude to be adopted by a government servant in a proposal of Government relating to a local body :  When a proposal of Government relating to a local body or other authority whom a public servant  represents in under discussion by the local body or other authority, the Government servant is not precluded from an expression of his views regarding the manner in which the proposal of Government will affect the interests of the local body or authority; but his observations should be confined to this aspect of the question and to suggestions for alternative proposals, where it is proposed to move Government to reconsider its orders and they should not include general criticisms of the policy of Government, subject to the observance of this general principle, the criticisms should be directly relevant to the interests of the body or authority whom the public servant represents, and they should be moderately worded. Where the decisions of Government are such that no question of reconsideration can arise, the Government servant should refrain from criticism of them, and any part he may take in the discussion should be confined to an expiation of the extent to which they affect the interests of the local body or other authority.

 

3.40          Deleted.

3.41          Time of public servant not to be given to management of his private property - It is incumbent on Government to take care that no officer who may be in possession of landed property in the State of Punjab or elsewhere, to whatever branch of the service he may belong, shall apply any portion of time and attention which ought to be devoted to his public duties, to the management of that property and that no longer or more frequent leaves of absence are not permitted on that account.

 

3.42     Promotion and management of Companies : According to rule 15 of the Government Employees Conduct Rules, 1966, no Government employee shall except the previous sanction of Government engage directly or indirectly in any trade or business or negotiate for or undertake any employment.

 

3.43          Extract from notice of officers to be sent with reports on gazetted officers who have reached the age of 55 - All recommendations submitted to Government for the retirement of Extra Assistant Commissioners or for retention of their services after the age of 55 should be accompanied by extracts regarding the work of the official in question taken from the notices of officers for the three preceding years recorded in connection with the Revenue, Civil and Criminal Justice Reports of the district. In submitting recommendations for the retention of officers, it should be specially noted whether they are decidedly fit to discharge their duties, physically and mentally, and special regard should be had to the character of each officer for integrity and honesty.

 

3.44          Strict integrity necessary for promotion - No promotion should be given and no recommendation for promotion made in the case of public servant who does not possess and maintain a reputation for strict integrity.  Efficiency   without honesty should not be regarded as constituting claim to promotion.

 

3.45          Communications from Government officers regarding their leave, pay, etc. Government officers are not entitled to send communications regarding their leave, pay, transfer leave, allowances, funds subscription and analogous matters at the expense of the State, as such communication are private and not official.

 

ANNEXURE ‘A’

PUNJAB   GOVERNMENT

REVENUE DEPARTMENT

Notification

The 24th June, 1976

 

No.G.S.R.77/Const./Art.309/76.-In exercise of the power conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of  Punjab is pleased to make the following rules for regulating the recruitment to, and conditions of service of persons appointed to the Punjab Commissioners’ Offices (State Service Class II), namely :-

 

PART I

GENERAL

 

1          (i) Short title and commencement:- These rules may be called the Punjab Commissioner’  Offices (State Service Class II) Rules, 1976.

(ii) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official  Gazette.

 

2                    Definitions :- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a)                “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of a Division;

(b)               “Government” means the Punjab Government in the Administrative Department;

(c)                “Service” means the Punjab Commissioners’ Offices (State Service Class II).

 

PART II

RECRUITMENT TO POSTS

 

3                    Number and Character of Posts.:-  The Service shall  comprise the posts shown in Appendix ‘A’ to these rules:

             Provided that nothing in these rules shall affect the inherent rights of Government to make additions to or reductions in the cadre of the service or create new posts with different designations and scales of pay whether permanently or temporarily.

 

4                    Appointing Authority: Appointment to the Service shall be made by the Financial Commissioner, Revenue.

 

5                    Nationality, domicile and character of candidates (1) No person shall be appointed to the Service unless he is-

(a)                a citizen of India; or

(b)               a subject of Nepal; or

(c)                a subject of Bhutan; or

(d)               a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1st January, 1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India; or

(e)                a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Ceylon and East African countries of Kenya, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania(Formerly Tanganika and Zanzibar) with the intention of permanently settling in India:

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c),(d) and (e) shall be a person in whose favour a certificate  of eligibility has been given by the Government of India and if he belongs to category (e) the certificate of eligibility will be issued for a period of one year, after which such candidate will be retained in service subject to his having acquired Indian citizenship.

 

(2)                                                                                                               A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to an examination or interview conducted by  the Commissioner concerned or any other recruiting authority on his furnishing proof that he has applied for the certificate  and he may also provisionally be appointed subject to the necessary certificate being  given to him by the Government of India.

 

6.         Disqualification - No person : -

 

(a) who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a  spouse living, or

(b) who, having  a spouse living, has entered in to or contracted a marriage with any person, shall  be eligible for appointment to the Service:

Provided that the Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under  the personal law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and there are other grounds for so doing ,exempt any person form the  operation of this rule.

 

7. “Method of appointment – (1) Appointment to the post of Superintendent shall be  made in slabs of five vacancies each as follows:-

(i)                  The first, third and fifth vacancy shall be filled in by promotion from amongst the Superintendents Grade II of the Deputy Commissioners’ Offices having an experience of working as such for a minimum period of three years; and

(ii)                the second and fourth vacancy shall be filled in by promotion from amongst the Superintendents Grade III of the Punjab Commissioners’ Offices ( State Service Class III ) having an experience of working as such for a minimum period of three years:

Provided that if no suitable candidate is available on the category in whose share the vacancy falls, a suitable candidate from the other category shall be appointed and the vacancy in the former category shall be carried forward:

Provided  further that if no suitable candidate from the former category is available for promotion to the vacancy which has been carried forwarded under the preceding proviso, then appointment of a suitable candidate shall be made from the other category and there shall be no further carrying forward of that vacancy.

  (2)  All appointments to the service shall be made on the basis of seniority-cum-merit and no person shall have any right for promotion merely on the basis of seniority.”

   

 

 

8.         Deleted.

 

PART III

CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

 

9.         Probation of members of Service - (1) Members of the Service shall remain on probation for a period of one year:

Provided that-

(a)    any period, after such appointment, spent on deputation on a corresponding or a higher post shall count towards the period of probation fixed under this rule;

(b)   in this case of an appointment by transfer, any period of work in equivalent or higher rank, prior to the appointment to the Service may, in the discretion of the appointing authority, be allowed to count towards the period of probation fixed under this rule; and

(c)    any period of officiating appointment to the Service shall be reckoned, as period spent on probation, but no person who has no officiated, shall, on the completion of the entitled to be confirmed unless he is appointed against a permanent vacancy.

 

(2) If, in the opinion of the appointing authority the work or conduct of a person during the period of probation is not satisfactory, it may—

(i)                                                      revert him to his former post, or

(ii)        deal with him in such other manner as the terms and conditions of the previous appointment permit.

           

(3) On the completion of the period of probation of a person  the appointing authority may--

(a)                                                      if his work or conduct has, in its opinion, been satisfactory—

(i)                                                        confirm such person from the date of his appointment if appointed against a permanent vacancy, or

(ii)        confirm such person from the date from which a permanent vacancy occurs, if appointed against a temporary vacancy; or

(iii)       declare that he has completed his probation period satisfactorily, if there is no permanent vacancy, or

(b) if his work or conduct has  not been,  in its opinion, satisfactory it may--

(i)                                                            revert him to his former post, or deal with him in such other manner as the terms and conditions of his previous appointment permit; or

(ii) extend his period of probation and thereafter pass such orders as it could have passed on the expiry of the first period of probation.

 

10 Seniority - The inter se seniority of members shall be  determine by the length of continuous service to a post in the Service:          

 

            Provided that in case of two or more members appointed on the same date their seniority shall be determined as follows:--

(a)    a member appointed by promotion shall be senior to a person appointed by transfer; and

(b)    in the case of members appointed by promotion or by transfer seniority shall be determined according to the seniority of such members in the appointment from which they were promoted or transferred; and

(c)    in the case of members appointed by transfer from different cadres, their seniority shall be determined according to pay, preference being given to a member who was drawing higher rate of pay in his previous appointment and if the rates of pay drawn are also the same then by his length of service in those appointments; and if the length of such service is also the same, an older member shall be senior to a younger member.

 

Notes,----1.   This rule shall not apply to members appointed on purely provisional basis.

 

1.                                                                                                                                          In the case of member whose period of probation is extended under rule 9, the date of appointment for the purpose of this rule shall be deemed to have been deferred to the extent the period of probation is extended.

 

11 Pay of members of Service - Members of the Service shall be entitled to such scales of pay including special pay, if any, as may be authorized by Government from time to time. The scale of pay at present in force in respect of specified post, is given in Appendix ‘A’ to these rules.

 

12 Liability of member of Service to transfer - A member of Service may be transferred by the Financial Commissioner, Revenue, from one office of the Commissioner to the other office of the Commissioner.

 

13 Liability to serve -(1) A member of Service shall be liable to serve at any place whether within or without the State of Punjab, on being ordered to do so by the Government.

 

(2) A member of the Service may also be transferred by the Government to any post, whether included in any other service or not, on the same terms and conditions as are specified in rule 3.17 of the Punjab Civil Service Rules, Volume I, Part I.

 

14 Leave, Pension or Other matters - In respect of leave, pension and other matters not expressly provided for in these rules, the members of the Service shall be governed by such rules and regulations as may have been, or may hereafter, be adopted or framed by competent authority under Article 309 of the Constitution of India or under any law for the time being in force made by State Legislature and the rules made thereunder.

 

15. Discipline, penalties and appeals - (1) In matters relating to discipline, punishment and appeals, members of the Service shall be governed by the Punjab Civil Service (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970, as amended from time to time:

 

Provided that the nature of penalties which may be imposed, the authority empowered to impose such penalties and the appellate authority shall be specified in Appendix ‘B’:

 

Provided that in the case of a member of the Service who was appointed to the Service by the Government at any time before the commencement of these rules and is continuing as such immediately before such commencement, the authority which shall be competent to dismiss or remove him from service shall be Government.

(2) The authority competent to pass an order under rule 15 of the said rules and the appellate authority shall be as specified in Appendix ‘C’

 

16. Oath of allegiance.:-  Every member of the Service, unless he has already done so, shall be required to take the oath of allegiance to India and to the Constitution of India as by law established.

 

17. Powers to relax - Where the Government is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do, it may, by order, for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons.

 

18. Repeal and Savings - The Punjab Commissioners Subordinate Service Rules, 1941, in so far as these are applicable to the posts covered by the present rules, are hereby repealed:

            Provided that any order made or action taken under the rules so repealed shall be deemed to have been made or taken under the corresponding provision of these rules.

                                                                   

                                                        R. S. TALWAR,

                                     Secretary to Government, Punjab,

                                              Revenue Department.

 

 

                                APPENDIX ‘A’

 

SN

Description of

Posts 

Number of posts 

Total

Scale

Jullundur Patiala       Ferozepur

1

Superintendent

   1                  1                   1

    3

Rs. 825-25-850/30-1,000/40-1,200/50-1,400-60-1,580

              

 

 

 

                                                             APPENDIX ‘B’

Designation

Of officials

Nature of penalty

Punishing

Authority

Appellate

Authority

Authority empowered to entertain revision application

     1

     2

     3

     4  

     5

1. Superintendent

       Minor Penalties

(i)                  Censure;

(ii)                Withholding of his promotion;

(iii)               Recovery from his pay of part of any pecuniary loss caused by him to the Government by negligence or breach of orders; withholding of increments of pay

(iv)              Withholding of increments of pay

 

Major Penalties

(v)                Reduction to a lower stage in the time-scale of pay for a specified period with further direction as to whether or not the Government employee will earn increments of pay during the period of such reduction and whether on the expiry of such period; the reduction will or will not have the effect of postponing the future increments of his pay;

(vi)              Reduction to a lower time-scale of pay, grade, post or service which shall ordinarily be a bar to the promotion of the Government employee to the time-scale of pay, grade, post or service from which he was reduced, with or without further directions regarding conditions of restoration to the grade or post or service from which the Government employee was reduced and his seniority and pay on such restoration to that grade, post or service.

(vii)             Compulsory retirement;

(viii)           removal from service which shall not be a disqualification for further employment under the Government.

(ix)              dismissal from service which shall ordinarily be a disqualification for future employment under the Government. 

 

 

 

 

Commissioner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Commissioner Revenue

 

 

 

Financial

Commissioner

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Government

 

 

 

Government

 

 

 

 

APPENDIX ‘C’

Referred to in rule 15 of the Punjab Civil Service (Punishment and Appeal)

Rules, 1970

Serial

No.

Designation

Of officials

Nature of order

Authority competent to pass orders

Appellate authority

 

 1

Superintendent

(i)                  an order of suspension made or deemed to have been made under rule 4 of the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal), Rules, 1970.

(ii)                an order enhancing any penalty imposed under rule 15 of the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment & Appeal) Rules 1970.

(iii)               an order which—

(a)    denies or varies to his dis-advantage his pay, allowance, pension or other conditions of service as regulated by rules or by agreement;

(b)   interprets to his disadvantage the provisions of any such rule or agreement;

(iv)              an order—

(a)    stopping him at the efficiency bar in the time scale of pay on the ground of his unfitness to cross the bar;

(b)   reverting him while officiating in a higher service, grade or post to a lower service, grade or post, otherwise than as a penalty;

(c)    reducing or withholding the pension or denying the maximum pension admissible to him under the rules;

(d)   determining the subsistence, and other allowances to be paid to him for the period of suspension or for the period during which he is deemed to be under suspension or for any portion thereof ; or

(e)    determining his pay and allowances-

(i)                  for the period of suspension; or

(ii)                for the period from the date of his dismissal, removal or compulsory retirement from service, or from the date of his reduction to a lower service grade, post, time scale or stage in a time scale of pay  to the date of his retirement or restoration to his service, grade or posts, or

  (f) determining whether or not the period from the date of his suspension or from the date of his dismissal, removal, compulsory retirement or reduction to lower service, grade, post, timescale of pay or stage in a time scale of pay to the date of his reinstatement or restoration to his service, grade or post shall be treated as a period spent on duty for any purpose.

 

 

Commissioner

 

Financial Commissioner

 

 

 

REVENUE DEPARTMENT

 

Notification

 

The 24th June , 1976

 

            No. G.S.R. 79/Const./Art. 309/76.-In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India and all other powers, enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to make the following rules for regulating the recruitment, and conditions of service of persons appointed to the Punjab Commissioners’ Offices (State Service Class III), namely:-

                                                                      

PART 1- General

1.                                                                        Short title and Commencement –(i) These rules may be called the Punjab Commissioners’ Offices (State Service Class III) Rules, 1976.

(ii)They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette.

 

2.                                                                        Definitions. –In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a)                                                                                        “cadre” means the strength of the Service or a part thereof sanctioned as a separate unit for each Division:

(b)                                                                                       “Commission” means the Punjab Public Service Commission;

(c)                                                                                        “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of a Division;

(d)                                                                                       “direct appointment” means an appointment made otherwise than by promotion, or by transfer of an official already in service of Government of India or of a State Government;

(e)                                                                                        “Government” means the Punjab Government in the Administrative Department;

(f)                                                                                         “recognized university or institution” means-

(i)any university or institute incorporated by law in any of State of India, or

(ii)in the case of degrees or diplomas obtained as a result of examinations held before the 15th August, 1947, the Punjab, Sind or Dacca University, or

(iii)any other university or institution which is declared to be a recognized university or institution for the purpose of these rules;

(g)        “recruiting authority” means the Punjab Subordinate Services Selection Board or any other authority authorised by the Government to make recruitment of persons to the service;

(h)        “Service” means the Punjab Commissioners’ Offices (State Service Class III).

 

PART   II

Recruitment to posts and qualifications

  

3.      Number and Character of Posts - The service shall comprise the posts shown in Appendix ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ to these rules:

           Provided that nothing in these rules shall affect the inherent right of Government to make additions or reductions in the cadre of the Service or create new posts with different designations and scales of pay whether permanently or temporarily.

4.         Appointing authority.   Appointments to the posts in the Service shall be made by the Commissioner of the Division concerned.

 

5.            Nationality domicile and character of Candidates - No person shall be appointed to the Service unless he is

(a)        a citizen of India; or

(b)        a subject of Nepal; or

(c)        a subject of Bhutan; or

(d)        a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India; or

(e)        a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Ceylon and East African countries of Kenya, Uganda and United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganika and Zanzibar) with the intention of permanently settling in India;

                       

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d), and(e) shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been given by the competent authority and if he belongs to category (e) the certificate of eligibility will be issued for a period one year, after which such candidate will be retained in service subject to his having acquired Indian Citizenship.

 

             (2) A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to an examination or interview conducted by Commissioner of a Division concerned or any other recruiting authority on his furnishing proof that he has applied for the certificate and he may also provisionally be appointed subject to the necessary certificate being given to him by the Government of India.

 

             (3) No person shall be appointed to the Service by direct recruitment unless he produces a certificate of character from the Principal academic officer of the university, college, school or institution last attended, if any, and similar certificate from two responsible persons, not being his relatives who are well acquainted with him in his private life and are unconnected with his university, college, school or institution.

 

6.          Disqualification.  No person-

            (a) who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living; or

             (b) who, having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person, shall be eligible for appointment to the Service:

                 Provided that the Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.

 

7.            Age - No person shall be appointed to the Service by direct appointment who is less than 17 years and more than 27 years of age on the date of appointment or such age as may, from time to time be fixed by Government;

                 Provided in the case of the candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes the upper age limit shall be such as may from time to time be fixed by the Government.

 

Note.---The appointing authority shall, in all cases, obtain from the candidate written declaration of his age supported by Matriculation or equivalent certificate or any other satisfactory documentary proof.

                  

8.         Qualifications - No person shall be appointed to any post in the service by direct appointment unless he has passed the examination in Punjabi language of matriculation standard and also possesses the following qualifications---

(a)        in the case of Assistants, he is a graduate of recognised University or institution;

 

(b)        in the case of Steno-typists, he has passed the Matriculation examination of a recognized University or institution or its equivalent and qualifies in the test in shorthand and type writing as may be prescribed by the Commissioner concerned;

(c)        in the case of clerks, he has passed the Matriculation examination of a recognised University or institution or its equivalent.

 

9.      Method of appointment-  Appointment to the Service shall be made-

  (a)  In the case of  Assistant Superintendent (Revenue and Judicial)—

(i) by selection from amongst the Assistant Superintendents (Revenue an Records) of the Deputy Commissioners’ Offices of the division concerned; or

(ii) by promotion from amongst the Assistants and Personal Assistants of the cadre, or

(iii)   by transfer of a Naib-Tehsildar of the Division concerned;

 

(b)        in the case of Assistant Superintendent (General) and Assistant superintendent (Accounts) by promotion from amongst Assistants and Personal Assistants of the cadre;

(c)        in the case of Personal Assistant—

(i)                  by promotion from amongst the clerks and steno-typists of the cadre;

(ii)                by selection from amongst the Stenographers and Assistants of the Deputy Commissioner’s offices of the division concerned;

 

(2)                            in the case of Assistant-

(i)                                                                              seventy-five percent posts by promotion from amongst the clerks and          steno-typists of the cadre;

(ii)                                                                            twenty-five percent by direct appointment;

 

(3)                            in the case of steno-typist—

(i)                                                                              by selection  from amongst the clerks who qualify a test in shorthand and typewriting to be prescribed by the Commissioner concerned; or

(ii)                                                                            by direct appointment; 

 

(4)                            in the case of clerks—

 

(i)         by direct  appointment;

(ii)        by transfer of a person already in service of Government of India or of a State Government.

 

(2)                                                   When any post in the Service falls vacant or is about to fall vacant, the appointing authority shall decide in what manner the vacancy is to be filled.

 

Note---. Appointment to any post in the Service by promotion shall be made on the basis of seniority-cum-merit and no person shall be entitled to claim promotion on the basis of seniority alone.

 

 

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