PART III

Conditions of Service

 

10.              Probation of member of Service (i) Members of the Service shall remain on probation for a period of two years if recruited by direct appointment and one year if recruited otherwise:

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 the case of an appointment by transfer, any period of work in equivalent or higher rank prior to 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 so officiated, shall, on the completion of the prescribed period of probation, be 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—

(a)                if such person is recruited by direct appointment, dispense with his Services, and if such person is recruited otherwise,-

(i)                  revert to his former post ; or

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

(2)               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 satisfactorily, if there is no permanent vacancy; or

 

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

 

(i)                  dispense with his Services, if appointed by direct appointment, or if appointed otherwise, 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.

 

 

11.       Seniority of members of  Services - The seniority inter se of members of Service in each cadre shall be determined by their continuous appointments to that cadre of the Service:

Provided that in the case of members recruited by direct appointment, the order of merit determined by the Commission or the recruiting authority shall not be disturbed in fixing the seniority and persons appointed as a result of an earlier selection shall be senior to those appointed as a result the subsequent selection :

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

(a)          a member recruited by direct appointment shall be senior to a member recruited otherwise;

 

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

 

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

 

(d)         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 in a higher rate of pay in his previous appointment; and if the rates of pay drawn are also the same, then by their 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.

 

Note—1 This rule shall not apply to members appointed on purely provisional basis pending their passing the qualifying test.

Note—2 In the case of members whose period of probation is extended under rule 10, 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.

 

12.       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 scales of pay at present in force, in respect of specified posts are   given in Appendices ‘A’, ‘B’ and  ‘C’ to these rules.

 

13.       Liability for vaccination and revaccination - Every member of the Service shall  get himself vaccinated or re-vaccinated when Government so directs by a special or general order.

 

14.       Liability of members of Service to transfer - A member of the  Service may be transferred by the Financial Commissioner, Revenue to an equivalent post in the other cadre on the same terms and conditions as are applicable to him in the original cadre.

 

15.       Liability to Serve - A member of the Service shall be liable to serve at any place, whether within or without the State of Punjab, on being ordered so to go by the Government.

 

16.       Leave, pension or other matters - In respect of leave, pension and all 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 the competent authority under Article 309 of the Constitution of India or any  law for the time being in force and rules made thereunder .

 

17.       Discipline, penalties and appeals - In matters relating to discipline, punishment and appeals, members of the Service shall be governed by the Punjab Civil Services (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 as specified in Appendix ‘D’ to these rules.

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

 

18.       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.

 

19.       Power to relax - Where the Government is of 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 or  persons.

 

20.       Repeal and savings. - The Punjab Commissioner’s Subordinate Service Rules, 1941, 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 provisions of these rules.

                                               

R.S.TALWAR,

Secretary to Government, Punjab,

Revenue Department.       

 

 

 

 

                                                           APPENDIX ‘A’

                                                   JULLUNDUR DIVISION

Serial No.

Description of Posts

Number

Of Posts

          Scale

 

1

 

2

 

3

 

4

5

6

 

7

8

 

Assistant Superintendent

(Revenue and Judicial)

Assistant Superintendent

(General)

Assistant Superintendent

(Accounts)

Personal assistant.                             

Assistants                                           

Steno-typists                                      

 

Clerks                                                 

Driver                                                  

     

       1

 

       1

 

       1

 

       1

       13

       2

 

        19

         1

              Rs.

300-25-500/25-550

 

300-25-500/25-550

 

300-25-500/25-550

 

350-25-500/30-650

225-15-360/20-500

110-4-130/5-180-6-210/8-250 plus Rs.25 per mensem as Special Pay

110-4-130/5-180/6-210/8-250

110-4-130/5-160/5-180

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

                                                            APPENDIX ‘E’

[Referred to in Rules 15 of the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal)Rules, 1970]

Serial No.

Designation of official

 Nature of order

Authority competent to pass orders

Appellate Authority

1

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

4

 

 

5

 

6

 

7

 

8

Assistant Superintendent (General)

 

Assistant superintendent (Revenue and Judicial)

 

Assistant Superintendent (Accounts)

 

Personal Assistant

 

Assistant

 

Steno-typist

 

Clerk

 

Driver

(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 5 of the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal)Rules, 1970;

(iii)    an order which—

(a)     denies or varies to his disadvantage his pay, allowances, 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 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 for the date of his reduction to a lower Service, grade post, time scale or stage in the time-scale of pay to the date of his retirement or restoration to his Service, grade or post: 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 a 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

 

 

 

 

PUNJAB GOVERNMENT

REVENUE DEPARTMENT

            

Notification

The 24th June, 1976

 

            No. G. S. R. 78/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 regulating the recruitment and conditions of Service of persons appointed to the Punjab District Service (Class 111), namely:-

Part 1

General

1.       Short title and commencement.  (i)  These rules may be  called the Punjab District 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 as a separate unit;

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

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

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

(e)    “recognised University or institution” means---

(i)         any university or institution incorporated by law in any of the   States of India; or

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

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

(f)     “recruiting authority” means the Punjab Subordinate Services Selection Board constituted by the Government or any other authority authorised by the Government to perform the functions of the said Board;

(g)    “Service” means the Punjab District Service (Class 111).

 

PART 11

Recruitment to posts and qualifications.

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 right 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 - Appointments to posts in Service shall  be made------

(a)    in the case of Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent by the Commissioner of the Division concerned; and

(b)     in the case of  other posts in the Service, by the Deputy Commissioner  concerned.

5.             Nationality, domicile and character of candidates - 5. 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 Government of India and if he belongs to category (e)  the certificate of eligibility will be issued for a period or one year after which such a 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  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 appointment 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 certificates from two responsible persons, not being his relatives, who are well acquainted with him in 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 the rule.

 

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

Provided that in the case of 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 Service by direct appointment unless has passed the examination in Punjabi Language of Matriculation Standard and also possesses the following qualifications;-

In the case of Assistants_____

(a)    a graduate of a recognised university or institution or its equivalent.

(b)   In  the case of Steno-typist---

Must have passed the Matriculation Examination of a recognised university or institution or its equivalent and qualifies a test in short-hand and typewriting a such speed as may be prescribed by the Deputy Commissioner concerned;

              (c)  In  the case of  Clerk____

Must have passed the Matriculation Examination of a recognised university or institution or its equivalent.

 

9.         Method of appointment - Appointments to the posts in the Service shall be made in the manner indicated below :--

(a)           In the case of Superintendent -

            By promotion from amongst the Assistant Superintendents of the district of the concerned Division;

(b)                           In the case of Assistant Superintendent ( Revenue and Record ) –

(i) by promotion from  amongst the Assistants of the cadre with at least  two years experience as an Assistant in the Revenue side, or Stenographers of the cadre, who  have worked as Assistant for a period of two  years on some existing vacancy  or sharing the work of an Assistant on  the Revenue side; or

(ii)        by promotion from  amongst the District Kanungos of the Division concerned.

 

      (c)        In the case of Assistant Superintendent (General): -

 

                              By promotion from amongst Assistants of the cadre with at least two years experience as an Assistant, or Stenographer of the cadre who have worked as Assistant for a period of   two years on some existing vacancy or by sharing the work of an Assistant.

 

(d)        In the case of Stenographer:-

                 

By selection from amongst clerks and steno-typists of the respective cadres of the district concerned who qualifies in a test in shorthand and typewriting at a speed which may be prescribed by  the  concerned Deputy Commissioner.

 

(e)        In the case of Assistant including the post of District Revenue Accountant (Sadar Wasil Baqi Nawis)__

(i)         75 per cent of the posts by promotion from amongst  clerks and steno-typists of the respective cadres of the district concerned; or

 

(ii)        25 per cent of the posts by direct recruitment.

 

(f)                 In the case of District Revenue Accountant (Sadar Wasil Baqi Nawis):---

(i)         75 per cent of the posts by promotion from amongst the Assistant District Revenue Accountants or Tehsil Revenue Accountants or Kanungos or Clerks of the respective cadres of the district concerned.

(ii)        25 per cent of the posts by direct recruitment.

 

(g)        In the case of Steno-typist—

(i)         by selection from amongst the clerks of the cadre who qualifies the test in short hand and type-writing at a speed which may be prescribed by the concerned Deputy Commissioner.

 

(h)        In the case of clerk—

(i)         by transfer of a Patwari in the District; or

(ii)        by direct appointment; or

(iii)       by transfer or deputation of a person in the Service of a State Government or the Government of India:

        Provided that the posts of clerks with the following designations shall be filled by appointment from Patwaris—

(i)   Assistant District Revenue Accountant;

(ii)  Tehsil Revenue Accountant;

(iii) Inspection Moharrir in District Kanungos’ Office;

(iv) Judicial Moharrirs in District Kanungos’ Office;

(v)  Ahlmad to the Revenue Assistant and sub Divisional Officer;

(vi) Jagir Moharrir.

 

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

Note----All appointments to the posts 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.

 

PART  III

 Conditions of Service

10. Probation of members of Service. (i) Members of the Service shall remain on probation for a period of two years if appointed by direct appointment and one year if appointed otherwise;

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 the case of an appointment by transfer, any period of work in equivalent or higher rank, prior to 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 so officiated, shall on the completion of the prescribed period of probation, be 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 period of probation is not satisfactory, it may---

(a) if such person is appointed by direct appointment, dispense with his Service, and if such person is appointed otherwise—

(i)         revert 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 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 satisfactorily, if there is no permanent vacancy; or

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

  (i)       dispense with his Service, if appointed by direct appointment, or if appointed otherwise, revert him to his former post, or deal with him in such 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.

11.       Seniority of members of Service - The seniority inter se of members of Service in each cadre shall be determined by their continuous appointment to that cadre of the Service:

           Provided that in the case of members recruited by direct appointment, the order of merit determined by the Commission of the recruiting authority shall not be disturbed in fixing the seniority and persons appointed as a result of an earlier selection shall be senior to those appointed as a result of subsequent selection:

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

(a)    a member recruited by direct appointment shall be senior to a member recruited otherwise;

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

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

(d)  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 a higher rate of pay in his previous appointment and if the rates of pay drawn are also the same then by their 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.

Note 1.—This rule shall not apply to members appointed on purely provisional basis.

Note 2—In the case of members whose period of probation is extended under rule 10, 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.

 

12.       Pay of members of the 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 scales of pay at present in force in respect of specified posts are given in Appendix ‘A’ to these rules.

 

13.       Liability of members of Service to transfer - A member of a cadre may be transferred by the Financial Commissioner, Revenue to an equivalent post in other cadre on the same terms and conditions as are applicable to him in the original cadre.

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

15.         Leave and 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 any law for the time being in force and the rules made thereunder.

16.              Discipline penalties and appeals - (1) In matters relating to discipline, punishment and appeals, members of the Service shall be governed by Punjab Civil Services (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 appellate authority shall be as specified in Appendix ‘B’ to these rules.

(2) the authority competent to pass an order under rule15 of the said rules and the appellate authority shall be as specified in Appendix ‘C’ to these rules.

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

18.       Powers to relax - Where the Government is of 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.

19.       Repeal and savings - The Punjab District Subordinate Service Rules, 1942, 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 provisions of these rules.

                                                                        

R. S. TALWAR,

                                                           Secretary to Government, Punjab.

                                                                        Revenue Department.

 

 

 

                                                                        APPENDIX ‘A’

                                                        (Referred to in rule 3)

SN

Name of District

No. of Superintendents

 

Total

No. of Assistants Superintendents (General)

 

Total

No. of Assistant Superintendents (Revenue and Record)

Total

Permanent

Temporary

Permanent

Temporary

Permanent

Temporary

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

 

Gurdaspur

Amritsar

Jullundur

Hoshiarpur

Kapurthala

Ludhiana

Ferozepur

Patiala

Sangrur

Bhatinda

Roop Nagar

Faridkot

 1

 1

 1

 1

 1

 1

 1

 1

 1

 1

 

 

 1

 1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 

 1

 

 1

 

 

 

 

 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1

 

  1

 

  1

 

  1

 

  1

 

  1

 

  1

 

  1

 

  1

 

  1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1

 

  1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

Total

 

10

2

 

12

 

3

 

 

3

 

10

 

2

 

12

 

 

 

Name of District

No. of Assistants

Total

No. of Clerks

Total

No. of Stenographers

Total

No. of Steno-typists

Total

Permanent

Temporary

Permanent

Temporary

Permanent

Temporary

Permanent

Temporary

Gurdaspur

Amritsar

Jullundur

Hoshiarpur

Kapurthala

Ludhiana

Ferozepur

Patiala

Sangrur

Bhatinda

Roop Nagar

Faridkot

15

15

14

15

13

13

13

15

16

15

2

3

2

2

5

5

3

4

5

5

2

5

13

14

17

17

19

20

16

17

18

20

18

20

15

17

103

151

122

106

74

127

119

136

114

35

35

48

15

17

34

31

20

25

31

44

18

65

75

65

118

168

156

137

94

152

150

180

132

100

110

113

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

 

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

4

5

3

2

2

1

4

6

5

3

2

3

 

2

4

5

4

4

6

6

4

2

5

5

 

6

9

8

6

6

7

10

10

7

3

7

8

 

Total          ..

149

65

214

1170

440

1610

8

2

10

40

47

87

 

1.        Pay scale of Superintendent: Rs.400-25-500/30-650.

2.        Pay scale of Assistant Superintendent (Revenue and Record). Rs.225-15-360/20-500.

3.        Pay scale of Assistant Superintendent (General): Rs.225-15360/20-500.

4.        Pay scale of Assistant : Rs.160-10-180/15-400.

5.        Pay scale of Clerks Rs.110-4-130/5-180-6-210/8-250.

6.        Pay scale of Stenographer Rs.160-10-280/15-400.

7.        Pay scale of Steno-typists: Rs.110-4-130/5-180/6-210/8-250 plus Rs.25 as special pay.

 

 

                                                           APPENDIX ‘B’

                                               (REFERRED TO IN RULE 16)

Designation of officials

Nature of penalty

Punishing authority

Appellate authority

         1

         2     

         3

         4

1.Superintendent

2.Assistant Superintendent (Revenue and Record)

3.Assistant Superintendent (General)

4.Stenographer

 

5.Assistant

6.Steno-typist

7.Clerk

(i)Censure

(ii)Withholding of his promotions

 

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

 

(iv)Withholding of increments of pay

(v) Reduction to a lower stage in time-scale of pay for a specified period, with further directions as to whether or no 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 or post of 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 condition of restoration to the grade, post or Service from which 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 future employment under the Government

(ix)Dismissal from Service which shall ordinarily be a disqualification or further employment under the Government

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Deputy                                                             Commissioner

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the posts of Superintendent Assistant Superintendent (General)

And Assistant Superintendent (Revenue and Record)

Commissioner

For the remaining posts Deputy Commissioner

 

 

 

 

 

Commissioner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the post of Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent (General)

And Assistant Superintendent (Revenue and Record) –

Financial commissioner

For the remaining posts Commissioner

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                      APPENDIX ‘C’

                                       [Referred to in Rule 16(2)]

(Referred to in Rule15 of the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal)Rules 1970]

 

Serial No.

Designation of official

Nature of order

Authority competent to pass orders

Appellate Authority

1

2

 

 

 

3

 

 

4

5

6

7

Superintendent

Assistant Superintendent (Revenue and Record)

Assistant Superintendent (General)

Stenographer

Assistant

Steno-typist

Clerk

(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 5 of the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970.

(iii)An order which—

(a)denies or varies to his disadvantage his pay, allowances, pension or other condition 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, otherwise than as a penalty;

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

(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 date of his dismissal, removal or compulsory retirement from Service, grade, post, time-scale or stage in the time-scale of pay to the date of his retirement or restoration to his Service, grade or post, 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 restoration to his Service, grade or post shall be treated as a period spent on duty for any purpose

 

Deputy Commissioner

Commissioner

 


 

 

 

 

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