THE PUNJAB CIVIL SERVANTS ACT, 1974
THE PUNJAB CIVIL SERVANTS ACT, 1974 SECTIONS CONTENTS CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, application and commencement. 2. Definitions. CHAPTER II TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF CIVIL SERVANTS 3. Terms and conditions. 4. Appointments. 5. Probation. 6. Confirmation. 7. Seniority. 8. Promotion. 8-A. Out of turn promotion, etc. 9. Postings and transfers. 10. Termination of service. 11. Reversion to a lower post. 11-A. Certain persons to be liable to removal or reversion. 12. Retirement from service. 13. Employment after retirement. 14. Conduct. 15. Efficiency and discipline. 16. Pay. 17. Leave. 18. Pension and gratuity. 19. Provident fund. 20. Benevolent Fund and Group Insurance. 21. Right of appeal or representation. CHAPTER III MISCELLANEOUS 22. Saving. 22A. Indemnity. 22B. Jurisdiction barred. CHAPTER IV RULES 23. Rules. 24. Repeal of Punjab Ordinance No. II of 1974. THE PUNJAB CIVIL SERVANTS ACT, 1974 (Pb Act VIII of 1974) 4th June 1974 An Act to regulate the appointment to, and the terms and conditions of service in respect of the services of the Province of the Punjab Preamble : — WHEREAS it is expedient to regulate by law, the appointment to, and the terms and conditions of the services of the Province of the Punjab, and to provide for matters connected therewith or ancillary thereto; It is hereby enacted as follows : — Short title, application and commencement : — (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Civil Servants Act, 1974. (2) It applies to all civil servants wherever they may be. (3) It shall come into force at once. CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY Definitions : — (1) In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, : — (a) “ad hoc appointment” means appointment of a duly qualified person made otherwise than in accordance with the prescribed method of recruitment, pending recruitment in accordance with such method; (b) “civil servant” means a person who is a member of a civil service of the Province or who holds a civil post in connection with the affairs of the Province, but does not include : — (i) a person who is on deputation to the province from the Federation or any other Province or Authority; (ii) a person who is employed on contract, or on work-charged basis, or who is paid from contingencies; or (iii) a person who is a ‘worker’ or ‘workman’ as defined in the Factories Act, 1934 (XXV of 1934) or the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 (VIII of 1923); (c) “Government” means the Government of the Punjab; (d) “initial recruitment” means appointment made otherwise than by promotion or transfer; (e) “pay” means the amount drawn monthly by a civil servant as pay, and includes technical pay, special pay, personal pay and any other emoluments declared as pay by the prescribed authority; (f) “permanent post” means a post sanctioned without limit of time; (g) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules; (h) “province” means the Province of the Punjab; (i) “rules” means the rules made or deemed to have been made under this Act; (j) “selection authority” means the Punjab Public Service Commission, departmental selection board, departmental selection committee or other authority or body on the recommendation of, or in consultation with which any appointment or promotion, as may be prescribed, is made; and (k) “temporary post” means a post other than a permanent post. (2) For the purpose of this Act, an appointment whether by promotion or otherwise, shall be deemed to have been made on regular basis if it is made in the prescribed manner. CHAPTER II TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF CIVIL SERVANTS Terms and conditions : — The terms and conditions of service of a civil servant shall be as provided in this Act and the rules. Appointments : — Appointment to a civil service of the province or to a civil post in connection with the affairs of the province, shall be made in the prescribed manner by the Governor or by a person authorised by him in that behalf. Probation : — (1) An initial appointment to a service or post referred to in section 4, not being an ad hoc appointment, shall be on such probation and for such period of probation as may be prescribed. (2) Any appointment of a civil servant by promotion or transfer to a service or post may also be made on such probation and for such period of probation as may be prescribed. (3) Where, in respect of any service or post, the satisfactory completion of probation includes the passing of a prescribed examination, test or course or successful completion of any training, a person appointed on probation to such service or post who, before the expiry of the original or extended period of his probation, has failed to pass such examination or test or to successfully complete the course or the training shall, except as may be prescribed otherwise, : — (a) if he was appointed to such service or post by initial recruitment, be discharged; or (b) if he was appointed to such service or post by promotion or transfer, be reverted to the service or post from which he was promoted or transferred and against which he holds a lien or, if there be no such service or post, be discharged. Confirmation : — (1) A person appointed on probation shall, on satisfactory completion of his probation, be eligible for confirmation in a service or a post as may be prescribed. (2) A civil servant promoted to a post on probation shall, on satisfactory completion of his probation, be confirmed in such post as may be prescribed. (3) A civil servant promoted to a post on regular basis shall be confirmed after rendering satisfactory service
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