PUNJAB DISTRICT REVENUE
OFFICERS (GROUP-A) SERVICE RULES, 2003
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GOVERNMENT
OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT
OF REVENUE AND REHABILITATION
NOTIFICATION
THE
12TH DECEMBER 2003
No. G.S.R. 65/Const./Art. 309/2003.-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 Punjab is
pleased to make the following rules, regulating the recruitment and the
conditions of Service of the persons appointed to the Punjab District Revenue
Officers (Group-A) Service, namely:-
1. Short title, commencement and application.- (1) These
rules may be called the Punjab District Revenue Officers (Group-A) Service
Rules, 2003.
(2) They shall come into force on and with effect from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
(3)
They shall apply to the posts specified in Appendix ‘A’.
2. Definition.-In these
rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) ‘Appendix’ means an Appendix appended to these rules;
(b)
‘Government’ means the government of the State of Punjab
in the Department of Revenue and Rehabilitation;
(c)
‘Service’ means the Punjab District Revenue Officers
(Group-A) Service; and
(d)
‘Tehsildar’ means Tehsildar employed on revenue or settlement
or any other work under the control of the Financial Commissioner revenue.
3. Number and character of
posts.-The Service shall comprise the posts specified in Appendix ‘A’:
Provided
that nothing in these rules shall affect the inherent right of the Government
to add or reduce the number of such posts or to 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 Government.
5. Pay of members of the
Service.-The members of the Service shall be entitled to such
scales of pay, as may be sanctioned by the Punjab Government from time to time.
The scales of pay at present in force in respect of the members of the Service,
are given in Appendix ‘A’.
6. Method of appointment,
qualifications and experience.-(1) Appointment to the service shall
be made in the manner as specified in Appendix ‘B’:
Provided
that if, no suitable candidate is available for appointment by promotion, then
appointment to the Service shall be made by transfer of a person holding a
similar or an identical post under a State Government or Government of India.
(2)
No person shall be appointed to a post in the Service
unless he possesses the qualifications and experience as specified against that
post in Appendix ‘B’.
(3)
Appointment to the service by promotion shall be made on
the basis of seniority-cum-merit, but no person shall have any right to claim
promotion on the basis of seniority alone.
7. Discipline,
punishment and appeal.-(1) In the matters of discipline, punishment and
appeal, the members of the service shall be governed by the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970
as amended from time to time.
(2)
The authority empowered to impose any of the penalties
specified in rule 5 of the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules,
1970 in respect of the members of the Service, shall be the Government.
8. Application
of the Punjab Civil Services (General and Common Conditions of Service) Rules,
1994.-(1) In respect of the matters, which are not specifically provided in
these rules, the members of Service shall be governed by the Punjab Civil
Services (General and Common Conditions of Service) Rules, 1994, as amended
from time to time.
(2)
The Punjab Civil Services (General and Common Conditions
of service) Rules, 1994, at present in force, are contained in Appendix ‘C’.
9. Interpretation.-If any
question arises as to the interpretation of these rules, the Government shall
decide the same.
10. Repeal and Saving.-The Punjab
District Revenue Officers (Class-I) Service Rules, 1983, in so far as these are
applicable to the members of the Service, are hereby repealed:
Provided that any order issued or
any action taken under the rules so repealed, shall be deemed to have been
issued or taken under the corresponding provisions of these rules.
[See Rules 1 (3), 3 and 5]
Number
of posts
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Designation of the post |
Permanent |
Temporary |
Total |
Scale of pay (in rupees) |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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District
Revenue Officer |
14 |
5 |
19 |
7220-220-8100-275-10300-340-11660 |
(See Rule 6)
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Designation of the post |
Percentage for appointment
by promotion |
Qualifications and
experience for appointment by promotion |
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District
Revenue Officer |
Hundred percent |
From
amongst the Tehsildars, who have an experience of working as such for a minimum
of eight years |
(See rule 8)
DEPARTMENT
OF PERSONNEL
AND
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
(PERSONNEL
POLICIES BRANCH-I)
NOTIFICATION
The 4th May, 1994
No. G.S.R.33/Const./Art.309/94.-In exercise
of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution of
India, and all other powers enabling in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is
pleased to make the following rules regulating the recruitment and general and
common conditions of service of persons appointed to Group ‘A’, Group ‘B’ and
Group ‘C’ services in connection with the affairs of the State of Punjab,
namely:-
1. Short title, commencement and
application-(1) These rules may be called the Punjab Civil Services
(General and Common Conditions of Service) Rules, 1994.
(2)
They shall come into force at once.
(3)
They shall apply to all the posts in Group ‘A’, Group ‘B’
and Group ‘C’ services in connection with the affairs of the State of Punjab.
2. Definition.-In these
rules, unless the context otherwise requires-
(a) “appointing
authority” means an appointing authority specified as such in the Service Rules
made under article 309 of the Constitution of India in respect of any service
or Post in connection with the affairs of the State of Punjab.
(b)
“Board” means the Subordinate Service Selection Board,
Punjab or any other authority constituted to perform its functions;
(c)
“Commissioner” means the Punjab Public Service Commission;
(d)
“direct appointment” means an appointment made otherwise
than by promotion or by transfer of a person already in the service of
Government of India or of a State Government;
(e)
“Government” means the Government of the State of Punjab
in the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms;
(f)
“recognised university or institution” means,-
(i) any university or institution
incorporated by law in any of the State of India;
or
(ii)
any other university or institution, which is declared by
the Government to be recognised university or institution for the purposes of
these rules;
(g) “Service”
means any Group ‘A’ Service, Group ‘B’ Service and Group “C’ Service
constituted in connection with the affairs of the state of Punjab as per scales
given in the Appendix.
(h) “Service
Rules” means the service rules made under article 309 of the Constitution of
India regulating the recruitment and conditions of service of persons appointed
to any service or post in connection with the affairs of the State of Punjab;
and
(i) “War
hero” means a defence services personnel, or a para-military forces personnel,
who is a bona fie resident of Punjab State and is killed or discharged from the
above service on account of disability suffered by him while fighting for
defending the border of the country in Kargil sector of the State of Jammu and
Kashmir or fighting for the country in any other sector or similar operation on
or after the first day of January, 1999 which may be notified by the State
Government as undertaken for preserving the unity and integrity of the
motherland. However, in exceptional cases the cases of those war heroes can
also be covered under this definition who though, not bona fide residents
of Punjab State, but are yet closely
connected to the state of Punjab. In such exceptional cases, the express
approval of the Department of Personnel will be mandatory.
3. Nationality, domicile and character of
person appointed to the Service.- (1) No person shall be appointed to
the Service unless he is,-
(a)
a Citizen of India; or
(b)
a Citizen of Nepal; or
(c)
a Subject of Bhutan; or
(d)
a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the Ist
day of January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India; or
(e)
a person of India origin who has migrated from Pakistan,
Burma, Sri Lanka and East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda and United
Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire,
Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India;
Provided
that a person belonging to any of the categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be
person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been given by the
Government of Punjab in the Department of Home Affairs and Justice.
(2) A
person in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted
to an examination or interview conducted by the Commission or the Board, as the
case may be, on his furnishing proof that he has applied for the certificate
but he shall not be appointed to the service unless the necessary certificate
is given to him by the Government of Punjab in the Department of Home Affairs
and Justice.
(3)
No person shall be recruited to the
service by direct appointment, unless he produced,-
(a)
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; and
(b)
An affidavit to the effect that he was never convicted for
any criminal offence involving moral turpitude and that he was never dismissed
or removed from service or any State Government or of Government of India, or
of any Public Sector Undertaking.
4. Disqualification-No person:-
(a)
who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a
person having 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, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the
personal law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and
that there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the operation
of this rule.
5. Age.-(1) No person shall be recruited to the Service by
direct appointment, if he is less than eighteen years or is more than thirty
years of age in the case of non-technical posts and thirty-five years in the
case of technical posts on the Ist day of January of the year immediately
preceding the last date fixed for submission of applications by the Commission
or the Board, as the case may be, or unless he is within such range of minimum
and maximum age limits as may be specifically fixed by the Government from time
to time:
Provided
that where different lower and upper age limits have been specifically
prescribed for posts in the Service Rules, these limits shall be made
applicable for appointment to such posts:
Provided
further that the upper age limit may be relaxed upto forty-five years in the
case of persons already in the employment of the Punjab Government, other State
Government or the Government of India.
Provided
further that in the case of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and other
Backward Classes, the upper age limit shall be such as may be fixed by the
Government from time to time.
(2) In
the case of ex-servicemen, the upper age limit shall be as has been prescribed
in the Punjab Recruitment of Ex-servicemen Rules, 1982, as amended from time to
time.
(3) In the case of appointment on
compassionate grounds on priority basis, the upper age limit shall be such as
may be specifically fixed by the Government from time to time.
(4) In the case of appointment of a
War-hero, who has been discharged from defence services or paramilitary forces
on account of disability suffered by him or his widow or dependent member of
his family, the upper age limit shall be such as may be specifically fixed by
the Government from time to time.
6. Qualification-Subject to
the provisions of these rules, the number and character of posts, method of
recruitment and educational qualifications and experience for appointment to a
post or posts in a Service and the departmental examination if any, shall be
such as may be specified in the Service Rules made for that Service
Provided
that where appointment of Group ‘A’ or Group ‘B’ non-technical post is offered
to a war-hero, who has been discharged from defence services or paramilitary
forces on account of disability suffered by him or his widow or dependent
member of his family, under the instructions issued in this behalf by the
Government, the educational qualification to be possessed by such person shall
be graduation from a recognised university. Such person who is offered Group
‘A’ or Group ‘B’ or Group ‘C’ non-technical post, shall not, however, be
required to posses experience of technical or non-technical post at the time of
his initial appointment.
7. Probation.-(1) A
person appointed to any post in the service shall remain on probation for a
period of two years, if recruited by direct appointment and one year if
appointed otherwise:
Provide that.-
(a)
any period, after such appointment, spent on deputation on
a corresponding or a higher post shall count towards the period of probation;
(b)
in any case of an appointment by transfer, any period of
work on an 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;
(c)
any period of officiating appointment to the Service at
the end of period of probation, shall be counted towards the period of
probation.
(2) If, in the opinion of the appointing
authority, the work or conduct of a person during the period of probation is not
satisfactory or he has failed to pass the departmental examination, if any,
prescribed in Service Rules within a period not exceeding two and a half years
from the date of appointment, it may,-
(a)
if such person is recruited by direct appointment dispense
with his service, or revert him to a post on which he held lien prior to his
appointment to the Service by direct appointment; and
(b)
if such person is appointed otherwise-
(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 and conduct has in its opinion been
satisfactory-
(i)
confirm such person, from the date of his appointment or
from the date he completes his period of probation satisfactorily, if he is not
already confirmed; or
(ii)
declare that he has completed his probation
satisfactorily, if he is already confirmed; or
(b) if his
work or conduct has not been in its opinion, satisfactory or if he has failed
to pass the departmental examination, if any, specified in the Service Rules-
(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 may
permit;
(ii) extend
his period of probation and thereafter pass such order as it could have passed
on the expiry of the period of probation as specified in sub-rule (1):
Provided that the total period of probation including
extension, if any, shall not exceed three years.
8. Seniority.-The
seniority inter se of persons appointed to posts in each cadre of a Service shall
be determined by the length of continuous service on such post in that cadre of
the Service.
Provided
that in the case of persons recruited by direct appointment who join within the
period specified in the order of appointment or within such period as may be
extended from time to time by the appointing authority subject to a maximum of
four months from the date of order of appointment the order of merit determined
by the Commission or the Board, as the case may be, shall not be disturbed:
Provided
further that in case a person is permitted to join the post after the expiry of
the said period of four months in consultation with the Commission or the
Board, as the case may be, his seniority shall be determined from the date he
joins the post:
Provided
further that in case any person of the next selection has joined a post in the
cadre of the concerned Service before the person referred to in the preceding
proviso joins, the person so referred shall be placed below all the persons of
the next selection who join within the time specified in the first proviso:
(a)
a person appointed by direct appointment shall be senior
to a person appointed otherwise;
(b)
a person appointed by promotion shall be senior to a
person appointed by transfer;
(c)
in the case of persons appointed by promotion or transfer,
the seniority shall be determined according to the seniority of such persons in
the appointments from which they were promoted or transferred; and
(d)
in the case of persons appointed by transfer from
different cadres their seniority shall be determined according to pay,
preference being given to a persons who was drawing a higher rate of pay in his
previous appointment; and if the rate of pay drawn are also the same, then by
their length of service in these appointments and if the length of service is
also the same, an older person shall be senior to a younger person.
Note:- Seniority of persons appointed on
purely provisional basis or on ad hoc basis shall be determined as and when
they are regularly appointed keeping in view the dates of such regular
appointment.
9. Liability of members of
Service to transfer.-A member of a Service may be transferred to any post
whether included in any other service or not, on the same terms and conditions
as specified in rule 3.17 of the Punjab Civil Service Rules, Volume-I, Part-I.
10. Liability to serve.-A member of
Service shall be liable to serve at any place, whether within or out of the
State of Punjab, on being ordered so to do by the appointing authority.
11. Leave, Pension and other matters.-In respect
of pay, leave, pension and all other matters not expressly provided for in
these rules, a member of Service shall be governed by such rules and
regulations as may have been or may hereafter be adopted or made by the
competent authority.
12. Discipline, penalties and appeals.-(1) In the matter of discipline, punishment and
appeals, a member of Service shall be governed by the Punjab Civil Services
(Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970 as amended from time to time.
(2) The
authority empowered to impose penalties specified in rule 5 of the Punjab Civil
Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970 and the appellate authority
thereunder in respect of the Government employee shall be such as may be
specified in the Service Rules.
13. Liability
for vaccination and re-vaccination.-Every member of a Service shall get
himself vaccinated or re-vaccinated when Punjab Government so directs by a
special or general order.
14. Oath of allegiance.- Every member of a Service unless he
has already done so, shall be required to take oath of allegiance to India and
to the Constitution of India as by law established.
15. Minimum educational and
other Qualifications.-(1) No person shall be appointed by direct appointment
to the post of Clerk under the Punjab Government unless he is Matriculate in
Second Division or has passed Senior Secondary Part-II Examination from a
recognised university or institution.
(2) The person so appointed as Clerk in
terms of sub-rule (1) shall have to qualify a test in Punjabi typewriting to be
conducted by the Board or by the appointing authority at the speed of thirty
words per minute within a period of one year from the date of his appointment.
(3) In case, the person fails to qualify the
said test within the period specified in sub-rule (2) shall be allowed annual
increment only with effect from the date he qualifies such test, but he shall
not be paid any arrears for the period, for which he could not qualify the said
test:
Provided
that where appointment of Group ‘C’ non-technical post is offered to a War
Hero, who has been discharged from defence services or paramilitary forces on
account of disability suffered by him or his widow or dependent member of his
family, under the instructions issued in his behalf by the Government, the
educational qualifications to be possessed by such person shall be Matriculate
from a recognised university or institution. Such person will, however, be not
required to qualify the test in Punjabi typewriting as specified in sub-rule
(2).
16. Minimum
educational and other qualifications for appointment to the post of
Steno-typist Grade-II or Junior Scale Stenographer Grade-II.-No person
shall be appointed by direct
appointment to a post of a Steno-typist Grade-II, or a Junior Scale
Stenographer Grade-II under the Punjab Government, unless he-
(a)
is Matriculate in Second Division or has passed Senior
Secondary Part-II examination from a recognised university or institution; and
(b)
qualifies a test in Punjabi Stenography to be held by the
Board or by the appointing authority at a speed to be specified by the
Government from time to time.
17. Knowledge of Punjabi
Language.-No person shall be appointed to any post in any service by
direct appointment unless he has passed Matriculation examination with Punjabi
as one of the compulsory or elective subjects or any other equivalent
examination in Punjab language, which may be specified by the Government from
time to time:
Provided
that where a person is appointed on compassionate grounds on priority basis
under the instructions issued in this behalf by the Government from time to
time, the person so appointed shall have to pass an examination of Punjabi
Language equivalent to Matriculation standard or he shall have to qualify a
test conducted by the Language Wing of the Department of Education of Punjab
Government within a period of six months from the date of his appointment:
Provided further that where educational qualifications for
a post in any service are lower than the Matriculation standard, then the
person so appointed shall have to pass an examination of Punjabi Language
equivalent to Middle standard:
Provided
further that where a War Hero, who has been discharged from defence services or
paramilitary forces on account of disability suffered by him or his widow or
dependent member of his family, is appointed under the instructions issued in
this behalf by the Government, the person so appointed will not be required to
possess aforesaid knowledge of Punjabi Language:
Provided
further that where a ward of Defence Service Personnel, who is a bona fide
resident of Punjab State, is appointed by direct appointment, he shall have to
pass an examination of Punjabi Language equivalent to matriculation Standard or
he shall have to qualify a test conducted by the Language Wing of the
Department of Education of Punjab Government within a period of two years from
the date of his appointment.
18. Promotion to Group ‘A’ and
Group ‘B’ Services.-(1) (a) For promotion to the post as Head of
Department would be decided strictly on the basis of merit-cum-seniority as per
the instructions issued by the Government from time to time. The minimum
benchmark for promotion for such post would be ‘Very Good’. The officer who is
graded as ‘Outstanding’ would supersede
the officer grades as ‘Very Good’.
(b) For
promotion to post falling in Group ‘A’ other than Head of Department, the
minimum benchmark will be ‘Very Good’ as per instructions issued by the
Government from time to time. There shall be no supersession on the basis of
merit.
(c) For
promotion to post falling in Group ‘B’, the minimum benchmark will be ‘Good’
and there shall be no supersession on the basis of merit.
(2) Debarring
for consideration for promotion of a Government Employee who refuses to accept
promotion.-In the event of refusal to accept promotion by a member of
a service, he shall be debarred by the appointing authority from consideration
for promotion for all the consecutive chances which may occur in future within
a period of two years from the date of such refusal to accept promotion:
Provided
that in case where the appointing authority is satisfied that a member of a
service has refused to accept promotion under the circumstances beyond his
control, it may exempt such a member for reasons to be recorded, therefore in
writing from the operation of this rule.
19. Power to relax.-Where the
Government is of the opinion that it is necessary to 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:
Provided
that the provisions relating to educational qualifications and experience, if
any shall not be relaxed.
20. Over riding
effect.-The provisions of these rules shall have effect notwithstanding anything
contrary contained in any rules for the time being in force for regulating the
recruitment and conditions of service for appointment to public service and
posts in connection with the affairs of the State.
21. Interpretation.-If any,
question arises as to the interpretation of these rules, the Government shall
decide the same.
Sd/-A.S.Chatha
Chief
Secretary to Government of Punjab
Sd/-Gurbinder Chahal
Financial Commissioner Revenue and
Secretary
to Government of Punjab
Department
of Revenue and Rehabilitation.
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