A No. FD.PC.40-12/2017 GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB FINANCE DEPARTMENT
DATED 26-07-2019
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To,
The Accountant General Punjab
A.G. Office Complex Turner Road, Lahore
Sub: TIME SCALE PERSONAL UPGRADATION TO OFFICERS IN BS-16 & ABOVE HAVING STAGNANT POSTS:
I am directed to refer to your letter No.TM-I/1-1A/LHC 2018-19 dated 17-07-2019 on t the subject noted above.
- The Finance Department has examined the queries raised in the letter referred to above which are hereby answered in annotated format.
| Sr.No. | Query /Observation of the AG Punjab | Reply of the Finance Department |
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It is to inform that a letter has been issued vide the above-referred letter dated 10-07-2019 regarding explanation for grant of time scale promotion to the officers of BS-16 & above. The Para 5 of the letter prescribed that the eligible person shall simply apply to the concerned Accountant General Punjab/ District Accounts Officer as the case may be, for grant of time scale promotion and get their pay slips issued w.e.f.02-02-2019, without conducting any DPC performance reports, disciplinary proceedings, issuance of formal orders etc.
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In case of officers, the advice referred above to Para 5 of this Department’s letter of even number dated 10-07-2019 will be issued by the Head of Attached Department, or where there is no attached department by the Administrative Department. Only those officers are authorized to approach your office or as the case may be, the concerned District Accounts Office who are advised to apply for the issuance of the revised pay slips. This advice may served as orders for the time scale promotion. In case of officials in BS-1 to BS-15, mere entries by the concerned Drawing and Disbursing Officers in the service books of the officials would suffice as already clarified vide Para 2 (ii) of the Finance Department U.O. No. FD.P.C.39-14/77(PLIV)(APCA) (Provl) Dated 09-08-2016. |
| ii | As provided in Para 1 (i) of the Government of the Punjab Finance Department Policy letter No. FD.PC.40-12/2017 dated 19-04-2019, the promotion is subject to the condition “that they possess good/satisfactory service record” The audit office maintains the service record of pay and allowances but record of litigation, inquiries, ACRs etc. is with the Administrative Department so the implementation of the above policy without formal orders or DPC. There should be condition of DPC or at least the condition of issuance of formal orders by the concerned administrative departments & to cover the issue of satisfactory service, disciplinary proceedings, and length of service of the employee and stagnancy of the posts according to the service rules of the post. | As against S.No. (i) above.
As regard condition of DPC. It has already been clarified vide Para 2 (i) of the Finance Department U.O. No. FD.P.C.39-14/77(PLIV)(APCA) (Provl) Dated 09-08-2016, read with letter No. FD.P.C.39-14/77(PLIV)(APCA) (Provl) Dated 04-01-2016, that time scale promotion is allowed without DPC. The above-referred letters have already been implemented by your office and DAOs in Punjab.
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| iii | Some Departments are autonomous and do not draw from the A.G. Punjab / DAOs like Service Hospital Lahore, General Hospital, PMU etc., and hence no proper record of the officers is available with the Audit Office. Some officers became absconder and their proceedings are not been shared with the audit offices for years intentionally. | Maintenance and completion of service record (History of Service) of officers for whom the A G office/ DAOs are audit offices is the responsibility of AG offices / DAOs. These offices are required to issue revised pay slips to the extent of officers falling under their audit jurisdiction. |
| iv | Some officer transferred from place to another or one office to other, what will be their status as most of the record in Audit offices is not updated. | In case of transfer of an officer, the revised pay slip on account of time scale promotion will be issued by the audit office under whose jurisdiction the officer was working on 01-02-2019 and will be sent to the audit office under which the officer was subsequently transferred. |
| v | Some Officers had worked in a cadre and then get new appointment in some other cadre or department etc. what will be the criteria for their promotion? | Time scale promotion is admissible to officers /officials who have completed 10- years in a cadre in which promotion channel is available or on a stagnant post having no promotion channel and they have not joined any other cadre or post. |
| vi | What will be the status of this scheme for the civil servants who have been upgraded or granted time scale earlier? | Time scale promotion under this department’s letter number even dated 19-04-2019 is admissible to the officers /officials who have been upgraded earlier subject to the condition that they have completed 10- years service in the upgraded BS. |
| vii | Whether the time scale promotion is admissible to the officers working in BS-20 or BS-21? | Subject to the eligibility, this department’s even number-letter dated 19-04-2019 is applicable to all officers. |
| viii | It is submitted that the condition of issuance of formal orders / conducting of DPC etc. may be considered. This office is of the view that formal orders must be issued by the Administrative Department concerned to share the responsibility as well as grant of Time Scale Promotion to the proper person accurately in transparent manner due to the reasons as detailed in Para No.3 above. | As against Sr. No. (i) and (ii) above.
Moreover advice to be issued by the attached department or as the case may be treated as formal orders for the time scale promotion. It is further added that the benefit of time scale promotion is to be extent of personal up gradation only. Formal promotion in cases where promotion channel is available shall continue to be made in the prescribed manners. |
- Further necessary action may be taken accordingly.
(AMANULLAH)
DEPUTY SECRETARY (PC)