CONTRACT EMPLOYEE NOT A CIVIL SERVANT
BUT JUST GOVT. SERVANT
“Civil Servants” as defined in Section-2 (b) of the Punjab Civil Servants Act, 1974, which is reproduced below.
“(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:-
- x.x.x.x.
- a person who is employed on contract, or on work-charge basis, or who is paid for contingencies;”
As further defined in Section-2 (f) of ibid Act, “permanent post” means a post sanctioned without limit of time.
As per Civil Servant Act, 1974,
- Efficiency and discipline.– A civil servant shall be liable to such disciplinary action and penalties and in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed.
As per contract policy 29/12/2004
(vii) persons appointed on contract basis are not civil servants, therefore, their service matters shall not be governed by the rules framed under the Civil Servant Act, 1974. Their appointment shall be strictly regulated by the terms and conditions of their contract.
As per Punjab Civil Service Rules,1.4.
These rules shall not apply to_
- any Government servant between whom and the Government, a specific contract .or agreement subsists in respect of any matter dealt with herein to the extent up to which specific provision is made in the contract or agreement (see rule 1.3 above);CONTRACT Amendment_25-4-2017