Punjab Civil Servants
(Minimum Length of Service
for Promotion) Rules, 2010
Miscellaneous
No.SOR-III(S&GAD)1-4/2003 Dated the 14th November, 2010
NOTIFICATION
. In exercise of the powers conferred upon him under section 23 of the Punjab Civil Servants Act, 1974 (VIII of 1974), the Governor of the Punjab is pleased to direct that the following rules shall be made:
1. Short title, extent and commencement.– (1) These rules may be called the Punjab Civil Servants (Minimum Length of Service for Promotion) Rules, 2010.
(2) They shall apply to all civil servants.
(3) They shall come into force with effect from 1st January, 2011.
2. Minimum length of service for promotion.– The minimum length of service required for promotion from lower post or scale to a higher post or scale shall be as prescribed in the schedule annexed to these rules:
Provided that where minimum length of service, prescribed in the relevant service rules of any service/cadre, is more than that prescribed under these rules, then the minimum length of service prescribed in the relevant service rules shall apply.
3. Repeal.– On coming into force of these rules, the Punjab Civil Servants (Minimum Length of Service for Promotion) Rules, 2003 shall stand repealed.
SCHEDULE
[see rule 2]
1. Where initial recruitment has taken place in Basic Scale 17:
(i) For posts in Basic Scale 18
5 years service against posts in Basic Scale 17.
(ii) For posts in Basic Scale 19
12 years service against posts in Basic Scale
17 and above.
(iii) For posts in Basic Scale 20
17 years service against posts in Basic Scale
17 and above.
(iv)
For posts in Basic Scale 21
22
years service against posts in Basic Scale
17 and above.
2. Where initial recruitment has taken place in Basic Scale 18:
(i) For posts in Basic Scale 19
7 years service against posts in Basic Scale 18.
(ii) For posts in Basic Scale 20
12 years service against posts in Basic Scale
18 and above.
(iii) For posts in Basic Scale 21
17 years service against posts in Basic Scale
18 and above.
3. Where initial recruitment has taken place in Basic Scale 19:
(i) For posts in Basic Scale 20
5 years service against posts in Basic Scale 19.
(ii) For posts in Basic Scale 21
10 years service against posts in Basic Scale
19 and above.
4. Where initial recruitment has taken place in Basic Scale 20:
(i) For posts in Basic Scale 21
5 years service against posts in Basic Scale 20.
∗5. Where initial appointment of a person was made to posts in Basic Pay Scale 16 or below, one half of the service in Basic Pay Scale 16 and one–fourth in Basic Pay Scale 15 and below shall be counted as service in Basic Pay Scale 17 for computing length of service for the purpose of promotion only to Basic pay Scales 18, 19 or 20.
6. The minimum length of service prescribed under these rules or the minimum length of service prescribed under the relevant service rules of various cadres, whichever is more, shall be applicable.
∗Omitted vide Notification No. SOR-III(S&GAD) 1-4/2003 dated 17.04.2012