GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB
SERVICES, GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
NOTIFICATION
The 24th August 1974
No. SOR-III-1-5/74 – In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 23 of the Punjab Civil Servants Act, 1974, the Governor of the Punjab is pleased to make the following rules,
namely:-
THE PUNJAB CIVIL SERVANTS (APPOINTMENT AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) RULES, 1974
PART I – GENERAL
1. (1) These rules may be called the Punjab Civil Servants (Appointment and
Conditions of Service) Rules, 1974.
(2) They shall come into force at once.
(3) They shall apply to all civil servants.
Definitions –
2. (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions
shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:
(a) “All-Pakistan Unified Grades” has the same meaning as in All Pakistan Services
(Change in Nomenclature) Rules, 1973;
(b) “Appointing Authority” in relation to a post means the person authorized under
rule 6 to make appointment to the post;
(c) “Autonomous or Semi-autonomous Organization” means an organization set up
under a law by the Government as a unit separate from the formal departmental
organization;
(d) “Board” means a Selection Board and includes a Provincial Selection Board;
(e) “Commission” means the Punjab Public Service Commission;
(f) *“Committee” means a Departmental Promotion Committee or a Selection
Committee;
(g) “Department” has the same meaning as in the Punjab Government Rules of
Business, 1974;
(h) “Functional Unit” means a group of posts or a part of such group sanctioned as a
separate unit in or under a Department;
(i) “Grade” has the same meaning as in the Punjab Civil Servants (Change in
Nomenclature of Services and Abolition of Classes) Rules, 1974; and
(j) “Post” means a post in connection with the affairs of the Province.
(2) Words and expressions used but not defined shall bear the same meanings as
they bear in the Punjab Civil Servants Act, 1974.
3. (1) Appointment to posts shall be made by promotion, transfer or initial recruitment,
as may be prescribed by the Government in relation to the posts in a grade from time to time:
@Provided that where as a result of retrenchment in, or re-organization of a Government
Department/office or an Autonomous or Semi-Autonomous Organization set up by the
Government, certain posts or cadres are abolished and Government decides, by a special order,
to absorb persons rendered surplus in consequence thereof, such persons may be absorbed
against such posts in such manner and on such terms and conditions as may be determined by
the Government;
*Substituted vide Notification No. SOR.III(S&GAD)2-122/89 dated 20.12.1989. (History of amendment is available at page 15).
@Added vide No. SOR.III-2-21/87 dated 17.02.1988.
♠Provided further that absorption shall be made on the recommendation of:
a) the Commission, for all posts in and above BS-16 and such other posts in BS-11 to
15, initial recruitment to which is notified by the Government to be made on the
recommendation of the Commission; and
b) the Committee constituted by the Chief Minister or an officer authorized by him in
that behalf, for all other posts.
Provided further that for purposes of seniority, persons absorbed as above shall be
treated as having been appointed by initial recruitment with effect from the date they take over
charge in the absorbing functional unit/cadre.
1Provided further that where no equivalent post is available, he may be offered a lower
post in such manner and subject to such conditions, as may be prescribed and where such
civil servant is appointed to a lower post, the pay being drawn by him in the higher post
immediately preceding his appointment to a lower post shall remain protected.
(2) Appointments by promotion or transfer shall be made in accordance with Part-II
and by initial recruitment in accordance with Part-III of these rules.
(3) The appointment shall be made from among such persons possessing such
qualifications and fulfilling such other conditions as may be prescribed by the Government
from time to time.
•4. (1) The Government may constitute such Selection Boards and Selection/Promotion
Committees to make selection for appointment by initial recruitment, promotion or transfer for
posts, as may be specified by the Government from time to time.
(2) The composition, functions and responsibilities for such Boards and Committees
and the procedure to be observed by such Boards and Committees shall be determined by the
Government.
♠
Proviso substituted vide Notification No. SOR-III(S&GAD)-2-32/88 dated 24.07.2007.
1Added vide Notification No. SOR.III.2-32/88 dated 19.09.2001.
•Substituted vide Notification No. SOR.III(S&GAD) 2-15/87(II) dated 14.05.2004. History of amendment is available at page 15.
(3) The Government in relation to various posts for which a Committee and a Board
have concurrent jurisdiction, shall, by general or special order, specify the post for which
selection shall be made by a Committee or Board.
5. Where an appointing authority other than the Chief Minister does not accept the
recommendation of a committee or a board, it shall record reasons thereof and obtain orders
of next higher authority and act accordingly.
*6. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any service rules, the authorities
competent to make appointment to various posts shall be as follows:
Posts Appointing Authorities
(i) BS-19 and
above
Chief Minister
(ii) BS-18 A) Chief Minister for posts included in
Schedule-IV to the Punjab Government
Rules of Business, 1974.
B) For other posts:
(a) Chief Secretary for a post of Deputy
Secretary, District Officer and an
equivalent post of the Provincial
Management Service;
(b) Administrative Secretary for a post in a
Department;
(c) Chairman of the Commission for a
post in the Commission; and
(d) ΔChairman of the Technical
Education and Vocational Training
Authority for an employee of the
Government transferred to the
Technical Education and Vocational
Training Authority.
(iii) BS-16 & 17
(a) Administrative Secretary for posts in
the Department concerned;
(b) Advocate General for posts in his
*Rule 6 amended vide Notification No.SOR-III (S&GAD)1-15/2003-P dated 09.09.2010 (previous versions are available at page 19).
ΔThe words “Chief Operating Officer” substituted with the word “Chairman” vide Notification No. SOR-III(S&GAD)1-15/2003(P) dated 17.10.2011.
office;
(c) Chairman of the Commission for posts in the Commission;
(d) Inspector General of Police for the posts of Deputy Superintendents of Police;
(e) ΔChairman of the Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority for Government employees transferred to the Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority; and
(f) Any other authority, prescribed as appointing authority, for posts in BS-16, in the relevant service/recruitment rules.
(iv) BS-1 to 16 Respective authorities exercising such powers immediately before the commencement of these rules or such authorities as may hereafter be empowered.
7. (1) A person appointed to a post in a grade against a substantive vacancy shall
remain on probation for a period of two years, if appointed by initial recruitment, and for a
period of one year, if appointed otherwise; provided that the appointing authority may extend
the period of probation by a further period not exceeding two years in all.
Explanation– Officiating service and service spent on deputation to a corresponding or
a higher post may be allowed to count towards the period of probation.
(2) No person shall be confirmed in a post unless he has successfully completed
such training and passed such departmental examination as may be prescribed.
(3) If no orders have been made by the day following the completion of the initial
probationary period, the period of probation shall be deemed to have been extended.
(4) Subject to the provisions of sub rule (2) above, if no orders have been made by
the day on which the maximum period of probation expires, the probationer shall be deemed
ΔThe words “Chief Operating Officer” substituted with the word “Chairman” vide Notification No. SOR-III(S&GAD)1-15/2003(P) dated 17.10.2011.
to have been confirmed in his appointment from the date on which the period of probation was
last extended or may be deemed to have been so extended.
♣Provided that in case of grant of extraordinary leave during the period of probation of
two years, the name of the person will be removed from the seniority list and placed on a static
list with no claim to promotion, seniority or confirmation for the period he remained on EOL.
(5) A probationer, who has satisfactorily completed his period of probation against a
substantive vacancy, shall be confirmed with effect from the date of his continuous
appointment in such a vacancy:
Provided that where the period of his probation has been extended under the provisions
of sub rule (1) of this rule, the date of confirmation shall, subject to the other provisions of this
rule, be the date on which the period of a probation was last extended.
•7-A. Lien. – Notwithstanding anything in any other rules, a confirmed civil servant shall
acquire lien against the substantive post held by him when he is relieved as a consequence of
his selection against some other post, cadre or service in the service of Pakistan, and he shall
retain his lien in the relieving department until he is confirmed in the said other post, cadre or
service or for a maximum period of three years whichever is earlier and the said period of lien
shall in no case be extended.
8. The seniority inter se of persons appointed to posts in the same grade in a functional
unit shall be determined:
(1) ∗(a) In the case of persons appointed by initial recruitment, in accordance with
the order of merit, assigned by the selection authority:
Provided that the persons, selected for appointment to the grade in an earlier selection
shall rank senior to the persons selected in a later selection;
Provided further that for the purpose of determination of inter se seniority of persons
selected through the Combined Competitive Examination, marks obtained by the persons in
the Combined Competitive Examination, evaluation marks obtained by the persons in training
and marks obtained in the final passing out examination conducted by the Commission shall
have weightage as may be prescribed.
♣
Proviso added, after Rule 7(4) vide Notification No. SOR.III-2-52/99 dated 20.11. 2001.
•Added vide Notification No. SOR-III(S&GAD)1-25/2002 dated 03.01.2011.
∗Sub-rule (1), paragraph (a) substituted vide Notification No. SOR-III(S&GAD)1-12/2000(P) dated 17.05.2012
(b) in the case of persons appointed otherwise, with reference to the dates of their
continuous appointment in the grade; provided that if the date of continuous appointment in
the case of two or more persons appointed to the grade is the same, the older if not junior to
the younger in the next below grade, shall rank senior to the younger person.
Explanation I– If a person junior in a lower grade is promoted to a higher grade on ad
hoc basis, in the public interest, even though continuing later permanently in the higher grade,
it would not adversely affect the interest of his seniors in the fixation of his seniority in the
higher grade.
Explanation II– If a person junior in a lower grade is promoted to higher grade by
superseding his senior and subsequently the latter is also promoted, the promoted first shall
rank senior to the one promoted subsequently.
Explanation III– Subject to the provisions of rule 14 of these rules, a junior appointed
to a higher grade shall be deemed to have superseded his senior only if both the junior and
the senior were considered for the higher grade and the junior was appointed in preference to
the senior.
(2) The seniority of the persons appointed by initial recruitment to the grade vis-à-vis
those appointed otherwise shall be determined with reference to the date of continuous
appointment to the grade; provided that if two dates are the same, the person appointed
otherwise shall rank senior to the person appointed by initial recruitment; provided further that
inter se seniority of person belonging to the same category will not be altered.
Explanation– In case a group of persons is selected for initial appointment at one time,
the earliest date on which any one out of the group joined the service will be deemed to be the
date of appointment of all persons in the group. Similarly in case a group of persons is
appointed otherwise at one time in the same office order the earliest date on which any one
out of the group joined the service will be deemed to be the date of appointment of all persons
in the group. And the persons in each group will be placed with reference to the continuous
date of appointment as a group in order of their inter se seniority.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this rule, the seniority lists already prepared in
accordance with the rules applicable immediately before the commencement of these rules
shall be construed as seniority lists for the respective new grades in respect of persons
already in service and amendments therein shall continue to be made in accordance with
those rules to settle inter se seniority disputes among them.
♣Provided further that in case of extraordinary leave without pay beyond 05 years, the
name of the person to whom such leave is granted will be removed from the seniority list and
placed on a separate static list with no claim to promotion or to seniority over any junior who
may be promoted during this period and his name will be brought back on the seniority list only
after he resumes duty on return and his seniority shall be determined after deducting the
period he remained on EOL beyond 5 years. If approved for promotion he will not regain his
seniority.
♣Proviso added, after Rule 8(3) vide Notification No. SOR.III-2-52/99 dated 20.11.2001.
PART-II
APPOINTMENT BY PROMOTION,
TRANSFER OR DEPUTATION
9. ♣(1) Appointments by promotions or transfer to posts in various grades shall be made
on the recommendations of the appropriate Committee or Board.
♣(2) Omitted
10. Only such persons as possess the qualifications and meet the conditions laid down for
the purpose of promotion or transfer to a post shall be considered by the Selection Authority.
*10-A. Appointment on acting charge basis –
(1) Appointment on acting-charge basis may be made in the manner hereinafter
prescribed.
♥(2) The appointing authority may fill a post reserved for departmental promotion by
appointing on acting-charge basis, the most senior civil servant of the cadre or service
concerned, who possesses at least three fourth of the prescribed length of service or the
experience for the post or both, as the case may be, and is otherwise eligible for promotion
except for the prescribed length of service and the experience.
(3) Where the appointing authority is satisfied on report of the selecting authority
that no suitable officer is available to fill a post in a grade 17 and above reserved under the
rules to be filled by initial recruitment and it is expedient not to allow the post to remain
unfilled, it may appoint to that post on acting-charge basis the most senior officer eligible for
promotion to that post.
(4) No appointment on acting charge basis shall be made against a post which is
likely to remain vacant for period of less than six months.
(5) No appointment on acting charge basis shall be made without the
recommendations of the Departmental Promotion Committee or the Provincial Selection Board
as the case may be, but such appointment shall not be deemed to have been made on regular
basis for any purpose nor shall confer any right for regular appointment.
♣Sub-rule (2) omitted and in sub-rule 1 brackets and figure “(1)” also omitted vide Notification No. SOR-III(S&GAD)-1-25/2002 dated 15.05.2006.
*Added vide Notification No. SOR.III-1-14/75 dated 26.02.1983.
♥Substituted vide Notification No. SOR.III(S&GAD) 1-25/2002 dated 26.05.2007.
@10-B. Appointment on current charge basis –
(1) Where a post is likely to remain vacant for a period of less than ♦one year and
the appointing authority does not consider it expedient to make an appointment on ad hoc
basis, it may appoint the senior most civil servant, who in the opinion of the appointing
authority, is eligible and suitable for promotion under the relevant rules, on current charge
basis.
(2) An appointment made on current charge basis shall come to an end on
appointment of a person on regular basis or on the expiry of ♦one year, whichever is earlier.
**11. Appointment by transfer may be made if transfer is prescribed in the relevant service
rules as a method of appointment to such post:
(i) from one functional unit to another functional unit if the person holds an
appointment on regular basis in the same basic scale and rank as that of the post to which
appointment by transfer is proposed to be made provided he possesses the qualifications
prescribed for initial recruitment to such posts; or
(ii) from amongst persons holding appointments in Federal Government and other
provinces of Pakistan if the person fulfills conditions of appointment to the post to which he is
transferred and satisfies such other conditions as may be laid down by the Government in this
respect:
Provided that persons holding posts in All Pakistan Unified Grades may be appointed by
transfer to a certain number of posts as may be determined from time to time.
12. Until the rules laying down the qualifications and other conditions for the purposes of
promotion are made, no person shall be promoted to a post in higher grade on regular basis
unless he has passed such test as may be specified by the appointing authority to be
conducted by the selection authority:
Provided that the Government may dispense with the requirement of passing the test in
relation to such posts as may be specified.
@Substituted vide notification No. SOR.I(S&GAD)16-32/94 dated 04.09.1994. Previous version of the rule is available at page 23.
♦The words “six months” substituted with the words “one year” in sub-rule (1) and (2) vide Notification No. SOR.III-2-58/97 dated
09.09.1999.
♦The words “six months” substituted with the words “one year” in sub-rule (1) and (2) vide Notification No. SOR.III-2-58/97 dated
09.09.1999.
**Substituted vide Notification No. SOR.III-1-14/75 dated 17.10.1993. (Previous version is available at page 23).
13. Appointment by promotion on officiating basis
(i) Where a post falls vacant as a result of deputation,♣posting outside cadre,
leave, suspension or appointment on acting-charge basis of the #(regular) incumbent or is
reserved under the rules to be filled by transfer, if none is available for transfer, the appointing
authority may make appointment by promotion against such post on officiating basis:
♠Provided that a post reserved for regular promotion, on deferment of a civil servant
due to any reason, may be filled by promotion on officiating basis.
(ii) No person shall be promoted on officiating basis unless he possesses the
qualifications and experience prescribed for the post and his promotion as such is approved
by the chairman of the appropriate selection authority.
(iii) An officiating promotion shall not confer any right of promotion on regular basis
but shall be liable to be terminated as soon as a person becomes available for promotion on
regular basis.
(iv) Officiating promotion shall be made on the same terms and conditions as to pay
as are prescribed for regular appointment by promotion.
*14. All persons holding posts in the same functional unit who possess the minimum
qualifications and experience prescribed for a higher post reserved for departmental
promotion, shall be eligible to compete for promotion in the manner and subject to the
conditions as may be prescribed.
**14-A. Out of turn promotion.
Omitted.
15. Deputation.– (1) A person in the service of an autonomous or semi-autonomous
organization or Federal Government, or other Provinces, or Gilgit-Baltistan, or Azad Jammu &
Kashmir, who possesses minimum educational qualification, experience or comparable length
♣
Inserted vide Notification No. SOR.III (S&GAD)1-14/75 (P) dated 26.10.1992. (History of amendments in Rule 13 is available at page
23).
#Deleted vide Notification No. SOR.III-1-14/75 dated 23rd July 1990.
♠
Proviso added vide Notification No. SOR.III(S&GAD)1-25/2002 dated 22.03.2007.
*Substituted vide Notification No. SOR.III-1-14/75 dated 28.07.1987.
**Rule 14-A, omitted vide Notification No. SOR-III(S&GAD) 1-25/2002 dated 02.11.2007.
Rule 15 substituted vide Notification No. SOR-III(S&GAD)1-25/2002 dated 13.05.2011. (Previous versions are available at page 24).
of service prescribed for the post, shall be eligible for appointment, on deputation, to the said
post for a period not exceeding three years at a time, on such terms and conditions as the
Government, in consultation with the lending Government or organization, may determine.
(2) Subject to any other rule or order of the Government, a civil servant, who fulfills the
conditions and is considered suitable, may be sent on deputation, for a period not exceeding three years, to an autonomous or semi-autonomous organization or Federal Government, or other Provinces, or Gilgit-Baltistan or Azad Jammu & Kashmir, on such terms and conditions, as the appointing authority, in consultation with the borrowing Government or organization, may
determine.
(3) The borrowing Government or organization shall make pension contribution in
respect of a civil servant for the period he remains on deputation.
(4) A civil servant on deputation shall be treated to have been repatriated on the
completion of the period of deputation, initial or extended, and such a civil servant shall
immediately report back for duty to his parent department, and any delay on his part shall be
construed as ‘willful absence from duty’.
(5) A civil servant who fulfills the conditions and is considered suitable may, on the
recommendations of the Special Selection Board for Deputation Abroad, be sent on
deputation abroad.
(6) The maximum period of deputation abroad of a civil servant shall ordinarily be
three years but it may, on the request of the civil servant or his employer and in sole discretion
of the Government, be extended up to two years.
(7) A civil servant on deputation with an international organization at an office of the
organization in Pakistan shall be deemed to be on deputation abroad for the purposes of subrule
(6).
.
PART-III
INITIAL APPOINTMENT
♦16. Initial recruitment to the posts in Grade 16 and above and such other posts in BS-11 to
BS-15 as are notified by the Government, except those which, under the Punjab Public
Service Commission (Functions) Rules, 1978, do not fall within the purview of the Commission
or which are specified to be filled without reference to the Commission, shall be made on the
basis of the examination or test conducted by the Commission.
17. Initial appointment to all posts in grades 1 and above except those filled under rule 16,
shall be made on the basis of examination or test to be held by the appropriate committee or
the board, as the case may be, after advertisement of the vacancies in newspapers, or in the
manner to be determined by the Government.
@@17.A. Notwithstanding anything contained in any rule to the contrary, whenever a civil
servant dies while in service or is declared invalidated/incapacitated for further service, one of
his unemployed children **or his widow/wife may be employed by the Appointing Authority
against a post to be filled under rules 16 and 17 for which he/she possesses the prescribed
qualification and experience and such child **or the widow/wife may be given 10 additional
marks in the aggregate by the Public Service Commission or by the appropriate Selection
Board or Committee provided he/she otherwise qualifies in the test/examination and/or
interview for posts in BS-6 and above.
Provided further that one child **or widow/wife of a Government servant who dies while
in service or is declared invalidated/incapacitated for further service shall be provided a job
against posts in BS-1 to 5 ♣and the posts of Junior Clerks (BS-7) in the department in which
the deceased Government servant was working, without observance of formalities prescribed
under the rules/procedure. Provided such child **or the widow/wife is otherwise eligible for the
post.
#18. (1) A candidate for initial appointment to a post must possess the prescribed
educational qualifications and experience and also, except as provided in the rules framed for
the purpose of relaxation of age limit, must be within the age limit as laid down for the post:
♦Substituted vide Notification No. SOR.III.1-14/75 dated 20.05.2001.
@@Substituted vide Notification No. SORIII-2-42/92 dated 28.08.1993. (Previous version is available at page 25).
**The words “or his widow/wife”, “or widow/wife” and “the widow/wife” added respectively, vide Notification No. SOR.III-2-42/92(PII)
dated 12.04.2003.
♣
Words “and the posts of Junior Clerks (BS-7)” inserted vide Notification No. SOR-III (S&GAD)2-10/2006 dated
05.01.2008.
#Rule 18 was renumbered as 18(1) and sub rule (2) was added vide Notification No. SOR.III-1-14/75 dated 01.04.1976.
Provided that experience, where prescribed, would include equivalent experience, to be
determined by the Government in a profession or in the service of an autonomous or semiautonomous
organization or a private organization.
(2) (i) Where recruitment is to be made on the basis of a written examination, age
shall be reckoned as on the first of January of the year in which the examination is proposed
to be held; and
(ii) in other cases, as on the last date fixed for submission of applications for
appointment.
*19. (1) No person shall be appointed to a post unless he is a citizen of Pakistan, provided
that this restriction may be relaxed by Government in suitable cases.
(2) No person, who has married a foreign national, shall be appointed to a post:
Provided that the Government, in its sole discretion and for reasons to be recorded,
may relax this restriction in case of a person who has married a citizen of a country recognized
for the purpose by the Federal Government.
20. Vacancies in various posts shall be filled from persons domiciled in the Province of the
Punjab in accordance with merit; provided that for a period not exceeding **20 years from the
commencing day of Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, such posts may be
reserved for persons domiciled in such areas as may be specified.
21. A candidate for appointment must be in good mental and bodily health and free from
any physical defect likely to interfere with the discharge of his duties. A candidate who after
such medical examination as Government may prescribe is found not to satisfy these
requirements shall not be appointed.
#21.A (1) No person, not already in Government service, shall be appointed to a post
unless he produces a certificate of character from the Principal Academic Officer of the
academic institution last attended and also certificates of character from two responsible
persons not being his relatives who are well acquainted with his character and antecedents.
*Rule 19 was renumbered as 19(1) and sub rule (2) was added vide Notification No. SOR.III-1-14/75 dated 01.04.1976, which was substituted vide Notification No. SOR-III(S&GAD)1-13/2011, dated 09.06.2011 (Previous version is available at page 26).
**Substituted for the figure “10” vide Notification No. SOR.IV(S&GAD)15-3/86 dated 03.06.1986.
#Added vide Notification No. SOR.III-1-14/75 dated 01.04.1976.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in sub rule (1) an appointment by initial recruitment
shall be subject to the verification of character and antecedents of the candidate or the person
appointed to the satisfaction of the appointing authority.
♥(3) Alteration in the date of birth.
The date of birth once recorded at the time of joining Government service shall
be final and thereafter no alteration in the date of birth of a civil servant shall be
permissible.
♣(4) The appointing authority shall complete the process of appointment within one
hundred and ninety days from the date of issue of recommendations by the Punjab Public
Service Commission and no request for extension in the joining time as specified in the offer of
appointment shall be entertained.
(5) If a person to whom offer of appointment has been issued fails to join his post
within the period specified in the said offer of appointment, his selection shall automatically
stand cancelled.
#21.B.Change of Name.- (1) At any time during service, the Chief Minister, in case of an
Administrative Secretary, and the Administrative Secretary in all other cases may accept the
change of the name of a civil servant on the basis of the change effected in the academic
records and the computerized national identity card issued under the National Database and
Registration Authority Ordinance 2000 (VIII of 2000) of such a civil servant:
Provided that the change of the name of a female civil servant as a result of her
marriage or divorce, may be accepted only on the basis of the change effected in the
computerized national identity card.
(2) A change of name in terms of sub-rule (1) shall be duly notified.
♥
Added vide Notification No. SOR.III-1-14/75 dated 15.11.2000 (Also reflected in Punjab Financial Rules (Rule 7.3).
♣After sub-rule (3), sub-rules (4) and (5) added vide Notification No. SOR-III (S&GAD)-1-25/2002 dated 22.10.2006.
#Added vide Notification No. SOR.III-1-7/2011 dated 21.03.2011.
PART-IV
AD HOC APPOINTMENTS
22. (1) When a post is required to be filled, the appointing authority shall forward a
requisition to the selection authority immediately after decision is taken to fill the post.
(2) After forwarding a requisition to the selection authority, the appointing authority
may, if it considers necessary in the public interest, fill the post on ad hoc basis for a period
not exceeding *one year pending nomination of a candidate by the selection authority:
Provided:
(1) the vacancy is advertised properly in the newspapers;
(2) the appointment is made of a person duly qualified in accordance with the
provisions of the rules and orders applicable to the post;
(3) the selection is made on the basis of merit determined by objective criteria;
(4) the appointment order certifies that a requisition has been sent to the selection
authority; and
(5) the appointment is made subject to revocation at any time by the competent
authority;
Provided further that ad hoc appointment shall not confer any right on the persons so
appointed in the matter of regular appointment to the same post nor the service will count
towards seniority in the grade.
@(3) Deleted.
*Substituted for the words “six months” vide Notification No. SOR.III-1-39/78 dated 14.06.1982.
@Deleted vide Notification No. SOR.III-1-14/75 dated 11.03.1975. (Previous version is at page 26).
PART-V
RELAXATIONS
23. *The Chief Minister may, for special reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the
rules in any individual case of hardship, to the extent prescribed by him.
*Substituted vide Notification No. SOR.III-1-14/75 dated 20.12.1993. (For history of amendments see page 26).