Punjab Civil Servants-Appointment And Conditions Of Service-Rules1974

Punjab Civil Servants (Appointment And Conditions Of Service) Rules, 1974, The Punjab Civil Servants (Appointment And Conditions Of Service) Rules, 1974, These rules may be called the Punjab Civil Servants Appointment & Conditions of Service Rules, 1974.
(2) They shall come into force at once.
(3) They shall apply to all civil servants.

2. Definitions.– (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) 1 “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:
2 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;