PART III GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB — The RTE ACT 2009

PART III GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION (Education-V Branch) NOTIFICATION The 8th August, 2018 No. G.S.R. 63/Const/Art. 309/2018.- In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, and all other power enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to make the following rules, regulating the recruitment and conditions of Service of the persons appointed to the Punjab Education Department (Ministerial Staff of Headquarter) Group 'B' Service, namely:- RULES Short title, commencement and application.- (1) These rules may be called the Punjab Education Department (Ministerial Staff of Headquarter) Group 'B' Service Rules, 2018. (2) They shall come in to force on and with effect from date of their publication in the official Gazette. (3) They shall apply to posts specified in Appendix 'A'. Definition.- (i) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) 'Appendix' means an Appendix appended to these rules; (b) 'Director ' means the Director of Public Instruction (Secondary Education), Punjab; (c) 'Government' means the Government of the state of Punjab in the Department of Education, and (d) 'Service' the Punjab Education Department (Ministerial Staff of Headquarter) Group 'B' Service. (2) The words and expressions used, but not defined in these rules, shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Punjab Civil Services (General and Common Conditions of Service) Rules, 1994. Number and character of posts.-The Service shall comprise the posts specified in Appendix 'A' A' Provided that nothing in these rules shall affect the inherent power of the Government to add to or reduce the number of such posts or to create new posts with different designations and scales of pay whether