Extract from the Punjab Government Gazette (Extra), dated 04 th February , 1993

1 · 1 Short title and commencement : -

1 · . 2 These Regulations shall apply to -.

3 · Recruitment and Selection : -

3 · 1 The Board may, consistent with these Regulations, appoint such officers and employee as it may consider necessary, possessing the qualifications and experience prescribed for each, against the post carrying the pay scales listed in the revised Appendix 'A'.

3 · 2 The Board may also, consistent with these Regulations, appoint such other officers and employees, as it may consider necessary, for an indefinite or a definite period of time;

3 · 3. Selection for appointment will be made by a Committee or Committees constituted by the Board, or by the Managing Director if authorized specifically in this behalf by the Board.

3 · 4 Day-to-day control and supervision of all officers and employees shall be done by the Managing Director or officer or the officers to whom the Managing Director has delegated this power.

3 · 5 Recruitment to various posts under the Corporation shall be made by the following methods : -

3 · 6 The age at the time of recruitment for direct appointment shall be as applicable to corresponding category of employees of the Government.

3 · 7 No person who has been dismissed from any previous employment shall be employed in the Corporation.

3 · 8 On first appointment, every person shall produce a medical certificate of fitness from a doctor in a Government or Municipal Hospital.

3 · 9 All appointments of officers and employees under Regulations 3.1 shall be on probation in the first instance. The period of probation in case of direct appointment shall be two years which can be extended for a period not exceeding one year; and in case of appointment by promotion or transfer, the period of probation shall be one year. In the case of officers and employees appointed under Regulation 3.2, the period of probation shall be as specified in the letter of appointment.

3 · 10 If, in the opinion of the appointing authority on the following grounds on the completion of the period of probation :-

4 · Termination of Service. -The services of an officer or employee of the Corporation may be terminated by the appointing authority on the following grounds :-

6 · Seniority.The inter -seniority of persons appointed to posts carrying the same scale of pay shall be determined by the date of their appointment to such posts provided that if two or more persons are substantively appointed to such posts on the same date, their seniority shall be determined as under :-

7 · Promotion. All promotions shall be on the basis of merit-cum-seniority and no person shall have a right to be promoted to any post on the basis of seniority alone .

8 · Pay and allowances :-

8 · 1 An officer or employee shall be eligible to the minimum of the scale of pay of the post to which he is appointed ;

8 · 2 An officer or employee on deputation to the Corporation may either :

8 · 3 An increment in a time scale may be drawn as a matter of course by an employee of the Corporation unless it is withheld or deferred.

8 · 4 When a person in a lower scale of pay, is appointed to officiate in a higher scale of pay he will draw the minimum of the higher scale, or if the pay he is already drawing is more than or equal to the minimum of the higher scale, he will draw pay in the higher scale at the stage next above his basic pay in the lower scale.

8 · 5 Service in a higher scale of pay in an officiating capacity shall count for increment, both n the substantive scale of pay and in the higher scale of pay.

8 · 6 Special pay at a rate not exceeding 10% of basic pay may be allowed to a person holding charge of an independent post in addition to his own duties, for a period exceeding two months, may be allowed by the Board.

8 · 7 The Managing Director may, in recognition to exceptionally good services of an officer or employee, grant to him an honorarium or upto five premature increments in the time scale of his pay

8 · 8 The Corporation shall pay to the Government or other lending Organization, leave salary and pension contribution or pay other liability in respect of officers or employees taken on deputation in accordance with the rules of the lending Organization in force for the time being in this behalf.

8 · 9 Any sum of money or pay allowance due to an employee of the Corporation that may have remained unclaimed for a period of three years from the date on which the payment is normally due, may be treated as lapsed to the Corporation.

8 · 10 'Special Pay' and 'Personal Pay' shall not be counted for purpose of grant of dearness allowance.

9 · Leave -

9 · 1 All employees and officers of the Corporation shall be entitled to all types of leave, and to the encashment, thereof as per the rules of the Government in force at the time.

9 · 2 Leave cannot be claimed as of right. In the normal course leave applied for, if due, will be granted. However, leave can be refused/cancelled in the interest of the work of the Corporation.

9 · 3 In all cases where an employee or officer absents himself, or proceeds on leave in anticipation of sanction thereof and whether the same is sanctioned or refused, any official communication sent by ordinary post and also under Certificate of Posting at the last known address, shall be deemed to be properly served.

10 · Medical Attendance Rules. -

10 · 1 The officers and employees of the Corporation are entitled to re-imbursement of the medical facilities/expenses incurred on out-door/in-door treatment of themselves and their dependents in accordance with the rules as in force at that time, applicable the corresponding categories of officers and employees of the Government.

10 · 2 The Board may empower any authorized medical attendant, other than Government and Municipal doctors, to issue essentially and other certificates.

16 · Imposition of Penalties . -

16 · 1 Any officer or employee who commits a breach of any regulations or orders of the Corporation, or is guilty of negligence, inefficiency or indolence in the performance of his duties, or knowingly does any thing detrimental to the interests of the Corporation, or commits a breach of discipline, or is guilty of any other act of misconduct, or is convicted of a criminal offence, shall be liable to the following penalties :-

16 · 2 The powers to impose a penalty under (iv) to (vii) above shall be exercised only by the appointing authority.

17 · Suspension -

17 · 1 An Officer or employee may be placed under suspension pending an inquiry against him instituted under the first proviso regulation 16.2 or if any proceedings have been instituted against him in respect of criminal offence involving moral turpitude.

17 · 2 The pay and allowances of an officer or employee during the period of suspension shall be regulated by the relevant rules of Government in force at that time.

18 · Appeals.An appeal against an Order imposing penalty or suspension shall be made to the Board within one month of the date of serving such Order and the Board's decision on such appeal shall be final. Joint appeals shall not be entertained.

12 · Leave Travel Concession. The officers and employees of the Corporation shall be entitled to LTC facilities as available from time to time to the corresponding categories of officers and employees of the Government.

13 · Contributory Provident Fund. The officers and employees of the Corporation shall be entitled to membership of the scheme of Contributory Provident Fund in accordance with the relevant law in force.

14 · Gratuity. The officers and employees of the Corporation, irrespective of the post held and pay drawn, shall be entitled to gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 as amended from time to time.

15 · Ex -Gratia Grant. Ex -Gratia grant may be given to the family of a deceased officer or employee as per the rules applicable to the officers and employees of the State Government.

20 · General -

20 · 1 The Managing Director may delegate his power under these Regulations to any other officer of the Corporation.

20 · 2 The Board shall be the final authority to interpret any provision of these Regulations.

20 · 3 All employees shall be entitled to allowances at rates admissible to employees of corresponding categories of the Government as amended from time to time unless otherwise determined by the Board.

19 · Discipline and Rules of Conduct. All officers and employees are bound to serve the Corporation in such capacity and at such place, as may be decided by the Corporation from time to time.

19 · 2 All officers and employees are bound to serve the Corporation faithfully and to the best of their ability.

19 · 3 An officer or employee of the Corporation shall not, without the prior permission of the appointing authority :-

19 · 4 The whole time of an officer or employee shall be at the disposal of the Corporation. The working hours shall be as fixed by the Board.

19 · 5 The Corporation shall, in respect of acts done in good faith and in the interest of the Corporation, extend protection to an officer or employee in a Court of Law or elsewhere.

19 · 6 Any officer or employee appointed to a post involving handling of cash, stocks, stores, valuable articles, or maintenance of accounts shall, if so required by the Managing Director, furnish for the faithful discharge of his duties, such security in cash or otherwise, as he may in his discreation, determine.