(1) These rules may be called the Punjab Municipal Corporation Employees Pension and General Provident Fund Rules, 1994
(2) They shall be deemed to have come into force on and with effect from the first day of April, 1990 in the case of employees who are members of the provincialised Service of a Corporation, and in the case of employees who are members of a non-provincialised Service of a Corporation, they shall come into force from such date, as the concerned Corporation may, determine, by a resolution passed in this behalf.
(3) They shall apply to the employees of the Corporations, -
(i) who are appointed on or after the first day of April, 1990 on whole time regular basis; and
(ii) who were working immediately, before the first day of April, 1990 on whole time regular basis and opt for these rules :
Provided that the employees who were working immediately before the first day of April, 1990 and who retired during the period between the first day of April, 1990 and the date of publication of these rules in the Official Gazette, shall have the option to opt for these rules within a period of four months from the date of publication of these rules, subject to the condition that they shall have to refund the Corporation’s contribution towards their Contributory Provident Fund including interest thereon received by them together with simple interest on the whole amount at the rate of ten per cent per annum from the date of withdrawal to the date of repayment.
(4) They shall not apply to the employees, who -
(a) opt out of these rules;
(b) are members of All India Service or Punjab Civil Service;
(c) are paid out of contingencies;
(d) are work-charged employees;
(e) are employed after superannuation;
(f) are employed on contract basis, except when the contract provides otherwise; and
(g) are specifically excluded wholly or partly from the operation of these rules.
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