(1) Recruitment to the posts in a Service at the time of its initial constitution shall be made by the appointing authority by absorption of persons already in the service of a Municipal Corporation in a corresponding post at the time of the constitution of the Service, provided they are found fit by an authority appointed by the Government in this behalf for becoming members of the Service after taking into consideration their qualifications and service record.
[(2) After filling up the vacancies in terms of the provisions of sub-rule (1) the remaining vacancies and the vacancies which may occur thereafter, shall be filled up in the following manner, namely :- [(i) in so far as the Punjab Service of Corporation, Chief Engineers, the Punjab Service of Corporation, Superintending Engineers and the Punjab Service of Corporation, Engineers, specified at Serial Numbers 7- A, 7-AA and 8 of Appendix "A" to these rules is concerned, by promotion; and
(ii) in so far as the services other than the Punjab Service of Corporation, Chief Engineers, the Punjab Service of Corporation, Superintending Engineers and the Punjab Service of Corporation, Engineers, are concerned, fifty per cent by direct recruitment and fifty per cent by promotion on seniority-cum-merit basis :]1
Provided that if no suitable person is available for appointment to a post by promotion or by direct recruitment, as the case may be, the vacacny shall be filled up by transfer or by taking a person on deputation.
(3) The direct recruitment in terms of the provisions of clause (ii) of sub- rule (2) shall be made by the appointing on the recommendation of a Selection Commitee constituted under sub-rule (4)].2 3[Provided further that the vacancies of Assistant Corporation Engineers, shall be filled up in accordance with the following roster :- Source of Recruitment Proportion Allocation to each source in a lot of Forty Vacancies
1. Direct appointment 20 4 4 4 4 4 Punjab Municipal Corporation Services (Recruitment.....) Rules, 1978, Rule 4 3
1. Substituted by Punjab Notification No. G.S.R. 60/P.A.42/1976/S.71/Amd.(10)/2006. dated 7.12.2006.
2. Substituted vide Punjab Notification No. G.S.R. 39/P.A.42/76/S.71,/Amd. (6)91 dated 13.6.1991.
3. Added by Punjab Govt. Gazette LSP III dated 5.5.1995.
2. Promotion from Sectional Officers 12 3 2 2 2 3
3. Promotion from Head Draftsmen or Draftsmen 2 - 1 - 1 -
4. Promotion from Sectional Officers, Head Draftsmen or Draftsmen with B.E. or A.M.I.E. Degree of a recognised University 6 1 1 2 1 1 Note. - If no suitable candidate is available from source No. 4, the vacancy shall be filled up by direct recruitment.]
(4) The Government may, from time to time, by notification constitute a Selection Committee, consisting of at least three officers of the Government and two non-officials who have sufficient experience in the functioning of urban local bodies and different Selection Committees may be constituted for different categories of Services :
Provided that at least one of the members of a Selection Committee shall belong to the Scheduled Castes.
(5) The Selection Committee referred to in sub-rule (4) may associate any person or persons not exceeding two who are specialists or experienced professionals of eminence keeping in view the nature and duties of the post required to be filled.
The specialists to be associated shall not be less than the rank of a Superintending Engineer in the case of selection to the cadre of Engineers and not below the rank of Joint Director of Health Services in the case of selection of medical staff.
(6) While making recruitment to a Service under sub-rule (2), the policy of the Government regarding reservation of posts for members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes and for any other category in relation to the Services under it shall be applicable.
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