(1) No person shall be appointed to a Service by direct recruitment if he is less than seventeen years or more than forty years of age on the last date of receipt of applications for the post fixed by the Selection Committee or the appointing authority, as the case may be :
Provided that in the case of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes, the maximum age limit shall be such as may be fixed by the Government from time to time.
(2) A person appointed to a Service by direct recruitment shall be required to produce certificate of physical fitness from the Civil Surgeon of the District before joining his service. Such a person shall before being examined make and sign a declaration in Form I appended to these rules and the Medical Officer shall examine him and furnish a certificate in form II appended to these rules :
Provided that the aforesaid conditions shall not apply while filing up temporary vacancies of less than six months duration.
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7. Cadres and the scales of the pay. [Section 71(5)] - The number of posts created for a Service by the State Government or by an authority empowered by it under sub-section (5) of section 71 shall be deemed to be the cadre of that Service which shall be subject to variation by the authorities referred to in the aforesaid sub-section :
Provided that the State Government may, after taking into consideration fur- 4 Punjab Municipal Corporation Services (Recruitment.....) Rules, 1978, Rule 6 ther chances of promotion of the members of the Service, the number of posts in that Service and other relevant factors, sanction twenty per cent selection grade posts in that service in such grade as it may deem fit.
(2) The scales of pay of the posts in various Services shall be as given in Appendix ‘A’:
Provided that the Government may revise the scale of pay of the post in a Service, as it may deem proper from time to time.
(3) The appointing authority may, for reasons to be recorded in writing sanction a start of higher pay than the minimum of the pay scale on first appointment to any person.
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