(1) A person appointed to a Service shall be on probation for a period of two years, if appointed by direct recruitment, and for one year if appointed otherwise:
Provided than an officiating appointment in a Service shall be reckoned as a period spent on probation.
(2) If the work or conduct of a person appointed to a Service during the period of his probation is, in the opinion of the appointing authority, not satisfactory, it may,-
(a) if such person is appointed by direct recruitment, dispense with his services; or
(b) if such person is appointed otherwise,
(i) revert him to his former post; or
(ii) deal with him in such other manner as the terms and conditions of his previous appointment permit;
(3) On the completion of the period of probation of a person, the appointing authority may, -
(a) if his work and conduct have, in its opinion, been satisfactory, -
(i) confirm such person from the date of his appointment, if appointed against a permanent vacancy; or
(ii) confirm such person from the date from which a permanent vacancy exists, if appointed against a temporary vacancy; or
(iii) declare that he has completed his probation satisfactorily, if there is no permanent vacancy; or Punjab Municipal Corporation Services (Recruitment.....) Rules, 1978, Rule 8 5
(b) If his work or conduct has not been, in its opinion, satisfactory, -
(i) dispense with his services, if appointed by direct recruitment, or if appointed otherwise, revert him to his former post or deal with him in such other manner as the terms and conditions of his previous appointment may permit; or
(ii) extend his period of probation and thereafter pass such orders as it could have passed on the expiry of the first period of probation :
Provided that the total period of probation including extensions, if any, shall not exceed three years.
Rule 10