:These rules may · be called the· - Punjab Panchayat Samitis and .Zila Parishads Employees Pension and Provident Fund Rules, 2000.
(2) They shall be deemed to have . come into force on and with effect from the 1st day of JUly, 1999, in the case of employees of the . Panchayat Sarni tis and Zila Paris h ads, who were . working immediately before that date on whole time regular basis and who ·opt for tl;ese rules, and in the case of employees of the Panchayat Samitis and . Zila Parishads, who are appointed on or after the 1st day of July, 1999 on whole time reyular basis.
0 J/ K-L-LC,, ( 3) They shall apply to the employees of the Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads :--
(i) Who were working . immediately · before the 1st day of July, 1999 on whole time fie'dular basis and opt for these rules; and (ii} Who are appointed on or after the 1st day of July, 1999 on whole time regular basis.
(4) They shall not apply to the employees of the Panchayat Sarni tis and Zila Parishads, who were -r 1-/~ 442 PUNJAB GOVT GAZ., JULY 28, 2000 (SRVN 6", 1922 SAKA) workin9 immediately before the 1st da·y of July, 19s_ and who do not opt for these rules, such employees shall, however, be ~overned by the . Punjab" Panchayat Sarnitis and Zila Parishads Provident Fund Rules, 1965 J :;/ ·