i) a citizen of India ; or ii) a subject of Sikkim ; or iii) a subject of Nepal ; or iv) a subject of Bhutan; or v) a Tibetan refugee who came to India before 1st January , 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India ; or vi) a Person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Provided that a candidate belonging to category (ii) , (iii) , (v) and (vi) shall be person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility will be issued for a period of one year after which such candidate will be retained in service subject to his having acquired Indian citizenship.
3. RECRUITMENT AND RETRENCHMENT
3.1 Recruitment to the various posts under the Authority shall be made by any one more of the following methods.
3.1(i) By direct appointment.
3.1(ii)(i) By deputation from Punjab Government on standardized terms of deputation as approved by the State Government.
(ii) By deputation from any other organisation of such terms and conditions, as are normally agreed by the lending and borrowing institution.
(iii) Absorption into service of employees taken on deputation.
3.1(iii) By Promotion of existing Personnel's or by transfer from one post to another.
3.1(iv) Appointment to all Posts under the Authority shall be made by the Director or the Selection Committee authorized by the Governing Board.
3.1(v) The Governing Board shall Prescribe the pay scales, qualification, experience and other requirements for the various posts under the Authority.
3.1(vi) No person shall be recruited to the service by direct appointment, if he is less than 18 years and more than 35 years of age on the date of appointment, provided that the appointing authority may in special circumstances to be recorded in writing relax the age limit . provided further that in the case of candidates belonging to scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, backward classes, the upper age limit shall be relaxable by 5 years.
3.1.(vii) No person who has been dismissed from any public undertaking/Government Department/ Semi-Government Organisation shall be re-employed except with the express approval of the Governing Board.
3.1(viii) Direct appointment of every person to any post under the Authority shall be subject to production by such person of a medical certificate of fitness from a doctor in a Government/Municipal Hospital or the Authorized Medical Attendant of the Authority .
3.1(ix) All appointments shall, in the first instance, except as the appointing authority may stipulate in any particular case, be on probation in respect of regular posts and on temporary basis in respect of temporary posts .
3.1(x) The period of probation shall be one year subject to extension for another six months, on the discretion of the appointing authority, in case the work of the probationer is not found to be satisfactory by the appointing authority during the first one year.
3.2 TERMINATION OF SERVICES The services of an employee of the Authority may be terminated by the appointing authority.
3.2(i) In the case of employs appointed on adhoc basis, their services could be terminated without any notice.
3.2(ii) In the case of a regular employee, by giving one month's notice on either side or in lieu thereof pay for the period by which the notice falls short of one month .
3.2(iii) The appointing authority may at its discretion waive off the requirement of notice from the employee.
Provided further that an employee on deputation from the Government or any other corporation may be reverted to his parent Department by the appointing authority at any time.
3.3 RECORD OF SERVICE The following record of service of every employee shall be maintained by the Authority.
a) Personal file;
b) Service Book;
c) Confidential Report File d) Accountability Record File at (a) and (b) and (d) shall be maintained by the office and the file at (c) shall remain in the personal custody of an officer authorized by the Director.
4. SENIORITY AND PROMOTION The seniority of the members of the service shall be maintained at the level of the appointing authority.
4.1 Seniority inter se of the employee shall be determined from rank to rank by the length of continuous service on the post in the service on regular basis and extent of accountability. Provided that in the case of employees appointed by direct recruitment , the order of merit determined by the selection Committee shall not be disturbed in fixing the seniority.
Provided further that in the case of two or more employees appointed by different modes on the same date, their seniority shall be determined as follows:- a) An employee recruited by promotion from the service of the Authority shall be senior to the person recruited otherwise. provided, further, that in the case of promotion of two or more persons, their inter se seniority shall be determiner according to their seniority in the cadre or posts from which they have been promoted.
4.1(i) A person on deputation shall be senior to a person recruited by direct appointment , it he opts the service of the Authority on the same date provided that in the case of two or more persons on deputation, their inter se seniority shall be determined, according to their seniority in their parent service or cadre, In the case of existing staff on deputation who have opted or likely to opt for absorption, their inter se seniority shall be same as in their parent department/organization .
4.2 PROMOTION All promotions to posts under the Authority shall be made on the basis of merit-cum-seniority-cum- accountability record and no person shall have a right to be promoted to any post on the basis of seniority alone.
5. SUPERANUATION AND RETIREMENT Every employee of the Authority shall retire on attaining the age of fifty eight years. Individual cases and re-employment/extension beyond 58 years, may, however, be considered by the Governing Board on the basis of instructions / rules prevailing on the State Government side.
6. GENERAL&CONDUCT REGULATIONS