Punjab Government Removes Rule 17-A from Civil Servants Regulations Across All Notifications

Dated Lahore the 4^th October, 2.024

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1. The Registrar, Lahore High Court, Lahore.
2. The Senior Member, Board of Revenue Punjab, I allure.
3. The Chairman, Planning & Development Board, Lahore.
4. The Principal Secretary to Governor, Punjab.
5. The Secretary to Chief Minister, Punjab
6. All the Administrative Secretaries in the Punjab.
7. The Provincial Police Officer, Punjab.
8. The Chairman, CMIT, Lahore
9. All Divisional Commissioners in the Punjab.
10. All Deputy Commissioners in the Punjab.
11. The Secretary Provincial Assembly, Punjab.
12. All Heads of Attached Departments in the Punjab.
13. All Heads of Autonomous Bodies in the Punjab.
14. The Secretary, Punjab Public Service Commission, Lahore.
15. The Secretary Ombudsman, Punjab, Lahore.
16. The Secretary Ombudsperson, Punjab, Lahore.
17. The Registrar, Punjab Service Tribunal, Lahore.
18. All Additional Secretaries, Deputy Secretaries & Section Officers in the S&GAD.
19. The Accountant General, Punjab, Lahore.
20. All District Accounts Officers in the Punjab.

SUBJECT:-   DELETION OF THE PROVISION OF RULE 17-A IN DIFFERENT NOTIFICATIONS_/ CIRCULARS / INSTRUCTIONS / LETTERS /  POLICIES ETC

Kindly refer to the subject noted above.

2.                     Recently the Provincial Cabinet in its meeting held on 25.06.2024 deleted the provision of Rule 17-A from “the Punjab Civil Servants (Appointment & Conditions of Service) Rules, 1974”. Accordingly, the Regulations/O&M Wing, S&GAD with the , approval of the Chief Minister Punjab Issued a Notification dated 24.07.2021 (copy enclosed). The said Notification has also been published in “The Punjab Gazette” on  26.07.2024 (copy enclosed).

3.                     However, it seems that in number of notifications/circulars/instructions /letters/policies etc., the said provision still exists, hence, for the sake of parity/uniformity, it is clarified that the words “Rule 17-A or provision of job under Rule 17-A of the Rules ibid” wherever occur in any type of notifications/circulars/ instructions/letters/policies etc. may be considered as “OMITTED / DELETED.”

4.                     Further necessary action in the matter may kindly be taken accordingly.

Section Officer (R-III)