The Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970

Notified vide No.GSR-87/Const.Art. 187. 309 and 318/70 dated 3rd September 1970

1. Short Title and Commencement (1) These rules may be called the Punjab Civil services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970.

(2) They shall come into force at once.

2 Definitions In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires: -

(a) Appointing authority" in relation to a Government employee means:-

(1). The authority empowered to make appointments to the service of post which the Government employee is for the time being a member or to the grade of the service in which the Government employee is for the time being included; or

(ii) The authority empowered to make appointments to the post which the Government employee for the time being holds; or

(ii) The authority which appointed the Government employee to such service. grade or post, as the case may be: or

(iv) where the Government employee having been a permanent member of any other service or having substantively held any other permanent post has been in continuous employment of the Government, the authority which appointed him to that service or to any grade in that service or to that post whichever authority is the highest authority:

(b) Commission" means the Punjab Public Service Commission:

(c) Government" means the Government of the State of Punjab:

(d)" Government employee" means any person appointed to any civil service or post in connection with the affairs of the state of Punjab...................

Personnel Policies 2 Branch, Department of Personnel, Government of Punjab

Notification No. GSR-87/Const.Art.187, 309 and 318/70 Dated 03-09-1970