References are being received from various departments regarding Technical Resignation. This term has not been elaborated in Punjab Civil Services Rules However, the Government of India, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel and Training, New Delhi vide their letter no. 28020/1/2010-Estt(C) dated 26.12.2013 has issued detailed instructions in this regard, the relevant portion of which is as under:
TECHNICAL RESIGNATION
13. A resignation from the service or post entails forfeiture of entire past qualifying service. The exception is technical resignation which does not result in forfeiture of past service
14. In cases where a Government servant applied for post in the same or the other Departments through proper channel and on selection, is required to resign the previous posts for administrative reasons, the benefit of past service, if otherwise admissible under rules, is given treating the resignation as a "Technical Formality Resignation submitted for other reasons or if competent authority has not allowed him to forward his application through proper channel is a resignation and benefit of past service will not be admissible.
15. This benefit is also admissible to Government servants who applied for posts in same or other Departments before joining Government service and on that account the application was not routed through proper channel. The benefit of past service is allowed in such cases subject to the fulfilment of the following conditions:
(i) the Government servant at the time of joining should intimate the details of such application immediately on their joining
(ii) the Government servant at the time of resignation should specifically make a request indicating that he is resigning to take up another appointment under Government/Government organisation for which he applied before joining the Government service and that his resignation may be treated a technical resignation.
(iii) the authority accepting the resignation should satisfy itself that had the employee been in service on the date of application for the post mentioned by the employee. his application would have been forwarded through proper channel.
2 It has been decided that the above provisions shall also be applicable for the employees of Government of Punjab
3 As regards cases where any government employee, who had joined government service at a pensionable post prior to 01.01.2004 and submits technical resignation to join any other post/department of Government of Punjab, the detailed instructions for counting of previous service for pensionary purposes have already been issued by the Department of Finance vide letter no 6/10/2008-6FPPC/970 dated 17.08.2010, which shall continue to be implemented in toto.
4 Amendment of rules will follow in due course
Finance Pension Policy & Coordination Branch, Department of Finance, Government of Punjab
No. 6/10/2008-6FPPC/693066/1 Dated 19-02-2016
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel & Training, Government of India
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