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  "title": "Medical Officers (Regularization of Appointments) Act, 1992",
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  "text": "Page 1 of 3 \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nTHE MEDICAL OFFICERS (REGULARIZATION OF \r\nAPPOINTMENTS) ACT, 1992 \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nCONTENTS \r\n \r\n1. Short title and commencement \r\n2. Definition \r\n3. Regularization of appointments of Medical Officer \r\n4. Seniority \r\n\r\n \r\nPage 2 of 3 \r\n \r\nTHE MEDICAL OFFICERS (REGULARIZATION OF \r\nAPPOINTMENTS) ACT, \r\n1992 \r\nACT NO. XVI OF 1992 \r\n \r\nAn act to provide for the regularization of the appointments certain medical officers appointed on \r\nadhoc basis \r\n \r\nWHEREAS it is expedient to provide or the regularization of the appointment of certain \r\nmedical officers appointed on adhoc basis; \r\n \r\nIt is hereby enacted as follows :— \r\n \r\n1. Short title and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Medical Officers \r\n(Regularization of Appointments) Act. 1992.  \r\n(2) It shall come into force at once. \r\n \r\n2. Definition. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “Medical Officers” mean (a) \r\nthose appointed as Medical Officers in institutions under the Health Division, and (b) those \r\nappointed as RMOs in the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases. \r\n \r\n3. Regularization of appointments of Medical Officer.— (1) Notwithstanding anything \r\ncontained in the Civil Servants Act, 1973 (LXXI of 1973), or the rules made thereunder or the \r\nFederal Public Service Commission Ordinance, 1977 (XLV of 1977), or the rules made thereunder, a \r\nMedical Officer who was approved, at any time preceding the twelveth day of October, 1988, for \r\nappointment as Medical Officer on adhoc basis and is holding office as such at the commencement \r\nof this Act, shall, on an order being made by the Federal Government in that behalf, be deemed to \r\nhave been appointed on regular basis in the cadre of Medical Officers in the Federal Government \r\nwith effect from the date of the commencement of this Act. \r\n \r\n(2) An order under sub-section (1) shall not be made in respect of a person unless, in the \r\nopinion of the Committee referred to in sub-section (3), his character and antecedents have been \r\nverified as satisfactory and he holds or possesses the domicile, qualifications and experience, and is \r\nwithin the age limit, required for the office. \r\n \r\n(3) The Committee shall consist of the Director General of Health, Government of Pakistan, \r\nwho shall be its Chairman, the Joint Secretary (Administration), Health Division, and one nominee of \r\nthe Establishment Division not below the rank of Joint Secretary. \r\n \r\n4. Seniority.— (1) A medical officer whose appointment is regularized under this Act shall \r\nrank junior to a medical officer belonging to the same service or cadre who is— \r\n \r\n(a)  holding a post on regular basis at the commencement of this Act; and \r\n \r\n(b)  appointed on the recommendation of the Federal Public Service Commission \r\nmade before the commencement of this Act. \r\n \r\n \r\nPage 3 of 3 \r\n \r\n(2) The inter-se seniority of the medical officers whose appointments are regularized under \r\nthis Act shall, within the same service or cadre, be determined on the basis of their continuous \r\nappointment in such service on cadre; \r\n \r\nProvided that, where the date of continuous appointment of two or more such officers in the \r\nsame, the older in age shall rank senior to the younger in age.",
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