PUNJAB GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WELFARE FUND ORDINANCE, 1969

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THE PUNJAB GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WELFARE 
FUND ORDINANCE, 1969 
(I of 1969) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title, application and commencement 
2. Definition 
3. Punjab Employees Welfare Fund 
4. Constitutions and powers of the Welfare Board 
5. The arrangement to be made with an insurance company 
6. Payment of contribution 
TEXT 
THE 
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[PUNJAB] GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WELFARE FUND 
ORDINANCE, 1969 
(I of 1969) 
[18th March, 1969] 
An 
Ordinance 
to establish a Welfare Fund for the relief and security of the employees of the  
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[the 
Punjab] Government and their families. 
Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to establish a Welfare Fund for the relief and 
security of the employees of the 
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[the Punjab ] Government and their families; 
AND WHEREAS the Provincial Assembly  of West Pakistan is not in session 
and the Governor of West Pakistan is satisfied that circumstances exist which render 
immediate legislation necessary; 
NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by clause (I) 
of Article 79 of the Constitu tion, the Governor of West Pakistan is pleased to make 
and promulgate the following Ordinance:– 
1. Short title,  application and commencement .– (1) This Ordinance may be 
called the 
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[Punjab] Government Employees Welfare Fund Ordinance, 1969. 
(2) It shall apply  to all Government servants , as hereinafter defined , 
provided that Government may, by notification , exempt any class of Government 
servants from the operation of this Ordinance. 
(3) It shall come into force on such date as Government may , by 
notification, appoint in this behalf. 
2. Definitions.– In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise require, the 
following expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to 
them: – 
(a) “family” in relation to a Government servant means his or her– 
(i) wife or wives or husband, as the case may be; 
(ii) legitimate children and step children less than twelve years old; 
(iii) legitimate children and step children not less than twelve years 
old, if residing with and wholly dependent upon him or her; and 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (P.O. No. 1 of 1974), w.e.f. 14.8.1973, 
Article 2 and the Schedule; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 20.11.1974, pages 1425-A to 1425-PP. 
2Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (P.O. No. 1 of 1974), w.e.f. 14.8.1973, 
Article 2 and the Schedule; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 20.11.1974, pages 1425-A to 1425-PP. 
3Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (P.O. No. 1 of 1974), w.e.f. 14.8.1973, 
Article 2 and the Schedule; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 20.11.1974, pages 1425-A to 1425-PP. 
4Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (P.O. No. 1 of 1974), w.e.f. 14.8.1973, 
Article 2 and the Schedule; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 20.11.1974, pages 1425-A to 1425-PP. 
(iv) parents, sis ters and minor brothers, if residing with and wholly 
dependent upon him or her; 
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[(b) “gazetted Government servant”  means the Government servant 
holding a post in basic scale BS 16 or above;] 
(c) “Government” means the 
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[Provincial Government of the Punjab]; 
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(d) “Government servant” means a person, not being a member of an all 
Pakistan service or a contract employee of the Government,− 
(i) who is a member of civil service of the Province; 
(ii) who holds a civil post in connection with the affairs of the 
Province;  or 
(iii) who has retired as a member of civil service of the Province 
after completing the age of superannuation and has not attained 
the age of sixty five years;] 
(e) “non–gazetted Government servant” means a Government servant 
other than gazetted Government servant; 
(f) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance; 
(g) “rules” means rules made under this Ordinance; 
(h) “Welfare Fund”  means the Welfare fund established under this 
Ordinance. 
3. Welfare Fund. – (1) There shall be est ablished a Fund to be called 
the
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[Punjab] Employees Welfare Fund.  
(2) To the credit of the Fund shall be placed– 
(a) all contributions received under section 6 from Government servants; 
(b) the contributions made to the Fund by Government, the Government 
Servants Benevolent Fund or the Police Welfare Fund; and 
(c) any interest of profit accruing on such contributions. 
(3) The Welfare Fund shall be divided into two parts; Part I for gazetted 
Government servants and Part II for non –gazetted Government servan ts and each 
such Part shall be maintained and administered separately in accordance with the 
provisions of this Ordinance. 
(4) The contributions from gazetted Government servants received under 
section 6 shall be credited into Part I of the Welfare Fund an d the contributions 
received from non–gazetted Government servants shall be credited into Part II of the 
Fund. 
                                                           
5Substituted by the Punjab Government Employees Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2009(IX of 2009), w.e.f.1.7.2007, s.2; and 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary),dated 17.11.2009, pages 1605-1606. 
6Substituted for the words “Government of West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (P.O. No. 1 of 1974), 
w.e.f. 14.8.1973, Article 2 and the Schedule; and published in the Punjab Gaze tte (Extraordinary), dated 20.11.1974, pages 
1425-A to 1425-PP. 
7Substituted by the Punjab Government Employees Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2009(IX of 2009), w.e.f.1.7.2007, s.2; and 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary),dated 17.11.2009, pages 1605-1606. 
8Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (P.O. No. 1 of 1974), w.e.f. 14.8.1973, 
Article 2 and the Schedule; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 20.11.1974, pages 1425-A to 1425-PP. 
(5) The moneys credited into the Welfare Fund shall be kept in such bank 
or banks as may be prescribed. 
(6) The Welfare Fund shall be utilized fo r meeting the expenses on 
arrangements to be made with an insurance company or other insurer for the 
insurance of Government servants. 
(7) Any sums remaining in the Welfare Fund after defraying the expenses 
referred to in sub -section (6) may be utilized fo r such benefits to Government 
servants and their families as may be prescribed. 
4. Constitution and powers of the Welfare Board .– 
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[(1) The Government 
shall constitute the following Welfare Boards:– 
(a) the Provincial Welfare Board (Gazetted);  and 
(b) the Provincial Welfare Board (Non–Gazetted).] 
(2) Part I of the Welfare Fund shall vest in the Provincial Welfare Board 
(Gazetted), and Part II of the Welfare Fund shall vest in the Provincial Welfare Board 
(Non–Gazetted), and each of the said Boards shall admin ister the Part of the 
Welfare Fund vesting in it in such manner as may be prescribed. 
(3) Subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf and to such 
directions as may be issued by Government, the Provincial Welfare Boards– 
(a) shall from time to time,  arrange for the insurance of the Government 
servants with which they are concerned in the sums specified in the 
Schedule with such insurance company or other insurer as it deems fit; 
(b) shall have the power to sanction expenditure connected with the 
administration and management of that Part of the Welfare Fund which 
vests in them;  and 
(c) may do or cause to be done all the things ancillary or incidental to any 
of the aforesaid powers or to the purposes of the Welfare Fund. 
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[(4) * * * * * * * * * * *   ] 
5. 
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[(1)] Arrangement with insurance company .– The arrangement to be 
made with an insurance company or other insurer under clause (a) of sub-section (3) 
of section 4 shall be to the effect that on the death 
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[caused due to any reason other 
than war, invasio n or civil war ] of a Government servant of the class specified in 
column I of the Schedule, the sum specified against that class of Government 
servant in column 2 of the Schedule be paid– 
                                                           
9Substituted by the Punjab Government Employees Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2009(IX of 2009), w.e.f.1.7.2007, s.3; and 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary),dated 17.11.2009, pages 1605-1606. 
10Omitted by the Punjab Government Employees W elfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2009(IX of 2009), w.e.f.1.7.2007, s. 3; and 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary),dated 17.11.2009, pages 1605-1606. 
11Re-numbered by the West Pakistan Government Employees Welfare Fund (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1975 (VI of 1975), w.e.f. 
5.3.1975, s.2; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 147-PP to 147-QQ. 
12Inserted by the West Pakistan Government Employees Welfare Fund (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1975 (VI of 1975), w.e.f. 
5.3.1975, s.2; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 147-PP to 147-QQ. 
(a) to such member or members of his family as he may have nominated  
for the purpose, in full or in the shares specified by him at the time of 
making the nomination;
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[* * *] 
(b) where no valid nomination by the Government servant exists at the 
time of his death, the sum assured shall be paid to his family, and in 
the absence of a family, to his surviving relatives, if any, in the manner 
and in the shares in which the gratuity of a deceased Government 
servant is payable under the 
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[* * * *] Pension Rules, as in force for the 
time being 
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[;] 
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[and] 
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[(c) in the absence of the  persons referred to in clauses (a) and (b) , to his 
heirs.] 
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[(2 Where death of a Government servant is caused as a result of war, 
invasion or civil war, the sum, as specified in column 2 of the Schedule shall be paid 
by Government in the same manner as is  provided in clauses (a) and (b) of sub -
section (1).] 
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[(3) * * * * * * * * * * *   ] 
6. Payment of contribution .– 
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[(1) A Government servant, not being a retired 
Government servant , shall pay as his contribution in the Welfare Fund the sum of 
money as may be  prescribed and the amount of his contribution shall, as far as 
possible, be deducted at source from his pay and the same shall be credited to the 
Welfare Fund.] 
(2) Where the contribution cannot for any reason be deducted from the 
pay of the Government se rvant, he shall remit to the prescribed officer, the amount 
of the contribution payable by him. 
(3) Any contribution remaining unpaid due to inadvertence or negligence of 
the Government servant or otherwise shall be recoverable from him together with 
interest. 
7. Power to make rules .– Government may make rules for the purposes of 
giving effect to all or any of the provisions of this Ordinance. 
                                                           
13Omitted the word “and” by the Punjab Government Employees Welfare Fund Ordinance (Amendment) Act 1997 (XII of 1997), 
w.e.f. 18.6.1997, s.2; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 867. 
14Deleted  the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (P.O. No. 1 of 1974), w.e.f. 14.8.1973, 
Article 2 and the Schedule; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 20.11.1974, pages 1425-A to 1425-PP 
15Replaced for the “full -stop” by the Punjab Government Employees Welfare Fund Ordinance (Amendment) Act 1997 (XII of 
1997), w.e.f. 18.6.1997, s.2; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 867. 
16Added by the Punjab Government Employees Welfare Fund Ordinance (Amendment) Act 1997 (XII of 1997), w.e.f. 18.6.1997, 
s.2; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 867 
17Added by the Punjab Government Employees Welfare Fund Ordinance (Amendment) Act 1997 (XII of 1997), w.e.f. 18.6.1997, 
s.2; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 867 
18Added by the West Pakistan Government Employees Welfare Fund (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1975 (VI of 1975), w.e.f. 
5.3.1975, s.2; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 147-PP to 147-QQ. 
19Omitted by the Punjab Government Employees Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2009(IX of 2009), w.e.f.1.7.2007, s.4; and 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary),dated 17.11.2009, pages 1605 -1606, which were earlier added by the Punjab 
Government Employees Welfafe Fund (Amendment) Act, 1997 (VI of 1997), w.e.f. 1 .9.1996, s.2; and published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary) dated 18.6.1997, pages 865-866. 
20Substituted by the Punjab Government Employees Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2009(IX of 2009), w.e.f.1.7.2007, s.5; and 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary),dated 17.11.2009, pages 1605-1606. 
SCHEDULE 
(See Section 4 and 5) 
 The sum in which various classes of Government servants are to be insured: 
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[Class of Government servant Sum assured 
1 2 
BS1−04 150000 
BS5−10 175000 
BS 11−15 300000 
BS 16 450000 
BS 17 600000 
BS 18 875000 
BS 19 1050000 
BS 20 & above 1250000] 
 
                                                           
21Substituted by the Punjab Government Employees Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2009(IX of 2009), w.e.f.1.7.2007, s.6; and 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary),dated 17.11.2009, pages 1605 -1606, which were earlier substituted by the 
Punjab Government Employees Welfafe Fund (Amendment) Act, 1997 (VI of 1997), w.e.f. 1.9 .1996, s.2; and published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary) dated 18.6.1997, pages 865-866.