THE PUNJAB CORPORATION EMPLOYEES (SPECIAL 
POWERS) ORDINANCE, 1978 
(VIII of 1978) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title and commencement. 
2. Definitions. 
3. Certain persons to be liable to removal or reversion. 
4. Representation. 
5. Service of corporation to be service of Punjab Government, etc, 
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THE PUNJAB CORPORATION EMPLOYEES (SPECIAL POWERS) 
ORDINANCE, 1978 
(VIII of 1978) 
[19th April, 1978] 
An 
Ordinance 
to invest the Governor with certain powers in respect of persons in Corporation 
Service. 
Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to invest the Governor of the Punjab with 
certain powers in respect of persons in Corporation service; 
 AND WHEREAS the Governor of the Punjab is satisfied that circumstances 
exist which render immediate legislation necessary; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Proclamation of the fifth day of July, 
1977 read with the Laws (Continuance in Force) Order, 1977 (CMLA’s Order No .1 of 
1977), the Governor of the Punjab is pleased to make and prom ulgate the following 
Ordinance:– 
1. Short title and commencement .– (1) This Ordinance may be called the 
Punjab Corporation Employees (Special Powers) Ordinance, 1978. 
 (2) It shall come into force at once. 
2. Definitions.– In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the 
subject or context,– 
(i) “corporation” means a corporate body set up, established, managed or 
controlled by the Government of the Punjab; and 
(ii) “person in  corporation service” means a person employed in 
connection with the affairs of Corporation and shall include the 
Chairman, the Managing Director of, and hold er of any other office in 
such corporation but shall not include a person who is on deputation to 
a corporation from the Federal or a Provincial Government. 
3. Certain persons to be liable to removal or reversion .– Notwithstanding 
anything contained in any law for the time being in force, or in the terms and 
conditions of his service, a person in c orporation service appointed or promoted 
during the period from the first day of January, 1972, to the fifth day of July, 1977, 
may be removed from service, or reverted to his lower po st or grade, as the case 
may be without notice, by the Governor of the Punjab, o r a person authorised by him 
in this behalf , on such date as the Governor of the Punjab, or as the case may be, 
the person so authorised may, in the public interest, direct. 
                                                           
1This Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of the Punjab on 19th April, 1978; and, was published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated 19th April, 1978, pages 367-368. 
4. Representation.– A person who is removed from service or reverted to a 
lower post or grade under section 3 may, within fifteen days from the date of receipt 
of order of removal or reversion prefer a representation to the Governor of the 
Punjab: 
 Provided that, where the order of removal or reversion has been made by the 
Governor of t he Punjab, such person may, within the aforesaid time submit to the 
Governor of the Punjab a petition for review of the order. 
5. Service of c orporation to be service of Punjab Government, etc ,.– Any 
person who under the provisions of this Ordinance, is re moved from service or 
reverted to a lower post or grade shall, for th e purpose of the Punjab Service 
Tribunals Act, 1974 (IX of 1974) be deemed to be a civil servant.