PUNJAB CIVIL SERVANTS ACT 1974

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THE PUNJAB CIVIL SERVANTS ACT, 1974 
(VIII of 1974) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title, application and commencement 
CHAPTER - I 
PRELIMINARY 
2. Definitions 
CHAPTER - II 
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF CIVIL SERVANTS 
3. Terms and conditions 
4. Appointments 
5. Probation 
6. Confirmation 
7. Seniority 
8. Promotion 
8-A. Omitted 
9. Posting and transfers 
10. Termination of service 
11. Reversion to a lower post 
11A Persons to be liable to removal or reversion 
12. Retirement from service 
13. Employment after retirement 
14. Conduct 
15. Efficiency and discipline 
16. Pay 
17. Leave 
18. Pension and gratuity 
19. Provident Fund 
20. Benevolent Fund and Group Insurance 
CHAPTER-III 
MISCELLANEOUS 
21. Right of appeal or representation 
CHAPTER-IV 
Rules 
22. Saving 
22A. Indemnity 
22B. Jurisdiction barred 
22C. Appointment of Federal civil servants 
23. Rules 
24. Repeal of Punjab Ordinance No. II of 1974 
TEXT 
1
THE PUNJAB CIVIL SERVANTS ACT, 1974 
(VIII of 1974) 
[4 June 1974] 
An 
Act 
to regulate the appointment to, and the terms and conditions of service in respect of 
the services of the Province of the Punjab. 
Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to regulate by law, the appointment to, and 
the terms and conditions of the services of the Province of the Punjab, and to 
provide for matters connected therewith or ancillary thereto; 
It is hereby enacted as follows:– 
1. Short title, application and commencement .– (1) This Act may be called 
the Punjab Civil Servants Act, 1974. 
(2) It applies to all civil servants wherever they may be. 
(3) It shall come into force at once. 
CHAPTER I 
PRELIMINARY 
2. Definitions.– (1)  In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject 
or context,– 
(a) “ad hoc appointment” means appointment of a duly qualified person 
made otherwise than in accor dance with the prescribed method of 
recruitment, pending recruitment in accordance with such method; 
(b) “civil servant”  means a person who is a member of a civil service of 
the Province or who holds a civil post in connection with the affairs of 
the Province, but does not include– 
(i) a person who is on deputation to the Province from the 
Federation or any other Province or authority; 
(ii) a person who is employed on contract, or on work -charged 
basis, or who is paid from contingencies; or 
(iii) a person who is a 'worker' or 'workman' as defined in the 
Factories Act, 1934 (XXV of 1934) or the Workmen's 
Compensation Act, 1923 (VIII of 1923); 
2
[(b-a) “Defined Contribution Pension Scheme” means the pension scheme 
stipulated under section 18-A;] 
                                                           
1This Act was passed by the Punjab Assembly on 29th May, 1974; assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on 4 June, 1974; 
and, was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 4 June 1974, pp. 751-A to 751-I. 
2Inserted by the Punjab Civil Servants (Amendme nt) Act 2024 (III of 2024),  published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated: 14 June 2024, pp. 4755-4756, s. 2. 
(c) "Government" means the Government of the Punjab; 
(d) "initial recruitment" means appointment made otherwise than by 
promotion or transfer; 
(e) "pay" means the amount drawn monthly by a civil servant as pay, and 
includes technical pay, special pay, personal pay and a ny other 
emoluments declared as pay by the prescribed authority; 
(f) "permanent post" means a post sanctioned without limit of time; 
(g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules; 
3
[(g-a) “proforma promotion” means  predating of promotion of civil servant  or 
retired civil servant with effect from the date of regular promotion of his 
junior, for the purpose of fixation of pay and payment of arrears as may 
be prescribed; 
(g-b) “promotion” means appointment of a civil servant to a higher post in the 
service or cadre to which he belongs.] 
(h) "province" means the Province of the Punjab; 
(i) "rules" means the rules made or deemed to have been made under this 
Act; 
(j) "selection authority" means the Punjab Public Service Commission, 
departmental selection board, depar tmental selection committee or 
other authority or body on the recommendation of, or in consultation 
with which any appointment or promotion, as may be prescribed, is 
made; and 
(k) "temporary post" means a post other than a permanent post. 
(2)  For the purp ose of this Act, an appointment whether by promotion or 
otherwise, shall be deemed to have been made on regular basis if it is made in the 
prescribed manner. 
CHAPTER II 
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF CIVIL SERVANTS 
3. Terms and conditions .– The terms a nd conditions of service of a civil 
servant shall be as provided in this Act and the rules. 
4. Appointments.– Appointments to a civil service of the province or to civil post 
in connection with the affairs of the Province, shall be made in the prescribed 
manner by the Governor or by a person authorized by him in that behalf. 
5. Probation.– (1) An initial appointment to a service or post referred to in 
section 4, not being an ad hoc appointment, shall be on such probation and for such 
period of probation as may be prescribed. 
(2) Any appointment of a civil servant by promotion or transfer to a service 
or post may also be made on such probation and for such period of probation as 
may be prescribed. 
                                                           
3Added by the Punjab Civil Servants (Amendme nt) Act 2005 (III of 2005), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated: 15 April 2005, pp. 4851-4852, s. 2. 
(3) Where, in respect of any service or post, the satisfactory  completion of 
probation includes the passing of a prescribed examination, test or course or 
successful completion of any training, a person appointed on probation to such 
service or post who, before the expiry of the original or extended period of his 
probation, has failed to pass such examination or test or to successfully complete the 
course or the training shall, except as may be prescribed otherwise,– 
(a) if he was appointed to such service or post by initial recruitment, be 
discharged; or 
(b) if he was appointed to such service or post by promotion or transfer, be 
reverted to the service or post from which he was promoted or 
transferred and against which he holds a lien or, if there be no such 
service or post, be discharged. 
6. Confirmation.– (1) A per son appointed on probation shall, on satisfactory 
completion of his probation, be eligible for confirmation in a service or a post as may 
be prescribed. 
(2) A civil servant promoted to a post 
4
[* * ] on probation shall, on 
satisfactory completion of his pro bation, be confirmed in such post 
5
[* *] as may be 
prescribed. 
(3) A civil servant promoted to a post 
6
[* * ] on regular basis shall be 
confirmed after rendering satisfactory service for such period as may be prescribed. 
(4) There shall be no confirmation against any temporary post. 
(5) A civil servant who, during the period of his service, was eligible for 
confirmation in any service or against any post, retires from service before 
confirmation shall not, merely by reason of such retirement, be refused conf irmation 
in such service or against such post or any benefits accruing therefrom. 
(6) Confirmation of a civil servant in a service or against a post shall take 
effect from the date of the occurrence of a permanent vacancy in such service or 
against such po st or from the date of continuous officiation, in such service or 
against such post, whichever is later. 
7. Seniority.– (1) Seniority on initial appointment to a service, cadre, 
7
[*] or post 
shall be determined in the prescribed manner. 
8
[(2) Seniority in a post, service, or cadre to which a civil servant is 
promoted shall take effect from the date of regular appointment to that post: 
Provided that civil servants who are selected for promotion to a higher post in 
one batch shall on their promotion to the hi gher post retain their inter -se seniority in 
the lower post.] 
                                                           
4The words “or grade” were omitted by the Punjab Civil Servants (Amendment) Ordinance, 1984 (II of 1984),  published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 22 July 1984, pp. 503-A to 503-C, s. 2: it came into force on 1 July 1983. 
5Ibid. 
6Ibid. 
7The word “grade” was omitted ibid., s. 3. 
8Substituted ibid.   
(3) For proper administration of 
9
[service or cadre] the appointing authority 
shall from time to time cause a seniority list of the members of such 
10
[service or 
cadre] to be prepared. 
(4) Subject to the provisions of sub -section (3), the seniority of a civil 
servant in relation to other civil servants belonging to the same 
11
[service or cadre], 
whether serving in the same department or office or not, shall be determined in such 
manner as maybe prescribed. 
12
[8. Promotion.– (1) A civil servant shall be eligible to be considered for 
appointment by promotion to a post reserved for promotion in the service or cadre to 
which he belongs in a manner as may be prescribed; provided that he possesses the 
prescribed qualifications. 
(2) Promotion including proforma promotion shall not be claimed by  any 
civil servant as of right. 
(3) Promotion shall be granted with immediate effect and be actualized 
from the date of assumption of charge of the higher post, and sh all in no case be 
granted from the date of availability of post reserved for promotion. 
(4) A civil servant shall not be entitled to promotion from an earlier date 
except in the case of proforma promotion.  
(5) A retired civil servant shall not be eligible  for grant of promotion; 
provided that he may be considered for grant of proforma promotion as may be 
prescribed. 
(6) A post referred to in sub -section (1) may either be a selection post or a 
non-selection post to which promotion shall be made as follows:– 
(a) in the case of a selection post, on the basis of selection on merit; and 
(b) in the case of a non -selection post, on the basis of seniority -cum-
fitness.] 
13
[(7) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, if a civil servant 
dies or superannuate s after the selection authority recommends his promotion to a 
higher post and before he assumes the charge of the higher post, the competent 
authority may approve promotion of such a civil servant with effect from the day 
immediately before the day of his death or superannuation.] 
14
[8-A. Out of turn promotion.–  * * * * * * * *   ] 
                                                           
9Ibid., for the expression "service, cadre or grade,". 
10Substituted for the expression “service, cadre or grade ,” by the Punjab Civil Servants (Amendment) Ordinance, 1984 (II of 
1984), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 22 July 1984, pages 503-A to 503-C, s. 3. 
11Ibid., for the expression “service, cadre or grade”. 
12Substituted by the Punjab Civil Servants (Amendment) Act 2005 (III of 2005), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated: 15 April 2005, pp. 4851-4852, s. 3. 
13Inserted by the Punjab Civil Servants (Amendment) Act 2011 (XLV of 2012), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated: 30 July 2012, p. 405, s. 2.  
14Omitted by the Punjab Civil Servants (Amendment) Act 2006 (X of 2006), dated: 17 October 2006, p. 1381, s. 2.  
 
9. Posting and transfers .– Every civil servant shall be liable to serve anywhere 
within or outside the province in any  
15
[equivalent or one scale higher ] post under 
the Government  of the Punjab or the Federal Government or any Provincial 
Government or a local authority or a corporation or a body set up or established by 
any such Government: 
 Provided that, where a civil servant is required to serve in a post outside his 
service or cadre, his terms and conditions of service as to his pay shall not be less 
favourable than those to which he would have been entitled if he had not been so 
required to serve. 
10. Termination of service.– (1) The service of a civil servant may be terminated 
without notice– 
(i) during the initial or extended period of his probation: 
Provided that, where such civil servant is appointed by promotion on 
probation or, as the case may be, is transferred and promoted on 
probation from one 
16
[service], cadre or post to another 
17
[service], cadre 
or post his service shall not be terminated so long as he holds a lien 
against his former post, 
18
[service] or cadre, and he shall be reverted to 
his former 
19
[service], or as the case may be, cadre or post; 
(ii) if the appointment is made on ad hoc basis liable to termination on the 
appointment of a person on the recommendation of the selection 
authority, on the appointment of such person. 
(2) In the event of a post being abolished or number of posts in a cadre or 
20
[service] being reduced the services of the most junior person in such cadre  or 
21
[service] shall be terminated. 
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub -section (1) but subject to the 
provisions of sub-section (2), the service of a civil servant in temporary employment  
or appointed on ad hoc basis shall be liable to termination on thirty days notice or 
pay in lieu thereof. 
11. Reversion to a lower  
22
[post].– A civil servant appointed to a higher post or 
23
[before the commencement of the Punjab Civil Servants (Amendment) O rdinance, 
1984 to a higher] grade on ad hoc or officiating basis, shall be liable to reversion to 
his lower post 
24
[* *] without notice. 
                                                           
15Inserted by the Punjab Civil Servants (Amendme nt) Act 2024 (III of 2024),  published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated: 14 June 2024, pp. 4755-4756, s. 3. 
16Substituted for the word "grade" by the Punjab Civil Servants (Amendment)  Ordinance, 1984 (II of 1984),  published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 22 July 1984, pages 503-A to 503-C, s. 5. 
17Ibid. 
18Ibid. 
19Ibid. 
20Ibid. 
21Ibid. 
22Ibid., for the words "grade or service" , s. 6. 
23Inserted ibid. 
24The words “or grade” were omitted ibid.  
25
[11-A. Certain persons to be liable to removal or reversion .– Notwithstanding 
anything contained in his terms and condi tions of service, a Civil Servant 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 post 
26
[,] 
27
[* * * * * * 
* *] without notice, by the Governor of the Punjab or a person authorized by him in 
this behalf on such date as the Governor of the Punjab or, as the case may be, the 
person so authorized may, in the public interest, direct. 
28
[12. Retirement from service.– (1) Civil servant shall retire from service–  
29
[(i) on such date after he has completed twenty years of service qualifying 
for pension or other retirement benefits; or, twenty years of service 
participating in Defined Contribution Pension Scheme or other 
retirement benefits, as the case may be, as the competent authority 
may, in public interest, direct; or] 
30
[(ii) where no direction is given under clause (i): 
(a) on completion of the sixtieth year of his age; or 
(b) voluntarily, on completion of twenty five years of service or on 
attaining fifty five years of age, whichever is later.] 
(2) No direction under clause (i) of sub -section (1) shall be made until the 
Civil Servant has been informed in writing of the grounds on which it is proposed to 
make the direction and has been given a reasonable opportu nity of showing cause 
against the said direction. 
Explanation.– In this section, "competent authority" means the appointing authority 
prescribed in rule 6 of the Punjab Civil Servants (Appointment and Conditions of 
Service) Rules, 1974.] 
13. Employment aft er retirement .– (1) A retired civil servant shall not be re -
employed under the Government unless such re -employment is necessary in the 
public interest and is made, except where the appointing authority is the Governor, 
with the prior approval of the authority next above the appointing authority. 
(2) Subject to the provisions of sub -section (1) of Section 3 of the Ex -
Government Servants (Employment with the Foreign Governments) (Prohibition) Act, 
1966, a civil servant may, during leave preparatory to retire ment, or after retirement 
from Government service, seek any private employment: 
                                                           
25Added by the Punjab Civil Servants (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (IX of 1978); and published in the Gazette of Pun jab 
(Extraordinary), dated: 19 April 1978, s. 2.  
26 Inserted by the Punjab Civil Servants (Amendment) Ordinance, 1984 (II of 1984 ), published in the Punjab Gaze tte 
(Extraordinary), dated: 22 July 1984, pages 503-A to 503-C, s. 7. 
27The words "or grade, as the case may be" were omitted ibid. 
28Substituted by the Punjab Civil Servants ( Amendment) Ordinance 2001 ( XIV of 2001 ), published in the Punjab Gaz ette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 8 August 2001, pp. 1473-1474, s. 2. Under Article 5A of the Provisional Constitution Order 1999 (I of 
1999), as amended, read with Article 270AA of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, it shall not be subject 
to any limitation as to duration prescribed in the Constitution. 
29Substituted by the Punjab Civil Servants (Amendment) Act 2024 (III of 2024), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated: 14 June 2024, pp. 4755-4756, s. 4. 
30 Substituted by the  Punjab Civil Servants (Amendment) Act 2021 ( XXXV of 2021) , published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 29 October 2021, pp. 1865, s.2. 
 Provided that, where employment is sought by a civil servant while on leave 
preparatory to retirement, he shall obtain the prior approval of the prescribed 
authority. 
14. Conduct.– The conduct of a civil servant shall be regulated by rules made by 
Government or a prescribed authority, whether generally or in respect of a specified 
group or class of civil servants. 
15. Efficiency and discipline .– A civil servant shall be liable to such disciplinary 
action and penalties and in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed. 
16. Pay.– A civil servant appointed to a post 
31
[* *] shall be entitled, in accordance 
with the rules, to the pay sanctioned for such post 
32
[*    *]: 
 Provided that, when the appointment is made on a 
33
[current charge or acting 
charge basis in the manner prescribed] or by way of additional charge, his pay shall 
be fixed in the prescribed manner: 
 Provided further that where a civil servant has been dismissed or removed 
from service or reduced in rank, he shall, in the event of the order of dismissal, 
removal from service or reduction in rank being set aside, be entitled to such arrears 
of pay as the authority setting aside the order may determine. 
17. Leave.– A civil servant shall be allowed leave in accordance with the leave 
rules applicable to him; provided that the grant of leave shall depend on the 
exigencies of service and shall be at the discretion of the competent authority. 
18. Pension and gratuity .– 
34
[(1) On retirement from service, a civil servant 
appointed before the commencement of Punjab Civil Servants (Amendment) 
Ordinance 2023 (I of 2024), shall be entitled to receive such pension or gratuity as 
may be prescribed.] 
(2) In the event of death of a c ivil servant, whether before or after 
retirement, his family shall be entitled to receive such pension, or gratuity, or both, as 
may be prescribed. 
(3) No pension shall be admissible to a civil servant who is dismissed or 
removed from service for reasons o f discipline but Government may sanction 
compassionate allowance to such a servant, not exceeding two -thirds of the pension 
or gratuity, which would have been admissible to him if he had been by bodily or 
mental infirmity incapacitated for further service on the date of such dismissal or 
removal. 
(4) If the determination of the amount of pension or gratuity admissible to a 
civil servant is delayed beyond one month of the date of his retirement or death, he 
or his family, as the case may be, shall be paid pr ovisionally such anticipatory 
                                                           
31The words “or grade” were omitted by the Punjab Civil Servants (Amendment) Ordinance, 1984 (II of 1984), published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 22 July 1984, pages 503-A to 503-C, s. 8. 
32Ibid. 
33Substituted for the words “current charge basis ” by the Punjab Civil Servants (Amendment) O rdinance, 1983 (I of 1983), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 18 January 1983, s. 2. 
34Substituted by the Punjab Civil Servants (Amendment) Act 2024 (III of 2024), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated: 14 June 2024, pp. 4755-4756, s. 5. 
pension or gratuity as may be determined by the prescribed authority according to 
the length of service of the civil servant which qualifies for pension or gratuity, and 
any overpayment consequent upon such provisional payment  shall be adjusted 
against the amount of pension or gratuity finally determined as payable to such civil 
servant or his family. 
35
[18-A. Defined Contribution Pension Scheme. – (1) A person appointed or 
regularized as civil servant on or after the commencement of Punjab Civil Servants 
(Amendment) Ordinance 2023 (I of 2024) shall participate in a Defined Contribution 
Pension Scheme as may be prescribed. 
(2) In the Defined Contribution Pension Scheme, the Government, as 
employer, and such civil servant, as emplo yee, shall contribute to pension account, 
and such contributions shall be invested in a pension fund until retirement of the 
employee and the accumulated balance in the pension account, at the time of 
retirement, is withdrawn or invested further to generat e monthly income during post 
retirement phase, subject to such exceptions as may be prescribed.] 
19. Provident Fund.– (1) Before the expiry of the third  month of every financial 
year, the accounts officer or other officer required to maintain provident fun d 
accounts shall furnish to every civil servant subscribing to a provident fund the 
account of which he is required to maintain a statement under his hand showing the 
subscriptions to, including the interest accruing thereon, if any, and withdrawals or 
advances from his provident fund during the preceding financial year. 
(2) Where any subscription made by a civil servant to his provident fund 
has not been shown or credited in the account by the accounts officer or other officer 
required to maintain such account, such subscription shall be credited to the account 
of the civil servant on the basis of such evidence as may be prescribed. 
20. Benevolent Fund and Group Insurance.– All civil servants and their families 
shall be entitled to the benefits admissible u nder the 
36
[West Pakistan] Government 
Servants Benevolent Fund Ordinance, 1960 and the 
37
[West Pakistan] Government 
Employees Welfare Fund Ordinance, 1969 and the rules made thereunder. 
21. Right of appeal or representation .– (1) Where a right to prefer an a ppeal or 
apply for review in respect of any order relating to the terms and conditions of his 
service is allowed to a civil servant by any rules applicable to him, such appeal or 
application shall, except as may otherwise be prescribed, be made within sixt y days 
of the communication to him of such order. 
(2) Where no provision for appeal or review exists in the rules in respect of 
any order, a civil servant aggrieved by any such order may, except where such order 
is made by the Governor, within sixty days o f the communication to him of such 
order, make a representation against it to the authority next above the authority 
which made the order: 
                                                           
35Inserted by the Punja b Civil Servants (Amendme nt) Act 2024 (III of 2024),  published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated: 14 June 2024, pp. 4755-4756, s. 6. 
36Now „Punjab‟. See Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (I of 1974); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extrao rdinary), 
dated 20.11.1974, pages 1425-A to 1425-PP, see Article 2 and Schedule, Part III, at entry No.37 (w.e.f. 14.8.1973).  
37Now „Punjab‟. See Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (I of 1974); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated 20.11.1974, pages 1425-A to 1425-PP, see Article 2 and Schedule, Part III, at entry No.95 (w.e.f. 14.8.1973). 
 Provided that no representation shall lie on matters relating to the 
determination of fitness of a person to hold a particular post or to be promoted to a 
higher post 
38
[* * *] 
39
[.] 
CHAPTER III 
MISCELLANEOUS 
22. Saving.– Nothing in this Act or in any rule shall be construed to limit or 
abridge the power of the Governor to deal with the case of any civil servant in such 
manner as may appear to him to be just and equitable: 
 Provided that, where this Act or any rule is applicable to the case of a civil 
servant, the case shall not be dealt with in any manner less favourable to him than 
that provided by this Act or such rule. 
40
[22A. Indemnity.– No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against a 
civil servant for anything done in his official capacity which is in good faith done or 
intended to be done under this Act or the rules, instructions or directions made  or 
issued thereunder. 
22B. Jurisdiction barred .– Save as provided under this Act and the Punjab 
Service Tribunals Act, 1974 (IX of 1974), or the rules made thereunder, no order 
made or proceedings taken under this Act, or the rules made thereunder by the 
Governor or any officer authorized by him shall be called in question in any Court 
and no injunction shall be granted by any Court in respect of any decision made, or 
proceedings taken in pursuance of any power conferred by, or under, this Act or the 
rules made thereunder.] 
41
[22C. Appointment of Federal civil servants .– (1) Notwithstanding anything 
contained in this Act, the Government may, by notification, appoint a person to a civil 
service of the Province or to a post in connection with the affairs of th e Province who 
immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) 
Act, 2010 (X of 2010) was holding a post in connection with the affairs of the 
Federation and whose services have been transferred to the Province in the wake of 
the said amendment Act of 2010.  
(2) The Government shall, in prescribed manner, determine the terms and 
conditions of service of the civil servants appointed under subsection (1) including 
cadre and seniority.] 
CHAPTER IV 
RULES 
                                                           
38The words “or grade” and the “full-stop” were omitted by the Punjab Civil Servants (Amendment) Ordinance, 1984 (II of 1984), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 22 July 1984, pages 503-A to 503-C, s. 9. 
39Inserted ibid. 
40Added by the Punjab Civil Servants (Amendment) Ordi nance, 2002 (XXVII of 2002),  published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 27 May 2002, pp. 1763, s. 2. Under Article 5A of the Provisional Constitution Order 1999 (I of 1999), as 
amended, read with Article 270AA of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, it shall not be subject to an y 
limitation as to duration prescribed in the Constitution. 
41Inserted by the Punjab Civil Servants (Amendm ent) Act 2014 (XIV of 2014),  published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated: 29 May 2014, pp. 3957-3958, s. 2. 
23. Rules.– (1) The Governor, or any person authorized in this behalf may make 
such rules as appear to him to be necessary or expedient for carrying out the 
purposes of this Act. 
(2) Any rules, orders or instructions in respect of any terms and conditions 
of service of civil servant s duly made or issued by an authority competent to make 
them and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall, in so far 
as such rules, orders or instructions are not inconsistent with the provisions of this 
Act, be deemed to be rules made under this Act. 
24. Repeal of Punjab Ordinance No. II of 1974 .– The Punjab Civil Servants 
Ordinance, 1974 (Punjab Ordinance No. II of 1974), is hereby repealed.