{
  "schema_version": "qanun-law-text/1",
  "id": "punjab-code-d08cf984eb1d551a",
  "title": "PUNJAB UNIVERSITIES REMOVAL OF UNDESIRABLE GOVERNMENT SERVANTS ORDINANCE, 1962",
  "source_collection": "Punjab",
  "content_kind": "stored_law_text",
  "content_extent": null,
  "source_url": "https://punjabcode.punjab.gov.pk/en/show_article/ADBQZwo9Vm9cNA--",
  "version": null,
  "source_snapshot": "2026-08-06T17:01:16Z",
  "legal_status": "not independently verified",
  "text_quality": "Complete stored UTF-8 TXT file recovered byte-for-byte from owned Drive. Source transcription retained verbatim; legal completeness, OCR accuracy and current consolidation unverified.",
  "text_sha256": "5af75e615beb0f43c3b38bb95788dc737a73f0a88c7e4a32087f1979dda4bd9f",
  "source_sha256": "5af75e615beb0f43c3b38bb95788dc737a73f0a88c7e4a32087f1979dda4bd9f",
  "text_version_id": "law:punjab-code-d08cf984eb1d551a:sha256:5af75e615beb0f43c3b38bb95788dc737a73f0a88c7e4a32087f1979dda4bd9f",
  "quality_flags": [],
  "encoding": "UTF-8",
  "text": "THE PUNJAB (UNIVERSITIES) REMOVAL OF \r\nUNDESIRABLE GOVERNMENT SERVANTS ORDINANCE \r\n1962 \r\n(XX of 1962) \r\nCONTENTS \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement. \r\n2. Termination of the services of undesirable G overnment servants.\r\n \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE \r\n2\r\n[PUNJAB] (UNIVERSITIES) REMOVAL OF UNDESIRABLE \r\nGOVERNMENT SERVANTS ORDINANCE, 1962 \r\n(XX of 1962) \r\n[25 May 1962] \r\nAn \r\nOrdinance \r\nto provide for the termination of the services of undesirable Government servants \r\nserving in Universities and other educational institutions in \r\n3\r\n[the Punjab]. \r\nPreamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for the termination of the \r\nservices of any Government servant, transferred for service in any University or \r\nother educational institution, who has become undesirable and it is necessary, in the \r\npublic interest, to terminate his services; \r\nNow, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Presidential Proclamation of the seventh \r\nday of October, 1958, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, the  \r\nGovernor of West Pakistan is pleased to make and promulgate the following \r\nOrdinance:– \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Ordinance may be called \r\nthe \r\n4\r\n[Punjab] (Universities) Removal of Undesirable Government Servants \r\nOrdinance, 1962. \r\n(2) It extends to the whole of \r\n5\r\n[the Punjab] except \r\n6\r\n[the Tribal Areas]. \r\n(3) It shall come into force immediately after the Martial Law Order No. \r\n124, issued by Martial Law Administrator, Zone ‘B’, ceases to operate. \r\n2. [Termination of the services of undesirab le Government servants]\r\n7\r\n.– If in \r\nthe opinion of the Governor, any Government servant serving in any University or \r\nother educational institution is undesirable and it is expedient, in the public interest, \r\nto terminate his services, the Governor may, notwithstanding anything to the contrary \r\ncontained in any law for the time being in force– \r\n                                                           \r\n1This Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of West Pakistan on May  21, 1962 , published in the Gazette of West \r\nPakistan (Extraordinary), dated May  25, 1962, p p. 2131-2132; saved and g iven permanent effect by Article 225 of the \r\nConstitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1962).  \r\n2Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974) (w.e.f. 14.8.1973),  \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20 , 19 74, p p. 1425-A-1425-PP, Article 2(1) read with \r\nSchedule, Part III, Serial No. 52.  \r\n3Ibid.  \r\n4Ibid.  \r\n5Ibid. \r\n6Substituted for the words “the Special Areas” by the West Pakistan Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1964 (w.e.f. 8.6.1962), published \r\nin the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated June 3, 1964, pp. 1805-1849, Article 2(1) read with Schedule, Serial No. \r\n34. \r\n7Misprinted in the Gazette. \r\n(i) after giving him a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against the \r\naction proposed to be taken against him, terminate his services; and \r\n(ii) direct that such pensio n or Provident Fund as may be specified in the \r\norder be paid to him.",
  "passage_offset_convention": "zero-based Unicode code points and UTF8 bytes; end exclusive",
  "passages": [
    {
      "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-d08cf984eb1d551a:sha256:5af75e615beb0f43c3b38bb95788dc737a73f0a88c7e4a32087f1979dda4bd9f:chars-0-1776:54a1d64a4b4e1239df53778c42cf347066633e3aef1979a855b42493937e91f2",
      "character_start": 0,
      "character_end": 1776,
      "utf8_byte_start": 0,
      "utf8_byte_end": 1788,
      "passage_sha256": "54a1d64a4b4e1239df53778c42cf347066633e3aef1979a855b42493937e91f2",
      "reader_fragment": "p-0-1776-54a1d64a4b4e1239"
    },
    {
      "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-d08cf984eb1d551a:sha256:5af75e615beb0f43c3b38bb95788dc737a73f0a88c7e4a32087f1979dda4bd9f:chars-1776-3130:0bf7c8ec767e78096166c0c650e2f87f19356c0df401a0d9973c2f0b846cddf0",
      "character_start": 1776,
      "character_end": 3130,
      "utf8_byte_start": 1788,
      "utf8_byte_end": 3152,
      "passage_sha256": "0bf7c8ec767e78096166c0c650e2f87f19356c0df401a0d9973c2f0b846cddf0",
      "reader_fragment": "p-1776-3130-0bf7c8ec767e7809"
    }
  ]
}