PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

NOTIFICATION

No. D.S.3-5/2000-PPSC-133 dated 8-4-2000. In exercise of the powers conferred by

Sub-Section (2) of Section 10 of the Punjab Public Service Commission Ordinance 1978, the
Commission is pleased to make the following regulations.

PART-1
GENERAL

These regulations may be called the Punjab Public Service Commission Regulations,
2000. These regulations shall supersede all previous regulations and shall come into force with
immediate effect.

1. The regulations shall be framed by majority decision of the full Commission meeting.
Quorum for such meeting will be one half of the total posted strength of the members of the
Commission.

2. The Commission may make policy decision to prescribe detailed procedure for
activities of the selection process and other allied matters/issues and activities, etc. Such decision
will be incorporated in the Manual of Policy Decisions.

PART-II
DEFINITIONS

3. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires;-

a) ‘Government’ means the Government of the Punjab.

b) ‘Commission’ means the Punjab Public Service Commission.
c) ‘Member’ means a member of the Commission and includes the Chairman.
d) ‘Committee’ or Panel means a Committee or Panel constituted by the
Chairman to conduct interviews of the eligible candidates for selection to
specified posts. The strength and composition of such Committee/Panel will
be determined by the Chairman.
e) Advisor or Subject Specialist means a person selected by the Commission to
assist in the conduct of interviews/examinations/tests of the Commission
f) Department means an administrative department as defined in the Punjab
Government Rules of Business.
g) Attached Department means a department as defined in the Punjab
Government Rules of Business.
h) Departmental Representative means a senior officer of the concerned
Department, who is accepted by the commission as member of interview
committee, constituted for selection of candidate(s) against the post (s)
advertised concerning that Department.
i) ‘Appointing Authority’ means an officer or authority designated as such in
the relevant service rules framed by the Government for the post (s).
j) ‘Requisition’ has the same meaning as in Rule 22 (1) of the Punjab Civil
Servants (Appointment & Conditions of Service) Rules, 1974, whereby an
pointing authority sends information on prescribed proforma regarding
vacancies existing in the Department, to the Commission, which are to be
filled through the Commission.
k) ‘Requisition Form’ means the Requisition Form as prescribed by the
Commission.
 l) ‘Additional Vacancy’ means an addition in the number of vacancies already
conveyed by the concerned Department through an earlier requisition.
m) ‘Test’ has the same meaning a assigned to it in Rule 2 (2) of the Punjab public
Service Commission (Functions) Rules, 1978, and includes short-listing,
screening (written test, aptitude/psychological test, subject test, relevant to
post and its qualifications or any other test in writing and interview or via
voce designed to assess the capabilities of applicants for their suitability for
the job(s) post(s) applied for by them.
n) ‘Written Examination’ means an examination prescribed by the competent
authority for specific jobs either in the relevant Service Rules or as general
policy.
o) ‘Interview’ means an oral examination to assess a candidate’s suitability for
the job/post applied for. In the case of candidates of Combined Competitive
Examination or any other exam/post where it may be so required, interview,
also includes psychological assessment, credit of additional qualifications,
distinctions and achievements.
p) ‘Policy Decisions’ mean such important decisions as are taken in the Full
Commission’s meeting to lay down detailed procedure, etc. for various
activities/proceedings of the selection process, etc and which are compiled in
the Manual of Policy Decisions.

PART III
REQUISITIONS

4. Requisitions for posts falling within the purview of the Commission are to be sent on
prescribed form according to prescribed schedule as intimated to the departments by the
Commission from time to time. The purpose of this schedule is to facilitate planning in selection
and to avoid accumulation of too many requisitions at a time.

5. The broad parameters of existing schedule for forwarding the requisitions by the
departments to the Commission are as follows:

a) Requisitions for competitive examinations should be sent by 1st September of

each calendar year so as to enable the Commission to hold the examination within
the same year.

b) All Administrative Departments should forward their requisitions for filling up

vacant posts other than those filled through competitive examinations from 1st
July to 31st December each year so that the Commission may process them in the
planned programmes.

c) The Administrative Departments, may, in emergent cases forward their

requisitions between 1st January to 30th June after obtaining approval of the Chief
Secretary/Additional Chief Secretary.

6. It would be the responsibility of the Head of Department concerned to ensure that the
above time schedule for sending requisition to the Commission is adhered to strictly.

7. The requisition shall be signed by the Administrative Secretary or the Additional

Secretary of the Department in respect of posts in BS-16 and above.

8. The requisition in respect of posts in BS-11 to 15 and posts referred to the Commission
under Clause (iii) of Sub Rule (1) of Rule 3 of the Punjab Public Service Commission
(Functions) Rules, 1978 shall be signed by the Appointing Authority and accompanied by the
information about the cadre of the post; i.e. whether District, Divisional, Circle or Provincial
cadre and information as listed at items (a) and (b) of Regulation 9.
9. a) Printed or certified copy of Notification of the Service Rules relevant to the
post(s) to which recruitment is to be made, prescribing the conditions of
appointment such as academic qualifications, experience, method of
recruitment, gender and age limits for the posts.

b) Job description or vacancies of vacancies in terms of S&GAD’s circular letter

No. SO (ARC)4-1/75 dated 4.4.1975 or in accordance with any other
instructions of the Government issued from time to time.

10. Approval of S&GAD (ACS) shall be required, if the department decided to decrease or
increase the number of vacancies subsequently or for withdrawal of all the vacancies already
communicated.

11. All posts shall be filled on open merit/all Punjab basis or as decided by the
Government. However, zonal or regional allocation, if and where applicable, will be provided
with the requisition strictly in accordance with such instructions of the Government as are issued
from time to time.
12. Deficiencies in the requisition, if any, pointed out by the Commission to the department
shall be made up and rectified within 15 days of the receipt of the letter by the Department failing
which the requisition may be returned to the Department.

PART IV
ADDITIONAL VACANCIES

13. a) Requisition for additional vacancies (to be added to the vacancies intimated in
the original requisition sent to the Commission according to the schedule
prescribed under Regulation No. 5 shall be accepted only if no date or test or
written examination has been fixed and in cases where selection is to be made
only on the basis of viva voce/interview, before a date for the viva
voce/interview has been fixed. After acceptance of additional vacancies, a fresh
advertisement/amendment to the previous advertisement shall be issued inviting
fresh applications. The candidate, who had already applied in response to the
original advertisement, will not be required to apply again.

b) Specifically in the case of Combined Competitive Examinations for EAC/SO,

etc., variation in the number and nature of posts may be accepted by the
Commission without inviting fresh applications when an indication to this effect
has been given in the original advertisement and the change in the number and
nature of vacancies is received by the Commission before the commencement
of interviews.

PART-V
SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS BY
CANDIDATES AND THEIR CONSIDERATION

14. An application by an eligible candidate shall be submitted on the form prescribed by

the Commission and the instructions to the candidates attached thereto, before the closing date.

15. If the prescribed application form is not available to a candidate residing outside
Pakistan, he/she may apply on plain paper indicating particulars of his/her age, qualification,
experience and domicile along with supporting documents, as asked for. The candidate, shall,
however, have to go through all the stages of the process of selection as required in case of
others.

16. An application must reach the Commission’s office on or before the closing date and
time advertised by the Commission except as prescribed in Regulation 18.
17. Unless otherwise altered and notified, closing date for receipt of applications from the
candidates shall be as declared in the original advertisement. Normally, such a date shall be 3 to 6
weeks from the date of publication of advertisement.

18. If the closing date fixed for receipt of application falls on an official holiday, the next
working day shall be considered as the closing date.

19. An application received after the closing date and time, shall stand rejected except
where a candidate:-

a) has been ill and has remained admitted in a Government/reputed hospital for
the period from the publication of the advertisement till the closing date, and;

b) has informed the Commission in writing about his/her illness before the
closing date along with a medical certificate in that behalf from a competent
authority. Competent Authority here means the Medical Superintendent or
Medical Officer in charge of the Hospital wherein the candidate has remained
admitted.

20. No application shall be entertained after the announcement of date of test or written
examination or viva vice/interview, whichever is earlier.

21. In case of recruitment to posts on the basis of written examination, the Commission
shall, subject to these Regulations, issue separate notification giving necessary details for the
information of the candidates.

22. Eligibility of a candidate shall be determined in accordance with the advertisement for
the post, service rules governing appointments to the relevant post and such other ancillary
instructions issued by the Government and/or the Commission from time to time. For this
purpose, the age, qualifications, experience and other credentials etc., of the candidates existing
on or up to the closing date fixed for such posts as advertised, shall be taken into account. No
relaxation in this regard shall be allowed.

23. Calls for written examination/test or interview/viva voce, shall normally be sent to
eligible candidates only, whose applications are found to be complete in all respects. However, in
case of large number of applications for a post, and to save time, a written test or examination
may be held provisionally before scrutiny of applications. Once the result or short-listing of
candidates is finalized the applications of such candidates will be scrutinized before proceeding
further to determine their eligibility under the relevant Service Rules for the post applied for.
Candidates found ineligible will be rejected regardless of their qualifying the written
test/examination.

24. Applications which are incomplete or not on proper form in accordance with the
provisions of the foregoing Regulations, or do not meet the pre-requisites of eligibility shall be
rejected by the Commission.

25. Duly attested/Photostat copies of documents, where asked for, will be acceptable on the
condition that the candidates would bring the originals if and when they are called for interview.
In the written examination cases, original documents have to be shown by the candidates at the
time of interview.
 PART VI
CALCULATION OF AGE OF CANDIDATES

26. Date of birth shall ordinarily be the date of birth endorsed on Matriculation/equivalent
certificate or, (where such certificate is not available on account of unavoidable circumstances)
some other authentic document so admitted by the Commission depending on the fact of the
individual case. If a candidate is under-age or becomes over-age even by one day after adding the
actual day of his birth, to his age on the last date for the receipt of applications or on 1st January
of the year of the Combined Competitive Examination for EAC/SO, etc. as advertised, he/she
shall be considered ineligible. No subsequent alteration or amendment in the date of birth
including any substitute/revised certificate of Matriculation or any other document, etc. after the
closing date of applications will be entertained/accepted.

27. When an application is received from a candidate, who has been granted relaxation in
upper-age limit by the department beyond ten years without approval of the S&GAD, subject to
relevant Government instructions the application will be rejected by the Commission. However,
if S&GAD certified that the case of age-limit concession of a candidate is under process, the
candidate may be considered provisionally.

28. When an additional vacancy is advertised before a date has been fixed for written
examination or test or viva voce/interview with the direction that the candidates who have
already applied need not apply again, the age will be calculated as under:

a) For calculating age of those candidates who had applied in response to the
original advertisement, the date would be closing date as indicated in that
advertisement.

b) For calculating the age of those candidates who apply in response to the
subsequent advertisement, (increasing the number of posts of the original
advertisement) excepting the candidates for Combined Competitive
Examination, the date would be the closing date of the subsequent
advertisement.

c) Candidates who had applied in response to the original advertisement and

were found underage on the closing date would be eligible if they attain the
requisite lower-age limit on the closing date of subsequent advertisement.

PART VII
DOMICILE

29. A candidate is required to submit his/her valid domicile certificate in proof of his place
of residence as claimed in the application. Only such candidates would be eligible for selection
by the Punjab Public Service Commission as are domiciled in any District of the Province of the
Punjab.

30. A permanent resident of Azad Kashmir will be considered to be the resident of the
District of Punjab where he/she is living presently.

PART VIII
ACTION AGAINST CANDIDATE SON
GROUNDS OF CHEATING, ETC.

31. A candidate may be disqualified and/or debarred from any examination, test or
interview for any post held or to be held by the Punjab Public Service Commission in future
and/or criminally prosecuted/debarred from employment under Government, if he/she:-
 a) Furnishes any particular or information which is false or incorrect and from
which advantage accrues to the candidate;
b) Suppresses material information;
c) Attempts to influence the Members of the Commissions, the officers and
officials of the Commission, any advisor and departmental representative
called as member of a selection panel/committee;
d) Canvasses in any form;
e) Attempts to obtain support for his/her candidature through improper means.
f) Submits forged certificates;
g) Tampers with the entries in his/her age and academic certificates;
h) Misbehaves in the examination hall;
i) Is found guilty of misconduct during examination test/interview;
j) Fails to observe the instructions issued by the Commission;
k) Uses unfair means in a test/exam.

32. If at any stage, i.e. during the process of selection or even after the recommendations
have been sent to the concerned department, a person has been found to be deficient in any of the
conditionalities of eligibility, his or her eligibility will be cancelled and recommendations (if sent)
withdrawn.

PART-IX
REVIEW PETITIONS AGAINST PPSC DECISIONS

33. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Regulations, all orders
relating to initial scrutiny, eligibility and short-listing which adversely affect a candidate, may be
assailed by an applicant for review within 10 days from the date of passing of such order.
However, any delay in the matter may be condoned for plausible reasons. The review petition
shall be disposed of (expeditiously) by the Member in charge and in his absence by a Member
nominated by the chairman, and where considered desirable after providing opportunity of
personal hearing to the petitioner. A copy of the final order shall be communicated to the
petitioner. The decision of the Commission in that regard shall be final.

PART X
WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS/TEST/SHORT-LISTING

34. Subject to receipt of requisitions, written examination for the following posts shall
normally be held once in a year subject to the relevant service rules;-

a) Provincial Civil Service– Executive Cadre: Extra Assistant Commissioners

(E.A.Cs)/Section Officers (S.Os.)Assistant Directors Local Fund Audit
(A.D.L.F.A.)/Excise and Taxation Officer, Treasury Officer, Labour Officer,
Civil Defence Officer, District Food Controller, Assistant Registrar
Cooperative Societies, District Housing Officer and Tehsildar/any other post
as may be referred by the Government.
b) Civil Judges-cum-Judicial Magistrates.
c) Inspector of Police.
d) Legal Inspectors.
e) Assistant District Attorneys.

35. These examinations shall be conducted as part of the total process of selection including
psychological test and viva voce according to the schedule to be laid down by the Commission.

36. Syllabus and minimum qualifying marks in each subject and aggregate shall be as laid
down by the Commission.
37. (a) Depending on the nature of post, the number of applications received and the
time at the disposal of the Commission, eligible candidates may be required
to appear in a written test in the subject related to the post and its
qualifications and/or a general ability written test for short-listing of the
candidates. When no such written test is held, short-listing may be done by
adopting one of the following two methods:-

i. Evaluation of such academic and/or professional record of the

candidates as the Commission may decide to take into
consideration.
ii. Preliminary interviews, for which, parameters may be decided by
the Commission.

(b) Short-listing can be carried out exclusively on the basis of written test or
academic record or preliminary interview or a combination of the above
methods as may be decided by the Commission on case to case basis.

38. Except where it is already laid down by the Government, the Commission shall
prescribe the scope and the nature of the written test in accordance with the qualifications, job
requirements and experience prescribed for the posts. The test may be subject-related or of a
general nature to assess the general ability of the candidates. Admission letters will contain the
scope, date, time and place of the test along with other relevant instructions. Where it is decided
to hold a screening test right at the outset and this condition is reflected in the advertisement,
venue, date and time of screening test will be notified to candidates in the advertisement (as far as
possible) and through a Press note. No formal call-up notice in that case will be issued for this
purpose to the individual candidates. Details for the screening test and admission sheet will be
attached with the application form along with other necessary instructions explaining the nature
and form of such test.
PART XI
NUMBER OF CHANCES

39. All candidates (private or in-service) appearing in ‘written examination’ to be held by

the Commission shall be allowed to avail of three chances only for each particular written
examination irrespective of the type or categories of posts grouped in that examination, unless
otherwise prescribed by the Government. This will be subject to the condition that candidates
fulfill all other requirements of the rules. In case, age relaxation has been allowed, only one
chance shall be given.

40. For all other posts to be filled through one paper test followed by interview, or
interview alone for which no formal written examination has been prescribed, the number of
chances shall also be restricted to three with the following exceptions:-

a) One more chance may be given to a candidate who has acquired either an
additional or a higher relevant qualification in the same subject.

b) For the posts of Lecturer in Education Department or for a candidate who is

applicant for more than one job, he/she shall have three chances in each
subject for which he/she is a candidate or for each job.

c) The Punjab Public Service Commission, on the advice of the Government,

may allow the Medical Officers/Women Medical Officers, who have rendered
ad hoc service in rural areas and were appointed as such on or before the fifth
day of March, 1992, five chances for appearing before the Punjab Public
Service Commission for selection as Medical Officers/Women Medical
Officers in the Health Department.
 PART-XII
EQUIVALENCE AND EVALUATION OF FOREIGN AND LOCAL
DEGREES/CERTIFICATES/DIPLOMA, ETC.

41. The Commission will accept that equivalence of foreign and local academic
qualifications which are admitted by University Grant Commission, Pakistan Medical & Dental
Council, Engineering Council or any other competent equivalence Committee/Authority.

42. The equivalence of marks awarded by foreign university and local university will be
calculated according to the uniform conversion formula as devised by the Commission.

43. The Commission will accept degrees/certificates/diplomas, etc., only of those Foreign
Universities which have been recognized by University Grants Commission or Pakistan Medical
& Dental Council (PMDC) or Engineering Council or any other competent Agency/Authority.

44. (a) A candidate shall be required to submit original publication for research work
along with its 4 copies at the time of submission of application form, where
so required or as prescribed in the service rules.
(b) If a candidate fails to submit his/her original research work in time which is
required to determine his/her eligibility to the post or for award of additional
marks, then in the first case, according to the requirement, his/her application
will be liable to be rejected or in the second case his/her claim for award of
additional marks for such work will not be considered.
(c) The Commission will not consider research work submitted by the candidate
for determining his/her eligibility or award of marks, if it has been published
after the closing date fixed by the Commission for receipt of applications for
the post advertised.
(d) A research paper will be accepted for evaluation only if it is a distinguished
research work and has been published in a standard journal
sponsored/published by an academic/professional/Research Institution,
Association, Society, Council and Committee at the Provincial, National or
International level and which is duly recognized by relevant
governing/controlling body/agency/authority, such as University Grants
Commission, Pakistan Medical & Dental Council/AMIE/Index Media, etc.

45. a) The professional research publications of only those foreign universities will
be accepted whose degrees are recognized by University Grants Commission,
Pakistan Medical & Dental Council, Local Competent Authority. Monthly
magazines not sponsored by an academic, professional or research
organization will not be considered as standard/research journal.
b) Review articles, case studies, translations, briefs, presentations in
conferences, etc., will not be considered for evaluation as professional
research work. However, such work will be considered for allocation of
additional marks according to the criteria laid down by the Commission.
c) The research work will be evaluated according to prescribed procedures by
the qualified/selected evaluators.
 PART-XIII
REVIEW PETITION REGARDING REJECTION
OF RESEARCH WORK

46. A candidate can file a review petition before Member Incharge in case his Research
Work has been rejected on the ground that the level or standard of his Research Work was not up
to the required standard or was not relevant to the job description of the post. The Member
Incharge will decide the review petition of the candidate according to the prescribed procedure of
the Commission and where necessary he may grant personal hearing to the candidate. The
decision of the Commission on the candidate’s review petition will be final.

PART-XIV
COUNTING OF EXPERIENCE

47. The experience required for determination of eligibility or award of additional marks
will not be considered by the Commission unless the candidate produces in time, the
documentary proof in support of his claim.

48. The experience certificate must be issued only by the appointing authority in the
concerned administrative department. The Commission will not accept the experience certificate
issued by any other authority.

49. Experience in a specific specialty will not be counted as experience in a general

specialty prescribed for such post. For instance, the experience in Neurology, Cardiology,
Pediatrics, Dermatology and Tuberculosis will not be counted as experience when the post is of
General Medicine. This decision will not, however, apply in the case of experience gained in sub-
specialties before acquiring the post-graduate qualifications in General Medicine for the reason
that for getting the latter a candidate has to work in the sub-specialties of Medicine. However,
experience in sub-specialties gained after post-graduate qualification in General Medicine will
not be counted as experience towards General Medicine.

50. Full-time house job experience in recognized institution in Pakistan will be counted as
practical experience.

51. Experience gained as Medical Officer/Casualty Officer in a Civil Hospital/Dispensary

of Pakistan or of a Provincial/Local Government and similar experience in the Army Medical
Institutions is to be counted toward specialty only if it is acquired after post-graduate
qualification.

52. Experience of residency in F.C.P.S./M.S./F.R.C.S./M.D. or during studies abroad such

as Diplomate of American Board/Fellowship will be counted as experience in the line.

53. The experience for the teaching post and post of General Cadre will be counted
according to the laid down procedure of the Punjab Public Service Commission.

PART-XV
COMMITTEE SYSTEM AND CONDUCT OF INTERVIEW

54. For the purposes of interview, the Commission may work in committees/panels as
constituted by the Chairman.
55. A Committee shall normally be composed of one or more Members of the Commission.
In addition, as far as possible, two Advisors (Subject Specialist) and Departmental Representative
may assist each Committee during the interviews for posts in BS-16 and above. For post in BS-11
to 15, only Departmental Representative will be associated during interviews, but where
necessary, a subject specialist may also be associated. For posts in BS-18 a two-member
Committee will be formed besides the two Subject Specialists and one Departmental
Representative.

56. Candidates for all posts in BS-19 and above will normally be interviewed by the Full
Commission, which will comprise not less than three Members of the Commission including
Chairman, besides two or three Subject Specialists and one Departmental Representative.

57. The allocation of posts to Committees for interview will be made by the Chairman.

58. Minimum quorum of the Committees/Full Commission shall be as under:-

i) One Member Committee: One Member of the Commission with one

Subject Specialist and Departmental Representative
or Two Subject Specialists.

ii) Two-Member Committee: One Member of the Commission with one

Subject Specialist and Departmental Representative
or two Subject Specialists.

iii) Full Commission: Two Members of the Commission with one

Subject Specialist and Departmental Representative
or two Subject Specialists

iv) In exceptional cases when a subject specialist or Departmental Representative

drops out or fails to turn up at the eleventh hour, the composition of the
Committee may be reduced/changed by the Chairman.

59. When a near relative or a close associate of a Member of the Commission or of an

Advisor/Departmental Representative being interviewed, the concerned Member of the
Advisor/Departmental Representative will not be allowed to be present and to participate in the
proceedings of the interview of that candidate. Presiding Member of he interview Committee will
clarify this aspect before the commencement of the interviews.

60. If a candidate absents himself on the date fixed for his interview, his candidature will be
cancelled and he/she will be deemed to have lost his/her chance.

a) However, in exceptional cases of accident or sudden medical disability, if a

candidate immediately or within reasonable time appears or requests in
writing for another date for his interview, the Presiding Member with the
approval of Chairman, may fix some other date for his interview/during the
days, already fixed for interview.

b) Such a candidate shall be interviewed in so far as practicable by the same

Committee to which he/she was originally allocated.
61. If a Presiding Member of the Interview Committee finds that any of the
Advisor/Subject Specialists/Departmental Representative is, in his opinion, unduly biased in
favour or against a candidate, then the Presiding Member may at his discretion disregard the
marking of that particular Advisor/Subject Specialist/Departmental Representative for that
particular candidate. He will, after the interview, inform the Chairman in writing about his action
and the matter will also be reported to the Full Commission Meeting for record. The name of
such Advisor/Subject Specialist will be deleted from the approved panel of Subject
Specialist/Advisor, etc. Such Departmental Representative will also not be allowed to sit in the
interviews and his Department will be informed accordingly.

62. The Commission will allocate aggregate marks of different categories of interviews,
depending on the nature of posts. The distribution of marks amongst two categories of Members
of Interview Committee i.e. Members of Punjab Public Service Commission and Subject
Specialists, Advisor, Departmental Representative, etc. will depend on the nature of interview.
For example, the aggregate and the distribution of marks among Members in the case of
Competitive Examination, will be different as compared with other posts.

PART-XVI
SERVICE ALLOCATIN IN COMBINED COMPETITVE
EXAMINATION FOR EAC/SO ETC.

63. a) At the time of psychological assessment, all candidates, who have qualified
in written examination, will be required to give in writing their personal
preference on ‘Option Certificate’ in order of priority for all the categories of
posts/services advertised for recruitment through Combined Competitive
Examination. This option once exercised, will be final as far as the candidate
is concerned.
b) After the preparation of final merit list, the allocation of service/post, will be
made to a candidate on the basis of merit-cum-option of the candidate.
c) If a candidate, according to his merit, cannot be allocated to service/post of
his first choice, he will be allocated to service of his subsequent choice on the
basis of his position in the merit list.
d) Irrespective of his position in the merit list, the Commission shall not allocate
any service/post to a candidate for which he had not exercised his option even
though according to his position in the merit list he becomes eligible for such
post.
e) Female candidates cannot opt for a post/service exclusively meant for male
candidates and vice versa.
f) Allocation announced by the Commission will be considered as final.
g) Allocation of service will not be changed on the request of a candidate or the
department.
h) Allocation of service (posts) may change as a consequence of re-allocation of
service (posts) in the light of Regulation 67, on the request of the Department
for substitute. Such re-allocation will be binding on a selected candidate.

PART-XVII
MERIT LIST

64. Merit list will be strictly in accordance with the policy decisions taken by the
Commission and Rules, Regulations and policy framed by the Government from time to time.

65. In case where various posts belonging to the same service/cadre, but in different
subjects (such as those of lectures), are advertised in one lot, separate merit list in each subject
shall be prepared. Their combined merit list for purposes of interse-seniority shall be prepared in
accordance with the respective merit of each candidate based on the total marks obtained by the
candidate in the combined list.
66. If a recommended candidate fails to join the post or is declared medically unfit, during
the validity of the merit list, a substitute can be provided from the same merit list so requested by
the department concerned.

67. If a candidate recommended against a vacancy of a particular zone or area fails to join
the post, another candidate from the same zone or area shall be recommended out of the approved
merit list of that selection.

68. If a candidate recommended on All Punjab basis does not join a post in BS-16 or above,
the original merit list will be revised and a fresh list will be prepared excluding the name of the
candidate who has not joined. A new list of recommendees will then be sent to the department in
substitution of the original one.

69. Fore recommending substitutes, the list remains valid for six months from the date of
issue of recommendations or till the next selection is finalized for similar post, whichever is
earlier. For all other purposes, such as additional vacancies, the merit list shall cease to be
operative.

70. In the case of Combined Competitive Examination for E.A.Cs/SOs, etc. while the merit
list will remain valid for 6 months as under Regulation 69, requests for substitutes by S&GAD
will be kept pending till the last day of expiry of six months and revised merit list incorporating
all the substitutes on requests received that far, will be sent to S&GAD on the expiry of six
months.

71. If an error or omission is detected in the eligibility of candidate, result or merit list at
any stage after its dispatch to the Department concerned, the recommendations(s) made on the
basis of such a mistake/error will be corrected and the merit list withdrawn by the Commission
for review.

BY ORDER OF THE
PUBJAB PUBLIC
SERVICE COMMISION

DATED: 31.03.2000