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. 402 No. 402 ¨sÁUÀ – 4ಎ Part – IVA
Government of Karnataka
No:UDD 77 MNE 2018 Karnataka Government Secretariat
Dr. B.R Ambedkar Veedi, Vikasa Soudha, Bengaluru, Date:27.05.2026.
NOTIFICATION
The draft of the Karnataka Municipal Corporations (Recruitment of UGD Helpers in City Municipal Corporations) (Except City corporations of Greater Bengaluru Authority) (Special) Rules, 2026, which the Government of Karnataka proposes to make in exercise of the power conferred by section 421 read with sections 89 and 91 of the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1977) is hereby published as required by sub-section (1) of section 421 of the said Act, inviting objection and suggestions from all person likely to be affected thereby after the expiry of fifteen days from the date of its publication in the official Gazette.
Any objection or suggestion which may be received by the State Government from any person with respect to the said draft before the expiry of the period specified above will be considered by the State Government. Objections and suggestions may be addressed to the Secretary to the Government, Urban Development Department, Vikasa Soudha, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Veedhi, Bengaluru- 560001.
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DRAFT RULES
1. Title, commencement and application.- (1) These rules may be called the Karnataka Municipal Corporations (Recruitment of UGD Helpers in City Municipal Corporations) (Except City Corporations of Greater Bengaluru Authority) (Special) Rules, 2026.
(2) They shall come into force from the date of their final publication in the official Gazette.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Karnataka Civil Services (General Recruitment) Rules, 1977 or in the Karnataka Municipal Corporations (Recruitment of Officers and Employees) Rules, 2011 or in any other rules of recruitment relating to the categories of posts specified in the schedule made or deemed to have been made under the Karnataka State Civil Services Act, 1978 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1990) or the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1977), the provisions of these rules shall apply to recruitment of 477 UGD Helpers posts in the City Municipal Corporations (Except the City Corporations within the jurisdiction of Greater Bengaluru Authority), as specified in the schedule:
Provided that, nothing in these rules shall apply to more than one recruitment.
2. Definitions.- (1) In these rules unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Appointing Authority" means the Commissioner of the concerned City Municipal Corporation;
(b) "Schedule" means a Schedule appended to these rules;
(c) "UGD Helper" means a person who is working in the City Municipal Corporation, on daily wages or on contract or on equal pay for equal work or on outsource system and has served for not less than two years and continues to work as such on the date commencement of these rules; and (d) "Vacancy" means the number of vacant posts as specified in the schedule to be filled up under these rules.
3(2) All other words and expressions used but not defined in these rules, shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Karnataka Municipal Corporations (Recruitment of Officers and Employees) Rules, 2011.
3. Age limit.- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Karnataka Civil Services (General Recruitment) Rules, 1977 or in the Karnataka Municipal Corporations (Recruitment of Officers and Employees) Rules, 2011, the maximum age limit shall not exceed fifty five years, as on the date of commencement of these rules.
(2) Age of the applicant shall be determined based on the document such as academic record or Aadhaar card or Ration card or Voter Identity card.
4. Method of recruitment.- (1) The Appointing authority shall, after taking into consideration the vacancies to be filled up under these rules, advertise the vacancies in the official Gazette specifying the conditions of eligibility, nature of selection, number of vacancies to be filled and classification in accordance with reservation of posts provided by or under any law or any order for the time being in force, invite applications from the intending candidates. An abstract of such advertisement shall also be published at least in two daily news papers having wide circulation of which one shall be in Kannada.
(2) The Appointing authority shall, from among the candidates who have applied in pursuance to the publication made under sub-rule (1), prepare in the order of length of service (i.e. length of service of Daily Wages or Contract or on equal pay for equal work or on outsource system), a selection list of candidates eligible for appointment under these rules subject to reservation of posts (Vertical and Horizontal) provided by or under any law or any order for the time being in force:
Provided that, preference shall be given to persons who are working as on daily wage or on contract or on equal pay for equal work or on outsource system as loader or cleaner in the City Municipal Corporations, continuous service for not less than two years.
4Provided further that, a person who has worked for more number of years shall be preferred against a person who has worked for less number of years. The preference shall be in the order of Daily wages, Contract, equal pay for equal work and outsource system. They shall produce evidence for working and being paid for at least two years in the respective Municipal Corporation. The documents of PF, ESI and salary remittance by the outsourcing agency are mandatory for persons working on outsource system.
(3) The number of candidates to be selected under sub-rule (2) shall be equal to the number of vacancies notified.
(4) If the length of service of two or more candidates is equal, then the order of precedence in respect of such candidates shall be fixed on the basis of their age, the older in age being placed above the younger in age. If both age and length of service of the candidates are same, then the selection shall be by lot.
(5) The Appointing Authority shall also prepare an additional list of such of the candidates not included in the main list prepared under sub-rule (2). The number of candidates to be included in the additional list shall be as far as possible twenty percent of the number of candidates in each of the reservation category (horizontal and vertical), in the list under sub-rule (2). There shall be at least one candidate in the additional list belonging to each of the reservation categories (horizontal and vertical) representing the list under sub-rule (2). If a candidate whose name is included in the list under sub-rule (2), fails to report for duty within the specified period, to that extent a candidate belonging to the same reservation category as that of the candidate who has failed to report for duty shall be appointed from the additional list.
(6) The lists so prepared under sub-rules (2) and (5) shall be published on the respective notice board of the office of the Appointing Authority and concerned Municipal corporation and shall also be intimated to the candidates and published on the website of the respective Municipal Corporation.
R.N.I. No. KARBIL/2001/47147 POSTAL REGN. No. RNP/KA/BGS/2202/2017-19
Licensed to post without prepayment WPP No. 2975 (7) The list of candidates selected by the Appointing authority shall be valid till all the notified vacancies are filled or till the next selection list of the cadre of UGD Helper is published, whichever is earlier.
5. Appointment of candidates.- (1) Candidates whose names are included in the selection list prepared under rule 4, may be appointed by the Appointing Authority in the vacancies in the order of which their names are found in the list, after satisfying itself through such verification as it may consider necessary that each of the candidate is suitable in all respects for appointment.
(2) The inclusion of name of a candidate in the list published under sub-rule (6) of rule 4 shall not confer any right of appointment.
SCHEDULE
(see rule 1 and 2)
| Category of post and scale of pay | No. of posts to be filled | Minimum Qualification |
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| UGD Helper (Rs.27000-46675) | 477 (City Municipal Corporations-except City Corporations of Greater Bengaluru Authority) | Must have knowledge of Spoken Kannada. |
By order and in the name of the Governor of Karnataka
(Nagesh K.) Under Secretary to the Government Urban Development Department (Corporation-2)
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