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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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BENGALURU, WEDNESDAY, 27, MAY, 2026 ( JYAISTHA , 06, SHAKAVARSHA, 1948)

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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;

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.

(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.

Provided 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.

(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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