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EXTRAORDINARY
Published by Authority
CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 2021 (CHAITRA 9, 1943 SAKA)
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT
(Housing -1 Branch)
NOTIFICATION
The 30th March, 2021
No.01/03/2021-2HG1/552.-With evolving technologies and accelerating pace of urban development, the administrative restructuring of the Department has been felt necessary to segregate Developmental and Regulatory roles within the department and to bring Planning, Licensing, Regulatory and Enforcement under one umbrella. The Governor of Punjab is pleased to order with immediate effect the re-organization of the Directorate of Town & Country Planning as below:-
(1) The re-organization shall comprise of abolishing 101 posts of different cadres and creating 175 new posts. The total existing sanctioned staff strength of the department on restructuring shall be as outlined at Annexure-1 enclosed, who shall be under the administrative control of Director, Town & Country Planning and their salary shall be drawn from Government Treasury as per the budgetary allocation as approved by Finance Department from time to time. The salary of the staff, posted in PUDA from Directorate of Town & Country Planning, shall be drawn from the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA), S.A.S. Nagar.
(2) There shall be a separate position of Director, Town and Country Planning, Punjab who shall be the In-charge of the Planning along with Licensing, Regulatory and Enforcement functions in the State.
(3) The Director, Town and Country Planning, Punjab may delegate some powers to the concerned Chief Administrators of the Urban Development Authorities for efficient functioning particularly for regulatory works at local levels for time being.
(4) The Director, Town and Country Planning, Punjab shall be supported by two Chief Town Planners.
One post of Chief Town Planner, Punjab mainly for Planning, Licensing, Technical approval, Administrative work, etc for State of Punjab and other post of Chief Town Planner (PUDA) at the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA), S.A.S.Nagar, mainly for Regulatory and Enforcement work.
(5) The reorganized structure shall have a State Headquarter, namely, Director, Town and Country Planning, Punjab, with the following staff:-
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S. No. Post
No. of Posts
1 Director, Town and Country Planning, Pb. 1 2 Chief Town Planner, Punjab 1 Technical staff:- 3 Senior Town Planner 5 4 District Town Planner 5 5 Assistant Town Planner 10 6 Planning Officer 16 7 Remote Sensing & GIS officer 7 8 Senior Planning Draftsman 2 9 Draftsman 3 10 Junior Draftsman 3 11 Patwari 3 Ministerial staff:- 12 Deputy Controller (F & A) 1 13 Superintendent Grade-I 2 14 Superintendent Grade-II 2 15 Personal Assistant 2 16 Sectional Officer 2 17 Senior Assistant 10 18 Accountant 2 19 Senior Scale Stenographer 7 20 Junior Scale Stenographer 6 21 Clerk (Legal) 4 22 Clerk 30 23 Steno typist 14 24 Restorer 6 25 Driver 18 26 Head Peon 2 27 Peon 43
TOTAL
207
NOTE: The staff deputed for Punjab Bureau of Investment Promotion (Invest Punjab) and for offices of District Town Planner (Regulatory) are shown separately. The Superintendent Grade-I posted in State Headquarter shall be designated as Establishment Officer.
(6) The office of Chief Town Planner (PUDA) at the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA), S.A.S. Nagar shall comprise the following technical staff along with a Personal Assistant from Directorate of Town & Country Planning, (whose salaries shall be drawn from PUDA):-
S.No. Post
No. of Posts
1 Chief Town Planner (PUDA)
1PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), MARCH 30, 2021 (CHTR 9, 1943 SAKA) 1565 2 Senior Town Planner 1
3 District Town Planner 3 4 Assistant Town Planner 3 5 Planning Officer 6 6 Senior Planning Draftsman 1 7 Draftsman 1 8 Junior Draftsman 1 9 Patwari 1 10 Personal Assistant 1
Total
19
NOTE: The infrastructure and rest of staff as per requirement from time to time, shall be provided by the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority(PUDA).
(7) There shall be a post of Senior Town Planner (PBIP) from Directorate of Town & Country Planning Punjab as representative of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for Punjab Bureau of Investment Promotion (Invest Punjab) work, who shall be posted at State Headquarter and shall be monitored by the Chief Town Planner, Punjab. The office of Senior Town Planner (PBIP) at Bureau of Investment Promotion (Invest Punjab) shall comprise the following technical staff along with a Senior Scale Stenographer from Directorate of Town & Country Planning, (whose salaries shall be drawn from State Headquarter):-
S. No. Post
No. of Posts
1 Senior Town Planner(PBIP) 1 2 District Town Planner 1 3 Assistant Town Planner 1 4 Planning Officer 2 5 Senior Planning Draftsman 1 6 Patwari 1 7 Senior Scale Stenographer 1
Total
8
NOTE: The infrastructure and rest of staff as per requirement from time to time, shall be provided by Punjab Bureau of Investment Promotion (PBIP).
(8) There shall be six offices of Circle Head, namely, Senior Town Planner at S.A.S Nagar, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala, Ludhiana, Bathinda District, whose work shall be monitored by the Chief Town Planner, Punjab. The Headquarters and Jurisdictions of the six Circle Head Offices shall be as under: -
Post HQ Jurisdiction District
Senior Town Planner 1. S.A.S.Nagar S.A.S.Nagar, Fatehgarh Sahib and Rupnagar.
2.Ludhiana Ludhiana, Ferozepur and Moga.
3. Amritsar Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Pathankot and Tarn Taran
4. Jalandhar Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala and S.B.S.Nagar. 5. Patiala Patiala, Sangrur and Barnala.
6. Bathinda Bathinda, Mansa, Faridkot, Fazilka and Shri Mukatsar SahibPUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), MARCH 30, 2021 (CHTR 9, 1943 SAKA) 1566 Whereas, the typical staff strength of six offices of Circle offices of Senior Town Planner shall be as below:-
S. No. Post
No. of Posts
1 Senior Town Planner 1 Technical staff:- 2 Assistant Town Planner 1 3 Planning Officer 1 4 Senior Planning Draftsman 1 5 Draftsman 1 6 Junior Draftsman 1 Ministerial staff:- 7 Superintendent Grade-I 1 8 Senior Assistant 1 9 Accountant 1 10 Senior Scale Stenographer 1 11 Clerk 2 12 Steno typist 1 13 Driver 1 14 Peon 3 15 Sweeper-cum-Chowkidar 1
Total
18
(9) There shall be six district level offices, namely, District Town Planner(Planning) for Planning, licensing and other approval works. The Headquarters and Jurisdictions of these Offices shall be as under: - Post HQ Jurisdiction District
District Town Planner 1. S.A.S.Nagar S.A.S.Nagar
(Planning)
2. Amritsar Amritsar
3. Jalandhar Jalandhar
4. Patiala Patiala
5. Ludhiana Ludhiana
6. Bathinda Bathinda
Whereas, the typical staff strength of the District Town Planner(Planning) offices shall be as below:-
S. No. Post No. of Posts
1 District Town Planner 1 Technical staff:- 2 Assistant Town Planner 2 3 Planning Officer 3 4 Senior Planning Draftsman 1 5 Junior Engineer 3PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), MARCH 30, 2021 (CHTR 9, 1943 SAKA) 1567
6 Draftsman 1 7 Junior Draftsman 2 8 Patwari 1 Ministerial staff:- 9 Superintendent Grade-II 1 10 Senior Assistant 1 11 Junior Scale Stenographer 1 12 Clerk 2 13 Steno typist 1 14 Driver 1 15 Peon 3 16 Sweeper-cum-Chowkidar 1
Total 25
(10) stations for regulatory and enforcement works, with the following staff from Directorate of Town & Country Planning (whose salaries shall be drawn from State Headquarter): -
S. Post
No. of Posts
No.
The Headquarters District District District District District District and Jurisdictions S.A.S.Nagar Ludhiana Amritsar Jalandhar Patiala Bathinda 1 District Town 1 1 1 1 1 1 Planner(Regulatory)
2 Assistant 4 4 3 3 3 3 Town Planner
Total 5 5 4 4 4 4 NOTE: (i) Four Junior Engineers and four Clerks for each aforementioned office shall also be provided by PUDA.
(ii) The Office Space, infrastructure and any other staff as per requirement from time to time, shall also be provided by PUDA
(11) There shall be sixteen other district level offices, namely, District Town Planner(Planning & Regulatory) for Planning, Licensing, approval work along with Regulatory and Enforcement work. The Headquarters and Jurisdictions of these offices shall be as under: -
Post HQ Jurisdiction District District Town Planner 1. Fatehgarh Sahib Fatehgarh Sahib (Planning & Regulatory)
2. Rupnagar Rupnagar
3. Ferozepur Ferozepur
4. Moga Moga
5.Gurdaspur Gurdaspur
6. Pathankot Pathankot
7. Tarn Taran Tarn Taran
PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), MARCH 30, 2021 (CHTR 9, 1943 SAKA) 15688. Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur
9. Kapurthala Kapurthala
10. S.B.S.Nagar S.B.S.Nagar
11. Sangrur
Sangrur
12. Barnala Barnala
13. Mansa Mansa
14. Faridkot Faridkot
15. Fazilka
Fazilka
16. Shri Mukatsar Sahib Shri Mukatsar Sahib Whereas, the typical staff strength of offices of District Town Planner(Planning & Regulatory) shall be as under:-
S. No. Post
No. of Posts
1 District Town Planner 1 Technical staff:- 2 Assistant Town Planner 2 (including one for Enforcement) 3 Planning Officer 1 4 Senior Planning Draftsman 1 5 Junior Engineer 1 6 Draftsman 1 7 Junior Draftsman 1 8 Patwari 1 Ministerial staff:- 9 Senior Assistant 1 10 Junior Scale Stenographer 1 11 Clerk 2 12 Steno typist 1 13 Peon 2 14 Sweeper-cum-Chowkidar 1
Total
17
NOTE: (i) Three Junior Engineers and one clerk for each aforementioned office shall also be provided by PUDA.
(ii) The infrastructure and other staff as per requirement from time to time, shall also be provided by PUDA.
This is issued with the concurrence of the General Administrative Department (Cabinet Affair Branch), issued vide No.1/58/2021-1Cabinet/1789 Dated 02 March, 2021.
The suitable amendments in the Departmental Service Rules, wherever necessary shall be made by the Department separately.
SARVJIT SINGH
Chandigarh
Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab, The 22nd March, 2021 Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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