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LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT
Contents Pages
Part - I Acts
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Part - II Ordinances
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Part - III Delegated Legislation
Notification No. G.S.R. 98/Const./Art.309/
Amd.(2)/2021, dated the 27th July, 2021,
containing amendment in the Punjab State
Elementary Education (Teaching Cadre)
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Group 'C' Service Rules, 2018.
Part - IV Correction Slips, Republications and
Replacements
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PART III
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION
(Education-V Branch)
NOTIFICATION
The 27th July, 2021
No. G.S.R 98/Const./Art.309/Amd. (2)/2021.- In exercise of the
powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, and
all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is pleased
to make the following rules further to amend the Punjab State Elementary
Education (Teaching Cadre) Group 'C' Service Rules,2018, namely:-
RULES
1. (1) These rules may be called the Punjab State Elementary Education
(Teaching Cadre) Group 'C' Service (First Amendment) Rules, 2021.
(2) They shall come into force on and with effect from the date of their
publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Punjab State Elementary Education (Teaching Cadre) Group 'C'
Service Rules, 2018 (hereinafter referred to as 'said rules'), in rule 6, for
sub-rule(4), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"(4) No person shall be appointed to the Service by way of direct
recruitment unless he qualifies the competitive test as specified by the
Director from time to time. The final selection of candidates shall be on
the basis of their merit in the said written examination. There shall be no
marks for viva voce or interview:
Provided that where the Government is of the opinion that it is
necessary or expedient to do so, for reasons to be recorded, in writing, it
may, grant a special weightage in the form of some additional marks in
selection criteria in direct recruitment of Service in respect of any higher
qualification acquired by a prospective candidate provided that such
candidate fulfils the minimum qualification for the desired post as specified
in Appendix 'B' to these rules." 1740
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3. In the said rules, in Appendix 'B', for Serial No. 3 and entries relating
thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"3. Elementary Hundred -- (1) Should have passed --
Trained per cent Graduation with minimum
Teacher
fifty-five per cent marks
in case of General
Category candidates, and
fifty percent marks in the
case of Scheduled
Castes, Scheduled
Tribes, Other Backward
Classes, Backward
Classes and Physically
Handicapped candidates,
from a recognized
university or institution:
Provided that the
candidates, who have
done or doing the
Elementary Teachers
Training course (or have
done this course with
other nomenclature), with
10+2 qualification, shall
be considered for
appointment into the
Service under these rules,
as a one-time measure till
the 1st day of April, 2022,
in order to remove the
hardship of those
candidates, who have
acquired the said
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previous rules; and
(2) Should possess two
years Elementary
Teachers Training course
from a recognized
university or institution or
two years Diploma in
Elementary Education
(By whatever name
known)."
KRISHAN KUMAR,
Secretary to Government of Punjab,
Department of School Education.