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CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2021

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LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT

Contents

Pages

Part - I

Acts

Nil

Part - II

Ordinances

Nil

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)

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."

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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

qualification under the

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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.