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The Himachal Pradesh Municipal Services Act, 1994

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THE HIMACHAL PRADESH MUNICIPAL SERVICES ACT, 1994 
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
Sections: 
1. Short title, extent and commencement. 
2. Definitions. 
3. Composition of service. 
4. Integration of existing employees. 
5. Power to take over municipal services by the Government 
6. Recruitment to the service. 
7. Probation. 
8. Liability to transfer. 
9. Seniority. 
10. Punishments and appeals. 
11. Resignation from service. 
12. Retirement from service. 
13. Extraordinary pension and gratuity. 
14. Pension in lieu of Contributory Provident Fund. 
15. Departmental examination. 
16. Leave, travelling allowance, joining time, suspension, 
medical facilities, fees, and honoraria and other matters. 
17. Record of service. 
18. Oath of allegiance. 
19. Reservations. 
20. Power to amend Schedules. 
21. Power to make rules 
22. Savings 
23. Repeal of Ordinance No. 4 of 1994. 
 
SCHEDULE-I 
SCHEDULE-II 
SCHEDULE-III 
SCHEDULE-IV 
                                                 ________ 
THE HIMACHAL PRADESH MUNICIPAL SERVICES ACT, 1994 2 
THE HIMACHAL PRADESH MUNICIPAL SERVICES ACT, 
1994 
(ACT NO. 11 OF 1994)1 
(Received the assent of the Governor, Himachal Pradesh on the 18 th 
October, 1994 and was published both in Hindi and English in the Rajpatra, 
Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated 18th October, 1994, pp. 3205-3226). 
An Act to provide for the integration, recruitment and conditions of 
municipal services in the State of Himachal Pradesh and other 
matters connected therewith. 
Amended, repealed or otherwise affected by,- 
1. H.P. Act No. 2 of 2012 2 assented to by the Governor on the  
18th January, 2012, published both in Hindi and English in the 
Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh on the 28th January, 2012 , pp. 
5327-5328. 
2. H.P. Act No. 14 of 2023 3 assented to by the Governor on the 
22th November, 2023, published both in Hindi and English  in 
the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh on the  1st December, 2023 , 
pp. 10277-10283. 
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the 
Forty fifth-Year of the Republic of India, as follows:- 
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be 
called the Himachal Pradesh Municipal Services Act, 1994. 
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Himachal Pradesh. 
(3) It shall and shall be deemed to have come into force on the 30 th 
day of May, 1994. 
2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- 
(a) “appointing authority” means the authority empowered by the 
State Government to make appointments to the posts under 
the municipal services; 
(b) “direct recruitment” means an appointment made by selection 
otherwise than by promo tion from within the service or by 
transfer of an official already in the service of any State or 
                                                 
1. Passed in Hindi by the Hima chal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For S tatement of Objects 
and Reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra -ordinary), dated 19 th 
September, 1994, pp. 2462 and 2476. 
2  Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of Objects 
and Reasons, see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh , dated 22 nd December, 2011, pp. 
4737-4738 and 4739. 
3   Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of Objects 
and Reasons, see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh , dated 23th September, 2023, pp. 
7735-7736 and 7739-7740. 
THE HIMACHAL PRADESH MUNICIPAL SERVICES ACT, 1994 3 
Central Government or any Corporation, Board or any other 
local authority under the control of State Government; 
(c) “Government” means the Government of Himachal Pradesh; 
(d) “leave” includes earned leave, maternity leave, leave not due, 
leave on half pay, medical leave, commuted leave and extra -
ordinary leave but does not include casual leave; 
(e)  “member” means a member of the State level municipal 
service constituted under this Act; 
(f) “municipality” means an institution of self-Government,- 
(a) a Nagar Panchayat and a Municipal Council constituted 
under the Himachal Pradesh Municipal Act, 1994; and 
(b) a Municipal Corporation constituted under the Himacha l 
Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1994; 
(g) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 
(h) “service” in relation to municipalities means the municipal 
service constituted in the prescribed manner by the 
Government at the State level und er the provisions of this 
Act; and 
(i) “service selection committee” means the committee set -up by 
the State Government under section 6 of this Act. 
3. Composition of service.- 1[(1) There shall be State Level Services 
comprising of the posts in Nagar Panc hayats and Municipal Councils, 
constituted under the Himachal Pradesh Municipal Act, 1994, and as shown 
in the Schedule-I to this Act.] 
2[(1-a) There shall be State Level Municipal Corporation Services 
comprising of the posts in Municipal Corporations, est ablished under the 
Himachal Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 (12 of 1994) and as 
shown in the Schedule-III of this Act.] 
(2) The Government shall have the right of, by a notification 
published in the Official Gazette, make additions to, or deletion in, the posts 
in Schedule -I 3[“or Schedule -III, as the case may be ”] with different 
designations and scales of pay, either permanently or temporarily. 
(3) Subject to the provisions contained in the Act, the qualifications, 
method of recruitment, salaries, leave, allowances and other conditions of 
service 4[XXXXXXXXXXX] shall be such as may be prescribed. 
                                                 
1  Sub-section (1) substituted vide H.P. Act No. 2 of 2012. 
2    Sub-section (1-a) inserted vide H.P. Act No. 14 of 2023.  
3    The words, signs and  number  “or Schedule-III, as the case may be’’ inserted vide 
H.P. Act No. 14 of 2023. 
4  The words, sign, brackets and figure “referred to in sub-section (1),” deleted vide 
H.P. Act No. 2 of 2012. 
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(4) Notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary in this Act, a 
person appointed to the service under this Act shall not be deemed to have 
been appointed to any civil service or post under the State Government. 
4. Integration of existing employees. - (1) The employees of the 
municipalities in the State of Himachal Pradesh and working on regular basis 
on the commencement of this Act, as may be notified b y the Government, 
shall stand integrated in the service according to the procedure as may be laid 
down by the Government. 
(2) There shall be no reduction in the basic pay of the member of the 
service which he was drawing immediately before the commencement of this 
Act, however, any special pay which such member of the service was 
receiving for any additional duties shall not be protected. 
(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (2), the pay of a 
member of the service shall be adjusted and fix ed in the scale of pay of the 
post included in the Scheduled -I 1[Schedule-III] in accordance with the 
provisions of the Fundamental Rules, as applicable to the State Government 
employees. 
5. Power to take over municipal services by the Government. - (1) 
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, any other law inforce, rules 
made thereunder and contracts executed and orders made, the State 
Government if it thinks fit that it is expedient and necessary to do so, may, 
by notification in the Official Gazette, take over all or any class of employees 
working in a municipality, specified in the Schedule-II 2[or Schedule-IV]. 
(2) Where any class of employees are taken over under sub -section 
(1), such employees will become the employees of the State Government and 
shall be entitled to such remuneration and shall be governed by such rules 
and regulations as are applicable, to the employees of the State Government 
on equivalent post. 
(3) Where any class of employees the taken over by the State 
Government under sub-section (1), they shall be merged with the employees 
of that Department of the Government to which the State Government may 
order: 
Provided that where such employees are so taken over from a 
municipality, the corresponding posts in the municipality shall be filled in by 
deputation out of cadre of the Government Department concerned and the 
expenditure on account of payment of salary and allowances etc., shall be 
born by the municipality concerned.  
(4) Any service  rendered by such class of employees under a  
municipality before taking over such service shall be deemed to be service 
                                                 
1. The w ord, sign and number “Schedu le-III” inserted vide H.P. Act N umber 14 of 
2023. 
2.  The words, signs and  number “or Schedule-IV” inserted vide H.P. Act Number 14 
of 2023. 
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rendered under the State Government: 
Provided that where any class of employees are taken over by the 
State Government under sub-section (1), the employees whose services have 
been taken over  shall be governed by the pensionary regulations as made 
applicable to the Government employees, provided they exercise their option 
to surrender their contribution of Contributory Provident Fund alongwith 
interest thereon which amount will be deposited in their General Provident 
Fund Account in the Department concerned of the State Government, and the 
share of the municipality alongwith interest thereon shall be credited to the 
Consolidated Fund of the State of Himachal Pradesh. 
(5) Nothing cont ained in sub -sections (1) to (4) shall apply to any 
employee, who, by notice in writing in that behalf to the State Government 
within a period of two months from the date of such taking over, intimates 
his option for not becoming an employee of the State G overnment, and 
where any employee gives such notice, his service under the municipality 
shall stand terminated with effect from such date of taking over, and he shall 
be entitled to compensation from the municipality, which shall be as 
follows:- 
(a) in the case of a permanent employee, a sum equivalent to his 
salary (including allowances) for a period of three months or 
for the remaining period of his service, whichever is less; 
(b) in the case of a temporary employee, a sum equivalent to his 
salary (includ ing all allowances) for one month or for the 
remaining period of his service, whichever is less. 
6. Recruitment to the service. - (1) Save as provided under sub -
section (2), the recruitment to various posts in the service shall be made on the 
recommendation of the service selection committee constituted at the State 
level by the State Government to conduct examinations, and interviews for 
recruitment to various posts in the service. 
(2) Nothing contained in this section sha ll apply for the appointment 
of- 
(i) the Commissioner, Joint Commissioner and Assistant 
Commissioners under sections 45 and 46 of the Himachal 
Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1994; 
(ii) the Executive Officer of a Municipal Council and the 
Secretary of a Nagar Panchayat under section 305 of the 
Himachal Pradesh Municipal Act, 1994; 
(iii) promotions to the posts in the service for a period not 
exceeding six months; and 
(iv) municipal services taken over by the State Government under 
section 5. 
7. Probation.- (1) A person appointed to any po st in a service shall 
remain on probation for a period of two years: 
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Provided that- 
(a) any period, after such appointment, spent on deputation on a 
corresponding or a higher post shall count towards the period 
of probation; and 
(b) any period of officiating appointment shall be reckoned as the 
period spent on probation, but no person who has so 
officiated shall, on the completion of the prescribed period of 
probation, be entitled to be confirmed, unless he is appointed 
against a permanent vacancy. 
(2) If, in the opinion of the appointing authority, the work, or conduct 
of a person appointed to any post in the service during the period of his 
probation is not satisfactory, it may - 
(a) if such person is appointed by direct recruitment, dispense 
with his service; 
(b) if such person is appointed by promotion,- 
(i) revert him to his former post; or 
(ii) deal with him in such a manner as the terms and 
conditions of the previous appointment permit; or 
(iii) extend his period of probation and thereafter pass such 
order as it could have passed on the expiry of the first 
period of probation: 
Provided that the total period of probation including extension, if any, 
shall not exceed three years. 
(3) On the completion of the period of probation of a person, the 
appointing authority may, if his work or conduct has, in its opinion, been 
satisfactory:- 
(i) confirm such person from the date of his appointment, if 
appointed against a permanent vacancy; or 
(ii) confirm such person from  the date from which a permanent 
vacancy occurs, if appointed against a temporary vacancy; 
(iii) declare that he has completed his probation satisfactorily, if 
there is no permanent vacancy. 
8. Liability to transfer. - The member of the State level municipal 
service shall be liable to serve at any place in the State of Himachal Pradesh. 
9. Seniority. - The seniority inter -se of the members of the service 
shall be determined separately for every category by the length of their 
continuous service on a post in the said category: 
Provided that in the case of members appointed by direct recruitment, 
their inter-se seniority shall be in the order of merit determined by the service 
selection committee or of any authority, as the case may be: 
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Provided further that in the case of two or more members appointed 
on the same date, a member appointed by direct recruitment shall be senior to 
a member appointed otherwise. 
10. Punishments and appeals. - (1) Every member of the service, 
shall be liable to have his increments or promotion withheld or to be 
censured, reduced  in rank, compulsorily retired, reverted or dismissed for 
breach of any departmental rules/regulations or of discipline or for 
carelessness, unfitness, neglect of duty or office misconduct by such 
authority as may be prescribed by rules made in this behalf :  
Provided that no such member of the service, as aforesaid, shall be 
reduced in rank, compulsorily retired, removed, or dismissed by an authority 
subordinate to that by which he was appointed. 
(2) No member of the service shall be punished under sub -section (1) 
unless he has been given a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against 
the action proposed to be taken in regard to him: 
Provided that this sub-section, shall not apply,- 
(a) where a member of service is removed or dismissed on the 
ground of c onduct which has led to his conviction on a 
criminal charge; or 
(b) where the authority empowered to remove or dismiss such a 
member of the service is satisfied that  for such reasons to be 
recorded by that authority, it is not  reasonably practicable to 
give that person an opportunity of showing cause; 
(c) where the Governor is satisfied that in the interest of security 
of the State it is not expedient to give a member of the service 
an opportunity of showing cause; and 
(d) if any question arises whether it is reasonably practicable to 
give a member of the service an opportunity of showing cause 
under this sub -section the decision thereon of authority 
empowered to remove or dismiss him, shall be final. 
(3) The member of the service upon whom a punishment has been 
inflicted under this section may, within such time and in such manner, appeal 
to such officer or authority as may be prescribed. 
(4) The authority empowered to impose penalties and the appellate 
authority in respect of a category of posts in services shall be such as may be 
prescribed. 
(5) The Central Civil Services Rules, including the Central Civil 
Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules; and the Central Civil 
Services (Conduct) Rules, as amended from time to time and made 
applicable to t he employees of the State Government, shall apply to the 
members of the service, constituted under this Act, so far as they are not 
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder. 
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11. Resignation from service. - If the member of the service wishes 
to resign from service he shall give one month's notice in writing to the 
appointing authority. If the member of the service fails to give such a notice, 
or gives a shorter notice, the appointing authority may recover one month’s 
salary with usual allowances or the salary and allowances for the period by 
which the notice falls short of one month, as the case may be, from such 
member, in lieu of the notice. 
12. Retirement from service.- Members of the service shall retire on 
the afternoon of the last day of the month in which they attain the age of 
fifty-eight years; except the workman, who will retire on attaining the age of 
sixty years. 
Explanation.- For the purpose of this section, the expression 
"workman" means a skilled, semi -skilled or un-skilled, artisan employed on 
monthly rate of pay in the service and includes a peon, chowkidar, safai 
karamchari, mali, cook and other servants declared by the Government to be 
the workman : 
Provided that – 
(i) the appointing authority shall, if it is  of the opinion that it is 
in public interest to do so, have the absolute right, by giving 
an employee prior notice in writing, retire that employee on 
the date on which he completes thirty years of service or such 
period of service as the State Government  may prescribe for 
its employees from time to time or attains fifty -five years of 
age or such age as the State Government may prescribe for its 
employees from time to time or on any date thereafter to be 
specified in the notice; 
(ii) the period of such notice shall not be less than one month and 
in case at least one month's notice is not given or notice for a 
period of less than one month is given, the employee shall be 
entitled to claim a sum equivalent to the amount of his pay 
and allowances, at the same rate at which he was drawing 
them immediately before the date of retirement, for a period 
of one month or, as the case may be, for the period by which 
such notice falls short of one month; 
(iii) any employee may, after giving at least one month's previous 
notice in writing to the appointing authority, retire from 
service on the date on which he completes twenty years of 
service or such period of service as the State Government 
may prescribe for its employees from time to time , or attains 
fifty years of age  or such age as the State Government may 
prescribe for its employees from time to time or from any 
date thereafter to be specified in the notice, but no employee 
under suspension shall retire from service except with the 
specific approval of the appointing authority. 
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13. Extr aordinary pension and gratuity. - (1) With the prior 
approval of the Government the municipality may give extraordinary pension 
or gratuity- 
(a) to an employee injured in the discharge of his duties; 
(b) to the family of an employee who i s killed in the discharge of 
his duties. 
(2) The extraordinary pension or the gratuity shall not exceed the sum 
to which such member of service or his family would be entitled if he was an 
employee under the State Government. 
14. Pension in lieu of Contrib utory Provident Fund. - (1) A 
member of the service may, in lieu of the Contributory Provident Fund 
benefits admissible to him under the Provident Fund Act, 1925, opt for 
service and family pensions and in that event he will be governed by the 
rules, as are applicable to the employees of the State Government; and such a 
person shall contribute to the General Provident Fund: 
Provided that -  
(a) the share of money contribution by the municipality 
alongwith interest accrued thereon, to the credit of such a 
person in his Contributory Provident Fund, shall be credited  
to the Pension and Gratuity Fund ; established for this 
purpose; 
(b) the share of money, alongwith interest accrued thereon, to the 
credit of such a person in the Contributory Provident Fund on 
account of his own contribution, shall be transferred to his  
credit in the General Provident Fund established for the 
purpose; and any loss caused to the municipality through 
withdrawals during the service shall be made good by him. 
(2) The municipality shall, in relation to the members of the service 
who have exercised the option for pension under sub -section (1), shall credit 
its contributions regularly but not later than fifth day of the month following 
the month to which the contribution relate, into the Pen sion and Gratuity 
Fund. 
(3) The "Pension and Gratuity Fund" and “General Provident Fund” 
referred to in sub -section (1), shall be established and maintained by the 
Director, Urban Local Bodies, Himachal Pradesh in such manner, as may be 
prescribed. 
(4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, the 
persons, who were in the regular service of any municipality as on 1 st April, 
1992 and had retired before the 30 th day of May, 1994, provided they opt for 
service and family pensions under th is section, and refund to the Director, 
within such period as may be specified, the employer's contribution to the 
Provident Fund including interest received by them from the employer 
together with simple interest at six per cent per annum from the date of  its 
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withdrawal till the date of repayment, will also be eligible for service and 
family pensions payable under this Act. 
15. Departmental examination. - The Government may, by 
notification, direct that the persons appointed to any post in a service, as may  
be specified, shall be required to pass a departmental examination, the details 
and syllabus for which and the consequences for failure to pass it shall be, as 
may be prescribed by the Government. 
16. Leave, travelling allowance, joining time, suspension,  medical 
facilities, fees, and honoraria and other matters. - In respect of leave, 
travelling allowance, joining time, suspension, leave, medical facilities, fees, 
honoraria, house rent allowance, dearness allowance, fixation of pay, grant of 
increment, deputation and other matters not expressly provided in this Act, the 
member of the service shall be governed by the corresponding provisions 
contained in the rules applicable to the State Government employees : 
Provided that leave salary shall be payable to a  member of the service 
by a municipality where he happens to serve at the time of proceeding on 
leave: 
Provided further that a person on transfer shall draw his travelling 
allowance and joining time benefits from the municipality to which he is 
transferred. 
17. Record of service. - (1) There shall be maintained a personal file 
for every member in which shall be placed all papers, record and other 
documents relating to his service. The file shall contain in particular a service 
book giving the date of birth, history of service from the date of his 
appointment, particulars of increment, promotion, reward, punishment and all 
other special events of his career. The service book shall also contain the 
leave account form showing a complete record of leave except causal leave. 
(2) The date of birth shall be recorded in the service book maintained 
under sub-section (1), in red ink both in words and figures and duly signed by 
the concerned member of the service and authenticated in the case of the 
Municipal Corporation  by the Commissioner, in the case of Municipal 
Corporation by the Commissioner, in the case of Municipal Council by the 
Executive Officer and in the case of a Nagar Panchayat by the Secretary; and 
said entry of date of birth shall be deemed to be the conclusive proof and shall 
not be questioned in any court of law. 
(3) A confidential file shall be maintained for each member: 
Provided that the Government may, if it so decides, make such 
arrangements, as it may deem necessary to maintain, in addition, a 
centralised record of leave,  pay and service of members in the manner 
prescribed. 
18. Oath of allegiance. -Every member, unless he has already done 
so, shall be required to take an oath of allegiance to the Constitution of India 
as by law established. 
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19. Reser vations.- Nothing contained in this Act shall effect the 
reservations and other concessions required to be provided for Scheduled 
Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes, Ex -servicemen, physically 
handicapped persons or any other class or category of pe rsons in accordance 
with the orders issued by the Government in this regard from time to time: 
Provided that the total percentage of the reservations so made shall 
not exceed fifty percent at any time. 
20. Power to amend Schedules. - The Government may,  by 
notification publish in the Official Gazette, amend by way of addition, 
omission or variation any of the items of the 1[Schedule-I, II, III and IV ] to 
this Act, and when the Schedule is so amended, such addition, omission or 
variation shall have the effect as if it had been made by this Act. 
21. Power to make rules.- (1) The State Government may make rules 
for carrying out the purposes of this Act. 
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the 
foregoing powers, such rules may provide for all or any of the matters which 
under the provisions of this Act are required to be prescribed or to be provided 
for in the rules. 
(3) All rules made under this Act shall be subject to the conditions of 
previous publication. 
(4) All rules framed under this section shall be laid on the Table of the 
Legislative Assembly. 
22. Savings. - (1) All corresponding provisions contained in any 
enactment, rules, regulations and bye -laws relating to the municipal services 
in force in the municipalities immediately before  the commencement of  this 
Act, shall stand repealed: 
Provided that any order made or action taken under the Act, rules, 
regulations or bye-laws so repealed shall deemed to have been made under the 
corresponding provisions of this Act. 
(2) Nothing contained  in this Act shall apply to the officers or 
officials of the State Government working on deputation basis with a 
municipality. 
23. Repeal of Ordinance No.4 of 1994. - (1) The Himachal Pradesh 
Municipal Services Ordinance, 1994 is hereby repealed. 
(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Himachal Pradesh Municipal 
Services Ordinance, 1994, anything done or any action taken under the said 
Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the 
corresponding provisions of this Act. 
____________ 
                                                 
1.   Substituted for the words, signs, and number “Schedule I and II” vide H.P. Act 
No. 14 of 2023. 
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SCHEDULE-I 
[See section 3(1)] 
Sl. No. 
1 
Name of the Service 
     2 
           HIMACHAL PRADESH STATE LEVEL SERVICES OF- 
1. Superintendent Grade-I 
2. Superintendent Grade-II 
1[3. *********** 
4. *********** 
5. *********** 
6. *********** 
7. *********** 
8. *********** 
9. *********** 
10. *********** 
11. *********** 
12. *********** 
13. *********** 
14. *********** 
15. ***********] 
 
2[SCHEDULE-II 
[See section 5(1)] 
Sr. No. 
1 
Name of service  
      2 
1. Health Officers. 
2. Executive Engineers. 
                                                 
1. Sr. No. 3 to 15 omitted vide Not ification No. LSG-B(1)-2/95 dated 19th September, 
2000, published in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary) dated 27 th 
September, 2000, pp. 3182-3183. 
2. SCHEDULE-II subs tituted vide Not ification No. LSG -B(1)-2/95 dated 19 th 
September, 2000, published in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary) 
dated 27th September, 2000, pp. 3182-3183.  
THE HIMACHAL PRADESH MUNICIPAL SERVICES ACT, 1994 13 
3. Assistant Engineers. 
4. Junior Engineers. 
5. Market Superintendents. 
6. Draughtsmen. 
7. Assistant Draughtsmen. 
8. Patwaries. 
9. Divisional Forest Officers. 
10. Range Officers. 
11. Deputy Forest Rangers. 
12. Forest Guards. 
13. Assistants/Accountants 
14. Tax Inspectors 
15. Sanitary Inspectors. 
16. Surveyors. 
17. Laboratory Technicians. 
18. Sanitary Supervisors. 
19. Clerks]. 
 
1[“SCHEDULE-III 
[See section 3(1-a)] 
 
        SI No.                    Name of Service 
          1                                       2 
 
HIMACHAL PRADESH STATE LEVEL MUNICIPAL CORPORATION 
SERVICES OF- 
1. Executive Engineer 
2. Assistant Engineer 
3. Administrative Officer 
4. Superintendent Grade-I 
5. Superintendent Grade-II 
6. Chief Accountant 
7. Chief Sanitary Inspector 
8. Private Secretary 
9. Personal Assistant 
10. Secretary 
11. Junior Engineer 
12. Draughtsman 
                                                 
1.    Schedule-III and Schedule-IV Inserted vide H.P. Act No. 14 of 2023.  
THE HIMACHAL PRADESH MUNICIPAL SERVICES ACT, 1994 14 
13. Senior Assistant 
14. Statistical Assistant 
15. Accountant 
16. Junior Accountant 
17. Sanitary Inspector 
18. Community Organizer 
19. Stenographer 
20. Steno Typist 
21. Surveyor 
22. Sanitary Supervisor 
23. Work Supervisor{Redesigned as Technician(Supervisor)} 
24. Computer Assistant 
25. Driver 
26. Meter Reader 
27. Meter Mechanic 
28. Technical Mechanic 
29. Junior Office Assistant(IT) 
30. Junior Draughtsman/Assistant Draughtsman 
31. Clerk/Junior Assistant 
32. Data Entry Operator 
33. Ferro Printer 
34. Laboratory Technician 
35. Technician(Carpenter,Mason,Blacksmith,Electrician,Fitter/Plumber,
& Mechanic) 
36. Male and Female Health Worker 
37. Tailoring Teacher 
_______ 
 
SCHEDULE-IV 
[See Section 5(1)] 
 
        SI No.                    Name of Service 
         1                                       2 
 
1. Architect Planner 
2. Corporation Health Officer/Health Officer 
3. Town Planner 
4. Veterinary Public Health Officer  
5. Law Officer  
6. Planning Officer 
7. Naib Tehsildar 
8. Veterinary Pharmacist  
9. Deputy Controller Accounts 
10. Section Officer (F&A) 
11. Assistant Architect Planner  
12. Kanungo 
13. Patwari. 

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