The Punjab Department of Water Resources (Technical Service) Subordinate Offices, Group 'B' Rules,

PUNJAB GOVT.GAZ., APRIL 19, 2023 
(CHTR 29, 1945 SAKA) 
 
 
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB 
DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES 
NOTIFICATION 
The 17th   April, 2023 
  No. G.S.R.37/Const./Art.309/2023,- 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, regulating the recruitment and conditions of Service of 
the persons appointed to the Punjab Department of Water Resources (Technical Service) Subordinate 
Offices, Group 'B' Service, namely:-  
                      RULES 
1. Short title, commencement and application, - (1) These rules m ay be called the Punjab 
Department of Water Resources (Technical Service) Subordinate Offices, Group 'B' Rules, 2023. 
(2) They shall come into force on and with effect from the date of their 
publication in the Official Gazette. 
(3) They shall apply to the posts specified in Appendix 'A' 
2. Definitions,- (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,- 
(a) 'Administrative Secretary', wherever appearing in these rules, means the Special Chief Secretary 
or Additional Chief Secretary or Financial Commissioner or Principal Secretary or Secretary, 
whosoever is the administrative head of the Department; 
(b) 'Appendix' means an Appendix appended to these rules;  
(c) 'Chief Engineer' means the Chief Engineer of the Department of Water Resources, Punjab; 
(d) 'Government' means the Government of the State of Punjab in the Department Water Resources;  
and 
(e)  'Service' means the Punjab Department of Water Resources (Technical Service) Subordinate 
Offices, Group 'B' Service. 
(2) The words and expressions used, but not defined in these rul es, shall have the same meaning as 
respectively assigned to them in the Punjab Civil Service (General and Common Conditions of 
Service) Rules, 1994. 
3. Number and character of posts, - The Service shall comprise the posts specified in Appendix  
'A' : 
PUNJAB GOVT.GAZ., APRIL 19, 2023 
(CHTR 29, 1945 SAKA) 
 
 
  Provided that nothing in these rules shall affect the inherent right of the Government to 
add to or reduce the number of such posts or to create new posts with different designations and 
scales of pay, whether permanently or temporarily.  
4. Appointing author ity,- Appointments to the Service shall be made by  the Administrative 
Secretary. 
5. Pay of members of the Service, - The members of the Service shall be entitled to such scales of 
pay, as may be authorized by the Department of Finance, from time to time. The scales of pay, at 
present, in force in respect of the members of the Service, are given in Appendix 'A'.  
6. Method of appointment, qualifications and experience, - (1) All appointments to the Service 
shall be made in the manner specified in Appendix 'B' : 
Provided that if no suitable candidate is available for appointment to the Service by promotion or 
by direct appointment, the appointment to the Service shall be made by transfer of a person holding 
an analogous post under the State Government or Government of India. 
(2)  No person shall be appointed to a post in the Service, unless he possesses the qualifications and 
experience as specified against that post in Appendix 'B': 
Provided further that in case of appointment to the post of Zilladar by way of  direc t 
recruitment, or otherwise, the  aspirant before being appointed, should have undergone  special 
training  for a period not less than four months or as specified by the Government from time to time:  
Provided further also that in case of appointment to th e post of Zilladar  by way of  
promotion, such member of Service  should have undergone  special training  for a period not less 
than four months or as specified by the Government from time to time.  Till the completion of such 
training, the member of Serv ice shall not be entitled to the annual increments. However, period of 
such training shall be reckoned towards the probation period of such appointee.  
(3)  Appointment to the Service by promotion shall be made on seniority -cum-merit basis and no 
person shall have any right to claim promotion on the basis of seniority alone. 
7. Departmental examination,- Every member of the Service, unless he has already done so, will 
have  to pass departmental examination within a period of three years from the date of his in itial 
appointment in accordance with the syllabi and guidelines framed by the Government from time to 
time and to be conducted by the Government or any other authority empowered by the Government  
in this behalf in addition to fulfilment of the requisite q ualifications and experience as specified in 
Appendix 'B'. However, until a member of Service passes the Departmental examination, he shall not 
be entitled to get annual increments and his probation period shall not be cleared.   
PUNJAB GOVT.GAZ., APRIL 19, 2023 
(CHTR 29, 1945 SAKA) 
 
 
8.  Discipline, punishment and appeal,- (1)In the matters of discipline, punishment and appeal, the 
members of the Service shall be governed by the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) 
Rules, 1970, as amended from time to time.  
(2) The authority empowered to impose penalties  as specified in rule 5 of the Punjab Civil Services 
(Punishment and Appeal), Rules, 1970  and the appellate authority there  under in respect of the 
member of Service against an order as specified in the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and 
Appeal) Rules, 1970, shall be as per Appendix  'C'. 
9. Application of the Punjab Civil Services (General and Common Conditions of Service) 
Rules, 1994, - (1) In respect of the matters, which are not specifically provided in these rules, the 
members of the Service shall be governed by the provisions of the Punjab Civil Services (General and 
Common Conditions of Service) Rules, 1994, as amended from time to time. 
(2) The Punjab Civil Services (General and Common Conditions of Service) Rules, 1994, at present 
in force, are contained in Appendix ‘D’. 
10. Assigning of additional duties or responsibilities,- Notwithstanding anything contained in these 
rules, the Government or any other authority empowered in this behalf  in addition to normal duties 
may assign the members of Se rvice any kind of special duties or responsibilities to be specified from 
time to time in furtherance to enhance the  efficiency of work. 
11. Repeal and Saving,- The Punjab  Public Works Department (Irrigation Branch), Zilladars' State 
Service, Class III, Rules, 1955 and the Punjab Irrigation Scientists (Class III) Service  Rules, 2000, in 
so far as, these are applicable to the members of the Service are hereby repealed: 
 Provided that any order issued or any action taken under the rules so repealed, shall be deemed to 
have been issued or taken under the corresponding provisions of these rules. 
12. Interpretation,-  If any question arises as to the interpretation of these rules, the Government, in 
consultation with the Department of Personnel, shall decide the same.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PUNJAB GOVT.GAZ., APRIL 19, 2023 
(CHTR 29, 1945 SAKA) 
 
 
APPENDIX   'A' 
        (See rules 1 (3), 3 and  5) 
 
Sr. 
No. 
Designation of the 
post 
Number of posts Scale of the pay  
(in rupees) 
Scale of the pay for 
the member of the 
Service recruited on 
or after 17 th  July,  
2020  as per the 
Seventh Central Pay 
Commission (in 
rupees) 
  Permanent Total 
1.  Senior Technical 
Assistant 
13 13 38,500 (Level 11) 35400/- 
(Level 6) 
2.  Zilladar 120 120 43,000 (Level 12) 35400/- 
(Level 6) 
3.  Senior Educator 
Ground Water 
3 3 43,000  (Level 12) N.A. 
4.  Educator Ground 
Water 
3 3 38,100  (Level 10) 35400/- 
(Level 6) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PUNJAB GOVT.GAZ., APRIL 19, 2023 
(CHTR 29, 1945 SAKA) 
 
 
APPENDIX  'B' 
(See rule 6) 
 
Sr.No. Designation of 
the post 
Percentage for appointment by Qualifications and experience for 
appointment by 
  Direct 
Appointment 
Promotion Direct 
Appointment 
Promotion 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
1 Senior 
Technical 
Assistant 
Ninety-five 
per cent  
Five per cent Should possess 
Master's Degree 
in Geology or 
Geophysics or 
Chemistry or 
Economics or 
Mathematics or 
Statistics from a 
recognized 
university or an 
institution. 
From amongst 
the Laboratory 
Assistants 
working under 
the control of 
the Chief 
Engineer, who 
have an 
experience of 
working as such 
for a minimum 
period of three 
years.  
 
2 Zilladar  Thirty  per 
cent  
Seventy  per 
cent 
(i) Should 
possess 
Bachelor's 
Degree from a 
recognized 
university or an 
institution and  
(ii)Possesses at 
least one 
hundred and 
twenty hours 
course with 
From amongst 
the Head 
Revenue Clerks 
and Revenue 
Clerks working 
under the 
control of Chief 
Engineer who 
have passed 
Senior 
Secondary 
examination 
PUNJAB GOVT.GAZ., APRIL 19, 2023 
(CHTR 29, 1945 SAKA) 
 
 
hands on 
experience in 
the use of 
Personal 
Computer or 
Information 
Technology in 
Office 
Productivity 
applications or 
Desktop 
Publishing 
applications 
from a 
Government 
recognized 
institution or a 
reputed 
institution, 
which is ISO 
9001, certified.  
OR 
Possesses a 
Computer 
information 
Technology 
course 
equivalent to 'O' 
level certificate 
of National 
Institute of 
Electronics and 
Information 
from a 
recognized 
board or an 
institution and 
who have an 
experience of 
working as such 
for a minimum 
period of three 
years, 
respectively: 
Provided that 
after promotion, 
the employee 
shall have to get 
three months 
training and pass 
requisite 
examination as 
per syllabi 
prescribed by 
the Government 
from time to 
time. 
 
PUNJAB GOVT.GAZ., APRIL 19, 2023 
(CHTR 29, 1945 SAKA) 
 
 
Technology 
(NIELIT) of 
Government of 
India.  
3 Senior 
Educator 
Ground Water 
Recharging  
- Hundred per 
cent 
- From amongst 
the Educator 
Ground Water 
Recharging who 
have acquired 
the Bachelor's 
Degree in Arts 
or Commerce or 
Science 
(Medical or 
Non- Medical 
stream) and 
Bachelors of 
Education(B.Ed.
) from a 
recognized 
university or an 
institution  and 
who have  Ten 
years of 
experience in 
teaching line in 
the affairs of 
State of Punjab.  
 
4 Educator 
Ground Water 
Recharging 
Hundred per 
cent 
- (i) Should 
possess  
Bachelor's 
Degree in Arts 
- 
PUNJAB GOVT.GAZ., APRIL 19, 2023 
(CHTR 29, 1945 SAKA) 
 
 
or Commerce or 
Science 
(Medical or 
Non-Medical 
stream) from a 
recognized 
university or an 
institution;  
(ii) Should 
possesses the 
Bachelor's 
Degree in 
Education 
(B.Ed.) from a 
recognized 
university or an 
institution. 
 
PUNJAB GOVT.GAZ., APRIL 19, 2023 
(CHTR 29, 1945 SAKA) 
 
 
Appendix  'C' 
 
(See rule 8) 
 
Sr. 
No. 
Designation of 
the post 
Nature of *Penalty/or @ 
Order 
Authority empowered to 
impose penalty or pass order 
Appellate authority 
1 2 3 4 5 
1 Senior 
Technical 
Assistant 
Minor and Major penalties 
as envisaged in rule 5 of the 
Punjab Civil Services  
(Punishment and Appeal) 
Rules, 1970. 
 
 
Administrative Secretary Minister In Charge 
2 Zilladar 
3 Senior 
Educator 
Ground Water 
4 Educator 
Ground Water 
 
 

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