Government of the Punjab
Local Government & Community Development
Department
Dated Lahore the 18th December, 1997
N O T I F I C A T I O N
No.S.O.V(LG)1-30/81. In exercise of the powers conferred upon him under Section 43 read with Section 167 of the Punjab Local Government Ordinance, 1979, the Governor of the Punjab is pleased to make the following Rules: namely
1. Short title and commencement.
(1) These Rules may be called the Punjab Local Councils Servants (Service) Rules, 1997.
(2) They shall come into force at once.
2. Constitution of the Service. –
(1) For every Local Council, there shall be a service to be known by the name of the Local Council concerned.
(2) The service shall consist of such cadres, classes and grades, and each cadre, class and grade of service shall consist of such number of posts as may be specified by the Local Council concerned with the approval of the Government.
(3) Members of one cadre of service shall not be appointed to a post borne on any other cadre of the service.
3. Transfer. –
(1) Members of the service shall be liable to transfer to any post under the Local Council included in the grade or class to which the member belongs.
(2) Servants of Local Councils may be transferred from one Local Council to another Local Council to an equal post, grade or cadre on their own request and in such a case they will be placed at the bottom of the seniority list of the relevant service of the Local Council to which they are transferred.
4. Appointing Authority. –
(1) The authorities specified in sub-rule (2) shall be the appointing authorizes for the purposes of these rules.
(2) The following shall be appointing authorities:
(a) For the employees of Metropolitan Corporation and Municipal Corporations:
| Basic Pay Scale | Appointing Authority |
| BPS 12 and above | Mayor |
| Up to BPS 11 | Chief Officer |
(b) For the employees of Municipal Committees and District Councils:
| Basic Pay Scale | Appointing Authority |
| BPS 12 and above | Chairman |
| Up to BPS 11 | Chief Officer |
(3) The appointing authorities shall make the appointments or promotions, as the case may be, on the recommendations of the following Selection Committees:-
| (a) Metropolitan Corporation, Lahore | ||
| Basic Pay Scale | Corporation of selection Committee | |
| BPS-12 and above | (i) | Mayor |
| (ii) | Chief Officer | |
| (iii) | Metropolitan Officer (Finance) | |
| (iv) | Metropolitan Officer (regulations) | |
| Up to BPS-11 | (i) | Chief Officer |
| (ii) | Municipal Officer (Finance) | |
| (iii) | Municipal Officer (Service) | |
| (iv) | Municipal Officer (Regulations) | |
| (b) Municipal Corporations | ||
| BPS-12 and above | (i) | Mayor |
| (ii) | Chief Officer | |
| (iii) | Municipal Officer (Finance) | |
| (iv) | Municipal Officer (Regulations) | |
| Up to BPS-11 | (i) | Chief Officer |
| (ii) | Municipal Officer (finance) | |
| (iii) | Municipal Officer (Regulations) | |
| (iv) | Municipal Officer (Services) | |
| (c) Municipal Committee | ||
| BPS-12 and above | (i) | Chairman |
| (ii) | Chief Officer | |
| (iii) | Municipal Officer (Finance) | |
| (iv) | Municipal Officer (Regulations) | |
| Up to BPS-11 | (i) | Chief Officer |
| (ii) | Municipal Officer (Finance) | |
| (iii) | Municipal Officer (Regulation) | |
| (iv) | Municipal Officer (Services) in case of District Headquarter; or Municipal Officer (Infrastructure) in case of Tehsil Headquarter; or Any other member co-opted by the Committee in case of Non-Tehsil Headquarter. | |
| (d) District Councils | ||
| BPS-12 and above | (i) | Chairman |
| (ii) | Chief Officer | |
| (iii) | District Officer (Finance) | |
| (iv) | District Officer (Regulations) | |
| Up to BPS-11 or equivalent. | (i) | Chief Officer |
| (ii) | District Officer (Finance) | |
| (iii) | District Officer (Regulations) | |
| (iii) | District Officer (Municipal Infrastructure) | |
5. Absorption in the Service. – (1) All employees other than adhoc or those employed on contract who were in the service of a Local Council immediately before the coming into force of these rules shall stand absorbed in the service of such Local Council in the class and grade corresponding to the posts held by them immediately before the coming into force of these rules.
(2) If there be any doubt as to the class or grade of service to which a person in the service of a Local Council stands absorbed under this rules, the matter shall be referred to the Local Council, whose decision thereon shall be final.
6. Method of Recruitment. – (1) Vacancies in the different classes and grades of a service shall be filled by:
(a) Initial recruitment; or
(b) Transfer from one Local Council to another Local Council; or
(c) by promotion on the basis of seniority subject to fitness from amongst the members of the service in the next below grade or class; or
(d) Selection on merit from amongst members of the service in the next below grade or class, seniority being considered in the case of official of practically the same standard of merit.
(2) The Local Council shall determine by which of the methods specified in sub-rule(1) the vacancies in various posts shall be filled.
7. Age. – No person shall be appointed to the service by initial recruitment, who is less then eighteen years or more than twenty five years of age-
(a) Where recruitment is to be made on the basis of a written examination, on the 1st of January of the year in which the examination is proposed to be held; and
(b) in other cases, on the last date fixed for submission of applications for appointment
Provided that:
(i) in the case of a person whose services under Government have been terminated for want of vacancy, the period of service already rendered by him shall, for the purpose of the upper age limit under this rule, be excluded from his age;
(ii) in the case of ex-Defence personnel, the interval between the date of their release from the Defence Forces of Pakistan,
Including the Mujahid Force, and the date of re-employment in a Civil Department, subject to a maximum of seven years and the whole of the period of service rendered by them in such Forces shall, for the purpose of upper age limit under this rule, be excluded from their age; and
(iii) in case of an employee of Government or a body owned or controlled by the Government, the period spent in the service shall be excluded for the purposes of the upper age limit.
8. Nationality. – No person shall be eligible for appointment to a service who:
(a) is not a citizen of Pakistan, unless he is at the time of such appointment already in the service of Pakistan; or
(b) has married a foreign national provided that the restrictions imposed under this clause may be relaxed by Government in the case of a person who has married a citizen of India.
9. Qualifications. – (1), No person shall be appointed to a service by the initial recruitment or by transfer unless he possess such qualifications as are prescribed by Government provided that the qualifications prescribed for an existing post in Local Council under any rules applicable to such Local Council immediately before the coming into force of these rules shall continue to be in force until altered or modified by Government.
(2) No person, not already in the service of Government or a Local Council, shall be appointed to the service unless he produces a certificate of character from the principal academic officer of the academic institution last attended and also certificates of character from two other reasonable persons not being his relatives who are well-acquainted with his character and antecedents.
10. Probation. – (1) A person appointed to the service against a substantive vacancy shall remain on probation for a period of two years if appointed by initial recruitment, and for a period of one year, if appointed otherwise.
Explanation. – (1)Officiating service and service spent on deputation to a corresponding or a higher post may be allowed to count towards the period of probation.
(2) If the work or conduct of a member of a service during the period of probation has, in the opinion of the appointing authority not been satisfactory, the appointing authority may, notwithstanding that the period of probation has not expired, dispense with his services, if he has been appointed by initial recruitment, and if he has been appointed otherwise, revert him to his former post, or if there be no such post, dispense with his service.
(3) On completion of the period of probation of a member of the service the appointing authority may, subject to the provisions of sub-rule(4), confirm him in his appointment, or if his work or conduct has, in the opinion of the appointing authority, not been satisfactory-
(a) in case he has been appointed by initial recruitment dispense with his services; or
(b) in case he has not been appointed otherwise, revert him to his former post, and if there be no such post, dispense with his service; or
(c) extend the period of his probation by a period not exceeding two years in all, and during or on the expiry of such period, pass such orders at it should have passed during or on the expiry of the initial probationary period.
Explanation-I If no orders have been made by the day following the completion of the initial probationary period the period of probation shall be deemed to have been extended.
Explanation-II If no orders have been made by the day on which the maximum period of probation expires, the probationer shall be deemed to have been confirmed in his appointment.
Explanation-III A probationer who has satisfactorily completed his period of probation shall be confirmed with effect from the date of his continuous appointment in the service in a substantive vacancy provided that where the period of his probation has been extended under the provisions of clause (c) of this sub-rule, the date of confirmation shall, subject to the other provisions of this rule, be the date on which the period of probation was last extended.
(4) No person shall be confirmed in a service unless he successfully completes such training and passes such departmental examinations as may be prescribed by Government from time to time.
(5) If a member of the service fails to complete successfully any training or pass any departmental examination prescribed under sub-rule (4), with in such period or in such number of attempts as may be prescribed by Government, the appointing authority may-
(a) in case he has been appointed by initial recruitment, Dispense with his services; and
(b) in case he has been appointed otherwise, revert him to his former post, or if there be no such post, dispense with his services.
11. Seniority. – (1) The seniority inter se of the members of a service in the various classes and grades there of shall be determined-
(a) in the case of members appointed by initial recruitment, in accordance with the order of merit assigned by the Service Board provided that persons selected for the service in an earlier selection shall rank senior to the persons selected in a later selection; and
(b) in the case of members appointed otherwise, with reference to the dates of their continuous appointment therein; provided that if the date of continuous appointment in the case of two or more members is the same, the older official, if not junior to the younger official or officials in the next below grade, shall rank senior to the younger official or officials.
Explanation-I if a junior official in a lower grade is prompted to a higher grade temporarily in the public interest, even though continuing later permanently in the higher grade, it would not adversely affect the interest of his seniors in the fixation of his seniority in the higher grade.
Explanation-II A junior official appointed to a higher grade shall be deemed to have superseded a senior official only if both the junior and the senior officials were considered for the higher grade and the junior official was appointed in preference to the senior official.
(2) subject to the provisions of sub-rule (3), the seniority in the various classes and grades of service of the members appointed thereto by initial recruitment vis-à-vis those appointed otherwise shall be determined-
(a) in case both the officials appointed by initial recruitment and the official appointed otherwise have been appointed against temporary vacancies or both have been appointment against temporary vacancies, with reference to the date of appointment to such vacancy in the case of the official appointed by initial recruitment and to the date of continuous appointment against such vacancy in the case of the official appointed otherwise, provided that if the two dates are the same, the official appointed otherwise shall rank senior to the official appointed by initial recruitment;
(b) in case the official appointed by initial recruitment has been appointed against a substantive vacancy and the official appointed otherwise has been appointed against a temporary vacancy, the official appointed by initial recruitment shall rank senior to the official appointed otherwise; and
(c) in case the official appointed otherwise is appointed against a substantive vacancy and the official appointed by initial recruitment is appointed against a temporary vacancy, the official appointed otherwise shall rank senior to the official appointed by initial recruitment.
(3) Nothing in this rule shall be construed to affect in any way the inter se seniority determined before the coming into force of these rules in accordance with the rules then in force of the persons absorbed in the service under rule 5.
12. Right to Appeal. (1)A member of service aggrieved by an order passed against him under the rules, shall have the right to file an appeal within sixty days against said order before the Appellate Authority specified in Schedule:
Provided that the appeals pending before the District Coordination Officer prior to 1st January, 2017. Under the rules shall be transferred to the Deputy Commissioner concerned for disposal.” And
(2) for the Schedule, the following shall be substituted:
“Schedule [See Rule – 12]
| Authority making order | Appellate Authority |
| Mayor and Chief Officer in case of Metropolitan and Municipal Corporations | Commissioner of the Division |
| Chairman and Chief Officer in case of District Council | Commissioner of the Division |
| Chairman and Chief Officer in case of Municipal Committee | Deputy Commissioner “ |
13. Relaxation. – Any of these rules any, for reasons to be recorded in writing, be relaxed in an individual case, without prejudicing the right of any other individual if Government is satisfied that strict application of such Rule would cause hardship to the individual concern, provided the individual holds the proper academic qualifications prescribed for the post.
14. Repeal. – The West Pakistan Municipal Committees Servants Service Rules, 1969 are hereby repealed.
BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE PUNJAB
(AMIN ULLAH CHOUDHARY)
SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB,
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT
No. & Date even:
Copy forwarded for information to: –
- All Commissioners in the Punjab.
- All Deputy Commissioners in the Punjab.
- Director General Rural Development Punjab.
- Director General (Inspection), Punjab.
- All Directors Local Government in the Punjab
- Secretary Local Government Board, Punjab, Lahore
- All Assistant Directors Local Government in the Punjab
- Provincial Director, Local Fund Audit, Punjab.
- All Administrators, Metropolitan Corporation, Municipal Corporations / Zila Councils / Municipal Committees and Town Committees in the Punjab.
- Principal Local Government Training Institute Lala Musa.
- Superintendent Government Printing Press Punjab, Lahore.
- Qari Taj Muhammad, General Secretary, Octroi employees Federation Punjab including Goods Exit Tax Employees / Zila Councils, 2-B Chamman Bagh Rajgarh, Lahore
(CH. HAQ NAWAZ)
SECTION OFFICER-V
Government of the Punjab
Local Government & Community Development
Department
Dated Lahore the 18th April, 2002
N O T I F I C A T I O N
No.SOV(LG)5-26/2001. In exercise of the powers conferred upon him under Section 191 read with Section 196 of the Punjab Local Government Ordinance, 2001 (XIII of 2001), the Governor of the Punjab is pleased to direct that in the Punjab Local Council Servants (Service) Rules, 1997 the following amendments shall be made: –
AMENDMENTS
1. Rule 4 shall be substituted by the following: –
“4. Appointing Authority. – The appointment, promotion, suspension and punishment (including dismissal, compulsory retirement, reduction in rank and removal from service) to Servants of the Local Councils to the various posts in the Service shall be made by the Authorities specified hereunder: –
i) In Grade 12 and above or equivalent in case of District Government or City District Government, the Zila Nazim.
ii) In Grades 1 to 11 or equivalent in case of District Government or City District Government, the District Coordination Officer.
iii) In Grade 6 and above or equivalent in the case of Tehsil / Town Municipal Administration, the Tehsil / Town Nazim.
iv) In Grade 1 to 5 or equivalent in the case of Tehsil / Town Municipal Administration, the Tehsil / Town Municipal Officer; and
v) In Grade 1 to 5 or equivalent in the case of Union Administration, the Union Nazim
Provided that no appointment or promotion shall be made except on the recommendation of a Selection Committee as under:
| Class / Grade of Employees | Composition of Selection Committee |
| In Grade 12 and above or equivalent in case of District Government or City District Government. | Zila NazimDistrict Coordination OfficerExecutive District Officer (Finance & Planning)Executive District Officer (Revenue) |
| In Grades 1 to 11 or equivalent in case of District Government or City District Government | District Coordination OfficerExecutive District Officer (Finance & Planning)Executive District Officer (Revenue)District Officer (Coordination) |
| In Grade 6 and above or equivalent in the case of Tehsil / Town Municipal Administration | Tehsil / Town NazimTehsil Municipal OfficerTehsil Officer (Finance) |
| In Grade 1 to 5 or equivalent in the case of Tehsil / Town Municipal Administration | Tehsil / Town NazimTehsil Municipal OfficerTehsil Officer (Regulations) |
| In Grade 1 to 5 or equivalent in the case of Union Administration | Union NazimSenior most Secretary of the Union Administration |
2. Rule 12 shall be substituted by the following: –
“12. Right to Appeal: – (1) A Member of Service aggrieved by an order passed against him under these rules shall have the right to fine an appeal within sexty days against the orders of the authority as specified in the Schedule annexed and order of the Appellate Authority shall be final:
Provided that all appeals under these rules pending before the Commissioners prior to 14th August, 2001 shall be transferred to District Coordination Officers concerned and all appeals pending before Deputy Commissioners before 14th August, 2001, shall be transferred to Executive District Officer (Revenue) concerned.
3. The following schedule shall be annexed at the end of the rules: –
| Sr.# | Authority making the order under appeal | Appellate authority |
| 1. | Zila Nazim | Secretary LG&RD Department |
| 2. | District Coordination Officer | Zila Nazim |
| 3. | Tehsil / Town Nazim | District Coordination Officer |
| 4. | Tehsil / Town Municipal Officer | Tehsil / Town Nazim |
| 5. | Union Nazim | Tehsil / Town Municipal Officer |
(MUHAMMAD HUMAYUN FARSHORI)
SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB,
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT
No. & Date even:
Copy forwarded for information to: –
- The Secretary, National Reconstruction Bureau, Chief Executive’s Secretariat, Islamabad.
- The Private Secretaries to the Chief Secretary and Additional Chief Secretary, Government of the Punjab
- The Secretaries, Local Government & Rural Development Department, Government of Sindh, NWFP, Balochistan and Azad Kashmir.
- All the Zila Nazims in the Punjab
- The Director General, Public Relations Punjab for giving vide publicity in Press and Media.
- All the District Coordination Officers in the Punjab.
- All the Tehsil Nazims in the Punjab.
- All the Tehsil Municipal Officers in the Punjab.
- The Superintendent Printing Press Punjab for publication in the extra ordinary issue of the Punjab Government Gazette with the request to supply two hundred copies of the notification for official use.
(MUHAMMAD SHABBIR BHATTI)
SECTION OFFICER-V
GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB
LOCAL GOVERNMENT & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT
Dated Lahore, the 14th June, 2011.
NOTIFICATION:
No.SOR(LG)5-26/2001. In exercise of the powers conferred under section 191 of the Punjab Local Government Ordinance, 2001 (Xlll of 2001) and after previous publication, the Governor of the Punjab is pleased to direct that in the Punjab Local Councils Servants (Service) Rules, 1997, the following amendment shall be made:
AMENDMENT
In the said Rules, in rules 4 and 12, for the words “Executive District Officer (Revenue)”, wherever occur, the words “District Officer (Community Organization)” shall be substituted.
KHIZAR HAYAT GONDAL
SECRETARY
Govt. OF THE PUNJAB
LG&CD DEPARTMENT
GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB
LOCAL GOVERNMENT & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT
Dated Lahore, the 14th December, 2011.
NOTIFICATION
No.SOR(LG)5-26/2001. In exercise of the powers conferred under section 191 of the Punjab Local Government Ordinance, 2001 (Xlll of 2001) and after previous publication, the Governor of the Punjab is pleased to direct that in the Punjab Local Council Servants (Service) Rules, 1997, the following amendments shall be made:
AMENDMENTS
In the said Rules:
(1) For rule 12, the following shall be substituted:
“12. Right of appeal :- A member of the service aggrieved by an order passed against him under these rules may, within sixty days, file an appeal to the appellate authority in accordance with the Schedule annexed with these rules and the order of the appellate authority shall be final.”
(2) For the Schedule, the following shall be substituted:
“SCHEDULE
(see rule 12)
| Sr.# | Authority making the order under appeal | Appellate Authority |
| 1 | Zila Nazim | Secretary LG&CD Department |
| 2 | District Coordination Officer | Commissioner of the Division |
| 3 | Tehsil/Town Nazim | District Coordination Officer |
| 4 | Tehsil/Town Municipal Officer | District Coordination Officer |
| 5 | Union Nazim | Tehsil/Town Municipal Officer” |
KHIZAR HAYAT GONDAL
SECRETARY
GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB
LG&CD DEPARTMENT
Government of the Punjab
Local Government & community Development
Department
Dated Lahore, the 11th August, 2017
Notification
No. SOR(LG)5-26/2001(P_II). In exe4rcise of the powers conferred under section 144 of the Punjab Local Government Act 2013 (XVIII) of 2013) and after previous publication, Governor of the Punjab is pleased to direct that in the Punjab Local Council Servants (Service )Rules, 1997, the following amendments shall be made:
AMENDMENTS
In the punjab Local Council Servants (Service) Rules, 1997:
- For the words “Local Council”, wherever occur, the words “local government: shall be substituted.
- In rule 12, for he words “Zila Council”, wherever occur the words ”District Council” shall be substituted.
- For rule 4, the following shall be substituted:
(4) Appointing Authority.- (1) The authorities specified in sub-rule (2) shall be the appointing authorizes for the purposes of these rules.
(2) The following shall be appointing authorities:
(a) For the employees of Metropolitan Corporation and Municipal Corporations:
| Basic Pay Scale | Appointing Authority |
| BPS 12 and above | Mayor |
| Up to BPS 11 | Chief Officer |
(b) For the employees of Municipal Committees and District Councils:
| Basic Pay Scale | Appointing Authority |
| BPS 12 and above | Chairman |
| Up to BPS 11 | Chief Officer |
(3) The appointing authorities shall make the appointments or promotions, as the case may be, on the recommendations of the following Selection Committees:-
| (a) Metropolitan Corporation, Lahore | ||
| Basic Pay Scale | Corporation of selection Committee | |
| BPS-12 and above | (i) | Mayor |
| (ii) | Chief Officer | |
| (iii) | Metropolitan Officer (Finance) | |
| (iv) | Metropolitan Officer (regulations) | |
| Up to BPS-11 | (i) | Chief Officer |
| (ii) | Municipal Officer (Finance) | |
| (iii) | Municipal Officer (Service) | |
| (iv) | Municipal Officer (Regulations) | |
| (b) Municipal Corporations | ||
| BPS-12 and above | (i) | Mayor |
| (ii) | Chief Officer | |
| (iii) | Municipal Officer (Finance) | |
| (iv) | Municipal Officer (Regulations) | |
| Up to BPS-11 | (i) | Chief Officer |
| (ii) | Municipal Officer (finance) | |
| (iii) | Municipal Officer (Regulations) | |
| (iv) | Municipal Officer (Services) | |
| (c) Municipal Committee | ||
| BPS-12 and above | (i) | Chairman |
| (ii) | Chief Officer | |
| (iii) | Municipal Officer (Finance) | |
| (iv) | Municipal Officer (Regulations) | |
| Up to BPS-11 | (i) | Chief Officer |
| (ii) | Municipal Officer (Finance) | |
| (iii) | Municipal Officer (Regulation) | |
| (iv) | Municipal Officer (Services) in case of District Headquarter; or Municipal Officer (Infrastructure) in case of Tehsil Headquarter; or Any other member co-opted by the Committee in case of Non-Tehsil Headquarter. | |
| (d) District Councils | ||
| BPS-12 and above | (i) | Chairman |
| (ii) | Chief Officer | |
| (iii) | District Officer (Finance) | |
| (iv) | District Officer (Regulations) | |
| Up to BPS-11 or equivalent. | (i) | Chief Officer |
| (ii) | District Officer (Finance) | |
| (iii) | District Officer (Regulations) | |
| (iii) | District Officer (Municipal Infrastructure) | |
(4) for rule 12, the following shall be substituted:-
“12. Appeal.- A member of service aggrieved by an order passed against him under the rules, shall have the right to file an appeal within sixty days against said order before the Appellate Authority specified in Schedule:
Provided that the appeals pending before the District Coordination Officer prior to 1st January, 2017. Under the concerned for disposal.” and
(5) for the Schedule, the following shall be substituted:
“Schedule [See Rule – 12]
| Authority making order | Appellate Authority |
| Mayor and Chief Officer in case of Metropolitan and Municipal Corporations | Commissioner of the Division |
| Chairman and Chief Officer in case of District Council | Commissioner of the Division |
| Chairman and Chief Officer in case of Municipal Committee | Deputy Commissioner “ |
Previous Rules 4 and 12
(4) Appointing Authority. – The appointment, promotion, suspension and punishment (including dismissal, compulsory retirement, reduction in rank and removal from service) to Servants of the Local Councils to the various posts in the Service shall be made by the Authorities specified hereunder: –
i) In Grade 12 and above or equivalent in case of District Government or City District Government, the Zila Nazim.
ii) In Grades 1 to 11 or equivalent in case of District Government or City District Government, the District Coordination Officer.
iii) In Grade 6 and above or equivalent in the case of Tehsil / Town Municipal Administration, the Tehsil / Town Nazim.
iv) In Grade 1 to 5 or equivalent in the case of Tehsil / Town Municipal Administration, the Tehsil / Town Municipal Officer; and
v) In Grade 1 to 5 or equivalent in the case of Union Administration, the Union Nazim
Provided that no appointment or promotion shall be made except on the recommendation of a Selection Committee specified as under:
| Class / Grade of Employees | Composition of Selection Committee |
| In Grade 12 and above or equivalent in case of District Government or City District Government. | Zila NazimDistrict Coordination OfficerExecutive District Officer (Finance & Planning)District Officer (Community Organization) |
| In Grades 1 to 11 or equivalent in case of District Government or City District Government | District Coordination OfficerExecutive District Officer (Finance & Planning)District Officer (Community Organization)District Officer (Coordination) |
| In Grade 6 and above or equivalent in the case of Tehsil / Town Municipal Administration | Tehsil / Town NazimTehsil Municipal OfficerTehsil Officer (Finance) |
| In Grade 1 to 5 or equivalent in the case of Tehsil / Town Municipal Administration | Tehsil / Town NazimTehsil Municipal OfficerTehsil Officer (Regulations) |
| In Grade 1 to 5 or equivalent in the case of Union Administration | Union NazimSenior most Secretary of the Union Administration |
12- (1) A member of the service aggrieved by an order passed against him under these rules may, within sixty days, file an appeal to the appellate authority in accordance with the Schedule annexed with these rules and the order of the appellate authority shall be final.”
(2) For the Schedule, the following shall be substituted:
“SCHEDULE
(see rule 12)
| Sr.# | Authority making the order under appeal | Appellate Authority |
| 1 | Zila Nazim | Secretary LG&CD Department |
| 2 | District Coordination Officer | Commissioner of the Division |
| 3 | Tehsil/Town Nazim | District Coordination Officer |
| 4 | Tehsil/Town Municipal Officer | District Coordination Officer |
| 5 | Union Nazim | Tehsil/Town Municipal Officer” |
