[THE MADHYA PRADESH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
(CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) REGULATIONS, 1973]
PREAMBLE
In exercise of the
powers conferred by Article 318 of the Constitution of India the Governor of
Madhya Pradesh hereby makes the following Regulations, namely:
Regulation - 1. Short title, commencement and application.
(1) These Regulations may be called the Madhya Pradesh Public Service
Commission (Conditions of Service) Regulations, 1973.
(2) They shall come into force from the 1st April, 1972.
(3) They shall also apply to members of the Commission holding office at the
commencement of these Regulations except in so far as they may have the effect
of varying to the disadvantage of a member, the conditions of service to which
he was entitled immediately before the commencement of these Regulations.
Regulation - 2. Definitions.
In these Regulations, unless there is anything
repugnant in the subject or context,
(a) "Chairman" means a Chairman of the Commission appointed under
clause (1) of Regulation 3;
(b) "Acting Chairman" means a member directed to perform the
administrative duties of the Chairman under clause (2) of Regulation 3;
(c) "Commission" means the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission;
(d) "Compensatory allowance" means an allowance granted to meet
personal expenditure necessitated by the special circumstances in which duty is
performed;
(e) "Government service" means service under the Union or a State
Government but does not include service under the Commission;
(f) "Member" means a member of the Commission and includes the
Chairman and an acting Chairman.
Regulation - 3. Number of members.
(1) The Commission shall consist of not more than [Seven]
members. The Governor may appoint one of the members to be the Chairman
thereof.
(2) When the office of the Chairman is vacant or when the Chairman is unable
to discharge his functions owing to absence, illness or any other cause, the
Governor may direct any other member to perform the administrative duties of
the Chairman during such vacancy in the office or the absence of the Chairman,
as the case may be.
Regulation - [4. Pay.
The Chairman shall receive pay equivalent to the
pay of the Chairman, of the Board of Revenue, Madhya Pradesh and each of the other
Member shall receive pay in the pay-scale equivalent to the pay scale of
Administrative Member of the Board of Revenue, Madhya Pradesh, as may be
sanctioned from time to time. On revision of pay scales, for fixation of pay of
Chairman/Members of the Commission in the new scale, the same rules/ directions
shall apply as applicable to the fixation of pay of President/ Administrative
Member of the Board of Revenue, Madhya Pradesh:
Provided that the acting Chairman shall be entitled
to draw an allowance of four hundred rupees a month in addition to his pay as a
Member subject to the condition that the total sum of his pay and such
allowance shall not exceed the pay admissible to a Chairman:
Provided further that the pay of the Chairman or a
Member who at the time of his appointment as such was in Government service
may, notwithstanding anything contained in Regulation 5 be fixed at an amount
higher than the amount aforementioned, subject, however, to the condition that
the amount of pay so fixed in the case of such Chairman or Member, as the case
may be, shall not exceed the maximum of the pay in the scale of pay applicable
to him immediately before such appointment:
Provided also that in the case of an appointment as
the Chairman or a Member, a person who has retired from Government service or
from a local body, a University, or any other body wholly or substantially
owned or controlled by the Government and who is in receipt of, or has
received, or has become entitled to receive any retirement benefits by way of
pension, gratuity,
provident fund, or otherwise, the pay specified in
this regulation shall be reduced by the gross amount of pension (including any
portion of the pension which may have been commuted) and the pension equivalent
of other forms of retirement benefits, if any.]
Regulation - 5. Retirement from parent service on appointment as member.
A member who, on the date of his appointment to the
Commission, was in Government service, shall be deemed to have retired from
such service with effect from the date of his appointment as member of the
Commission.
Regulation - 6. Leave admissible to a member in Government service.
Notwithstanding anything contained in Regulation 5,
a member who at the time of his appointment to the Commission was in Government
service,
(a) may be granted leave by the Governor under the rules applicable to him
immediately before his appointment and his service as member shall count for
such leave; and
(b) the leave at the credit of any such members in his leave account shall
not lapse on the date of his appointment as a member but shall be carried
forward and could be availed of during his tenure as member.
[(c) Surrender and encashment of earned leave as admissible to Grade-I
officers of the State Government according to Government orders from time to
time.]
Regulation - 7. Leave admissible to a member not in Government service.
A member, who at the time of his appointment was
not in Government service, may be granted leave by the Governor as under,
(a) earned leave on leave salary equivalent to full pay at the rate of
one-eleventh of the period spent on duty as member, subject to a maximum of 120
days at any one time;
(b) leave on medical certificate on leave salary equivalent of half pay at
the rate of 20 days in an year subject to a maximum of 90 days at any one time;
(c) extraordinary leave without allowance, subject to a maximum of 90 days
at any one time;
"[(d)
surrender and encashment of earned leave as admissible to Grade-I officers of
the State Government according to Government orders from time to time.]
Explanation: All, or any two, of these kinds of
leave may be granted in combination at any one time.
Regulation - [7A. Cash payment in lieu of unutilised earned leave in certain cases.
(1) A member shall be paid cash equivalent of leave salary in respect of the
period of earned leave salary in respect of the period of earned leave at his
credit at the time of his ceasing to hold office.
(2) The payment of cash equivalent of leave salary under sub-regulation (1)
shall be limited to maximum of [240]
days of earned leave.
(3) The cash equivalent of leave salary thus admissible shall become payable
to a member at the time of his ceasing to hold office and shall be paid in one
lump sum as a one time settlement.
(4) Cash payment shall be equivalent to leave salary as admissible for
earned leave and dearness allowance admissible on that leave salary at the
rates in force on the date of relinquishment of office. No city compensatory
allowance and house rent allowance shall be payable.]
Regulation - 8. Pension payable to members who were in Government service.
(1) A member who, at the time of his appointment as such, was in Government
service, shall, at his option to be exercised within a period of six months
from the date of his appointment, be entitled to draw his pension and other
retirement benefits under the rules applicable to the service to which he
belonged with effect from the date of his appointment as member:
Provided that, in such an event, his pay as member
shall be reduced by an amount equivalent to the gross pension (including any
portion of pension which may have been commuted) and the pension equivalent of
other retirement benefits and he shall be entitled to draw his pension and
other retirement benefits separately.
[(2) A member, who, at the time of his appointment as such, was in
Government service, if he does not exercise the option mentioned in
sub-regulation (1) shall count his service as member for pension and retirement
benefits under the rules applicable to the service to which he belonged immediately
before such appointment and the pension and other retirement benefits payable
to a member on his ceasing to hold office as such member shall be calculated as
per the said rules as in force on the date of such ceasing.]
[(3) A member, falling under sub-regulation (1) shall be paid pension on
his ceasing to hold office as such member for the service rendered in the
Commission @ Rs. 1600 in case of the Chairman and Rs. 1450 in case of the
member for each completed year of service subject to the condition that
the sum of pension payable for Government service and pension payable for
service in the Commission shall not exceed Rs. 48000 per annum. This pension
shall not be paid to such official member of the Commission who opt to count
their service rendered in the Commission for Government pension under
sub-regulation (2).
(4) Such member of the Commission who at the time
of his appointment as such, was in the service of a local body, a University or
any other body wholly or substantially owned or controlled by the Government
and receiving pension for such service, on his ceasing to hold office as such
member, shall also be paid pension at the rates applicable to members falling
under sub-regulation (3) for the service rendered in the Commission:
Provided that no such pension under sub-regulations
(3) and (4) shall be payable to member
(a) unless he has completed not less than three years of service for pension
as such member; or
(b) if he has been removed from office as such member.
(5) In
sub-regulations (3) and (4), unless the context otherwise required,
(1) "Service for pension" includes
(i) actual service;
(ii) the period of leave with the allowances actually taken; and
(iii) joining time on return from leave outside India.
(2) "Actual service" includes
(i) time spent on duty as a member of the Madhya Pradesh Public Service
Commission;
(ii) time spent on duty by a member referred to in sub-clause (i) in the
performance of such other functions, as he may at the request of the Governor
undertake to discharge; and
(iii) joining time on transfer to the office of the member from a post or any
office under Union or a State.
(6) Pension under
sub-regulations (3) and (4) shall be payable to a member for life:
Provided that no such pension shall be payable
during any period for which such member may after his retirement as such, hold
office as the member or Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission or of a
Chairman of the Public Service Commission of another State.
Explanation I: Where a member, who has completed
not less than three years of service for pension resigns from his office and
such resignation is accepted by the Governor, pension shall be payable to such
member in accordance with these regulations.
Explanation II: When the total service for pension
is rendered by a person partly as member and partly as Chairman, the pension
admissible to such person in each such term shall be calculated separately
subject to the condition that the aggregate pension shall not exceed the
pension admissible to a Chairman.
Explanation III: The duration of service as member
shall be computed in terms of completed years; but if the service rendered is
six months or more, additional benefits of half a year's pension may be
allowed.]
Regulation - 9. Pension payable to a member who was not in Government service etc.
[(1) Subject to the provisions of these regulations, every member who at
the date of his appointment as such was not in Government service or in the
service of a local body, a University or any other body wholly or substantially
owned or controlled by the Government and, every such member, who prior to
their appointment as member in the Commission, was in the service of any local
body, a University or any other body wholly or substantially owned or
controlled by the Government and, not receiving any pension for such service,
shall, on his ceasing to hold office as such member, be paid pension at the
rates mentioned in sub-regulation (4):
Provided that no such pension shall be payable to
member
(a) unless he has completed not less than three years of service for pension
as such member; or
(b) if he has been removed from office as such member.]
(2) In this
regulation, unless the context otherwise requires,
(a) "Service for pension" includes
(i) actual service;
(ii) the period of leave with the allowances actually taken; and (iii)
joining time on return from leave outside India.
(b) "Actual service" includes
(i) time spent on duty as a member of the Madhya Pradesh Public Service
Commission;
(ii) time spent on duty by a member referred to in sub-clause (i) in the
performance of such other functions, as he may at the request of the Governor
undertake to discharge; and
(iii) joining time on transfer to the officer or the member from a post or any
office under Union or a State.
(3) Pension under
these regulations shall be payable to a member for life:
Provided that no such pension shall be payable
during any period for which such member may after his retirement as such hold
office as the Member or Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission or of a
Chairman of the Public Service Commission of another Stale.
(4) Pension under
these regulations shall be paid at following rates, namely:
(i) in the case of the Chairman, if he has completed six years of
service [Rupees
Twenty Two thousand Eight Hundred] per annum or 1/12 of the above amount per
mensem; and
(ii) in the case of member other than the Chairman, if he has completed six
years of service [Rupees
Twenty thousand Four Hundred] per annum or 1/12 of the above amount per mensem:
Provided that where the service by a Chairman or a
member is for a period of three or more years but less than six years, the
amount of the pension shall be determined in accordance with the following
formula, namely:
Completed year of service for pension shall be
multiplied by the amount of the maximum pension admissible under clause (i), as
the case may be and shall be divided by six.
Explanation I: Where a member, who has completed
not less than three years of service for pension resigns from his office and
such resignation is accepted by the Governor, pension shall be payable to such
member in accordance with these regulations.
Explanation II: Where the total service for pension
is rendered by a person partly as member and partly as Chairman, the pension
admissible to such person in each such term shall be calculated separately
subject to the condition that the aggregate pension shall not exceed the
prescribed limit.
Explanation III: The duration of service as member
shall be computed in terms of completed year but if the service rendered is six
months or more, additional benefits of half a year's pension may be allowed.
[(5) The provision of clause (4) as in force with effect from the 1st
July, 1975 shall, as from that date, be also applicable to the Chairman or
Member who had been in receipt of pension on the said date notwithstanding
anything contained in these regulations to the contrary.]
[(6) A non-official member of the Commission shall be entitled for
payment of relief on the pension as admissible to the class one officer of the
State from time to time.]
Regulation - [10. Pension payment to a member who is appointed in the Commission after his retirement from Government Service.
Notwithstanding anything contained in Regulations 8
and 9, every member who is appointed in the Commission after his retirement
from Government service, shall on his ceasing to hold office as such member,
i.e., after completing his tenure as member, shall be paid pension for the
service rendered in the Commission at the rates, and under the annual limit, as
prescribed in sub-regulation (3) of Regulation 8. Proviso to sub-regulation
(4), provisions of sub-regulations (5) and (6) of Regulation 8 shall also be
applicable to such members.]
Regulation - 11. Pension not be commuted.
The pension payable under regulation 9 shall not be
commuted.
Regulation - 12. Authority competent to grant pension.
The authority competent to grant a pension to a
member shall be the Governor of Madhya Pradesh.
Regulation - 13. Travelling allowance to members.
(1) A member, who on the date of his appointment was in Government service or
not, shall be entitled to draw for a journey join to his post travelling
allowance as for a journey on transfer to Government servants of the first
grade in the State.
(2) A member, when travelling on duty, shall be entitled to travelling and
daily allowance at such rates and subject to such conditions as are prescribed
by the rules in force applicable to Government servants of the first grade in
the State.
(3) A member shall be entitled on relinquishing office to travelling
allowance for the journey from his place of duty to his usual place of
residence at the scale and conditions made applicable to the retiring official
of the All India Services serving in connection with the affairs of the State.
Regulation - 14. Other conditions of service.
Subject to the general conditions that the amount
of a compensatory allowances should be so regulated that the allowance is not
on the whole a source of profit to the recipient the Governor may, subject to
any conditions, which he may deem fit to impose, grant to a member any
compensatory allowance and may fix the amount thereof.
Regulation - 15. Facilities for medical treatment to members.
The medical and surgical treatment to members and
his family shall be provided in accordance with the Rules which for the time
being apply to the Government servants of the first grade in the State.
Regulation - 16. Members entitled to subscribe to the General Provident Fund.
A member shall be entitled to subscribe to the
General Provident Fund in accordance with the rules of the Fund for the time
being in force:
Provided that a member who at the date of his
appointment was in Government service and who had been admitted to the benefits
of the General Provident Fund may continue to subscribe to that fund in
accordance with the rules and regulations applicable to that fund, until he
reached the date on which he must compulsorily retire from service in
accordance with the rules applicable to him in his service.
Regulation - 17. Advance for purchase of conveyance.
The State Government may grant an advance for
purchase of a motor car to the Chairman or a member in accordance with the
rules and orders applicable to the officers of the State Government from time
to time.
Regulation - 18. Medical facilities, travel concessions, etc., to the Chairman or a member who was in Government service.
Notwithstanding anything contained in these
regulations the Chairman or a member who at the time of his appointment as such
was in Government service shall be entitled to such medical facilities, travel
concessions, and other conditions of service which would have been applicable
to him had he not been appointed on the Commission.
Regulation - 19. Conditions of service in residuary matters.
In respect of any other matter for which special
provision is not made by these regulations, the conditions of service of a
person serving as a member shall be governed by the rules and orders for the
time being applicable to Grade I officers of the State Government.
Regulation - 20. Staff of the Commission-Composition.
The staff of the Commission shall consist of [a
Secretary, a Deputy Secretary, a Controller of Examinations and such number of
Assistant Secretaries], ministerial officials and such other subordinate staff
as the Governor may, from time to time, determine:
Provided that the Commission may, for special
reasons to be recorded in writing, employ temporary staff at a cost not
exceeding [Rs.
30,000 (Thirty Thousand)] in any year.
Regulation - 21. Appointment of the Secretary.
The Secretary shall be appointed by the Governor.
Regulation - 22. Pay of the Secretary.
(1) If, on the date of his appointment, the Secretary was in the service of
the Government he shall receive pay according to time scale of the service to
which he belongs and in addition a special pay which may be determined from
time to time.
(2) If, on the date of his appointment, the Secretary was not in the service
of Government he shall receive pay in the scale of Rs.
450-25-650-Bar-25-700-30-850 in such other time scale as may be determined by
the State Government.
Regulation - [22A. Appointment and pay of Deputy Secretary.
(1) The Deputy Secretary shall be appointed by the Government.
(2) The Deputy Secretary shall receive pay in the time scale of Rs.
1100-50-1500 or in such other time scale as may be determined by the State
Government from time to time].
Regulation - [23. Appointment and pay of Controller of Examinations.
The Controller of Examinations shall be appointed
by the Government. The Controller of Examinations shall receive pay in the time
scale of Rs. 800-50-1050-EB-50-1250 or in such other time scale as may be
determined by the State Government from time to time].
Regulation - 24. Assistant Secretary.
(1) If the Assistant Secretary was, on the date of his appointment, in the
service of Government, he shall hold office for a period of five years or until
he attains the age of superannuation whichever period be shorter:
Provided that the Commission may, With the consent
of the Governor extend this term by a period not exceeding five years.
(2) If the Assistant Secretary was not, on the date of his appointment, in
the service of the Government, he shall hold office till he attains the age of
superannuation or if he is appointed for any specific period, till the expiry
of such period.
Regulation - 25. Pay of Assistant Secretary.
The Assistant Secretary shall receive pay in the
time scale of Rs. 400-25-600 or in such other time scale as may be determined
by the State Government from time to time.
Regulation - 26. Other conditions of service of the staff of the Commission.
(1) In respect of other matters, the conditions of service of the Secretary,
Deputy Secretary and Assistant Secretary who were in the service of Government
on the date of their appointment shall be the same as those of other members of
the service to which they belong.
(2) If the Secretary or Deputy Secretary was not, on the date of his
appointment in the service of Government, his conditions of service shall be
the same as that of an officer drawing the same rate of pay as is admissible to
him.
(3) If the Assistant Secretary was not, on the date of his appointment, in
the service of Government, his conditions of service shall be the same of those
of a Government servant drawing the same rate of pay as is admissible to him.
(4) In the case of an official the power to appoint whom vests in the
Commission, the authority who may impose any of the penalties prescribed in
Rule 10 of M.P. Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules,
1966, shall be the Chairman and the Appellate Authority shall be the Governor.
But in the case of an official the power to appoint whom vest in the State
Government and who is on deputation to the Commission, the authority who may
impose the penalties referred to above shall be the State Government. In the
case of minor penalties the Commission will be competent to impose the same
under M.P. Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1966.
Regulation - 27. Ministerial staff.
The Commission may employ the ministerial staff
specified in the Annexure to these regulations. The ministerial staff shall be
appointed by the Secretary and shall receive the same pay and allowances and be
subject to the conditions of service as person of corresponding grades serving
in the Madhya Pradesh Civil Secretariat, save that the authority who may impose
any of the penalties prescribed in Rule 10 of the M.P. Civil Services
(Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1966 shall be the Secretary and
Appellate Authority shall be the Chairman. But in the case of official the
power to appoint whom vests in the State Government and who is on deputation to
the Commission, the authority who may impose the penalties J referred to above
shall be the State Government.
Regulation - 28. Class IV staff.
The Commission may employ Class IV staff as
specified in the Annexure to these Regulations. Such staff shall be appointed
by the Secretary and shall receive pay and allowances according to the general
orders of Government and be subject to the same conditions of service as
persons of the corresponding grade in the service of Government. The authority
who may impose the penalty of dismissal or removal from service or reduction in
rank, shall be the Secretary and the Appellate Authority shall be the Chairman.
The authority, who may impose any lesser penalty shall be the Deputy Secretary
or Assistant Secretary as directed by the Chairman and the appellate
authority shall be the Secretary.
Regulation - 29. Repeal and saving.
(1) On the commencement of these Regulations, the Madhya Pradesh Public
Service Commission (Conditions of Services) Regulations, 1959 shall stand
repealed.
(2) Nothing contained in these regulations shall have effect so as to give
to a member who is serving as such at the commencement of these regulations
less favourable terms in respect of his allowances or his rights in respect of
leave of absence or pension than those to which he would have been entitled if
these regulations had not been made.
ANNEXURE
(See Regulations 27 and 28)
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S. No.
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Descriptions of the post
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No. of posts
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Pay scales
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1.
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Office Superintendent
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5
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The pay scales applicable in the Secretariat will
be admissible to Class III Servants (Temporary) 280-480 employed by the
Public Service Mission.
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*[2.]
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Junior Accounts Officer
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1
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3.
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Senior Grade Clerks
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10
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4.
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Steno-cum-PA
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1
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5.
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Stenographers
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'[7]
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6.
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Upper Division Clerks
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10
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7.
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Lower Division Clerks
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6
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8.
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Receptionist
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CLASS IV
STAFF
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9.
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Jamadar
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1
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The pay scales of Class IV servants will be
governed by the general orders issued by the State Government from time to
time.
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10.
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Daftari
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3
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11.
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Peons
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4[29]
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12.
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Farrash
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2
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