Notification of Clarification of Assistant & Head Clerk as Gazetted or Non-Gazetted

Government of the Punjab, Finance Department issued Notification on 8^th January 2016 in connection with the Clarification of Assistant & Head Clerk as Gazetted or Non- Gazetted.

According to this Notification, the following queries were asked:

As to whether the upgraded post upgraded from BPS-14 to BPS-16 is to be treated as Gazetted or Non-Gazetted?

As to whether the incumbents of the said post are required to submit their char assumption reports against the respective upgraded post or otherwise?

The case has been examined in the Finance Department and it is clarified that the term “Gazetted and Non-Gazetted” has since been dispensed with under Rule 5 of the Punjab Civil Servants (Change in Nomenclature of Services & Abolition of Classes) Rule, 1974. Now the term “Officer & Official” exists and the same are defined in the Punjab Financial Rules Vol-I as under: