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Joining Time
Joining Time
Chapter IX
JOINING TIME
a) to join a new post to which he is appointed while on duty in his old post; or
i. on return from leave on average pay of not more than four months' duration in
respect of Government servants subject to the leave rules in section II of Chapter
VIII, or from earned leave not exceeding 120, 90 or 30 days as the case may be, in
respect of Government servants subject to the leave rules in section III of Chapter
VIII; or
ii. (if) when he has not had sufficient notice of his appointment to the new post, on
return from leave other than that specified in sub-clause (i) ; or
c) to travel from the port of debarkation or, in the case of arrival by aircraft, from its
first regular port in Pakistan and to organise his domestic establishment when he
returns from leave out of Pakistan of more than four months' duration in respect of
Government servants subject to the leave rules in section II of Chapter VIII, or of
more than 120, 90 or 30 days' duration as the case may be, in respect of
Government servants subject to leave rules in section III of Chapter VIII; or
d)
NOTE 1. ---The authority which granted the leave will decide whether
the notice referred to in clause (b) (ii) was insufficient.
NOTE 7.--- Joining time, joining time pay and travelling allowance of
Government servants appointed to posts under the Punjab
Government on the results of a Competitive examination, which is
open to both Government servants and others, is regulated as under
:—
9.2. No joining time is allowed in cases when a Government servant is transferred from
one post to another in the same office establishment.
9.3.
b) When vacation is combined with leave on average pay or earned leave, joining
time shall be regulated under Rule 9.1 (b) (i) if the total period of leave on average
pay and vacation is not more than four months in the case of Government servants
subject to the rules in section II of Chapter VIII, or not more than 120, 90 or 30
days as the case may be, in the case of Government servants subject to leave
rules in section III of Chapter VIII, and under clause (c) if vacation combined with
leave out of Pakistan exceeds these limits.
9.4. If a Government servant takes leave while in transit from one post to another, the
period which has elapsed since he handed over charge of his old post must be
included in his leave, unless the leave is taken on medical certificate. In the latter
case, the period may be treated as joining time.
9.5. When transfer to a new post involves a change of station joining time is calculated
as follows, subject to a maximum of thirty days-
An extra day is allowed for any fraction of distance over that prescribed above.
ii. When part of the journey is performed by steamer, the days intervening between
the Government servant being set free from his office or, if he has no office,
receiving his orders, and the departure of the steamer or his start duly regulated to
catch the steamer shall be added.
iii. When air journeys on transfer are performed in the interest of public service by a
Government servant entitled to travel by air or specially authorised to do so by a
competent authority, 6 days for preparation and in addition, the number of days
actually taken in the air journey should be allowed as joining time.
9.6. Only one day is allowed for joining a post which does not-necessarily involves a
change- of residence from one station to another. A gazetted holiday counts as a
day for the purpose of this rule.
9.7. By whatever route a Government servant travels his joining time shall, unless a
competent authority specially permits otherwise, be calculated by the route which
travellers habitually use.
9.8.
a) The joining time of a Government servant under clause (b) (i) and (ii) of Rule 9.1
will be counted from his old station or from the place where he receives the order
of transfer whichever calculation would entitle him to less joining time. If the leave
is being spent out of Pakistan and the order of appointment to the new post
reaches him before he arrives at the port of debarkation, the port of debarkation is
the place in which he received the order for the purpose of this rule.
b) A Government servant taking joining time under clause (b) (i) of Rule 9.1 who
receives, while on leave (whether spent in or out of Pakistan orders of transfer to a
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station other than that from which he took leave, will be granted full joining time
admissible under clause (a) above, without reference to the authority which
granted the leave and irrespective of the date on which the orders of transfer are
received by him. Should he join his new appointment before the expiry of leave
plus the joining time admissible the period short taken should be considered as
leave not enjoyed, and a corresponding portion of the leave sanctioned should be
cancelled without any reference to the authority which granted the leave. If in any
case, the Government servant desires not to avail himself of the full period of
joining time admissible, the periods of leave and joining time should be adjusted
with reference to such option.
9.9. The joining time admissible under clause (c) of Rule 9.1 should be calculated from
the date of debarkation of the Government servant at the Pakistan port in the
manner prescribed in Rule 9.5; provided that it shall, if he so desires, be subject to
a minimum of ten days.
9.11. If a Government servant is appointed to a new post while in transit from one post to
another, his joining time begins on the day following that on which he receives the
order of appointment.
9.12. When a Government servant under the administrative control of the Punjab
Government is transferred to the control of another Government, his joining time
for the journey to join his post under that Government and for the return journey
will be governed by the rules of that Government.
9.13. A Government servant on joining time shall be regarded as on duty, and shall be
entitled to be paid as follows :-
a) If on joining time under clause (a) of Rule 9.1 he is entitled to the pay which he
would have drawn if he had not been transferred; or the pay which he will draw on
i. when returning from extraordinary leave, other than extraordinary leave not
exceeding fourteen days granted in continuation of other leave, to no payments at
all; and
ii. when returning from leave of any other kind, to the leave salary which he last drew
on leave at the rate prescribed for the payment of leave salary in Pakistan.
c) If on joining time under clause (d) of Rule 9.1, he is entitled to pay as though he
were on duty hi his post.
NOTE 2. ---A military officer subject to the Military Leave Rules who
retains a lien on his civil post is entitled, on joining time, under sub-
clause (ii) of clause (b) above, to draw the same amount of leave salary
which he would have drawn had he taken leave under Civil Leave
Rules, provided that such leave salary shall not be less than that
which he actually drew during the last portion of his leave.
NOTE 3.—The words "if he had not been transferred" in clause (a) of
this rule should be interpreted in the sense, "if he had continued in his
old post".
NOTE 4.-—The words "in his post" occurring in clause (c) of this rule
mean the post in the remote locality even in the case of a Government
servant on straight transfer.
9.14. In the Public Works Department no extra pay (where the transfer involves the grant
of extra pay) can be drawn in any case by a relieving Government servant, until the
transfer is complete, but as far as ordinary pay and allowances are concerned an
exception may be made to the general rule in all cases in which the charge to be
transferred (whether a division, a sub-division or other charge) consists of several
scattered works which the relieving and the relieved Government servants are
required, by the orders of a superior officer to inspect together before the transfer
can be completed. The relieving Government servant will be considered as on duty
if the period taken in carrying out these inspections is not considered by the
Superintending Engineer to be excessive. While so taking over charge, the
relieving Government servant will draw :--
ii. if he is transferred from a post which he has held in an officiating capacity, the
officiating pay admissible in that post provided it is not more than the pay he would
draw after the transfer is complete ; otherwise his presumptive pay in the
permanent post on which he had a lien prior to transfer ;
iii. if he returns from leave his presumptive pay in the post on which he retained a lien
during the leave.
9.15 The application of Rule 9.14, which forms an exception to the general rule and
which concerns the Public Works Department only, has also been extended to the
transfer of charge specified in column 2 of the table below in the case of the
following departments. The authority noted in column 3 against each is to
determine whether the period spent in completing the transfer of charge is not
excessive:
Authority competent
to determine whether
Name of the period spent in
Charge to be transferred.
Department completing the
transfer of charge is
not excessive.
2. Jhelum.
4. Campbellpur.
5. Jhang.
6. Gujrat.
7. Shahpur Camp.
8. Sargodha.
9. Sheikhupura.
10. Kasur.