Section 18: Terms and conditions of service, etc., of Government servants working in the

18. Terms and conditions of service, etc., of Government servants working in the Institute.—(1) All persons in the service of Pakistan and serving in connection with the affairs of the Institute in any capacity immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance shall stand transferred for service under the Institute: Provided that such persons shall— (i) continue to be Government servants ; (ii) be deemed to be on deputation to the Institute ; (iii) be entitled to receive from the Institute for the period of their service under the Institute, pay and allowances which shall not be less than those to which they were entitled immediately before their transfer to the Institute ; (iv) be governed by such regulations as the Institute may, with the approval of the Federal Government, make, provided that such regulations shall not be less favourable than the rules which would have been applicable to them if their services had not been transferred to the Institute. (2) The Institute shall, in respect of the persons whose services have been transferred to it under sub-section (1),— (i) exercise all such administrative and financial powers as were exerciseable by the Federal Government or any authority subordinate to that Government ; and (ii) initiate disciplinary proceedings against any such person and refer the case of such person to the Federal Government for further action. (3) The persons whose services have been transferred to the Institute under sub-section (1) shall be entitled to receive from the Federal Government for the whole of their service, including the service under the Institute, pension, gratuity and the amount of commutation of pension in accordance with the rules which would have been applicable to them had they not been transferred for service under the Institute; Provided that the Institute shall pay to the Federal Government in respect of each such person a sum equal to the sum which bears the same proportion to the total sum paid to such person as the total period of service of such person bears to the period of service rendered by him in the Institute. (4) The pension, gratuity and the amount of commutation of pension shall be sanctioned by such officer of the Institute as the Federal Government may authorise in this behalf: Provided that, if such pension is required to be reduced, such officer shall, before sanctioning such pension, obtain formal orders of the Federal Government. (5) The General Provident Fund accumulations of persons whose services have been transferred to the Institute under sub-section (1) shall remain with the Federal Government, and they shall continue to contribute towards their Provident Fund account; Provided that temporary advances from such Fund may be sanctioned by the Institute in accordance with the rules applicable to them.

Effective date: 1979-01-01

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