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P. Act No. 14 of 20233 assented to by the Governor on the 22th November, 2023, published both in Hindi and English in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh on the 1st December, 2023, pp. 10277-10283.

BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the Forty fifth-Year of the Republic of India, as follows:-

1. Short title, extent and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Himachal Pradesh Municipal Services Act, 1994.

1. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Himachal Pradesh.
2. (3) It shall and shall be deemed to have come into force on the 30th day of May, 1994. 2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
   • (a) “appointing authority” means the authority empowered by the State Government to make appointments to the posts under the municipal services;
   • (b) “direct recruitment” means an appointment made by selection otherwise than by promotion from within the service or by transfer of an official already in the service of any State or 1. Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of Objects and Reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated 19th September, 1994, pp. 2462 and 2476. 2 Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh, dated 22nd December, 2011, pp. 4737-4738 and 4739. 3 Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh, dated 23th September, 2023, pp. 7735-7736 and 7739-7740. Central Government or any Corporation, Board or any other local authority under the control of State Government;
   • (c) “Government” means the Government of Himachal Pradesh;
   • (d) “leave” includes earned leave, maternity leave, leave not due, leave on half pay, medical leave, commuted leave and extraordinary leave but does not include casual leave;
   • (e) “member” means a member of the State level municipal service constituted under this Act;
   • (f) “municipality” means an institution of self-Government,-
   • (a) a Nagar Panchayat and a Municipal Council constituted under the Himachal Pradesh Municipal Act, 1994; and
   • (b) a Municipal Corporation constituted under the Himachal Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1994;
   • (g) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
   • (h) “service” in relation to municipalities means the municipal service constituted in the prescribed manner by the Government at the State level under the provisions of this Act; and
     • (i) “service selection committee” means the committee set-up by the State Government under section 6 of this Act.