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section 12

Service conditions and performance appraisal

The Punjab State Outsourced Personnel (Transition to Contractual Engagement) Act, 2026
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Chapter III TRANSITION TO DIRECT CONTRACTUAL ENGAGEMENT

Statutory text
  1. (1) Direct Contractual Engagement under this Act shall be on a year-on- year basis, renewable on satisfactory performance; and the Government may, by notification, apply, in whole or in part and with such modifications, as may be considered appropriate, any Service Rules, Conduct Rules, and Punishment and Appeal Rules to the Contractual Appointees engaged under this Act or may make separate rules regarding service conditions and performance appraisal for Contractual Appointees engaged under this Act: Provided that no year-on-year renewal under this sub-section shall be made beyond the date on which the Contractual Appointee attains the age of fifty-eight
  2. (58) years.
  3. (2) Renewal or extension of contractual engagement under this Act shall be based, inter alia, on the performance assessment carried out cumulatively on monthly basis.
  4. (3) Every Contractual Appointee shall, during his Direct Contractual Engagement, be entitled to,-
    • (a) maternity benefits in accordance with the applicable Labour Code or any other applicable law;
    • (b) ten
  5. (10) days of Casual Leave per calendar year; and
    • (c) such other leave entitlements and statutory benefits, as the Government may prescribe.
  6. (4) The contractual engagement may be terminated on the following grounds, namely:-
    • (a) misconduct established through due process, in accordance with the principles of natural justice; or
    • (b) failure or repeated non-compliance with the statutory obligation under section 10, including refusal or deliberate failure to mark attendance through the prescribed biometric system under section 11;
    • (c) interruption or irregularity in attendance not satisfactorily explained; or
    • (d) abolition or discontinuance of the function for which the personnel were engaged, save where redeployment within the same Administrative Department or Entity is feasible.
  7. (5) Every order of termination under sub-section (4) shall record the grounds therefore in writing and shall be passed after affording the Contractual Appointee a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
  8. (6) Every Administrative Department or Entity shall frame and notify cadre- specific Key Performance Indicators
    • (KPIs) and the methodology for maintenance of digitised performance and KPI records for such cadre. Such notification shall be issued simultaneously with, or prior to, the submission of the cadre for eligibility determination under section 6.
  9. (7) Every Administrative Department or Entity shall maintain complete, accurate and real-time digital records for every Contractual Appointee, including attendance and KPI performance.

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