section 5
Eligibility for transition
The Punjab State Outsourced Personnel (Transition to Contractual Engagement) Act, 2026General202622 sections4 chapters
Chapter III TRANSITION TO DIRECT CONTRACTUAL ENGAGEMENT
Statutory text
- (1) Every Eligible Outsourced Personnel who has completed five
- (5) years of Continuous Service on the Date of Eligibility shall, subject to the conditions of this Act, be transitioned into Direct Contractual Engagement with the Administrative Department or the Entity, as the case may be: Provided that in the case of an Eligible Outsourced Personnel belonging to a Hazardous Category, the qualifying period of Continuous Service for transition shall be three
- (3) years, in view of the nature of duties involving exposure to risk to life, health or limb.
- (2) The transition under sub-section (1) shall apply uniformly to all Eligible Outsourced Personnel, whether engaged through an Outsourcing Agency or directly by the Administrative Department or Entity.
- (3) For the purposes of computing the qualifying period of Continuous Service, the requirement of Continuous Service under clause (d) of section 2 shall apply strictly.
- (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), transition under this Act shall not create any vested right to permanent absorption, shall not create a fresh cadre, and shall not create any employment relationship other than the year-on-year contractual engagement as provided in section 12.
- (5) Transition to Direct Contractual Engagement under this Act shall be subject to the reservation policy of the Government of Punjab, and as notified from time to time, and as applicable to the cadre or category of engagement concerned.
Study data processing for this section.
PDF: pending for this language.