Constitution of Trust Services.

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the State Government may, by notification, constitute in the prescribed manner all or any of the following Trust Services, namely :- (i) Punjab Service of Trust-Engineers; (ii) Punjab Service of Trust-Executive Officers; (iii) Punjab Services of Trust-Superintendent (General) and Superintendent (Land); (iv) Punjab Service of Trust-Accounts Officers; (v) such other Trust Services as the State Government may decide. (2) The State Government may make rules for regulating the recruitment and the conditions of service of members of the Trust Services referred to in sub-section (1) and for the classification of such Services. (3) The State Government may transfer any member of a Trust Service from a post in one trust to a post carrying the same scale of pay in another trust. (4) The salary, allowances, gratuity, annuity, pension and other payments required to be made to the members of the Trust Services in accordance with the conditions of their service shall be charged from the funds of the trusts in the prescribed manner. (5) Creation of posts in a Trust Service and appointment of members thereto shall be made by the State Government or by an authority empowered by it in this behalf after taking into consideration the requirements of the trusts and their financial capacity, but no such member shall be deemed to have been appointed to any civil service or post under the State. (6) Every person, who, immediately before the issue of a notification under sub-section (1), is serving in a Trust on a post in relation to which a Trust Service is constituted, shall, on the issue of such notification, become a member of the corresponding Trust Service, if he is found fit by an authority appointed by the Government in this behalf for becoming such a member on the basis of his qualifications and service record : Provided that his terms and conditions of service insofar as they relate to remuneration, gratuity and provident fund shall not be varied to his disadvantage on his becoming a member of the Trust Service : Provided further that any such person may, by notice in writing given to the State Government, within a period of thirty days of the constitution of the Trust Service, intimate his intention of not becoming a member of such Service and where such an intimation is given that person will not become a member of the corresponding Trust Service and will continue to be governed by the same terms and conditions of service as were applicable to him immediately before the constitution of the Trust Service. (6-A) In the case of a person who is not found fit under sub-section (6) for becoming a member of the corresponding Trust Service, the post on which he is serving shall be deemed to have been abolished on the commencement of the Punjab Town Improvement (Amendment) Act, 1983, if the decision that he as not so fit was taken at any time before such commencement and in the case of others as and when such a decision is taken : Provided that the State Government may appoint such a person with his consent on a post in any Trust service to which he may be found suitable. (7) Recruitment of members of the Trust Services referred to in sub-section (1) shall be made by the State Government or by any authority empowered by the State Government in this behalf and nothing contained in the Punjab Public Service Commission (Additional Functions) Act, 1955, shall be deemed to apply to or require consultation with the Punjab Public Service Commission in respect of such recruitment.