Constitution of the Rajasthan Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad Service

(1) There shall be constituted for the State service designated as the Rajasthan Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad Service and hereafter in this section referred to as the service and recruitment thereto shall be made district-wise:

Provided that selection for the posts specified in clause (i), (iii) and (iv) of sub-section (2) shall be made at the State Level.

(2)The Service may be divided into different categories, each category being divided into different grades, and shall, consist of -

(1) Village level workers;

(i) Gram Vikas Adhikari;

(ii) Ministerial establishment, (except Accountants and Junior Accountants); and

(iii) Prabhodak and Senior Prabhodak

(3)The State Government encadre in the Service any other category or grade of officers and employees of Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads and not included in Class IV Services.

(4)The State Government may prescribe the duties, functions and powers of each grade and each category of officers and employees encadred in service.

(5)All appointments to posts in the service shall be made :-

(a) by direct recruitment; or

(b) by promotion; or

(c) by transfer.

(6)Appointment by direct recruitment to the posts specified in clause (ii) of sub-section (2) and to be posts encarded under sub-section (3) shall be made by a Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishad, as the case may be, in accordance with the rules made in this behalf by the State Government from out of the persons selected for the posts in a grade or category in the district by the District Establishment Committee referred to in sub-sec. (1) of Sec. 90.

(6A) Appointment by direct recruitment to the posts specified in clauses (i) and (iv) of sub-section (2) shall be made by a Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishad, as the case may be, in accordance with the rules made in this behalf by the State Government, from out of the persons selected for the posts by the Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Services Selection Board in such manner as may be prescribed.

(6AA) Appointment by direct recruitment to the posts specified in clause (iii) of sub-section (2) shall be made by a Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishad, as the case may be, in accordance with the rules made in this behalf by the State Government, from out of the person selected for the posts by such agency in such manner as may be prescribed; and

(6B) Appointment on the post specified in clause (v) of sub-suction (2) shall be made by Additional Chief Executive Officer-cum-District Education Officer (Elementary Education) of the district concern in accordance with the rules made in this behalf by the State Government from out of persons selected for the posts by the recruitment committee constituted by the Government in accordance with the rules made by the State Government in this behalf.

Provided in case of the posts reserved for widows and divorcee women, selection shall be made in such manner and by such screening committee as may be prescribed by State Government.

(7)The appointing authority may, so long as selection is not made by the District Establishment Committee or selected persons are not available for appointment, make appointments in the prescribed manner on temporary basis for a period not exceeding six months and the said period may be extended only after consultation with the District Establishment Committee.

Provided that no appointment on temporary basis shall be made on the posts specified in clause (iii) of sub-section 2.

(8)Appointments by -

(i) promotion shall be made by the Panchayat Samiti or the Zila Parisahd, as the case may be, in the prescribed manner from amongst persons whose names have been entered in the list prepared by the District Establishment Committee; and

(ii) transfer shall be made after consultation with the Pradhans or the Pramukhs, as the case may be, of the Panchayat Samitis or the Zila Parishads from and to which such transfer is proposed to be made.

(8-A) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sub-sec. (8), the State Government may transfer any member of the service from any place of posting to any other place of posting whether within the same Panchayat Samiti, or from one Panchayat Samiti to another Panchayat Samiti, whether within the same district or outside it, from one Zila Parishad to another Zila Parishad, or from a Panchayat Samiti to a Zila Parishad or from Zila Parishad to a Panchayat Samiti and may also stay the operation of, or cancel, any order of transfer made under Sub-sec. (8), or the rules made thereunder.

(9) Persons holding posts encadred in the service shall also be eligible for appointments or promotion to posts in a State Service or under the State Government in accordance with the rules made in that behalf by the State Government and subject to terms and conditions laid down in such rules, and the persons so appointed or promoted shall count the period of their holding posts in the service constituted under this section for the purpose of seniority and pension.

(10)Persons holding appointment in a State Service shall also be eligible for appointment by transfer to a post encadred in the service constituted under this section in accordance with rules made in this behalf by the State Government and on terms and conditions laid down in those rules.

(11)Every person holding a post encadred in the service constituted under this section shall be entitled to the payment of a pension by the State Government out of the consolidated fund of the State in accordance with the rules made by it in that behalf. (10)Persons holding appointment in a State Service shall also be eligible for appointment by transfer to a post encadred in the service constituted under this section in accordance with rules made in this behalf by the State Government and on terms and conditions laid down in those rules. (11)Every person holding a post encadred in the service constituted under this section shall be entitled to the payment of a pension by the State Government out of the consolidated fund of the State in accordance with the rules made by it in that behalf.