Other members also supported his position and the committee made a controversial decision to benefit only a few health professionals, he said. He said the Punjab government offered them appointments to ad hoc seats through advertisements in 2019 when promotion requests from the Ministry of Health sent to the Punjab Civil Service Commission (CSDP) were delayed. Under the ordinary procedure, SH&MED did not issue Certificates of Objection (NOCs) to paramedics who had requested ad hoc appointments. However, the Punjab Ministry of Health then refused to use more of the services of these health professionals on an ad hoc basis and asked them to return to their places of origin, the official said. In 2020, the SH&MED sent a summary to the Prime Minister of Punjab and requested a one-time extension of the ad hoc appointments of these doctors. In 2021, they again obtained an extension for a short period. 3. Notwithstanding what is contained in an Act or regulation or in a decree, order or judgment of a court, all public servants appointed to an ad hoc post not later than 20 September 1986 and who do so until the coming into force of that Act shall be deemed to have been validly selected and appointed to the posts they occupy: that they hold regularly from the date of coming into force of this Act; One official said a number of teaching executives who regularly work as health professionals in public sector medical institutes face discrimination in the fundamental right to promotion. He said the ad hoc appointments of these senior medical professors as assistant and associate professors had been made as a matter of urgency. He said the “selective justice system” put these paramedics in trouble when they were declared unfit to receive promotions under the 1979 proposed amendments to the 1979 service rules. LAHORE: The Punjab government has proposed changes to the service rules to count experience only for the promotion of medical teachers/doctors who have served in ad hoc appointments in “disadvantaged” districts of the province. (c) “law or rule” means the law or provision currently in force concerning the selection and appointment of civil servants; and “As already established, the ad hoc appointment period counts as experience gained in compliance with the requirements of the Statute. The ad hoc period in a subordinate post of a person subsequently selected by the Commission must be taken into account in determining his or her suitability for a managerial position or the same post,” reads an official letter dated 21 February 1970 from the Department of Services and General Administration.
4. (1) A public servant whose services are governed by this Act: the grade in relation to all public servants who belong to the same service or officer and who are lawfully in service at the beginning of this Act, and against any other person who, on the recommendation of the Commission, must be appointed to the service or officer concerned before the coming into force of this Act, regardless of the effective date of their appointment. (2) The terms “ad hoc appointment” and “civil servants” have the same meaning as those attributed to them in [10] [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa] Civil Servants Act, 1973 ([11][Khyber Pakhtunkhwa] Act No XVIII of 1973). The doctors concerned called on the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister of Punjab to take note of the discrimination and to intervene to grant them more exemptions in addition to reviewing their cases for promotion. The official said the health minister defended these doctors by preparing a solid case and presenting it to the committee meeting. He presented numerous references, including guidelines as evidence used in the past to allow the government to view the ad hoc period as an experiment for promotion cases. “Many of them are considering the possibility of leaving the government position or challenging the committee`s decision in court because they have not taken into account the changes in all areas,” the official said. 3. Regularization of the services of certain officials. (ii) such officials possess the qualifications and experience required for the posts; and when they returned to their original posts, the Ministry told them that the experience they had gained would not be taken into account for their promotions compared to the original seats.