8,16 Year Assured Career Progression Scheme for Junior Engineer's

Government of Punjab, Department of Personnel (Personnel Polices Branch-1) issued instructions vide its letter no. I.D.No.7/56/99-5PPI/8014 Dated, Chandigarh the 27th June 2000 regarding removal of anomalies in the pay scale of Junior Engineers and grant of Career Progression,Class-II Status and designation as Assistant Engineer to Junior Engineers in the state.           On the recommendations of a committee of Administrative Secretaries the state Government has decided to extend the benefit of 'Career Progression' to the Junior Engineers as under:-

• After a service of 8 years in a post in the same 'cadre' a Junior Engineer in the existing scale of 5800-9200, who is not promoted to next higher level shall be granted next higher scale of 6400-10640 with same designation.

• After a service of 16 years in a post in the same 'cadre' a Junior Engineer in the  scale of 6400-10640, who is not promoted to next higher level shall be granted next higher scale of 7220-11320 with class-II Gazetted status and designation of Assistant Engineer.
• With the grant of Class-II Gazetted status and designation of Assistant Engineer, there will be no addition to the 'cadre strength' of Junior Engineers/Assistant Engineers.
• The officials placed in the higher scale and the officials granted status of Assistant Engineer as above will continue to discharge the same duties and exercise the same powers.

         Service rendered by an employee in the lower and higher pay scale granted as mentioned above shall be reckoned as service in the same post for this purpose.

For further information you can download the instructions from the link place below:-

I.D.No.7/56/99-5PPI/8014 Dated, Chandigarh the 27th June 2000