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Civil service----- ---- Advance increments-Grant to Provincial Government employees-Exclusive competence of Provincial Government - Decision of Provincial Coordination Committee - Mere recommendation - Not binding-Five advance increments granted to Instructors of Technical Institutes - Distinction made in regular appointees and ad hoc appointees-Not approved-Department advised to be treated ad hoc appointees at par with regular appointees for purpose of benefit of advance increments - Punjab Service Tribunals Act (IX of 1974), S. 4. JUDGMENT M. SALEEM CHAUDHRY (CHAIRMAN).---The three appellants are aggrieved by the order dated 3-12-1978 made by respondent No. 2 refusing to grant them five advance increments. 2. Brief facts on the case are that on 6-12-1975 the Government decided to grant five advance increments to engineering graduates, persons holding a Master's degree in the physical and natural sciences and lecturers of colleges. Upon this, Instructors/Senior Instructors of polytechnics, technical colleges and commercial institutes made a representation against their non-inclusion in the list of beneficiaries. This representation was placed by the Punjab Government before the Provincial Coordination Committee headed by the Federal Minister of -Education. The Committee, on 9/10th May, 1977, decided as follows:- "The Instructors/Senior Instructors of Polytechnic/Technical Colleges/ Commercial Institutes who are employed in Grade 17 be granted five advance increments which will however, be due with effect from 30th April, 1977, and merged into the pay for fixation under the new scales from 1st May, 1977." 3. The Punjab Government accepted the decision of the Provincial Coordination Committee with the proviso that the concession will be available to Instructors/Senior Instructors appointed on a regular basis in NPS-17 in accordance with the relevant recruitment rules and actually holding these posts on 30-4-1977 and, in any case, not to new entrants who are appointed on these posts on or after 1-5-1977. The appellants, being still ad hoc even after years of service were not allowed the concession. 4. The parties were heard. It was submitted on behalf of the…

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