Section 8(1) in Punjab Home Guards and Civil Defence (Class II) Service Rules, 1988
(1)All appointments to the service shall be made in the following manner, namely :-(a)in the case of District Commander/Battalion 2nd-in-Command/Junior or Staff Officer/Chief Instructor, -(i)Seventy five per cent by promotion on merit-cum-seniority basis from amongst Company Commanders working under the control of Commandant General and having a minimum experience of live years as such :Provided that only one post of Junior Staff Officer shall be available for appointment by promotion of Superintendents, and(ii)Twenty-five per cent by direct appointment, -(a)from amongst the Ex-servicemen who have been not below the rank of Lieutenant in the Armed Forces of the Union and who are graduates of a recognised university with Punjabi upto Matriculation Standard or having knowledge of Punjabi language of equivalent standard ; or(b)from amongst the persons holding 'C' certificate of the National Cadet Corps and who are Graduates of a recognised University with Punjabi upto Matriculation Standard or having knowledge or Punjabi language of equivalent standard ; and(iii)By transfer from amongst the officers not below the rank of a Deputy Superintendent of Police of the State of Punjab or a Captain of the Armed Forces of the Union, if no suitable candidate is available by the aforesaid methods ;(b)In the case of Administrative-cum-Accounts Officer by the transfer of an Accounts Officer working in the Treasuries and Accounts Organisation of the Department of Finance of the State of Punjab.
