Section 5(6)(iii) in The Punjab State Agricultural Marketing Service (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1988
(iii)An employee in respect of whom one of the penalties included in Rule 5(vi) was imposed, will on repromotion count previous service in the higher grade under Rule 4.4 of the Punjab Civil Services Rules, Volume I, Part I, unless the order of punishment or the order passed on appeal directs otherwise.