Section 3 in The Punjab Aided Schools (Security of Service) Act, 1969
3. Procedure of punishing employees of aided schools.
(1)No employee shall be dismissed or removed or reduced in rank except after an inquiry in which he has been informed of such charges against him and given a reasonable opportunity of being heard in respect of those charges and where it is proposed, after such inquiry, to impose on him any such penalty, until he has been given a reasonable opportunity of making representation on the penalty proposed, but only on the basis of the evidence adduced during such inquiry.(2)No order of dismissal or removal or reduction in rank of an employee shall take effect unless it has been confirmed by the Deputy Commissioner who may refuse to do so, if in his opinion, the provisions of sub-section (1) have not been complied with.(3)Nothing in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall apply to an employee who is dismissed or removed or reduced in rank on the ground of conduct which has led to his conviction on a criminal charge.(4)An employee against whom an order of the nature specified in sub-section (1) is passed without complying with the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) may within a period of thirty days of the date of communication of the order, make an application to the Deputy Commissioner, challenging such an order on the ground that he is an employee to whom the provisions of sub-section (1) and sub-section (2) apply and the Deputy Commissioner may, after giving the parties an opportunity of being heard and after making such further inquiry as he may think fit, make an order refusing the application or setting aside the impugned order.(5)Any person aggrieved by any decision or order made by the Deputy Commissioner under this section may within a period of thirty days from the date of communication to such person of the decision or order prefer an appeal to the Commissioner who may, after giving the parties an opportunity of being heard, and after making such further inquiry, if any, as he may consider necessary, pass such order as he thinks fit, confirming, modifying or reversing the decision or order appealed against.(6)The order passed by the Commissioner under sub-section (5) and subject only to such an order the order passed by the Deputy Commissioner under sub- section (2) or sub-section (4) shall be final and binding on the parties.
