No: 1478 Dated: Oct, 05 2002

UTTAR PRADESH INFORMATION GAZETTED SERVICE RULES, 2002

-: ACT :-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Uttar Pradesh Information (Gazetted) Service Rules, 2002
(2) They shall come into force at once.
2. The Uttar Pradesh Information (Gazetted) Service is a service comprising Group 'A' and Group 'B' posts.
3. In these rules, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context:
(a) appointing authority in respect of the posts at serial numbers 1 to 15 in the Appendix means the Governor and respect of the remaining posts means the Director;
(b) citizen of India means a person who is or is deemed to be a citizen of India under Part-II of the Constitution;
(c) 'Commission' means the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission;
(d) 'Constitution' means the Constitution of India;
(e) 'Director' means the Director of Information and Public relations, Uttar Pradesh
(f) 'Government' means the State Government of Uttar Pradesh;
(g) "Governor" means the of Uttar Pradesh;
(h) 'Member of the service' means a person substantively appointed under these rules or the rules or orders in force prior to the commencement of these rules to a post in the cadre of the Service;
(i) 'Service' means the Uttar Pradesh Information (Gazetted) Service;
(j) 'Substantive appointment' means an appointment, not being an adhoc appointment, on a post in the cadre of the Service, made after selection in accordance with the rules and, if there were no rules. in accordance with the procedure prescribed for the time being by executive instructions issued by the Government;
(k) 'Year of recruitment' means a period of twelve months commencing on the first day of July of a calendar year.