Government of Sindh

Political, Services and General

Administration Department,
(Services Branch)
RESOLUTION NO: 4227/18.P.S.IV, SINDH SECRETARIAT, KARACHI 10 TH
DECEMBER, 1953.

Resolution: In suppression of Government Resolution, Political Services and General

Administration Department, No. 4227/18.P.S.I dated the 1st August, 1950 as amended from
time to time, Government are pleased to prescribed the following rules for the training of
Assistant Collectors:-

(1) Every candidate appointed to the Civil Service of Pakistan and allotted to the Province of
Sindh shall be appointed as an Assistant Collector and attached to collector of a District
until he is appointed as a Sub-Division Officer.
(2) Each officer on his first appointment to the Province of Sindh shall repost himself to the
Chief Secretary to Government unless he has already been informed of his posting in
which case he should proceed direct to his place of appointment.
(3) The training and welfare of the Assistant Collector shall be the personal responsibility of
the Collector of the District to which he is appointed.
(4) The Syllabus for the Department Examination shall be as an in Annexure “A” which shall
be in two parts, each part to be taken at a time. The first part of the examination will
consist of the first four paper mentioned at No: 1 to 4, and the second part will comprise
the remaining three papers at No: 5 to 7 and Viva voce the manual of village and Taluka
Revenue Accounts.
(5) Both parts of the examination will be held by the Sindh Public Service Commission in the
month of April / August and December every year, if a candidate intimates by 1 st March,
1st July or 1st November respectively his intention to sit for the examination.
(6) The Public Service Commission shall fix the dates for examination and notify them to the
candidates as soon as possible.
(7) Each Assistant Collector is expected to pass the 1st Part of the Departmental Examination
at the first opportunity occurring after his appointment in Sindh Province that, if the date
of posting of any officer is such as not to allow him a minimum period of three months
for preparing od this examination. Government may order a special examination to be
held form him.
(8) An Assistant Collector must pass the 2nd Part of the Departmental Examination at the first
opportunity after he has passed the first Part of the Departmental Examination.
(9) An Assistant Collector must pass both parts of the Departmental Examination within 15
months of his appointment, but Government may, for special reasons, extend this period.
(10) An Assistant Collector must pass the Urdu Higher standard Examination (unless his
mother tongue is Urdu) and the Sindhi higher standard Examination (unless his mother
tongue is Sindhi) within three years of the date of joining his appointment, but
Government may, for special reasons, extend this period.
(11) An Assistant Collector will not be entitled travelling allowance for attending any of
the examination mentioned above, unless the Public Service Commission certificate that
his proficiency was such as to entitle him to the allowance.
Note:
Certificates for travelling allowance should not certainly be granted to candidates who
obtain less than half of the minimum number of marks required to pass the Examination.
(12) An Assistant Collector shall be invested with the powers of a Magistrate of the
Second Class as soon as he joins.
(13) An Assistant Collector who has worked as a Second Class Magistrate for six months,
should be considered eligible for appointment as a first class Magistrate.
(14) An Assistant Collector may be attached to Sub-Divisional Officer for a purpose of
touring on may be taken on tour by the Collector himself, but this should be allowed to
interfere with the rest of his training.
(15) Before appointing for 1st Part of the Departmental Examination an Assistant Collector
must attend the court of a city Magistrate of a Resident Magistrate for ten days
continuously (Holidays excluded) and take down brief notes of the cases, tried,
commenting on the rules of procedure and evidence followed in dealing with each case.
He should submit his notes to the Local District and Sessions Judge, who discuss them
with him.
(16) An Assistant Collector shall also attend cases in the local Sessions court and take
down notes in the same way as in the case of the magisterial courts. He shall similarly
show them and discuss them with the District and Sessions judge.
Note:
The District and Sessions Judge shall certify compliance with this and the previous rule in
writing, which certificate must be presented to the Public Service Commission before the
officer appears for the 1st Part of the Departmental Examination.
(17) An Assistant Collector must also attend the District treasury at headquarters for a
minimum period of 6 weeks, and it shall be the duty of the Treasure Manual and such
other books as the Treasury Officer may advise him to read.
Note: The Treasury Officer shall give a certificate of training which shall be countersigned
by the collected and presented to the Public Service Commission before the candidate is a
allowed to sit for the 2nd Part of the Departmental Examination.
(18) When an Assistant Collector has passed the 1st Part of the Departmental Examination,
he may be placed in charge of a Taluka as Sub-Divisional Officer, and given the
necessary staff, stationary, forms, etc.
(19) If an Assistant Collector has not already passed a riding test during his probationary
period, he shall pass a test to be held by the Collector. A certificate of having passed this
test should be present to the Public Service Commission before a candidate is allowed to
sit for the 2nd Part of the Departmental Examination.
(20) After an Assistant Collector has completed the 1st part of the Departmental
Examination, he shall/do jamabandi work of atleast one whole deh. A certificate of
having done jamabandi work, of signed by a Collector, should be presented to the
Commission before or after a candidate has passed the 2nd Part of the Departmental
Examination, but within 15 months of his appointment in Sindh.
(21) An Assistant Collector must undergo Survey and Settlement Training for atleast five
weeks according to the syllabus in Annexure “B”. a certificate of having taken this
training shall be allow to the Public Service Commission before or after a candidate has
passed the 2nd Part of the Departmental Examination, but within 15 months of his
appointment in Sindh.
 Note: A candidate who cannot produce the two certificates mentioned in rule 20and 21
before appearing the 2nd Part of the Departmental Examination, shall in the even of his
passing it be declared to have passed it provisionally, subject to the production of these
certificates are produced within the time allowed for purpose, that fact should be noticed.
(22) On passing the 2nd Part of the Departmental Examination an Assistant Collector will
be placed in full charge of a Revenue Sub-Division.
(23) Government may take a departure from the rules prescribed above special cases in
consultation with the Public Service Commission.

By Order of the Governor of Sindh

N.A. FARUQUI
Chief Secretary to Government
ANNEXURE “A”
Paper No: First Part of the Departmental Examination Marks
1. Judicial Question on:- 100
1) Registration Act
2) Stamp Act
3) Court Fees Act
4) Transfer of Property Act (Sections 54 & 59 only)

2. Judicial Questions on:- 100

1) District Police Act
2) Criminal Tribes Act
3) Arms Act
4) Arms Rules
5) Sindh Courts Criminal Circulars

3. Revenue Question on:- 100

1) Land Revenue Code
2) Land Revenue Rules
3) Forest Act
4) Commissioner in Sindh’s Special Circulars

4. Questions on:- 100

1) District Municipal Act
2) Local Boards Act
3) Irrigation Act
4) Abkari Act
5) Land Acquisition Act
6) Land Acquisition Manual

Second Part of the Departmental Examination

5. Paper on:- 100
(1) (a) Sindh Civil Services Rules Manual Vol:I
Chapters I to V, XII (Parts II to VIII)
relating to T.A. only XV and XVI.

(b) Sindh Civil Services Rules Manual Vol:II

Appendix XLIV only.
 (2) Financial Rules under Devolution Rule
37(e) F.P.No:I Chapter 2, 4, to 7 and 13 to 15.
6. Paper on:- 100
The Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

7. Paper on:- 75
Introduction to Pakistan Audit and Accounts
1940-Chapters 1,7,8,12,13,14,16,20,24,26 and 27.

8. Viva Voce in the Manuals of Village and Taluka Revenue Accounts. 75

N.B:- In all case, books only text without commentary will be allowed except the District
Police Act, the Land Revenue Code, the Land Revenue Rules and the Forest Act. Books
will not be allowed in Viva-Voce.

The candidates must obtain 50 percent marks in each paper in order to passed a
candidate appears in all papers in any part of the Examination at one and the session and
obtains 60 percent marks in each paper and 80 percent or more in aggregate he will be
deemed to have passed with credit in that part of the examination. A candidate who appears
in all papers in any part of the examination at one and the same session and fails in one paper
will be allowed grace marks in that paper to extent of 5 percent of the maximum marks
assigned for that paper. If a candidate fails to pass any part of the examination but secures 65
percent or more marks on any paper he will not be obliged to appear in that paper again,
provided that the candidate must in order to have benefit of this rule pass that part of the
examination at the next ensuing general examination. A candidate will be eligible for grace
marks for each part of the examination.

The questions will be so framed as not to involve difficult and rere points, or
recollections of forms dates etc. but to test the candidate’s general knowledge of the subjects
of the examination they will also be so framed as not to involve here copying out to the
sections of the various Acts.

Questions will not be asked to test the subtlety or ingenuity of the candidate but
merely to ascertain whether or not they have read books intelligently and diligently and learn
the principles underlying the various laws.

ANNEXURE “B”
1. Questions on Survey Manual & City Survey Manual.
2. Test on practical Survey with cross staff and chain plane.
3. Table and Sub-division Survey.
4. City Survey with Theodolite.
5. Maintenance of City Survey.