THE PUNJAB CIVIL SERVANTS (DIRECTORY RETIREMENT FROM SERVICE) RULES, 2021 — These rules shall come into force at once. Competent authority means the Appointing Authority in terms of Rules 6 of the Punjab Civil Servants (Appointment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1974. Conduct unbecoming means the conduct, on the part of a civil servant, contrary to public interests or harms his standing or the standing of the civil service in the eyes of public or is contrary to any laws or rules or procedures or instructions and includes inefficiency on his part necessitating his directory retirement under the rules. A civil servant against whom an order for directory retirement is passed by the competent authority shall be eligible for pension or other retirement benefits as the competent authority may, in public interest, direct.