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Minimum educational and other Qualifications.— (1) No person shall be appointed by direct appointment to the post of Clerk under the Punjab Government unless he is Matriculate in Second Division or pas passed Senior Secondary Part-II examination from a recognised university or institution. (2) The person so appointed as Clerk in terms of sub-rule (1), shall have to qualify a test in Punjabi typewriting to be conducted by the Board or by the appointing authority at the speed of thirty words per minute within a period of one year from the date of his appointment. (3) In case the person fails to qualify the said test within the period specified in sub-rule (2) he shall be allowed annual increment only with effect from the date he qualifies such test, but he shall not be paid any arrears for the period, for which he could not qualify the said test: 22 Provided that where appointment of class-III non-technical post is offered to a War Hero, who has been discharged from defence services or para-military forces on account of disability suffered by him or his widow or dependant member of his family, under the instructions issued in this behalf by the Government, the educational qualifications to be possessed by such person shall be matriculate from a recognised university or institution. Such person will, however, be not required to qualify the test in Punjabi typewriting as specified in sub-rule (2).