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Andhra Pradesh (Regulation of Appointments to Public Services and Rationalisation of Staff Pattern and Pay Structure) Act, 1994
Andhra Pradesh (Regulation of Appointments to Public Services and Rationalisation of Staff Pattern and Pay Structure) Act, 1994
Sections
1. Short title and commencement.
Section 12. Definition.
Section 23. Prohibition of daily wage appointments and regulation of temporary appointments.
Section 34. Regulation of recruitment.
Section 45. Bills not to be passed.
Section 56. Penalties.
Section 67. Bar for regularisation of services.
Section 78. Power to give directions.
Section 89. Abatement of claims.
Section 910. Creation of Posts.
Section 1011. Review Committees.
Section 1112. Committee to exercise the powers of the Civil Court.
Section 1213. Offences and punishment.
Section 1314. Penalty for abetters.
Section 1415. Offences by Companies.
Section 1516. Bar of jurisdiction of Civil Courts.
Section 1617. Act to override other Laws.
Section 1718. Power to makes rules.
Section 1819. Guidelines for interpretation of Act.
Section 1920. Repeal of Ordinance 8 of 1993.
Section 20
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"content": "Object & Reasons 6\nThe Statement of Object and Reasons\n(a) totally banning such appointments in the institutions covered by legislation;\n(b) imposing stringent penalties for making appoint by public servants on violation of the law,\n(c) to protect public servants from being held for contempt for non-compliance offence orders of Tribunal or High Court and also for abatement of pending cases claiming regularisation of services which are already filed before the courts of law by making a suitable provision therefor; and\n(d) to protect the interests of candidates registered with Employment Exchange, the reservation rights of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes, the rights of the existing employees who are recruited through proper channel and the functions of Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission, district Selection Committees and other Selection Committees constituted by the Government.\nStatement of Objects and Reasons - (Act No. 5 of 2004).",
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"content": "(i) 'competent authority' means the officer or authority specified by the Government by notification to exercise the powers and perform the functions of a competent authority under this Act and they may specify the different authorities for different purposes, different districts and different departments and institutions;\n(ii) 'daily wage employee' means any person who is employed in any public service on the basis of payment of daily wages and includes a person employed on the basis of nominal muster roll or consolidated pay either, on full-time or part-time or piece rate basis or as a work charged employee and any other similar category of employees by whatever designation called other than those who are selected and appointed in a sanctioned post in accordance with the relevant rules on a regular basis;\n(iii) 'Government' means the State Government;\n(iv) 'local authority' means,-\n(a) a Gram Panchayat (sic) under the Andhra Pradesh Gram Panchayats Act, 1964;\n(b) a Mandal Praja Parishad or a Zilla Praja Parishad established under the Andhra Pradesh Mandala Praja Parishads, Zilla Praja Parishads and Zilla Pranalika and Abhivrudhi Sameeksha Mandals Act, 1936;\n(c) a Municipality constituted under the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965; (Act VI of 1905) and\n(d) a Municipal Corporation established under the relevance law, for the time being in force, relating to Municipal Corporations;\n(v) 'Notification' means, a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette;\n[(vi) \"Public (sic)\" means, services in any office or establishment of,\n(a) the Government;\n(b) a local authority;\n(c) a Corporation or undertaking wholly owned or controlled by the State Government;\n(d) a body established under any law made by the Legislature of the State whether incorporated or not, including a University;\n(e) a Co-operative Society registered under the Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1964; and\n(f) any other body established by the Government or by a Society registered under any law relating to the registration of societies for the time being in force, and receiving funds from the State Government either fully or partly for its maintenance or any educational institution whether registered or not but receiving aid from the Government.]\n(vii) 'Schedule' means, the Schedule appended to this Act.",
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"content": "(a) from the panel of candidates selected and recommended for appointment by the Public Service Commission/College Service Commission where the post is within the purview of the said Commission;\n(b) from a panel prepared by any Selection Committee constituted for the purpose in accordance with the relevant rules or orders issued in that behalf; and\n[(c) from the candidates having the requisite qualification either sponsored by the Employment Exchange or applied in response to the wide publicity of vacancy position through Daily News Paper having wider circulation or Employment News Bulletin and also display on the Office Notice Boards or announcement through Radio or Television in other cases where recruitment otherwise than in accordance with clauses (a) and (b) is permissible.]\n[(d) to any suitable appointments to be made in compliance with assurance bearing number 2488/X/96, Assembly Secretariat dated 10th September, 1996 made on the floor of the Legislative Assembly of the State.]\n(a) to the compassionate appointments made in favour of a son or a daughter or spouse of any person employed in public service who dies in harness or who retires from service on medical grounds, in accordance with the relevant orders issued from time to time;]\n[(b) to the appointments made in favour of a son or daughter or spouse or a grand son (son's son) or a grand daughter (son's daughter) or a grand son (dependent daughter's son) or a grand daughter (dependent daughter's daughter) of any married person or a brother or a sister or parent of any unmarried person killed or totally incapacitated in extremist violence or in police firing or bomb-blast or in communal violence irrespective of the age of the killed who is not accused of an offence, made in accordance with the relevant orders issued from time to time.\n[(c) to the appointments made in favour of members of Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes, who or whose parents, or spouse are subjected to atrocities, in accordance with the relevant orders issued from time to time.]",
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"content": "(a) it shall be deemed in the case of the holder of an elective office that he has abused his position or power and accordingly the competent authority shall initiate proceedings for his removal; and\n(b) in the case of an officer, or authority it shall be deemed that he is guilty of misconduct and the competent authority shall initiate action under the relevant disciplinary rules.",
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"content": "(a) no suit or other proceeding shall be instituted, maintained or continued in any court, tribunal or other authority by the daily wage or temporary appointees against the Government or any person or authority whatsoever for the regularisation of the services;\n(b) no court shall enforce any decree or order directing the regularization of the services of such persons; and\n(c) all proceedings pending in any court or tribunal claiming the regularisation of services snail abate.",
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"content": "(a) the existing staff pattern in any office or establishment employing persons belonging to any public service keeping in view the workload of such office or establishment; and\n(b) the pay scales, allowances, ex gratia, bonus, pension, gratuity and other terminal benefits and perquisites applicable to the post belonging to any public service of such office or establishment (other than the teaching staff of the Universities) keeping in view the qualifications and job requirements of each such post.",
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"content": "(a) \"Company\" means a company as defined in the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act 1 of 1956) and includes a University, a firm, a society or other association of individuals; and\n(b) \"Director\" in relation to, -\n(i) a 'firm' means a partner in the firm;\n(ii) a University, a society or other association of individuals means the person who is entrusted with the power to make appointments in the case or a University under the concerned law under which the University is established, and in other cases under the rules of the society or other association, as the case may be.",
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"Act Number": "(Andhra Pradesh Act No. 2 of 1994)",
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"Act Year": "1994",
"Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh (Regulation of Appointments to Public Services and Rationalisation of Staff Pattern and Pay Structure) Act, 1994",
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