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Assam Education Service Rules, 1982
Assam Education Service Rules, 1982
Sections
1. Title and commencement.
Section 12. Definitions.
Section 23. Class and cadre.
Section 34. Strength of service.
Section 45. Method of recruitment.
Section 56. Direct recruitment.
Section 68. Academic qualification.
Section 89. Physical fitness.
Section 910. Character.
Section 1011. Recruitment by promotion.
Section 1112. General procedure of promotion.
Section 1213. Selection Board.
Section 1314. Disqualification.
Section 1415. Reservation.
Section 1516. Probation.
Section 1617. Confirmation.
Section 1718. Discharge.
Section 1819. Scale of pay.
Section 1920. Fixation of initial pay.
Section 2021. Increment.
Section 2122. Crossing of efficiency bar.
Section 2223. Seniority.
Section 2324. Gradation List.
Section 2425. Code of conduct.
Section 2526. Transfer.
Section 2627. Other provisions.
Section 2728. Maintenance of Register.
Section 2829. Relaxation.
Section 2930. Interpretation.
Section 3031. Repeal and savings.
Section 31
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"content": "(a) \"Appointing Authority\" means the Governor of Assam.\n(b) \"Commission\" means the Assam Public Service Commission ;\n(c) \"Director\" means the Director of Public Instruction ;\n(d) \"Government Degree College\" means Cotton College, Diphu College, Haflong College and any other College as may be declared by the Government to be Government Degree College from time to time.\n(e) \"Government\" means the State Government of Assam ;\n(f) \"Member\" means a member of Assam Education Service ;\n(g) \"Select List\" means the select list as referred to in Rule 12 ;\n(h) \"Selection Board\" means the Selection Board as referred to in Rule 13 ;\n(i) \"Service\" means the Assam Education Service ;\n(j) \"Year\" means the Calendar Year.",
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"content": "(a) Class I -\n(a) Class I\n(i) Director of Public Instruction ;\n(ii) Additional Director of Public Instruction/Director of Elementary Education/Director of Adult Education, hereinafter referred to as Additional Director ;\n(iii) Principal, Government Degree Colleges ;\n(iv) Principal Science College ;\n(v) Principal, State Institute of Education ;\n(vi) Joint Director, Public Instruction/Joint Director, Elementary Education/Joint Director, Adult Education/Joint Director, Public Instruction, Hills/Joint Director, Plains Tribal Education/Joint Director, Vocational Education/Director, Institute of Science Education, hereinafter referred to as Joint Director ;\n(vii) Principal Government Law College ;\n(viii) Deputy Director of Public Instruction/Deputy Director, Elementary Education/Deputy Director of Adult Education/Inspector of Schools, hereinafter referred to as Deputy Director ;\n(x) Principal, Government Sanskrit College ;\n(xi) Principal Hindi Teachers, Training College ;\n(xii) Vice-Principal and Professor of Government Degree Colleges including non-technical Assistant Professors of Engineering Colleges and Polytechnics, hereinafter referred to as Professors ;\n(xiii) Vice-Principal and Professor of Post Graduate Training Colleges hereinafter referred to as Professors ;\n(xiv) Professors of Science College ;\n(xv) Professors/Readers of State Institute of Education and State Institute of Science Education hereinafter referred to as Professors ;\n(xvi) Assistant Director, Vocational Guidance ;\n(xvii) Assistant Director, Planning and Co-ordination ;\n(xviii) Lecturer of Government Degree College including non-technical Lecturers of Engineering Colleges and Polytechnics.\n(xix) Lecturers of Science Colleges ;\n(xv) Assistant Inspector/Assistant Inspectors of Schools/Vigyan Mandir Officer.\n(b) Class II :\n(b) Class II :\n(i) Lectures of Post Graduate Training College ;\n(ii) Lecturers of Government Sanskrit College ;\n(iii) Lecturers of Government Law College ;\n(iv) Lecturers of Hindi Teachers Training College ;\n(v) Lecturers of State Institute of Education/State Institute of Science Education ;\n(vi) Deputy Inspector of Schools/District Social Education Officer ;\n(i) any post equivalent to a post in any of the cadres mentioned in sub-rule (1): and\n(ii) any cadre or post declared by Government to be a cadre of the service.\nNote. - Each of the post in the sub-rule (10 shall form independent cadre. Members of any cadre shall have no claim for appointment in higher cadre except in accordance with provisions of these rules.\nNote.",
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"content": "(1) Recruitment to the post of Director of Public Instruction Principal State Institute of Education Principal Government Law College, Principal Hindi Teachers training College Lecturers, Government Degree Colleges, Assistant Director, Vocational Guidance Bureau, Lecturers of other Colleges, Lecturers, SIE/SISE shall be made by direct recruitment only with qualifications prescribed under Rule 8 :\n(2) Recruitment to the post of Additional Director, Principal, Government Degree College, Joint Director, Principal Science College, Principal, Post Graduate Training Centre, Principal, Government Sanskrit College and Professors of Government Degree College, Professors of Post Graduate Training Centre, Professor, Science College Professors, State Institute of Education and State Institute of Science Education, Assistant Director. Educational Planning and Co-ordination, ? Deputy Inspector of Schools shall be made by promotion in the manner prescribed in Rule 11.\n(3) Recruitment to all other posts of the service shall be made :\n(a) by direct recruitment up to 75 per cent with qualification prescribed? under Rule 8 in the cadre of Dy. Director and by promotion up to 25 per cent in the cadre of Dy. Director from the select list of Assistant Inspector/Assistant Inspectress of Schools and Assistant Directors, Vocational Guidance and Assistant Directors, Planning and Co-ordination having five years experience in the post and possessing at least Second Class Masters Degree.\n(b) by direct recruitment up to 75 per cent with qualification prescribed under Rule 8 on the basis of open competitive examination to be conducted by the Commission in the cadre of Assistant Inspector/Assistant Inspectress of Schools V.M.O. and by promotion up to 25 per cent in the cadre of Assistant Inspector/Assistant Inspectress of Schools from amongst the Deputy Inspector of Schools/District Social Education Officer.",
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"content": "(a) Before the end of each year the Government shall make an assessment regarding the likely number of vacancies to be filled up by direct recruitment during the next year and shall intimate the same to the Commission, together with the details about reservation for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes or any other category as provided under Rule 15.\n(b) The Government shall simultaneously, request the Commission to recommend a list of candidates for direct recruitment in order of preference.\n(c) The Commission may hold such test or interview as may be considered necessary.\n(d) The Commission shall furnish to the Government a list of candidates recommended by it in order of preference, found suitable for direct recruitment. The number of candidates in such a list may be approximately double the number of vacancies.\n(e) The Commission shall simultaneously public the list in the Assam Gazette and such other place as the Commission may consider proper.\n7.\n(i)\nDirector of Public Instruction\nMaximum 50 years\n(ii)\nPrincipal State Institute of Education\nMaximum 40 years.\n(iii)\nPrincipal Government Law College\nMaximum 40 years.\n(iv)\nDy. D.P.I./Inspector of Schools\nMaximum 40 years.\n(v)\nPrincipal H.T.T.C.\nMaximum 40 years.\n(vi)\nLecturer Government Degree Colleges\nMaximum 30 years.\n(vii)\nAssistant Director, Vocational Guidance\nMaximum 40 years.\n(viii)\nAssistant Inspector of Schools\nMaximum 30 years.\n(ix)\nLecturers of other Colleges\nMaximum 30 years.\n(x)\nLecturers of SIE/SISE\nMaximum 30 years.",
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"content": "(1) of sound health both mentally and physically and free from organic defect or bodily infirmity likely to interfere with the due performance of his duties ; and\n(2) required to undergo necessary medical examination before appointment to the service.",
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"content": "(a) the Principal Academic Officer of the University or College in which studied last;\n(b) two respectable persons, who are well-acquainted with (but not related to) the candidate.",
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"content": "(a) The post of Additional Director shall be filled up from the select list of Joint Director/Principal S.I.E. and Director, State Institute of Science Education.\n(b) The post of Principal Government Degree College shall be filled up from the select list of professors of Government Degree College.\n(c) The post of Joint Director shall be filled up from the select list of Deputy Directors.\n(d) The post of Principal, Science College, Principal, Post Graduate Training College, Principal Government Sanskrit College, shall be filled up from the select list of Professors and Readers of respective colleges as the case may be.\n(e) The post of Professors of Government Degree College shall be filled up from the lecturers of Government Degree College.\n(f) The post of Professors of Science College, Post Graduate Training College, State Institution of Education and State Institute of Science Education shall be filled up from the select list of lecturers of respective Colleges as the case may be.\n(g) The post of Assistant Director, Planning and Co-ordination shall be filled up from the cadre of Statistical Officer, Information Officer and Research Officer/Planning Officer having 5 years experience.\n(h) The post of Deputy Inspector/Addl. Deputy Inspector and District School Education Officer shall be filled up from the select list of Sub-Inspector of Schools having 7 years experience.",
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"content": "(a) Information about the number of vacancies,\n(b) List of Officers in order of seniority eligible for promotion (separate list for promotion to different cadres shall be furnished) indicating the cadre to which the case of promotion to be considered.\n(c) Character Rolls and other records of the officers listed.\n(d) Any other documents and informations as may be considered by the appointing authority or required by the Board.",
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"content": "(1) Selection Board for considering promotion to the post of Addl. Director, Principal, Government Degree Colleges and Joint Director and Deputy Director-\n(i)\nChief Secretary or his nominee\nChairman.\n(ii)\nMember, A.P.S.C.\nMember.\n(iii)\nSecretary, Education\nMember-Secretary.\n(2) Selection Board for considering promotion to other posts-\n(i)\nA member of the Commission nominated by Chairman\nChairman.\n(ii)\nSecretary, Education\nMember-Secretary.\n(iii)\nD.P.I. Assam\nMember.\nIII-General Provisions",
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"content": "(a) unless he is a citizen of India, and\n(b) if he has more than one wife living or in case of female candidate who has married a person who has one wife living ; provided that the Government may, if it is satisfied that there are special grounds for doing so, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.",
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"content": "Note. (a) The period of appointment under A.P.S.C. (Limitation of Function) Regulation before regulation through commission shall always be ignored for the purpose of determining seniority.\nNote.\n(b) The combined seniority of all lecturers belonging to different teaching departments of the colleges shall be determined according to relative preference of the commission and date of birth as the case may be.",
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"content": "IV-Special Provision",
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"content": "Schedule I\n[Under Rule 4]\nScale of pay\nPermanent\nTemporary\nTotal\n1.\nD.P.I.\n1600-2100\n1\n-\n1\n2.\nA.D.P.I./DEE/DAE*\n1400-1900\n1\n2\n3\n3.\nPrincipal, Govt. Degree College\n1200-1900\n2\n1\n3\n4.\nPrincipal, Science College\n1200-1900\n-\n1\n1\n5.\nPrincipal, SIE\n1300-1800\n-\n1\n1\n6.\nJoint D.P.I.\n1150-1675\n5\n1\n6\n7.\nDirector, SISE\n1150-1675\n-\n1\n1\n8.\nPrincipal, Govt. Law College\n1150-1675\n-\n1\n1\n9.\nDDPI/Inspector/Inspectress\n900-1525\n13\n8\n21\n10.\nPrincipal, PGTC\n900-1525\n-\n2\n2\n11.\nPrincipal, Govt., Sanskrit College\n900-1525\n-\n1\n1\n12.\nPrincipal, HTTC\n900-1525\n-\n1\n1\n13.\nProfessors of Govt. Degree Colleges (Including Non-Technical\n\t\t\t\tProfessors of Engineering Colleges and Polytechnic)\n700-1600 + 110 Spl. pay\n110\n-\n110\n14.\nProfessors of Science College\n700-1600\n-\n3\n3\n15.\nVice-Principal and Professors of PGTC\n700-1425\n-\n4\n4\n16.\nProfessors/Readers of SISE and SIE\n700-1425\n-\n3\n3\n17.\nAssistant Director of Vocational Guidance Bureau\n700-1425\n-\n1\n1\n18.\nAssistant Director, Planning and Coordination\n700-1425\n-\n1\n1\n19.\nLecturers of Govt. Degree Colleges including Non-Technical\n\t\t\t\tTeachers of Engineering and Polytechnics\n700-1600\n144\n56\n200\n20.\nAssistant Inspector/Inspectress of Schools\n525-1325\n18\n3\n21\n21.\nLecturer of Science Colleges\n700-1600\n-\n15\n15\n22.\nLecturer of PGTC\n500-1225\n-\n16\n16\n23.\nLecturer of Govt. Sanskrit Colleges\n500-1225\n-\n9\n9\n24.\nLecturer of Govt. Law Colleges\n500-1225\n-\n2\n2\nIn addition there are 6 posts of part-time\n\t\t\t\tLecturers\n25.\nLecturer of HTTC\n500-1225\n4\n4\n26.\nLecturer of SISE/SIE\n500-1225\n9\n9\n27.\nDeputy Inspector\n500-1225\n21\n6\n27\n28.\nAdditional Deputy Inspector\n500-1225\n17\n1\n18\n* The post of Director, Adult Education is now kept in abeyance.\nSchedule II\n[ See Rule 8, 5 (1)]",
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