Assam Panchayat Employees (Provincialisation) Act, 1999

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    "title": "Assam Panchayat Employees (Provincialisation) Act, 1999",
    "short_title": "Assam Panchayat Employees (Provincialisation) Act, 1999",
    "act_number": "(Act No. 22 of 1999)",
    "act_year": 1999,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Assam Panchayat Employees (Provincialisation) Act, 1999",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"appointed day\" means the date on which this Act came into force;\n(b) \"date of appointment\" means in relation to any employee, the date on which he joined the service of Panchayats;\n(c) \"Director\" means the Director of Panchayat and Rural Development, Assam;\n(d) \"employees\" means a person in the employment of Panchayats against a regularly sanctioned post;\n(e) \"notification\" means the notification published in the Official Gazette;\n(f) \" panchayats\" means the Gaon Panchayat, the Anchalik Panchayat and the Zilla Parishad established under the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994;\n(g) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(h) \"provincialisation\" means taking over of the liabilities for payment of salaries including dearness allowances, medical relief and such other allowances as admissible to the Government servant of similar category and gratuity, pension, leave encashment etc., as admissible under the existing rules to the Government servants serving under the Government of Assam;\n(i) \"State Government\" means the Government of Assam.",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Provincialisation of the employees of Panchayats under State Government.",
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            "content": "(a) all rules including service rules and rules of conduct and discipline and appeal which are applicable to the Government servants of corresponding grade and similarly placed shall be applicable to all employees of the Panchayats;\n(b) all employees shall get such emoluments as salary and allowances etc., as are admissible to the Government servants of similar category :\n(c) services of all employees shall be encadred in the appropriate cadres in accordance with the rules as may be prescribed by the State Government for this purpose;\n(d) the inter-se seniority of the employees of a cadre or class shall be determined on the basis of the principles laid down in the rules framed under this Act.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Superannuation and pension etc.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Protection of action taken in good faith.",
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            "sort_order": 4
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Power to make rules.",
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            "content": "(i) the norms and principles of encadrement of the employees in the appropriate cadre under Section 3;\n(ii) manner and principles under which inter-se-seniority of the employees shall be determined under Section 3;\n(iii) any other matter which is required to be, or may be prescribed.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Interpretation.",
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        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Power to remove difficulties.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Repeal and Saving.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 13th February, 2020 [ass371]",
        "Act Number": "(Act No. 22 of 1999)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1999",
        "Short Title": "Assam Panchayat Employees (Provincialisation) Act, 1999",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}