Gujarat Educational Institutions Services Tribunal Act, 2006

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    "title": "Gujarat Educational Institutions Services Tribunal Act, 2006",
    "short_title": "Gujarat Educational Institutions Services Tribunal Act, 2006",
    "act_number": "(Gujarat Act No. 20 of 2013)",
    "act_year": 2006,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Gujarat",
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    "description": "Gujarat Educational Institutions Services Tribunal Act, 2006",
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            "number": "1",
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            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"appointed day\" means the date on which the remaining under (3) of section 1;\n(b) \"college\" means a college affiliated to a University;\n(c) \"educational institution\" means a University, College, Higher Secondary School, Secondary School and the Primary School;\n(d) \"employee\" means the any member of the teaching and non-teaching staff of the educational institution (whether confirmed or temporary or on probation) in service of such institution and for the purpose of any proceeding under this Act in relation to a dispute referred to in section 10, includes any such member who has been dismissed or removed or whose services are otherwise terminated;\n(e) \"existing tribunal\" means the tribunal established or constituted under the relevant Act;\n(f) \"member\" means a member of the tribunal and includes the President;\n(g) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(h) \"Primary School\" shall have the same meaning assigned to it in the Bombay Primary Education Act, 1947 (Bombay LXI of 1947);\n(i) \"relevant Act\" means the Bombay Primary Education Act, 1947, the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Act, 1972, the Gujarat Affiliated Colleges services Tribunal Act, 1982, the Gujarat Higher Secondary School Services Tribunal Act, 1983 or, as the case may be, the Gujarat Universities Services Tribunal Act, 1983;\n(j) \"repealed law\" means the Acts repealed by this Act;\n(k) \"Secondary School\" and \"Higher Secondary School\" shall have the same meaning assigned to them in the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education  Act, 1972 (Gujarat 18 of 1973);\n(l) \"tribunal\" means the Gujarat Educational Institutions Services Tribunal established under section 3;\n(m) \"University\" means a University constituted under the Gujarat University Act, 1949, the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Act, 1949, the Sardar Patel University Act, 1955, the Veer Narmad South Gujarat University Act, 1965, the Saurashtra University Act, 1965, the Bhavnagar University Act, 1978, the Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University Act, 1986 or, as the case may be, the Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Verma Kachchh University Act, 2003.\nEstablishment of Tribunal and its Jurisdiction, Powers and Functions",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Constitution of Gujarat Educational Institutions Services Tribunal.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Appointment and qualifications of members.",
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            "content": "(a) judicial member unless he is or has been a District Judge for at least three years;\n(b) administrative member unless he is or has been a Secretary to the Government of Gujarat for at least three years.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Term of office and conditions of service of member of Tribunal.",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Fining up of vacancies.",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Power of State Government to terminate appointment of member.",
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            "content": "(i) has been adjudged an insolvent,\n(ii) engages during his term of office in any paid employment outside the duties of his office,\n(iii) has in the opinion of the State Government, become physically or mentally incapable of acting as a member,\n(iv) has been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude, or\n(v) has been guilty of proved misbehaviour:",
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            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Headquarters of Tribunal.",
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            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Jurisdiction of Tribunal.",
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            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Practice and procedure of Tribunal.",
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            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Appeal.",
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            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. State Government to be heard in certain cases.",
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            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Review.",
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            "content": "(a) that some new or important matter or evidence which could not be discovered earlier after the exercise of due diligence and which was likely to materially affect the decision or order of the tribunal, was discovered after such decision or order; or\n(b) that there was some mistake of facts or error apparent on the face of the record; or\n(c) that the decision or order required to be reviewed for any other sufficient reason:",
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            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Tribunal to have powers of Court.",
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            "content": "(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;\n(b) requiring the discovery and production of documents;\n(c) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses;\n(d) any other matter which may be prescribed.",
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            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Proceedings before Tribunal to be judicial proceedings.",
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            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Members of Tribunal to be public servants.",
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            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Decision of Tribunal final.",
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            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Payment of court fees.",
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            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Records to be open to inspection and extracts and copies to be given.",
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        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Protection of action taken in good faith.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Power to make rules.",
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        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Abolition of existing Tribunals.",
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        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Transfer of pending cases.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Amendment of certain Acts.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Power to remove difficulties.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Repeal and savings.",
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            "content": "Schedule\n( See section 24)\nTitle of the Act (1)\nTitle of the Act (1)\nExtent and manner of amendment (2)\nExtent and manner of amendment (2)\n1.\nThe Bombay Primary Education Act, 1947 (Bom.\n\t\t\t\t\tLXI of 1947).\nClause (c) Explanation  section 40B,\n\t\t\t\t\tsub-section (5) of section 40B and sections 40F and 40G shall be\n\t\t\t\t\tdeleted.\n2.\nThe Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary\n\t\t\t\t\tEducation Act, 1972 (Guj. 18 of 1973).\n(1) In section 2, clause (y) shall be\n\t\t\t\t\tdeleted; (2) in section 36, after the words \"Private\n\t\t\t\t\tSecondary School\" wherever they occur, the words \"or\n\t\t\t\t\tregistered Private Higher Secondary School\" shall be\n\t\t\t\t\tinserted; (3) sections 38, 39 and 40 shall be deleted.\n3.\nThe Krishna Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Verma\n\t\t\t\t\tKachchh University Act, 2003 (Guj. 5 of 2003)",
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        },
        {
            "number": "69",
            "title": "Section 69 shall be deleted.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 26
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        "Act ID": "guj232",
        "Act Number": "(Gujarat Act No. 20 of 2013)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2006",
        "Short Title": "Gujarat Educational Institutions Services Tribunal Act, 2006",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Gujarat"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}