The Assam College Employees (Provincialisation) Act, 2005

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    "title": "The Assam College Employees (Provincialisation) Act, 2005",
    "short_title": "The Assam College Employees (Provincialisation) Act, 2005",
    "act_number": "Assam Act No. 46 of 2005",
    "act_year": 2005,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "unknown",
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    "description": "The Assam College Employees (Provincialisation) Act, 2005",
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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) \"College\" means any Non-Government College in Assam in receipt of deficit grants-in-aid from the Government and imparting general education in Arts, Commerce or Science stream in Graduate level;\n(b) \"employee\" means an employee of a College both teaching or non-teaching appointed substantively against a sanctioned post;\n(c) \"existing employee\" means an employee of a College both teaching and non-teaching appointees substantively against a sanctioned post and who is or has been in service on or after the 1st day of January, 2005;\n(d) \"Governing Body\" means the body constituted by the Government in accordance with the provisions of the Assam Non-Government College Management Rules, 2001;\n(e) \"Government\" means the Government of Assam;\n(f) \"provincialisation\" means taking the liabilities for payment of salaries including dearness allowance, medical allowance and such other allowances as admissible to the Government employees of similar category and gratuity, pension, leave encashment, etc. as admissible, under the existing rules, to the employees of the State Government serving under the Government of Assam;\n(g) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(h) \"retired employee\" means an employee who has retired on attaining the age of superannauation or otherwise.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Employees to be provincialised.",
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            "content": "(a) all rules including the rules of conduct and discipline, which are applicable to the Government servants of corresponding grade similarly situated shall be applicable;\n(b) the existing employees will continue to receive their respective existing scales of pay and other allowances etc. as admissible to them under relevant rules and orders of the Government;\n[(c) The posts in each provincialised College shall constitute an independent cadre for each category of employees including the post of the Principal. No inter cadre transfer from one college to another shall be allowed. Government may, however, for reasons to be recorded in writing, and in public interest, transfer a Principal from one Collage to another;]\n(d) the existing employees who want to continue in the existing terms and conditions of service shall give an option in waiting to the Director, Highest Education, Assam within period of three months from the date of coming into force of this Act:\n(e) any existing employee who does not exercise option under clause (d) shall be deemed to have opted for provincialisation under the provisions of this Act;\n(f) the employees of the Colleges provincialised after coming into force of this Act shall have no right of option under clause (d); and\n(g) all existing employees who do not exercise option under clause (de) shall have to refund the State Government's share of the Contributory Provident Fund with interest within six months from the date of coming into force of this Act:",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Colleges to be known as Assam Provincialised Colleges.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Government to take over the services of employees.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Selection and appointment of employees.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Rules to be followed for settlement of pension.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Mode of pension to employees who retired/died prior to 1st January, 2005.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 7
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Age of superannauation.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Suits and Proceedings.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Power of interpretation and removal of difficulties.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Power of the Government to make Rules.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 11th February, 2020 [ass157]",
        "Act Number": "Assam Act No. 46 of 2005",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2005",
        "Short Title": "The Assam College Employees (Provincialisation) Act, 2005",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}