The Assam Secondary Education (Provincialisation) Act, 1977

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    "title": "The Assam Secondary Education (Provincialisation) Act, 1977",
    "short_title": "The Assam Secondary Education (Provincialisation) Act, 1977",
    "act_number": "Assam Act No. 19 of 1977",
    "act_year": 1977,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
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    "description": "The Assam Secondary Education (Provincialisation) Act, 1977",
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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": "(i) \"appointed day\" in relation to any area means the day on which this Act comes into force in that area ;\n(ii) \"date of appointment\" means in relation to any employee, the date on which he joined the service of a school imparting Secondary Education on and from the date of its coming under ad hoc system of grants-in-aid;\n(iii) \"deficit school\" means a school receiving grants from the State Government under the Deficit Scheme of Grants-in-aid ;\n(iv) \"Director\" means the Director of Public Instruction, Assam, or when specifically appointed by the State Government, the Additional Director of Public Instruction, Assam ;\n(v) \"employee\" means a person in the employment of a school working against a regularly sanctioned post and whose appointment has been approved by the school authority wherever such approval was necessary;\n(vi) \"existing employee\" means an employee who is, on the appointed day, in the regular pay roll, employee against regular sanction and whose appointment has been approved by the school authority ;\n(vii) \"Inspector\" means, in relation to any secondary school, the Inspector of Schools under whose jurisdiction the school is situated ;\n(viii) \"Managing Committee\" in relation to any school means the Managing Committee approved by the State Government and functioning on the appointed day;\n(ix) \"Prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ;\n(x) \"secondary education\" means education imparted up to Class XII in different types of schools including Middle English Schools, Middle Madrassas, High Madrassas, and Higher Secondary Schools ;\n(xi) \"secondary school\" means a deficit school where the secondary education is imparted ;\n(xii) \"school authority\" means the \"Director\" or \"Inspector\" whose approval is necessary for the appointment regularisation of the appointment of an employee of a secondary school.",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Employees to be Government servants.",
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            "content": "(1) All rules including service rules and rules of conduct and discipline which are applicable to Government servants of corresponding ranks shall be applicable to all employees.\n(2) All employees shall get such emoluments as salary and allowances as may be prescribed :\n(3) Services of all the employees shall be encadred in appropriate cadres in accordance with the rules framed by the State Government for this purpose.\n(4) The inter-se seniority of the employees of a cadre or class shall be determined on the basis of 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. Functions of Managing Committees.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Suits and proceedings.",
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            "content": "7.",
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        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Power to make rules.",
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            "content": "(i) fixation of the powers, duties and responsibilities of all employees of the secondary school;\n(ii) the manner in which option shall be exercised under the provisions of Section 4;\n(iii) the manner in which the contribution made towards the provident Fund of an employee shall be paid back to and recovered by the State Government ;\n(iv) preparation and maintenance of service records of employees ;\n(v) for the management of the secondary schools.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Power of interpretation and removal of difficulties.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Repeal and savings.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 11th February, 2020 [ass172]",
        "Act Number": "Assam Act No. 19 of 1977",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1977",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Secondary Education (Provincialisation) Act, 1977",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}