The Assam Secondary Education (Provincialisation) (Service and Conduct) Rules, 1979

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    "title": "The Assam Secondary Education (Provincialisation) (Service and Conduct) Rules, 1979",
    "short_title": "The Assam Secondary Education (Provincialisation) (Service and Conduct) Rules, 1979",
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    "act_year": 1979,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
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    "description": "The Assam Secondary Education (Provincialisation) (Service and Conduct) Rules, 1979",
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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) \"Act\" means the Assam Secondary Education (Provincialisation) Act, 1977;\n(ii) \"Government\" means Government of Assam ;\n(iii) \"Sanctioned post\" means a post sanctioned by Government in a particular Secondary School ;\n(iv) \"Period of service\" means the period of continuous service against a sanctioned post and approved by the Schools Authority ;\n(v) \"Date of recognition\" (in case or employees of deficit schools) means the date from which the school in which an employee is serving has come under the Deficit System of Grant-in-aid ; provided that the service of the employee has been regularised by the School Authority with effect from such date or that school coming under the deficit system of grants-in-aid ;\n(vi) \"Date of recognition\" (in case of employees of schools provincialised directly without bringing them under deficit system of grants-in-aid) means the date from which the services of such employees are provincialised under the Act;\n(vii) \"Assam Lower School Service\" means the service to which Intermediate/Matric scale of pay is admissible ;\n(viii) \"Assam School service Class II (Junior)\" means the service to which Graduate Scale of Pay is admissible ;\n(ix) \"Assam School Service Class II (Senior)\" means the service to which Senior Grade Pay-scale is admissible ;\n(x) \"Assam School Service Class I\" means the service to which the Principals of Higher Secondary Schools shall belong ;\n(xi) All other words and expressions shall have the same meaning as is assigned to them in the Act.\nPart II",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Service conditions.",
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            "content": "(ii) The total emoluments of employees shall be so paid that no employee shall get less than the amount he was getting immediately before the appointed day in the pay-scale applicable to such employees.\n(iii) Subject to the provisions of Rule 7 of these Rules, service of an employee shall be encadred in the respective cadre of the existing school service with effect from the date of its recognition.\n(iv) For the purpose of pension or gratuity or both on Superannuation as provided in the Act and for the purpose of fixation of pay the date of recognition shall be the basis.\n(v) The inter se seniority of an employee belonging to a cadre or class shall be on the basis of its date or recognition ; provided that-\n(a) when more than one employee has the same date of recognition, the inter se seniority shall be determined-\n(1) on the basis of the time and hour of joining the service of a Secondary School and where the joining time is not ascertainable the date of birth shall be the criterion.\n(2) in case of any dispute, the Director shall refer the dispute in details to the State Government who shall determine the seniority on the basis of such evidence as may be deemed necessary.\n(vi) The cadre of the employees shall be the cadre held on the date of provincialisation in the cadre shown in Schedule I.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Manner of exercising option.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Mode of selection of Principals/Vice-Principals/Headmasters/ Assistant Headmasters.",
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            "content": "(b) Assistant Teachers of Assam School Service (Provincialised) shall be selected by the Assam School Service Selection Board either on written test or oral interview or both.\n(c) Assistant Teachers of Lower School Service (Provincialised) shall be selected by the Lower School Service Selection Board either on written test or oral interview or both.",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Modes of appointment.",
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            "content": "(b) Assistant Teachers of Lower School Service (Provincialised) shall be selected District-wise by a Selection Board meant for the purpose of such selection for Government Schools.\n(c) Assistant Teachers of Lower School Service (Provincialised) shall be selected Sub-division-wise by a Selection Board meant for the purpose of Government Schools.\n(d) Office Assistant and 4th Grade Officers shall be selected as in the case of other Government servants for similar Government Schools.",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Regularisation of services.",
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            "content": "(b) All temporary appointment not confirmed prior to 22nd July, 1977 and all appointments made after Provincialisation shall have to be regularised as per Rule 5 of these Rules.\n(c) All appointments on permanent basis shall be made from amongst the lists prepared in order of merit by the Selection Board concerned.\n(d) The select list shall remain valid till it is reviewed or a new select list is prepared.\n(e) When the select list of a particular cadre is fully exhausted the vacancy arising in that cadre shall be filled up temporarily by the Additional Director of Public Instruction in case of Assam School Service posts, by Inspector of Schools in the Lower School Service posts and by the Head of Institute in case of Office Assistants and 4th Grade post, till a new select list is prepared.\n(f) The Gazetted/non-Gazetted status of an employee shall be the same as in the case of an employee of the corresponding rank in a Government School.",
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            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Eligibility.",
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            "content": "(b) The Assistant Teachers of Assam School Service (Provincialised) cadre shall be promoted to Assistant Headmaster as per list prepared under sub-rule (b) of Rule 4. Similarly, Assistant Headmaster will be promoted to Vice-Principal and Vice-Principal to Headmaster and Headmaster to Principal.\n(c) Assistant Teacher in Assam School Service (Provincialised) cadre shall possess minimum graduate degree while those of Lower School Service (Provincialised) shall be at least Matriculate.",
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            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Managing Committee.",
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            "content": "(ii) The administration, management and control of all employees of the Secondary Schools falling under these rules shall vest in the Government from he appointed day.\n(iii) The Managing Committee will function as Advisory Committee of a Secondary School to look after all round development of the school building play-ground, hostel, gardens etc. and may suggest Government any matter regarding staff of the school when the Committee thinks it necessary in the interest of the school.",
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        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Suits and proceedings.",
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        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Duties and responsibilities of the employees.",
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            "content": "(ii) The principal/Headmaster of the School will have the power to allot duties and responsibilities to employees under his control for management of the School and to maintain discipline in the School.\n(iii) The Principal/Headmaster of the School will obtain option in writing in duplicate from the employees as required under sub-section (4) of Section 4 of the Act duly witnessed and received by him and send one copy to the appointing authority as per Schedule II.",
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            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Provident fund, pension and gratuity.",
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            "content": "(ii) The employees retiring at the age of 58 years will be entitled to pension and gratuity as may be admissible under the rules prescribed in the Assam Service (Pension) Rules, 1969. Contributory Provident Fund of this category of employees will discontinue with effect from the appointed day. Such employees will open fresh General Provident Fund account and deposit the amount of their own contribution along with the interest accrued thereon into the General Provident Fund account so appended in the procedure applicable to Government servants.\n(iii) For opening General Provident Fund account an employee shall apply in the form at Schedule III to the accountant General through the Inspector of Schools after being forwarded by the Head of the School.\n(iv) The manner of paying back of the Government contribution with interest accrued in the General Provident Fund of an employee will be as below :\nNote. - The adjustment of accounts will be done within the current year of publication of this Rule.\nNote.",
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        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Preparation and maintenance of Service Records.",
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            "content": "14.\n15.\n16.\nSchedule I\nPosts in Assam School Service\nRequisite Qualification\nMethod of Appointment\n1.\nClass 1.-Principal of Higher Secondary and Multipurpose School\n\t\t\t\t(Gazetted)\nM.A./M.Sc./M.Com. 2nd Class with B.T./B.Ed.\nBy selection on seniority-cum-merit\n2.\nClass II.-Vice-Principal of Higher Secondary and Multipurpose\n\t\t\t\tSchool (Gazetted)\nM.A./M.Sc./M.Com. 2nd Class with B.T./B.Ed.\nDitto.\n3.\nClass II-Subject Teacher of Higher Secondary and Multipurpose\n\t\t\t\tSchool (Gazetted)\nM.A./M.Sc./M.Com. 2nd Class\nBy selection\n4.\nClass II.-Demonstrator of Higher Secondary and Multipurpose\n\t\t\t\tSchool (Gazetted)\nM.Sc./B.Sc. (Hons.)\nDitto.\n5.\nClass II-Headmaster of Higher School High Madarssa (Gazetted)\nB.A./B.Sc./B.Com with B.T. B.Ed.\nBy selection on seniority-cum-merit\n6.\nClass II.-Asstt. Headmaster of Higher School\nHigh Madarssa (Non-Gazetted)\nB.A./B.Sc./B.Com with B.T. B.Ed.\n7.\nClass II.-Asstt. Graduate Teacher (Junior) (Non-Gazetted)\nB.A./B.Sc./B.Com\nBy selection\n8.\nA.L.S.S.-Teacher in Secondary School\nNormal Passed under Graduate Sr. Basic Training\nDitto\n9.\nOther-Language/Craft/Classical Teacher of Secondary Schools\nAs prescribed by Government\nDitto.\n10.\nU.D.A.\n11.\nL.D.A.-cum Typist\n12.\nChowkidar\n13.\nPeons etc.\nSchedule II\nA model form for exercising option under sub-section (4) of the Assam Secondary Education (Provincialisation) Act, 1977\nA model form for exercising option under sub-section (4) of the Assam Secondary Education (Provincialisation) Act, 1977\nSignature\nWitness\nName in full\nDesignation\nDesignation\nAddress\nInstitute in which serves\nReceiving Officer (Head of School) Signature Designation\nSchedule III\n[Assam Schedule II (I) F. No. III]\nApplication for Admission to the General Provident Fund (To be submitted in duplicate)\nApplication for Admission to the General Provident Fund (To be submitted in duplicate)\nAccount No. to be allotted by the Accounts\n\t\t\t\tOfficer\nName of the applicant\nWhether European, Anglo Indian or Indian\nOfficial Designation\nOffice to which attached\nWhether post is permanent and whether the\n\t\t\t\tapplicant on probation to a permanent post\nIf temporary whether it will last at least for 3\n\t\t\t\tyears\nRate of emoluments per mensem\nRate of subscription per mensem (G.P. Rules)\nWhether compulsory or optional subscription\nIf subscribed to any other fund the name of such\n\t\t\t\tfund\nWhether the applicant has a family or not\nRemarks\nSignature of the Applicant\nSignature of the Head of the Office Designation\nOffice of the\nNo............. Dated.................the.......... 19........\nDesignation........ Signature..........",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 11th February, 2020 [ass174]",
        "Act Number": "",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1979",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Secondary Education (Provincialisation) (Service and Conduct) Rules, 1979",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}