Insertion of new section 8A

After section 8 of the Principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:- 8A.

1. (1) The Government may, at any time, create such number of posts of Librarians for City Central Library, Hyderabad and for the District Central Library, as they may consider necessary, for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
2. (2) All appointments to the posts of Librarians created under sub-section
3. (1) and the terms of the holders of such posts shall be subject to the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Regulation of Age of Superannuation) Act, 1984 as amended from time to time and to such other rules as may be made, under the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution of India.
4. (3) The Government shall pay, out of the Consolidated Fund of the State, the salaries, allowances, Leave allowances, pension and contributions, if any, towards the Provident Fund or Pension-cum-Provident Fund of the Librarians referred to in sub-section (1).
5. (4) The Classification and methods of recruitment, conditions of service, Pay and Allowances and discipline and conduct of the Librarians referred to in sub-section
6. (1) shall be regulated in accordance with the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Regulation of Age of Superannuation) Act, 1984 as amended from time to time and to such other rules as may be made under the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution of India.
7. (5) Every holder of the post of Librarian, who is appointed under this Act, immediately before the commencement of the Andhra Pradesh Public Libraries (Amendment) Act, 1986, shall, notwithstanding anything in this Act, continue to hold such post, subject to the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Regulation of Age of Superannuation) Act, 1984, as amended from time to time and to such other rules as may be made under the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution and until provision in that behalf is so made, the rules for the time being in force relating to the recruitment and conditions of service applicable to such holder immediately before such commencement, except the provision relating to age of superannuation, shall continue to apply to such holder.
8. (6) The Government may, from time to time, by order give such directions to any Zilla Grandhalaya Samstha or Director, as may appear to them to be necessary for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this section; and any Grandhalaya Samstha or Director, as the case may be, shall comply with all such directions.