Chapter I PRELIMINARY

1. (1) This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh Regularisation of Services of Contract Employees Act, 2023.
2. (2) It shall extend to the persons, who have been appointed on Contract basis on or before 2nd June 2014 and are continuing till date in Government Departments.
3. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

1. (1) “Persons appointed on Contract Basis” means a person appointed in Government Departments duly following the conditions specified in Clause 3 under Chapter-II of this Act; Explanation: The persons so appointed on contract basis.
2. (2) “Government” means the Government of Andhra Pradesh;
3. (3) “Government Department” means the Government Departments as enumerated in the Schedule to this Act.
4. (4) “Regularisation” means the substantive appointment, under the provisions of this Act, of a person appointed on contract basis in a Government Department.
5. (5) “National Pension System (NPS)” means the contributory pension system referred to in section 20 of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013, whereby contributions from a subscriber are collected and accumulated in an individual pension account using a system of points of presence, a Central Record keeping Agency and pension funds as may be specified by regulations by Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority;
6. (6) ‘Notification’ means a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette;