Chapter II APPLICABILITY AND CATEGORIES OF EMPLOYEES

Applicability of the Act :

1. (1) This Act shall apply to all regular employees (teaching and non-teaching) appointed against sanctioned posts under the Education Department of the Government of Arunachal Pradesh and borne on the regular establishment.
2. (2) This Act shall also apply to any other categories of regular employees under the Education Department as may be notified by the Government from time to time.
3. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Act, the provisions of this Act shall not apply to persons appointed on contractual, ad-hoc, fixed-tenure, outsourced, or scheme-based basis, unless the Government, for reasons to be recorded in writing and by notification published in the Official Gazette, expressly extends the applicability of this Act to any such category.
4. (4) Extension of applicability under sub-section
5. (3) shall be prospective in operation and shall not create any vested or enforceable right.

Categories of employees covered :

1. (1) Without prejudice to the generality of Section 3, the provisions of this Act shall apply to the following categories of regular employees, namely:-
   • (a) Primary Teachers;
   • (b) Trained Graduate Teachers;
   • (c) Post Graduate Teachers;
   • (d) Headmasters and In-charge Head Teachers;
   • (e) Principals and Vice-Principals;
   • (f) Laboratory Assistants;
   • (g) Librarians;
   • (h) Music and Art Teachers;
     • (i) Agriculture and Horticulture Demonstrators;
   • (j) Educational Administrative Cadres;
   • (k) District Adult Education Officers;
   • (l) Block Education Officers;
   • (m) Assistant Project Officers; and
   • (n) All categories of the clerical categories of the Education department.
   • (o) any other category of employees under the Education Department as may be notified by the Government.
2. (2) Inclusion of any category under clause
3. (0) shall not, by itself, confer any right to claim parity, transfer, posting, or service benefit, except in accordance with this Act and the applicable service rules.
4. (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as overriding or amending the recruitment rules, service conditions, or disciplinary rules applicable to any category of employee, except to the extent expressly provided in this Act.