INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,BIHAR

1.1 Recruitment would be through any of the following three routes: A) Appointments from open market: all such appointments will be on contractual basis for a fixed tenure. B) Appointments on Deputation basis: all such appointments will be regulated in terms of the State Government Regulations relating to Deputation of its officers/staff. C) Individuals recruited and paid for by an outside agency [e.g. Government of India and /or Development Partners] but posted to work in Authority Secretariat: all such persons shall be governed by the terms of employment of the organisation /agency concerned. However, they shall be required to report to the MD. 1.2 Posts and Appointments to be of temporary nature - All appointments would be temporary and would be made for the contract/ deputation period as determined by the IDA. All the posts indicated in Annexure A to Schedule 1 are temporary in nature and may be abolished by the Authority. The Authority may create any additional posts, purely on temporary basis, if the need is felt. 1.2.1 All the employees on contract or deputation shall sign contract as applicable. 1.2.2Normally all the contracts shall be for a period of 12months. 1.2.3 The appointing authority shall be the MD or an officer designated by the MD. 1.2.4A person who has resigned or has been dismissed from the IDA shall not be appointed again to any post. 1.3 Category of Posts and Minimum Qualification (i) The posts under the IDA shall be divided into groups as specified in Annexure A to Schedule 1.However, the authority may review the requirement every three years and may create additional posts if required as per work load or reduce the number of posts if found not required. (ii) The posts are categorised in Categories A, B and C. Recruitment to all categories shall be made by Selection Committee. For category C posts, the Authority is empowered to obtain manpower from either private HRD Service Agencies or through direct advertisement according to the need and work. MD shall be competent to decide number for category C posts. (iii) All the posts, except Chairman, MD and Directors (Adm, Fin, and PI)can be filled from either deputation or contract. iv) In case of persons taken on deputation from State/Central Govt. or from any organization, the last salary drawn along with the deputation allowance, or project allowance as permissible will be payable by the IDA v) Minimum qualification for each post shall be as per Annexure A. 1.4 Termination of Service (a) The services of an employee may be terminated by the MD without assigning any reason by a notice of one month in writing to the employee or on payment of one month's pay and allowances in lieu of such notice. (b) The service of an employee shall stand terminated:- (i) If his appointment is made for a specified period on the expiry of such period unless the appointment is extended for a further period. or (ii) If his appointment is made against a temporary post, on the abolition of the post or on the expiry of the period for which the post is created. or (iii) If (s)he fails to resume duty on the expiry of the maximum period of extraordinary leave granted to him and after his explanation, if any, in reply to a show cause notice, which should be given in all such cases, has been taken into account. Or (iv) If serious charges of misconduct against an employee are established. 1.5 Renewal of Contract & Re employment a) The MD may renew/cancel the contract at end of 12 months. Upon renewal, he may increase or decrease the remuneration for the next 12 months up to 10% (Ten percent). Beyond 10%, approval of IDA Board shall be necessary. b) MD shall be empowered to cancel the contract before the expiry of the term of the contract. c) An employee whose services have been removed from the Authority or who has resigned shall not be able to seek a reemployment of any type at any stage with the Authority. 1.6 Resignation a)An employee may resign from the service of the IDA by giving notice of one month in writing addressed to the appointing authority or on payment of one month's pay and allowance in lieu of such notice. b) The appointing authority may, if it deems proper in any special circumstances, permit an employee to resign from the service of the IDA by notice of less than a month. c)The resignation shall be effective from the date of its acceptance by the Appointing Authority. 1.7 Remuneration a) Remuneration for the posts under IDA shall be as specified in Annexure A to Schedule l.These are consolidated package (including BRA) and nothing else shall be admissible. No other facilities like PF, Gratuity etc shall be applicable. TDS, however, shall be deducted as per Regulations b) The appointing authority may grant higher emoluments/ increments on the recommendation of the selection committee for a professional/technical post. c) An employee shall be entitled to the emoluments of the post to which (s) he is appointed from the date on which he assumes charge of the post. d) The emoluments in respect of any month shall be disbursed in the first week of the next month. An employee resigning from the service of the IDA without the prescribed notice shall not unless the controlling authority directs otherwise be allowed to draw emoluments due but not drawn. The emoluments so not allowed to be drawn shall not exceed the emoluments and admissible allowances for one month. 1.8 Travelling Allowance The IDA shall be empowered to fix the TA/DA of the officers and Staff. 1.9 Leave Provisions a) Ten days in a year shall be the total leave admissible to employees on contract. Those on deputation shall be given leave as per Bihar Service Code. b) Leave cannot be claimed as a matter of right. When exigencies of IDA's service so require, the direction to refuse, postpone, curtail or revoke leave of any description or to recall to duty any employee on leave is reserved with the MD. c) An employee proceeding on leave shall intimate the competent authority his address during leave and shall keep the said authority informed of any change in leave address 1.10 Absence after Expiry of Leave a) Unless the authority competent to grant leave extends the leave, an employee who remains absent after the end of leave is entitled to no leave salary for the period of such absence. b) Wilful absence from duty after the expiry of leave renders an employee liable to disciplinary action.