The Haryana Group D Employees (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2019

(1) This Act may be called the Haryana Group D Employees (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2019.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 14th June, 2019.

(3) It shall apply to the advertisement published after the commencement of this Amendment Act.

In the First Schedule to the Haryana Group D Employees (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2018 (hereinafter called the principal Act), under column 3, against serial number 1, for entries against items (i) and (ii), the following entry shall be substituted, namely:- “Matriculation from recognized Board with Hindi or Sanskrit as one of the subject.”.

For Second Schedule to the principal Act, the following Schedule shall be substituted, namely:- “SECOND SCHEDULE [see section 10 (1)] CRITERIA FOR SELECTION 1. The selection and recommendation of the names of the candidates belonging to Group D posts in all departments shall be done on the basis of written exam, socio-economic criteria and experience. 2. The Commission shall be at liberty to set the number of questions, marks per question and duration of written examination. The scheme of marks in respect of selection to the post shall comprise of total 100 marks, as detailed below, namely:- Serial number | Subject | Marks 1. Written exam | 90 2. Socio-economic criteria and experience | 10 3. The 90 marks for written exam shall be divided into two parts comprising,- (a) 75% weightage for General Awareness, Reasoning, Maths, Science, Computer, English, Hindi and concerned or relevant subject, as applicable; (b) 25% weightage for History, Current Affairs, Literature, Geography, Civics, Environment, Culture etc. of Haryana. 4. The 10 marks for socio-economic criteria and experience shall be allocated as follows,- (a) if neither the applicant nor any person from amongst the applicant’s family viz father, mother, spouse, brothers and sons is, was or has been a regular employee in any Department/ Board/ Corporation/ Company/ Statutory Body/ Commission/ Authority of State or any other State Government or Government of India; (5 marks) (b) if the applicant is,- (i) a widow ; or (ii) the first or the second child and his father had died before attaining the age of forty-two years; or (iii) the first or the second child and his father had died before the applicant had attained the age of fifteen years; (5 marks) (c) if the applicant belongs to such a denotified tribe (Vimukt Jatis and Tapriwas Jatis) or Nomadic tribe of the State which is neither a Scheduled Caste nor a Backward Class; (5 marks) (d) One-half (0.5) mark for each year or part thereof exceeding six months of experience, out of a maximum of sixteen years, on the same or a higher post in any Department/ Board/ Corporation/ Company/ Statutory Body/ Commission/Authority of State. No marks shall be awarded for any period less than six months. (maximum 8 marks) Note: No applicant shall be given more than a total of 10 marks for socio-economic criteria and experience under any circumstances.”.

(1) The Haryana Group D Employees (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Amendment Ordinance, 2019 (Haryana Ordinance No. 1 of 2019) is hereby repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act, as amended by this Act.