THE HIMACHAL PRADESH RECRUITMENT AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ACT, 2024
The Himachal Pradesh Recruitment And Conditions Of Service Of Government Employees Act, 2024
This state legislation regulates public service recruitment and employee benefits in Himachal Pradesh by excluding contract and daily wage workers from standard government service rules until they are regularized. It applies to all state government departments, regular civil servants, and contractual staff. Crucially, it matters because it mandates that key benefits like seniority, promotions, and increments only accumulate after a worker is regularized, rather than during their contract tenure. By retrospectively applying these rules back to December 2003 and withdrawing previously granted contract service benefits, the law protects state finances and establishes a clear distinction between temporary and permanent government employment.
- 1. Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha For Statement of Objects and Reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (e-Gazette), dated 20th December, 2024, pp. 9920, 9924 and 9925.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Method of recruitment.
- 4. Conditions of service.
- 5. Government employee shall be such, as may be prescribed.
- 6. Extension of service benefits.
- 7. Validity of rules and orders, etc.
- 8. Amendment in Column 10 of the rules.
- 9. Overriding effect.
- 10. Power to make rules.
- 11. Power to remove difficulties.
- 12. Repeal and savings.
PDF: pending for this language.