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The Maharashtra Public Services (Subordinate) Selection Boards (Repeal) Act, 1983

The Maharashtra Public Services (Subordinate) Selection Boards (Repeal) Act, 1983

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This Act dismantled the centralized subordinate selection boards in Maharashtra, India, by repealing a 1973 law. Applying to state departments, local bodies, public corporations, and subordinate service employees, it restored decentralized hiring through local selection committees. The law matters because it protected the livelihoods of many public servants. It legally validated past subordinate service appointments that had bypassed the formal selection boards, provided these employees met essential age, qualification, and social reservation criteria when they were initially hired. This secured their ongoing employment status and shielded government agencies from disruptive legal challenges over irregular past hiring procedures in courts.

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  1. 1. Short title and commencement
  2. 2. Repeal of Mah. XXI of 1973 and dissolution of Boards constituted thereunder.
  3. 3. Amendment of certain enactments.
  4. 4. Validation of certain appointments to Subordinate service.
  5. 5. Savings.
  6. 6. Repeal of Mah. Ord. XIV of 1983.

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