Chapter IV Terms and conditions of service of employees of recognized private schools.

1. (1) The State Government may make rules regulating the minimum qualifications for recruitment and the conditions of services of employees of recognised schools; Provided that neither the salary nor the service conditions of any employee in the employment of an existing recognised school at the commencement of this Act shall be varied to the disadvantage of such employee.
2. (2) Subject to any rule that may be made in this behalf no employee of a recognised private school shall be dismissed removed or reduced in rank nor shall his service be order wise terminated except with the prior approval of the competent authority.
3. (3) Any employees of a recognised private school who is dismissed, removal or reduced in rank may, within three months from the date of communication to him of the order of such dismissal, removal or reduction in rank, appeal against such order to the prescribed authority.
4. (4) Where the managing committee of recognised private school intends to suspend any of its employees, such intention shall be communicated to the competent authority and no such suspension shall be made except with the prior approval of the competent authority: Provided that the managing committees may suspend an employee with immediate effect and without the prior approval of the competent authority if it is satisfied that such immediate suspension is necessary by reason of gross misconduct, within the meaning of the Code of Conduct prescribed under the section 10 of the Act; Provided further that no such immediate suspension shall remain in force for more than period of thirty days from the date of suspension unless it has been communicated to the competent authority and approved by it before the expiry of the said period.
5. (5) Nothing contained in sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) shall apply in the case of a minority school.
6. (6) Where the intention to suspend or the immediate suspension of any employee is communicated to the competent authority, it may, if it is satisfied that there are adequate and reasonable grounds for such suspension, accord its approval to such suspension.

Every employee of a recognised school shall be governed by such Code of Conduct as may be prescribed and on the violation of any provision of such Code of Conduct as may be prescribed and on the violation of any provision of such Code of Conduct, the employee shall be liable to such disciplinary action as may be prescribed.

1. (1) The scale of pay and allowances and other prescribed benefits of the employees of a recognised private school shall be determined by the State Government by general or special order issue from time to time in this behalf.
2. (2) The managing committee of every aided school shall deposit its share towards pay and allowances and other prescribed benefits with the prescribed authority in such manner and within such time as may be prescribed, and the prescribed authority shall disburse, or cause to be disbursed, within the first week of every month, the salaries and allowances to the employees of the aided schools.

Nothing contained in this chapter shall apply to unaided minority schools.