Chapter I PRELIMINARY

Short title. 1.

Definitions Definitions. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

1. (a) “aided College” means an aided educational institution which is a College;
2. (b) “aided Junior College” means an aided educational institution which is a Junior College;
3. (c) “Education Act” means the Orissa Education Act, 1969;
4. (d) “Selection Board” means the Selection Board constituted under the Education Act;
5. (e) words and expressions used but not defined in this Act shall have the same meaning as respectively assigned to them in the Education Act or the rules framed thereunder.

Validation of certain appointments. 3.

1. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Education Act or in the rules framed thereunder, the Lecturers of aided Colleges and aided Junior Colleges who have been appointed on temporary basis against approved or admissible posts by the concerned Governing Bodies during the period between the 1st January, 1985 and the 31st December, 1992 and are continuing as such, having the requisite qualification prescribed to hold such post and are in pay roll of the concerned College against the said approved or admissible post, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have been validly and regularly appointed, and no such appointment shall be challenged in any Court of law merely on the ground that such appointment was made otherwise than in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Education Act or the rules framed thereunder : Provided that the validation of the appointments as aforesaid shall not put persons already appointed regularly and validly or persons who may be appointed on the basis of the recommendation made by the Selection Board prior to the commencement of this Act, in a disadvantageous position in any manner whatsoever.
2. (2) The Lecturers whose appointments are so validated shall be governed by the Orissa (Non-Government Colleges, Junior Colleges and Higher Secondary Schools) Grant-in-aid Order, 1994 for the purpose of their entitlements, but they shall be entitled to receive grant-in-aid towards their salary cost only as per the scale of pay admissible to a non-Government College Lecturer from time to time, with effect from the date of commencement of this Act. Explanation.—The expressions “admissible post” and “approved post” shall have the same meaning as respectively assigned to them in the Order referred to in sub-section (2) of this section.