The Telangana (Regulation of Appointments to Public Services and Rationalisation of Staff Pattern and Pay Structure) Act, 1994
The Telangana (Regulation of Appointments to Public Services and Rationalisation of Staff Pattern and Pay Structure) Act, 1994
This Act regulates recruitment, selection, and staffing structures within Telangana's public services, which encompass government departments, local bodies, universities, cooperatives, and state funded entities. To control spending and stop backdoor entries, the law bans daily wage hiring and restricts temporary appointments, preventing courts from regularizing temporary employees. This legislation matters because it mandates disciplined, merit based recruitment through authorized channels like the Public Service Commission. Additionally, the Act holds hiring authorities personally accountable, penalizing illegal appointments with salary recovery, removal from office, and criminal prosecution. This safeguards public budgets and ensures fair employment opportunity for all eligible job seekers statewide.
- 1. Short title and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Prohibition of daily wage appointments and regulation of temporary appointments.
- 4. Regulation of recruitment.
- 5. Bills not to be passed.
- 6. Penalties.
- 7. Bar for regularisation of services.
- 7A. Abatement of Claims.
- 8. Power to give directions.
- 9. Abatement of claims.
- 10. Creation of Posts.
- 10-A. Regularisation of Services of persons appointed on contract basis.
- 11. Review Committees.
- 12. Committee to exercise the powers of the Civil Court.
- 13. Offences and Punishments.
- 14. Penalty for abetters.
- 15. Offences by Companies.
- 16. Bar of jurisdiction of Civil Courts.
- 17. Act to override other laws.
- 18. Power to make rules.
- 19. Guidelines for interpretation of Act.
- 20. Repeal of Ordinance 8 of 1993.
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