The Andhra Pradesh Regularisation Of
Services Of Contract Employees Act, 2023
[30 of 2023]
[20th October 2023]
AN
ACT FURTHER TO REGULARISE THE SERVICES OF PERSONS APPOINTED ON CONTRACT BASIS.
Be
it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Andhra Pradesh in the Seventy
fourth year of the Republic of India as follows:-
CHAPTER
1 PRELIMINARY
Section - 1. Short title, Extent and Commencement
(1)
This
Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh Regularisation of Services of Contract
Employees Act, 2023.
(2)
It
shall extend to the persons, who have been appointed on Contract basis on or
before 2nd June 2014 and are continuing till date in Government Departments.
(3)
It
shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by
notification, appoint.
Section - 2. Definitions
In
this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(1)
"Persons
appointed on Contract Basis" means a person appointed in Government
Departments duly following the conditions specified in Clause 3 under
Chapter-ll of this Act;
Explanation:
The persons so appointed on contract basis.
(2)
"Government"
means the Government of Andhra Pradesh;
(3)
"Government
Department" means the Government Departments as enumerated in the Schedule
to this Act.
(4)
"Regularisation"
means the substantive appointment, under the provisions of this Act, of a
person appointed on contract basis in a Government Department.
(5)
"National
Pension System (NPS)" means the contributory pension system referred to in
section 20 of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013,
whereby contributions from a subscriber are collected and accumulated in an
Individual pension account using a system of points of presence, a Central
Record keeping Agency and pension funds, as may be specified by regulations by
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority;
(6)
Notification
means a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette;
CHAPTER
2 REGULARIZATION OF SERVICES OF PERSONS APPOINTED ON CONTRACT BASIS
Section - 3. conditions of eligibility for regularisation
Notwithstanding
anything contained in any law/ Rule/ Notification/ Government order for the
time being in force, the persons appointed on contract basis, shall be
regularised, subject to fulfilment of the following conditions.
(1)
Regularization
shall be applicable to the persons appointed on contract basis in the
Government Departments only.
(2)
The
persons should have been appointed on contract basis as on 2nd, June 2014 and
should be continuing as on the date of the commencement of this Act-
(3)
The
contract appointments should have been made on full time basis only. The
appointments made on Part- time, Hourly, Guest Basis, etc., shall not be
considered for the purpose of regularisation.
(4)
The
contract appointments should have been made against substantive vacancies of
permanent sanctioned posts with concurrence of Finance Department under the
provisions of this Act.
Provided
that such persons appointed on contract basis, if discontinued temporarily in
vacation departments, shall also be entitled to be regularised under this Act
subject to condition (5) of Section 3;
(5)
The
regularisation of a person appointed on contract basis shall be considered,
only If his Initial appointment was in due compliance with the procedure relating
to;
(i)
Selection
Process;
(ii)
Rule
of reservation;
(iii)
Eligibility,
age & educational qualifications prescribed for the post;
(iv)
Notification
of Vacancies.
(6)
The
regularisation shall be only, against, clear vacancies after duly excluding the
vacancies notified by the recruitment bodies such as Andhra Pradesh Public
Service Commission (APPSC).Andhra Pradesh State Level Police Recruitment Board
(APSLPRB), etc.
Section - 4. Counting the contract service for benefits
Notwithstanding
anything contained in any law for the time being in force, the regularization
shall be with prospective effect only i.e., with effect from the date of issue
of orders of regularization under this Act. The period rendered on contract
basis shall not be counted for any service benefits.
Section - 5. Pension Benefits
The
persons so regularized shall be governed by the provisions of the National
Pension System (NPS) as adopted by the Government and with prospective effect
only.
CHAPTER
3 MISCELLANEOUS
Section - 6. Power to make Rules
Subject
to the provisions of this Act, the Government may, by notification in the
official Gazette, make Rules to give effect to the provisions of this Act.
Section - 7. Power to remove difficulties
(1)
If
any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the
Government of Andhra Pradesh may, by order published In the official Gazette,
make such provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as
appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:
Provided
that no order shall be made under this section after the expiry of three (3)
years from the commencement of this Act.
(2)
Every
order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is
made, before the State Legislature.
SCHEDULE
|
S.NO |
Department Name
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1 |
AGC01-(Agriculture
Marketing & Co-Operation Secretariat)
|
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2 |
AGC02-(Agriculture
Department)
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3 |
AGC03-(Horticulture
Department)
|
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4 |
AGC04-(Sericulture
Department)
|
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5 |
AGC05-(Marketing
Department)
|
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6 |
AGC06-(Registrar
Of Co-Operative Societies)
|
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7 |
AHF01-(Animal
Husbandry Dairy Development &. Fisheries Secretariat)
|
|
8 |
AHF02-(Animal
Husbandry Department)
|
|
9 |
AHF03-(Fisheries
Department)
|
|
10 |
BCW01-(Backward
Classes Welfare Secretariat)
|
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11 |
BCW02-(Backward
Classes Welfare Department)
|
|
12 |
EFS01-(Environment
Forest Science & Technology Secretariat)
|
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13 |
EFS02-(Principal
Chief Conservator Of Forests)
|
|
14 |
EHE01-(Higher
Education Secretariat)
|
|
15 |
EHE03-(Collegiate
Education Department)
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16 |
EHE04-(State
Archives)
|
|
17 |
EHE06-(OrientaI
Manuscripts Department)
|
|
18 |
ENE01-(Energy
And Infrastructure Secretariat)
|
|
19 |
ENE02-(Chief Electrical
Inspector To Government)
|
|
20 |
ESE01-(Secondary
Education Secretariat)
|
|
21 |
ESE02-(School
Education Department)
|
|
22 |
ESE03-(Government
Examinations Department)
|
|
23 |
ESE08-(Registrar
Of Publications)
|
|
24 |
ESE09-(Adult
Education Department)
|
|
25 |
ESE10-(PubKc
libraries Department)
|
|
26 |
ESE11-Oawahar
Bal Bhavan)
|
|
27 |
ESE12-(Government
Textbook Press)
|
|
28 |
ESE14-(Intermedlate
Education Department)
|
|
29 |
EWS01-(Economically
Weaker Section Welfare Secretariat)
|
|
30 |
FCS01-(Food
& Civil Supplies Secretariat)
|
|
31 |
FCS02-(Food
And Civil Supplies Department)
|
|
32 |
FCS03-(Legal
Metrology Department)
|
|
33 |
FCS04-(Andhra
Pradesh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission)
|
|
34 |
FIN01-(Finance
Secretariat)
|
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35 |
FIN02-(Treasuries
And Accounts Department)
|
|
36 |
FIN03-(State
Audit Department)
|
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37 |
FIN04-(Life
Insurance Department)
|
|
38 |
FIN05-(Pay
And Accounts Officer)
|
|
39 |
FIN08-(Works
Accounts Directorate)
|
|
40 |
FIN09-(Andhra
Pradesh State Dlretorate Of Revenue Intelligence)
|
|
41 |
GAD01-(General
Administration Secretariat)
|
|
42 |
GAD02-(Information
& Public Relations Department)
|
|
43 |
GAD03-(Andhra
Pradesh Public Service Commission)
|
|
44 |
GAD04-(Tribunal
For Disciplinary Proceedings)
|
|
45 |
GAD05-(Anti-Corruption
Bureau)
|
|
46 |
GAD06-(Protocol
Directorate)
|
|
47 |
GAD07-(Governor
& Governor Secretariat)
|
|
48 |
GAD08-(Lok-Ayukta
& UpaLok-Ayukta)
|
|
49 |
GAD10-(VigIiance
& Enforcement Directorate General)
|
|
50 |
GAD11-(Andhra
Pradesh Bhavan New Delhi)
|
|
51 |
GAD12-(Andhra
Pradesh Vigilance Commission)
|
|
52 |
GAD16-(Chief
Electoral Officer)
|
|
53 |
GAD17-(Andhra
Pradesh State Administrative Tribunal)
|
|
54 |
GAD18-(Translations
Directorate)
|
|
55 |
GAD19-(Andhra
Pradesh Information Commission)
|
|
56 |
GAD20-(Speciai
Enforcement Bureau)
|
|
57 |
GAD57-(Special
Investigation Team (Sit))
|
|
58 |
GWS01-(Secretariat
Of Gram Volunteers/Ward Volunteers & Village Secretariats/Ward
Secretariats (Gvwv&Vsws)
|
|
59 |
GWS02-(Directorate
Of Gram Volunteers / Ward Volunteers And Village Secretariats / Ward
Secretariats)
|
|
60 |
HMF01-(Health
Medical & Family Welfare Secretariat)
|
|
61 |
HMF02-(Medical
Education Department)
|
|
62 |
HMF03-(Public
Health And Family Welfare Department)
|
|
63 |
HMF04-(Family
Welfare Department)
|
|
64 |
HMF05-(Institute
Of Preventive Medicine)
|
|
65 |
HMF06-(Ayurveda
Yoga Unani Siddha & Homeopathy (Ayush) Department)
|
|
66 |
HMF07-(Drugs
Control Administration)
|
|
67 |
HOM01-(Home
Secretariat)
|
|
68 |
HOM02-(Director
General & Inspector General Of Police)
|
|
69 |
HOM03-(Director
General &. Inspector General Of Prisons)
|
|
70 |
HOM04-(Printing
Stationery & Stores Purchase Department)
|
|
71 |
HOM05-(Director
General Of State Disaster Response And Fire Services)
|
|
72 |
HOM06-(Sainik
Welfare Department)
|
|
73 |
HOM07-(PoIice
Academy)
|
|
74 |
HOM09-(Intelligence
Department)
|
|
75 |
HOM11-(Home
Guards)
|
|
76 |
HOM12-(Special
Protection Force)
|
|
77 |
HOM13-(Grey
Hounds)
|
|
78 |
HOM15-(OrganisatSon
Of Counter Terrorist Operations (Octopus))
|
|
79 |
HOM16-(Commissioner
Of Police Visakhapatnam)
|
|
80 |
HOM17-(Commissioner
Of Police Vijayawada)
|
|
81 |
HOM18-(Prosecutions
Department)
|
|
82 |
HOM19-(Crime
Investigation Department (Cid))
|
|
83 |
HOM20-(Andhra
Pradesh Special Po!ice(Apsp))
|
|
84 |
HOU01-(Housing
Secretariat)
|
|
85 |
HOU02-(Weaker
Section Housing)
|
|
86 |
ICD01-(Water
Resources Secretariat)
|
|
87 |
ICD02-(Command
Area Development Authority)
|
|
88 |
ICD03-(Ground
Water Department)
|
|
89 |
ICD05-(Water
Resources (Administration))
|
|
90 |
ICD06-(Major
Irrigation Flood Control And Drainage)
|
|
91 |
ICD08-(Minor
Irrigation Department)
|
|
92 |
ICD12-(N.T.R
Telugu Ganga Project)
|
|
93 |
ICD17-(Central
Design Organisation)
|
|
94 |
ICD18-(Inter
State Water Resources)
|
|
95 |
ICD19-(Commissionerate
Of Tenders)
|
|
96 |
ICD20-(Irrlgation
Projects Kadapa)
|
|
97 |
ICD21-(Hydrology
Department)
|
|
98 |
ICD25-(Irrigatlon
Projects North Coastal Districts)
|
|
99 |
ICD26-(Irrigation
Projects OngoSe)
|
|
100 |
ICD27-(Irrigation
Projects Anantapur)
|
|
101 |
ICD28-(Pofavaram
Project)
|
|
102 |
ICD32-(Irrigation
Projects Kurnooi)
|
|
103 |
ICD33-(Resettlement
And Rehabilitation Commissionerate)
|
|
104 |
ICD34-(QuaJity
Control Wing For Andhra Region)
|
|
105 |
ICD43-(Godavarf
Delta System Dowlalswaram)
|
|
106 |
ICD44-(Krishna
Delta System Vijayawada)
|
|
107 |
IID01-(Infrastructure
& Investment Secretariat)
|
|
108 |
IID02-(State
Ports Directorate)
|
|
109 |
INC01-(Industries
And Commerce Secretariat)
|
|
110 |
INC02-(Industries
Commerce And Export Promotion Department)
|
|
111 |
INC03-(Handlooms
& Textiles Department)
|
|
112 |
INC04-(Mines
And Geology Department)
|
|
113 |
INC05-(Sugar
Cane Commissioner)
|
|
114 |
IIC01-(Information
Technology Electronics & Communications Secretariat)
|
|
115 |
LAE01-(Labour
And Employment Secretariat)
|
|
116 |
LAE03-(Labour
Department)
|
|
117 |
LAE05-(Factories
Department)
|
|
118 |
LAE10-(Labour
Court Guntur)
|
|
119 |
LAE11-(Labour
Court-Cum-Industrtal Tribunal VIsakhapatnam)
|
|
120 |
LAE12-(Labour
Court Anantapur)
|
|
121 |
LAE18-(Insurance
Medical Services Department)
|
|
122 |
LAE19-(BoIJers
Department)
|
|
123 |
LAW01-(Law
Secretariat)
|
|
124 |
LAW02-(Registrar
General Of High Court)
|
|
125 |
LAW04-(Advocate
General Of Andhra Pradesh)
|
|
126 |
LAW05-(Andhra
Pradesh State Legal Services Authority)
|
|
127 |
LAW06-(Andhra
Pradesh Judicial Academy)
|
|
128 |
LAW51-(Judge
Judicial Preview)
|
|
129 |
LEG01-(Legislature
Secretariat)
|
|
130 |
MAU01-(Municipal
Administration And Urban Development Secretariat)
|
|
131 |
MAU02-(Municlpai
Administration Department)
|
|
132 |
MAU03-(Town
And Country Planning Department)
|
|
133 |
MAU04-(Public
Health Engineering Department)
|
|
134 |
MNW01-(Minorfties
Welfare Secretariat)
|
|
135 |
MNW02-(Minorities
Commission)
|
|
136 |
MNW03-(Minorities
Welfare Department)
|
|
137 |
PBE01-(Public
Enterprises Secretariat)
|
|
138 |
PLG01-(Planning
Secretariat)
|
|
139 |
PLG02-(Economics
And Statistics Department)
|
|
140 |
PRR01-(Panchayat
Raj And Rural Development Secretariat)
|
|
141 |
PRR02-(Pancnayat
Raj Department)
|
|
142 |
PRR03-(Panchayat
Raj Engineering Department)
|
|
143 |
PRR04-(State
Election Commission)
|
|
144 |
PRR05-(Rural
Development Department)
|
|
145 |
PRR06-(Rural
Water Supply Department)
|
|
146 |
PRR07-(Andhra
Pradesh Academy Of Rural Development (Apard))
|
|
147 |
REV01-(Revenue
Secretariat)
|
|
148 |
REV02-(Land
Administration Department)
|
|
149 |
REV03-(Commercial
Taxes Department)
|
|
150 |
REV04-(Excise
Department)
|
|
151 |
REV05-(Survey
Settlement And Land Records Department)
|
|
152 |
REV07-(Endowrnents
Department)
|
|
153 |
REV08-(Registration
And Stamps Department)
|
|
154 |
REV10-(Relief
And Disaster Management Commissionerate)
|
|
155 |
REV11-(Andhra
Pradesh Value Added Tax Appellate Tribunal Visakhapatnam)
|
|
156 |
RTG01-(Department
Of Real Time Governance)
|
|
157 |
SEI01-(Skill
Development Entrepreneurship And Innovation Secretariat)
|
|
158 |
SEI02-(Employment
And Training Department)
|
|
159 |
SEI03-(Technical
Education Department)
|
|
160 |
SOW01-(Social
Welfare Secretariat)
|
|
161 |
SOW02-(Soclal
Welfare Department)
|
|
162 |
SOW03-(TrIbaI
Welfare Department)
|
|
163 |
SOW04-(Tribal
Welfare Engineering Department)
|
|
164 |
TRB01-(Transport
Roads And Buildings Secretariat)
|
|
165 |
TRB02-(Adrnlnistrat3on
State Roads & Road Safety Works (Rsw) Enc(R&B))
|
|
166 |
TRB03-(Transport
Department)
|
|
167 |
TRB14-(Public
Transport Department)
|
|
168 |
WDC01-(Women
Children Differently Abled And Senior Citizens Secretariat)
|
|
169 |
WDC02-(Women
Development & Child Welfare Department)
|
|
170 |
WDC03-(Department
For Welfare Of Differently Abled Transgender And Senior Citizens)
|
|
171 |
WDC04-(Juvenile
Welfare Department)
|
|
172 |
YTC01-(Youth
And Sports Secretariat)
|
|
173 |
YTC02-(Cultural
Affairs Department)
|
|
174 |
YTC03-(Tourism
Department)
|
|
175 |
YTC04-(Youth
Services Department)
|
|
176 |
YTC05-(National
Cadet Corps (N.C.C) Department)
|
|
177 |
YTG07-(Archaeology
& Museums Department)
|