Orissa Service of Engineers (Validation of Appointment) Act, 2002

The Orissa Service of Engineers (Validation of Appointment) Act, 2002

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[Dated 15th February, 2003]

Published vide Orissa Gazette Extraordinary No. 218 dated 15.2.2003.

No.2505 Legislative. - The following Act of the Orissa Legislative Assembly having been assented to by the Governor on the 5th February, 2003 is hereby published for general information.

An Act to Validate the ad hoc appointment of Certain Assistant Engineers made to the Orissa Service of Engineers

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Orissa in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows :

1. Short title.- This Act may be called the Orissa Service of Engineers (Validation of Appointment) Act, 2002.
2. Definitions.- In this Act unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "Government" means Government of Orissa;

(b) "Recruitment Rules" means the Orissa Service of Engineers Rules, 1941;

(c) "Service" means the Orissa Service of Engineers; and

(d) "Year" means the Calendar Year.

3. Validation.- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Recruitment Rules, seven hundred ninety-nine Assistant Engineers belonging to the discipline of Civil, fifty-seven Assistant Engineers belonging to the discipline of Mechanical and twenty-five Assistant Engineers belonging to the discipline of Electrical as specified in the Schedule with their names, dates of birth, dates of appointment and the name of the Departments under which they are working on ad hocbasis since the date of such appointment shall be deemed to be validly and regularly appointed under their respective Department of the Government against the direct recruitment quota of the service with effect from the date of commencement of this Act and, accordingly, no such appointment shall be challenged in any Court of law merely on the ground that such appointments were made otherwise that in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Recruitment Rules.

(2) The inter se-seniority of the Assistant Engineers whose appointments are so validated shall be determined according to their dates of appointment on ad hoc basis as mentioned in the Schedule and they shall be en block junior to the Assistant Engineers of that year appointed to the service in the respective discipline in their cadre in accordance with the provisions of the Recruitment Rules.

(3) The services rendered by the Assistant Engineers whose appointments are so validated, prior to the,commencement of this Act shall, subject to the provisions in Sub-section (2), count for the purposes of their pension, leave and increment and for no other purpose.