The Arunachal Pradesh Gazette
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 43, Vol. XXXIII, Naharlagun, Thursday, February 5, 2026, Magha 16, 1947 (Saka)
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT
ITANAGAR
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NOTIFICATION
The 4th February, 2026
No. LA/Bill-2/2026.—The following Bill introduced in the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly on the 4th February, 2026 is published under Rules 73 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly for general information.
(As introduced in the Legislative Assembly on the 4th February, 2026)
BILL NO. 7 OF 2026
THE ARUNACHAL PRADESH STAFF SELECTION
BOARD (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2026.
A
BILL
to amend the Arunachal Pradesh Staff Selection Board Act, 2018 (No.14 of 2018)
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh in the Seventy-
Seventh year of the Republic of India as follows :-
1. Short title, extend and commencement : (1) This Act may be called the Arunachal Pradesh Staff Selection Board (Amendment) Act, 2026.
(2) It shall extend to whole of Arunachal Pradesh.
(3) It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Arunachal Pradesh Gazette.
2. Amendment : (1) In Arunachal Pradesh Staff Selection Board Act. 2018, (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for the entries in clause (a) of sub-section (2) of Section 3, the following shall be substituted, namely-
"A Chairman who shall be an officer from an organized service with at least twenty (20) years of regular service and in the pay scale not below that of Super Time Scale (Level-14 in Pay Matrix).
Provided that retired officer of the equivalent eligibility may also be appointed as Chairperson by the State Government.
Provided further that the Procedure for Appointment, Pay, Allowances and other terms and conditions of service of such retired officer, if so appointed as Chairperson, shall be such as may be prescribed".
(2) In the principal Act, in sub-section (2) of Section 4 after the existing first proviso, following proviso shall be inserted ;
"Provided further that the tenure of such Retired Officer, if so appointed as Chairperson, shall be for five years or until he/she attains the age of sixty-five years, whichever is earlier".
3. Repeal and saving :
The Arunachal Pradesh Staff Selection Board (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 is hereby repealed.
Notwithstanding such repeal, any action taken under the said Ordinance shall be construed to have been validly taken under the corresponding provisions of this Act.
T. Meena Secretary, Legislative Assembly, Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar.