HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), MAR. 12, 2019 (PHGN. 21, 1940 SAKA)

HARYANA GOVERNMENT

LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

Notificaiton

The 12th March, 2019

No. Leg. 13/2019.— The following Act of the Legislature of the State of Haryana received

the assent of the Governor of Haryana on the 8th March, 2019 and is hereby published for general

information:–

HARYANA ACT NO. 13 OF 2019

THE HARYANA GUEST TEACHERS SERVICE ACT, 2019

ACT

to provide service of teachers engaged as guest faculty/ad-hoc/contractual basis in the

School Education Department, Haryana.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the Seventieth Year of the

Republic of India as follows:-

This Act may be called the Haryana Guest Teachers Service Act, 2019.

Short title.

(1)

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a)

“Appropriate Authority” means appointing authority of the corresponding

regular teacher;

(b)

“Appellate Authority” means the appellate authority of the corresponding

regular teacher;

(c)

“Department” means School Education Department;

(d)

“Government” means the Government of the State of Haryana in

administrative department;

(e)

“guest teacher” means a teacher working as a guest teacher in the Education

department;

(f)

“PRT” means PRT as defined in the Haryana Primary School Education

(Group C) State Cadre Service Rules, 2012;

(g)

“TGT” means TGT as defined in the Haryana Primary School Education

(Group C) State Service Rules, 2012;

(h)

“PGT” means PGT as defined in the Haryana State Education School Cadre

(Group B) Service Rules, 2012;

(i)

“regular teacher” means PRT or TGT or PGT working in Department and

who has been issued appointment on regular basis;

(j)

“superannuation” means fifty-eight years of age.

(2)

Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in Haryana Civil

Services (General) Rules, 2016 have the meanings respectively assigned to them in those Rules.

Definitions.

A guest teacher already working as such shall continue to work in the Department till the

age of Superannuation notwithstanding his mode or manner of appointment and length of service

rendered on the date of commencement of this Act.

Consolidated monthly honorarium of guest teachers shall be increased with effect from

first day of January and first day of July every year in the same proportion as the Dearness

Allowance granted by the Government to regular employees so as to completely neutralize

inflation. However, such consolidated honorarium shall not exceed the minimum of the pay-scale

(at the lowest grade, in the regular pay scale), extended to corresponding regular teacher of the

Department.

Remuneration/

Honorarium

100

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Duty.

(1)

A guest teacher shall perform following duties in the order of preference in the

school where he is posted:-

(i)

classroom teaching due to vacancy of one or more regular teachers against

sanctioned strength;

(ii)

classroom teaching due to non-availability of one or more regular teachers

whether caused due to authorized leave, training, retirement, unauthorized

absence or death;

(iii)

non-classroom academic work like remedial teaching, supervision and

evaluation of tests, experiments in laboratory etc.;

(iv)

administrative duties like supervision of Mid Day Meal Scheme, enrolment

drive, awareness drive in community through interaction with parents of

students or any data collection or survey related works authorized by the

Department.

(2)

If a guest teacher has not performed any duty under any of the clauses (i), (ii) or (iii)

above for one full month and it is likely that he would not be called upon to so perform any duty

under any of the said clauses for the next month too, Head of the School shall intimate the

Appropriate Authority who shall relocate the guest teacher to a school where requirement for

performing of duty under any of the said clauses exists.

(3)

A guest teacher shall be liable to serve at any place in the State of Haryana.

Removal

(1)

A guest teacher may be removed from the service by the Appropriate Authority if he

is proved guilty of an act of omission or commission which, if had been committed by a regular

employee of the Government, would have made him liable for initiation of disciplinary

proceedings for major penalty.

(2)

A guest teacher so removed may make an appeal against the above decision before

the Appellate Authority whose decision shall be final.

Delegation.

Appropriate Authority, with the prior approval of the Government, may delegate its power

under this Act to a subordinate authority not below the rank of District Elementary Education

Officer or District Education Officer as the case may be.

Power to remove

difficulty.

(1)

If any difficulty arises in giving effect to any of the provisions of this Act, the

Government may by an order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions, not

inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as may appear to it to be necessary for removing the

difficulty.

(2)

Every order made under this section, shall be laid, as soon as after it is made, before

the State Legislature.

Power to make

rules.

(1)

The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for the

compensation, leave, transfer, termination of service etc. for carrying out of this Act.

(2)

Every rule made under this Act, shall be laid, as soon as after it is made, before the

State Legislature.

Protection of

action taken in

good faith.

10.

No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Government or any

officer or employee of the Government or any other person or authority, authorized by

Government for anything which is done or intended to be done in good faith under this Act or the

notification issued thereunder.

MEENAKSHI I. MEHTA,

Secretary to Government, Haryana,

Law and Legislative Department.

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