Bhubaneswar: A day after the Chief Minister announced to abolish contractual recruitment system, the State government on Sunday issued a notification repealing Odisha Group-B posts (Contractual Appointment)Rules, 2013 and the Odisha Group “C” and Group “D” posts (Contractual Appointment) Rules, 2013.
The repeal of the contractual rules will provide special provisions to regulate the services of the employees appointed on contractual basis under Odisha Group “C” and Group “D” posts (Repeal and Special Provisions) Rules, 2022.
They will come into force on the date of their publication in the Odisha Gazette.
“The Odisha Group-B posts (Contractual Appointment)Rules, 2013 and the Odisha Group “C” and Group “D” posts (contractual appointment) Rules, 2013 are hereby repealed,” the notification issued by General Administration and Public Grievance department stated.
Special provisions after repeal of the rules—
(1) The initial appointees appointed under the contractual Rules now in positions shall be deemed to have been appointed against the post on regular basis as on the date of commencement of these rules.
(2) On such regular appointment under sub-rule (1), the pay of such employees shall be fixed by way of granting notional increments considering the date of their contractual appointment.
(3) The employees who have been regularly appointed in the service after completion of 6 years of service under the respective Contractual Rules shall be allowed for fixation of their pay as on the date of commencement of these rules by way of granting notional increments considering the date of their contractual appointment,
4) The employees whose services have been so regularised shall be allowed service benefits like promotion etc, in the cadre on notional basis to which they would have been entitled as per rules, had they been recruited on regular basis.
(5) On commencement of these rules, the employees shall be assigned seniority in the cadre to which they would have been entitled as per rules, had they been recruited on regular basis.
Notably, Chief Ministeer Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced abolition of contractual recruitment system thereby regularizing over 57,000 contractual employees working in various groups under Odisha government.
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