Haryana service of Engineers' Group A, Irrigation Department Act, 2010
No: 21 Dated: Oct, 25 2010
THE HARYANA SERVICE OF ENGINEERS, GROUP A, IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT ACT, 2O1O
An Act to regalate the recruitment and conditions of service of persons appointed to the Haryana Service of Engineers' GrouP A, Irrigation Department
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the sixty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows :-
1. (1) This act may be called the Haryana service of Engineers' Group A, Irrigation Department Act, 2010
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the lst day of November, 1966.
(3) It shall apply to the persons who are members of the Service but shall not include the pefsons who were appointed before the lst day of November, 1966.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "appointment to the Service" means an appointment made to a cadre post in Service and include an appointment, made according to the term and provisions of this Act, to an officiating vacancy of a cadre post in Service;
(b) "Appendix" means Appendix annexed to this Act;
(c) "cadre post" means a permanent post in the Service;
(d) "Chief Engineer" means a Chief Engineer of the Department and includes a post declared by the Government as equivalent;
(e) "Commission" means the Haryana Public Service Commission or any other authority notified by the Government;
(f) "competent authority" means such officer or authority, as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint to perform the functions of a competent authority under this Act;
(g) "Department" means the [Irrigation and Water Resource Department];
(h) "Engineer-in-Chief" means an Engineer-in-Chief of the Department and includes a post declared by the Government as equivalent;
(i) "ex-cadre post" means a temporary post not included in the Service, appointment on which confers no right to seniority;
(j) "Executive Engineer" means an officer-in-charge of a Division and includes a post declared by the Government as equivalent;
(k) "Government" means the Government of the State of Haryana in the Administrative Department;
(l) "Group B Service" means the Haryana Service of Engineers, Group B, in Irrigation Department;
(m) "member of the Service" means an officer appointed substantively to a cadre post and includes, -
(i) in the case of an appointment by promotion, an officer on probation or such an officer who, having successfully completed his probation, awaits appointment to a cadre post;
(ii) in the case of an appointment by transfer, an officer on probation or such an officer who, having successfully completed his probation, awaits appointment to a cadre post, provided such officer does not have a lien on a substantive post in any Government Department.
Explanation. - It is not necessary that a member of the Service shall at any given time be ordinarily doing the work of a cadre post. He may be working on an ex-cadre post for reasons of administrative convenience or while officiating against an ex-cadre post will be deemed to be performing the duties of a cadre post;
(n) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(o) "Service" means the Haryana Service of Engineers, Group A, Irrigation Department comprising separate cadres of Civil, Mechanical, Computer and Electrical;
(p) "Superintending Engineer" means an officer-in-charge of a Circle and includes a post declared by the Government as equivalent;
(q) "university" means -
(i) any university incorporated by law in India;
(iii) any other university, which is declared by the Government to be a recognized or deemed university for the purposes of this Act.