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(1) This Act may be called the Punjab Education (Posting of Teachers Short title and commencement. in Disadvantageous Area) Act, 2021. 7 (2) It shall come into force on and with effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. “ramon 2 In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- ‘enn Teacher, a "7 t not occupied by any cy” means a pos (a) “actual vacan i otion, considered as vacant, 110 (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (@) () (k) \ () Applicability of 3, the Act. Review of 4, Disadvanta- geous Area. This Act shall be appl The State Gov saiiinsve ; . . year and muy incl de of exclude any educational block from time to ume PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), APRIL 5, 2021 (CHTR 15, 1943 SAKA) “Appointing Authority” means the authorit . — r : : y who 1S com make appointments in each cadre of Teachers: petent to Competent Authority” means the Administrative Secretary of th Department of School Education; _ Department” means the Department of School Education: ‘Disadvantageous Area” means all schools situated in the border districts 1.e. Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Ferozepur, Fazilka, Pathankot and Tarn Taran and the educational blocks, where twenty per cent or more posts of Teachers remained during recruitment year, “Government” means the Government of Punjab in the Department of School Education; “initial appointment” means an appointment of person by way of direct recruitment to the post of Teacher, “recruitment year’ means a calendar year in which the process of recruitment of Teachers is initiated; “School” means any Government run Primary including Pre-pimary section, Middle, High and Senior Secondary School or any training institution situated in the State; “State” means the State of Punjab; “Teacher” means a person holding the post of Pre-primary School Teacher, Elementary Trained Teacher (ETT), Head Teacher (HT). Centre Head Teacher (CHT), Master or Mistress of different subjects, Sikhiya Provider oF Education Providers or Education Volunteers Education Guarantee Scheme (EGS) Volunteers, iv Sducati y Ss and Alternative and Innovative Education (ATE) Volunteers 2 Special Training Resource (STR) Volunteers, Lecturer of various i > : Jocational Master or subjects and Vocational Lecturer and Vocatio > Mistress; and ies “transfer” Means & transter of a Teacher made by the appointing rans AUS ¥ p place, authority from one place to another plac ieable lo all initial appoinunents of Teachers. ad a svt shall yeview the Disadvantageous Area every erent 3 XTRA), APR al ’ IL J; 202 depending upon the availability of vacancy ' Position j pased on computerized d nin suc api ata kept by the Department N educational block 5, The State Government shall not fy the list of Disady 41st January of every calendar year. antageous Area by Date of Notification of list of Disadvanta- ; A