GOA, DAMAN AND DIU (ABSORBED EMPLOYEES) ACT, 1965

Act No. 50 of 1965

22nd December, 1965

An Act to provide for the regulation of the conditions of service of persons absorbed for service in connection with the administration of the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu and for matters connected therewith.

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S.1 Short title

This Act may be called the Goa, Daman and Diu (Absorbed Employees) Act, 1965.

S.2 Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "absorbed employee" means a person who immediately before the 20th day of December, 1961, was holding an absorbed post and who on and after that date either served or has been serving in that or any other post in connection with the administration of the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu or in any of the Departments of the Central Government;
(b) "absorbed post" means a civil service or post which existed under the former Portuguese Administration in Goa, Daman and Diu immediately before the 20th day of December, 1961.
(c) "Government" means the Government of Goa.

1. Inserted by the Goa (Absorbed Employees) (Amendment) Act, 1988.

S.3 Power to make rules regulating recruitment and conditions of service of absorbed employees and employees of certain corporations

(1) The Central Government (or the Government) may makes rules -

(a) for the regulation of recruitment to absorbed posts and the conditions of service of absorbed employees;
(b) for the regulation of the conditions of service of persons who where in the service of a Corporation [whether known as a junta or otherwise] immediately before the 20th day of December, 1961, and who on or after that date either served or have been serving in connection with the administration of the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu or the State of Goa or in any of the Departments of the Central Government.

(2) Any such rule may be made so as to be retrospective to any date not earlier than the 20th day of December, 1961:

Provided that no person shall, by virtue of such retrospective effect, be liable to refund any amount paid to him by way of salary or allowances or pension before the making of any such rule.

(3) Every rule made under this section shal

S.4 Repeal

(1) On the making of any rule under section 3, the corresponding law, if any, in respect of any matter for which provision is made in that rule, shall stand repealed with effect from the date of the coming into force of that rule.

(2) The provisions of sections 6 and 24 of the General Clauses Act, 1897, shall apply to such repeal as if the rule and the corresponding law referred to in sub-section (1) were Central Acts.

S.5 Power to remove difficulties

If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act or any rule made thereunder in relation to any absorbed employee or any person referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 3, the Central Government may, by order, make such provision as appears to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:

Provided that the power under this section shall not be exercisable after the expiration of a period of two years from the commencement of this Act.