Airports Authority of India (Recruitment and Promotion) Regulations, 2020: Notification

Airports Authority of India (Recruitment and Promotion) Regulations, 2020: Notification

AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION

 New Delhi, the 16th January, 2020

Airports Authority of India (Recruitment and Promotion) Regulations, 2020

No. A.60011/67/2011-PP (Pt-1).—In exercise of the powers conferred by Sub-Section (1) read with the Clause

(b) of Sub-Section (2) of Section 42 of the Airports Authority of India Act, 1994 (55 of 1994), the Airports Authority of India, with the approval of the Central Government, hereby makes the following Regulations, namely:

SECTION-I

GENERAL

1. SHORT TITLE, COMMENCEMENT AND APPLICATION :

1.1 These may be called the Airports Authority of India (Recruitment and Promotion) Regulations, 2020.

1.2 These shall come into force on the date of their Gazette Notification

1.3 These Regulations shall apply to all regular employees of the Authority and to all persons employed by the Authority on deputation in accordance with the Regulations.

1A. INITIAL CONSTITUTION.- (1) The incumbent holding the posts in Authority under these regulations immediately before the commencement of these regulations on regular basis shall be deemed to have been appointed in accordance with the provisions of these regulations.

(2) The regular continuous service of incumbent referred to above in the respective grade immediately before the commencement of these regulations shall be taken into account for the purpose of period of probation, seniority, qualifying service for promotion, confirmation etc.

2. DEFINITIONS:

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires –

1. 1. “Absorptionist” means  an  employee  belonging  to  the  Central  or  State  Government  or  Public  Sector Undertaking who has been permanently absorbed in the regular service of the Authority;
   2. “Act” means the Airports Authority of India Act, 1994 (55 of 1994), as amended from time to time;
   3. “Appointing Authority” in relation to a post means the Authority as specified in 3 of Annexure-I annexed to the AAI (General Conditions of Service and Remuneration of Employees) Regulations, 2003;
   4. “Apportioning” means identifying the number of posts in the specified disciplines by the Competent Authority within the cadre strength, which need to be filled up at two or more different levels depending upon the specific requirements of the organization.
   5. “Authority” means the Airports Authority of India constituted under section 3 of the Act;
   6. “Board” means the Board of Members of the Airports Authority of India;
   7. “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Authority appointed under Clause (a) of Sub-Section (3) of Section 3 of the Act;
   8. “Competent Authority” means the Chairperson or any Whole-Time Member or any officer authorized by the Chairperson in this behalf by general or special order;
   9. “Departmental Candidates” means the officials who have been appointed on regular basis and who hold posts or hold liens on any permanent post of the Authority;
   10. “Departmental Promotion Committee” means a Committee constituted to consider promotions in any grade;
   11. “Employee” means a person appointed by the Authority either on temporary or permanent basis including the deputationists and trainees on stipend recruited against regular posts, but does not include a person employed by the Authority on daily wages, contract or apprentices paid under the Apprenticeship Act, 1961 (52 of 1961);
   12. “Executive Posts” means the posts in the grade of Junior Executive & equivalent and above, up to the level of ED & equivalent;
   13. “Government” means the Government of India;
   14. “Management” means the Chairperson or Member or any other Executive of the Authority so authorized by the Chairperson;
   15. “Member” means a Full time Member of the Authority and includes the Chairperson but does not include an ex-officio Member referred to in Clause (b) of Sub-Section (3) of Section 3 of the Act.
   16. “Month” means the calendar month;
   17. “Non-Executive Posts” means the posts in the grade of Attendant(NE-1) and equivalent  and above, upto the level of Sr. Supdt.(SG) (NE-10);
   18. “Permanent Employee” means an employee who has been appointed by the Authority against a post which has been sanctioned and who has been confirmed after completion of probation period satisfactorily;
   19. “Post’ means any post against which a person has been appointed on temporary or permanent basis or on Contract/Deputation;
   20. “Probationer” means an employee who has been  appointed by the Authority against  a  sanctioned post but has not been confirmed;
   21. “Recruitment Year” means the year commencing from 1st January to 31st December of the year; and
   22. “Temporary Employee” means an employee who has been appointed by the Authority against a temporary post sanctioned for a specified period or appointed on temporary basis against a permanent post.

3. GRADES AUTHORISED STRENGTH AND ENABLING PROVISIONS:

3.1 The posts included in the various grades/cadres of the Authority, their group, level and the scales of pay on the commencement of these Regulations shall be as specified in Para 4 of these Regulations

3.2 After the commencement of these Regulations, the authorized strength of the posts in various grades shall be such as may from time to time be determined by the

3.3 The Authority may create posts and make additions or deletions to the strength of the posts in various grades as deemed necessary from time to time, as provided in the Note under Section 4(2) of AAI (General Conditions of Service and Remuneration of Employees) Regulations,

3.4 The Chairperson may with the approval of Authority include any allied posts other than those included in Para-4 of these

3.5 In exceptional circumstances and beyond delegation of powers, the Chairperson may with the approval of Authority appoint an officer to an appropriate grade in the Executive or Non-Executive cadre in a temporary or in a substantive capacity as may be deemed fit in the interest of the Authority and fix his seniority in the grade after taking into account his continuous regular service in the analogous Any such induction will be reported to the Board at the earliest.

3.6 Re-employment of superannuated servants/ extension of service of AAI employees beyond the age of superannuation in exceptional circumstances can be made in accordance with the Government guidelines.

3.7 In certain circumstances, appointments may be made on a consolidated salary as may be determined by the Competent Authority instead of regular pay-scales enumerated in Para-4 of these Regulation.

4. CATEGORISATION OF CADRES/GRADES:

4.1 The posts in Authority are broadly categorized as Executive and Non-Executive and all in the following groups/levels:

(i) Executives:

 (ii) Non-Executives:

 4.2 The Authority will have the discretion to change the scales of pay from time to time.

4.3 Employees recruited in the Authority’s service shall be placed in any of the approved pay scales of the Authority as prevailing from time to time and applicable to the post to which recruitment is made, save as provided in Para-3 of these Regulations.

4.4 The candidate who has applied for a higher post or if he is in the Select Panel for a higher post can be appointed in a lower post subject to his suitability and willingness to accept the same.

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