 bill no  50 of 2010 the  central  universities  (conditions  of  service  of non-teaching  staff)  bill,  2010 by shri jagdambika pal, mp a billto provide for uniform conditions of service for the non-teaching staff of the central universities and for matters connected therewith be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-first year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the central universities (conditions of service of non-teaching staff) act, 20105(2) it shall come into force on such date, as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—definitions(a) "non-teaching service or post" in relation to a central university means anyservice or post other than teaching;(b) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act; and10(c) "central university" means  a university established or incorporated by orunder an act of parliament3 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the conditions of service of a person holding any non-teaching service or post in any central university for such period, as may be prescribed, shall be same as that of a person holding comparable service or post in the central secretariat serviceconditions of service of non-teaching staff of central universities5constitution of expert committee(2) for the purpose of determining services or posts in central secretariat servicewhich shall be comparable to non-teaching services or posts in central universities, the central government shall appoint an expert committee headed by the chairman of the university grants commission and consisting of such number of other members, as it may deem fit10explanation—for the purpose of sub-section (1), the expression 'conditions of service'includes pay, allowances, leave, gratuity, pension, provident fund, medical benefits, insurance and such other matters as may be specified by the central government, from time to timepower to remove difficulty154 if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this act, the governmentmay, by order published in the official gazette, make such provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing such difficulty:provided that no such order shall be made after the expiration of two years from thecommencement of this actpower to make rules205 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act25(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthere are thousands of non-teaching staff employed in the universities as far as the teaching staff of the universities are concerned, the university grants commission has fixed uniform pay and allowances for them through recommendations from time to time but there is no uniformity in the pay and allowances of non-teaching staff this has resulted in variance in the service conditions of similarly situated employees performing similar duties in different universities there is no protection for such non-teaching staff under any statute they are also entitled to same benefits of pay and allowances, etc as are available to similarly placed staff in the central governmentthe non-teaching staff of the universities have been agitating for this cause for a long time and it is, therefore, essential to regulate their service conditions in this regardhence this billjagdambika  palmarch 19, 2010 financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides that the non-teaching staff of central universities shall have the same conditions of service as are admissible to the comparable staff of the central secretariat service it also provides for the constitution of an expert committee for the purpose of determining the posts of non-teaching staff in central universities which shall be comparable to the posts in the central secretarial service the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of indiait is estimated that a recurring expenditure of about rupees one crore is likely to be involved from the consolidated fund of india per annumit is also likely to involve a non-recurring expenditure of about rupees two crore per annum memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 5 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the provisions of the bill since the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character————abillto provide for uniform conditions of service for the non-teaching staff of the central universities and for matters connected therewith————(shri jagdambika pal, mp)gmgipmrnd—1675ls(s5)—19-04-2010