Company : Sol Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Website : www.courtkutchehry.com Bihar Agricultural Service Act, 1982 41 of 1982 [15 April 1982] CONTENTS 1. Short title, extent and commencement 2. Various categories of Agriculture Service 3. Appointment, confirmation and promotion in each category 4. Validity of appointments, confirmations and promotions 5. Repeals and Savings SCHEDULE 1 :- SCHEDULE Bihar Agricultural Service Act, 1982 41 of 1982 [15 April 1982] PREAMBLE An Act to validate, regularise and regulate the numerous appointments, confirmations and promotions made by Department of Agriculture, Government of Bihar during the post-Independence period and on the basis of Circular Nos. D/ AG-232/53-AGRI-149, dated 13th August, 1953 and D/AG/032 53-AGRI-27652, dated 12th/ 14th, December, 1953 and certain matters connected therewith. Whereas, during the post-Independence period, the development activities in regard to agriculture were enlarged with consequential increase in the cadre strength of the Bihar Agricultural Service; Whereas, for the more efficient and scientific development of agriculture the posts of Bihar Agriculture Service were divided into number of categories on the basis of the disciplines, duties and functions as set out in Schedule I attached hereto; Whereas, in the interest of better specialization, the posts in the different categories were not permitted to be interchangeable from one category to another and each category remained separate and distinct for the purposes of appointment, confirmation and channel of promotions; W hereas, the abovementioned decisions were communicated through Letter Nos. D/AG 232/53-Agri. R-149, dated August 13, 1953 and D/AG-032/53-Agri-27652, dated 12th/14th December, 1953 and have been followed ever since; Be, it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Bihar in the Thirty- third Year of the Republic of India as follows : 1. Received the assent of the Governor of Bihar on 15-4-1982, published in Bihar Gazette, (Extra-ordinary) No. 357, dated 16th April, 1982. 1. Short title, extent and commencement :- (i) This Act may be called the Bihar Agricultural Service Act, 1982. (ii) It extends to the whole of the State of Bihar. (iii) It shall be deemed to have come into operation on 12th of August, 1953. 2. Various categories of Agriculture Service :- (a) Notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary in any judgment, decree or order of any Court, the posts of Bihar Agricultural Service shall consist of the various categories, specified in Schedule I. (b) The State Government shall have the power to add or alter or delete any post from the category of posts in Schedule I by notification in Official Gazette. 3. Appointment, confirmation and promotion in each category :- The appointment, confirmation and promotion in each category shall be made separate and distinct and the posts in the different categories shall not be interchangeable from one category to another. 4. Validity of appointments, confirmations and promotions :- Notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary in any judgment, decree or order of any Court or any rule, all appointments, confirmations and promotions in pursuance of the Letter No. D/AG-232/53-Agri-R-149, dated August 13,1953 and Memo. No. D/AG/032/53-Agri-27652, dated 12th/14th December, 1953, shall be deemed to have been validly made as if this Act were in force on such date or dates. 5. Repeals and Savings :- (1) The Bihar Agriculture Service Ordinance, 1982 (Bihar Ordinance No. 34 of 1982) is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal any action taken or any act done in pursuance of that Ordinance shall be deemed to have been taken or done under the provisions of this Act as if that Act were in force at the relevant period when such action was taken or done. SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE Category Class I Bihar Agricultural Service Class II Bihar Agricultural Service 1 2 3 I. (1) Deputy Director of Agriculture. (1) Assistant Director of Agriculture. (2) Cane Development Officer. District Agricultural Officers. (3) Professor of Agriculture. (3) Assistant Professors of (4) Agronomist. Agriculture. (5) Deputy Director of Extension Service. (4) Agronomist or Assistant Agronomist. (6) Chief Instructors I/C Extension Training Centre. (5) Field Agronomist. (7) Deputy Director of Agriculture (H.Q.) (6) Agricultural Extension Officer. (7) A i lt i t (7) Agriculturists. (8) Superintendents of Agricultural School. II. (1) Agricultural Engineer. (1) Assistant Agricultural (2) Range Assistant Engineer. Engineer. Agricultural Engineer Research. Assistant Professor of Agricultural Engineering. III. (1) Agricultural Chemist. (1) Assistant Agricultural Chemist. (2) Special Officer I/C Manurial Table Scheme. (2) Second Officer, Manurial Table. (3) Professor of Agricultural Chemistry. (3) Sugarcane Chemist. (4) Sugarcane Chemist. (4) Soil Bio-Chemist. (5) Gur Chemist. (6) Gur Development Officer. (7) Compost Development Officer. IV. (1) Economic Botanist. (1) Assistant Economic Botanist. (2) Professor of Botany (2) Assistant Botanist (Rice). (3) Oil seeds Specialist. (3) Assistant Oilseeds Specialist. (4) Rice Specialist. (4) Botanist (Sugarcane). (5) Maize and Millet Specialist. (5) Assistant Maize and Millet Specialist. (6) Sugarcane Breeder. (6) Assistant Botanist. (7) Sugarcane Specialist. (7) Sugarcane Physiologist. (8) Deputy Director of Research and Development (Sugarcane). V. (1) Entomologist. (1) Assistant Entomologist. (2) Sugarcane Entomologist. (2) Sugarcane Entomologist. (3) Field Entomologist. (4) Plant Protection Officer. (5) Assistant Professor of Zoology and Entomology. VI. (1) (1) Plant Pathologist. (1) Assistant Plant Pathologist. (2) (2) Sugarcane Pathologist. (2) Assistant Professor of Mycology. (3) (3) Sugarcane Mycologist. (3) Sugarcane Mycologist. (4) Field Pathologist. VII (1) Horticulturist (1) Assistant Horticulturist VII (1) Horticulturist (1) Assistant Horticulturist (Fruit). (2) Assistant Horticulturist (Vegetable). (3) Fruit Preservation Officer. (4) Fruit Production Officer. (5) Assistant Plant Physiologist. (6) Assistant Professor of Horticulture. VIII (1) Senior Marketing Officer-cum- Chief Inspector of Weights. (1) Assistant Marketing Officers (2) Deputy Chief Inspector of Weights. (3) Divisional Inspector of Weights. (4) Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics. (5) Senior Marketing Officer. IX Statistician (if sanctioned ) (1) Statistician. X Nil Animal Husbandry Extension Officer