The Andhra Pradesh (50 Percent Reservation to BCs, SCs, STs and Minorities in Works Contracts & Service Contracts given on nomination) Act, 2019.
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**THE ANDHRA PRADESH (50 PERCENT RESERVATION**
**TO BCs, SCs, STs and MINORITIES**
**IN WORKS CONTRACTS & SERVICE CONTRACTS**
**GIVEN ON NOMINATION) ACT, 2019.**

**(ACT NO. 25 OF 2019)**

**ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS**

**Sections**

1. Short title, extent and commencement
2. Definitions
3. Reservation
4. Earmarking
5. Nodal Agency
6. Protection of action taken in good faith
7. Power to remove difficulties
8. Act to override the other laws
9. Power to make rules


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**THE ANDHRA PRADESH (50 PERCENT RESERVATION**
**TO BCs, SCs, STs and MINORITIES**
**IN WORKS CONTRACTS & SERVICE CONTRACTS**
**GIVEN ON NOMINATION) ACT, 2019.**

**(ACT NO. 25 OF 2019)**

[17[th] August, 2019]

**An ACT TO PROVIDE RESERVATION IN NOMINATED WORKS CONTRACTS**
**AND SERVICE CONTRACTS FOR ECONOMIC UPLIFTMENT FOR BCs, SCs,**
**STs AND MINORITIES FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH OR**
**INCIDENTAL THERETO.**

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Andhra Pradesh in the
Seventieth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:

**1. Short title, extent and commencement - (1) This Act may be called the**
Andhra Pradesh (50 Percent Reservation to BCs, SCs, STs and Minorities in
Works Contracts & Service Contracts given on nomination) Act, 2019.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by
notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, appoint.

**2. Definitions -** In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, 
(a) “Administrative Departments” mean all the Departments working
under the administrative control of the Government of Andhra
Pradesh.

(b) “Engineering Departments” mean all the Engineering wings
attached to the Administrative Departments functioning under the
control of Government of Andhra Pradesh.

(c) “Backward Classes” mean the class or classes of people other than
the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, who are socially
and educationally backward, as may be notified by the Government
of Andhra Pradesh in the State Gazette, from time to time.

(d) “Minority”, for the purposes of this Act, means a community
notified as such by the Central Government;

(e) “Nominated Works” mean any civil work or service, which is given

on nomination, by any Department functioning under the
administrative control of the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

(f) “Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes” shall have the meaning
assigned to them respectively under clause (24) and clause (25) of
article 366 of the Constitution;

**3. Reservation - (1) There shall be 50 Percent Reservation to BCs, SCs, STs**
and Minorities in all Works Contracts and Services Contracts, given on
nomination basis (Nomination Works) by all the Engineering Departments and
the Administrative Departments, working under Government of Andhra
Pradesh.

(2) There shall be a minimum of 50% reservation for women out of the
reservation earmarked for BCs, SCs, STs and Minorities in their respective
reservations in the Works Contracts and the Services Contracts.


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**4.** **Earmarking - The 50 percent reservation to BCs, SCs, STs and Minorities**

in Works Contracts/Services Contracts given on nomination basis (Nomination
Works) shall be apportioned as follows:

**Sl.** **Percentage of**

**Category**
**No.** **Reservation**

1. BCs & Minorities 29%

2. SC 15%

3. ST 6%

**TOTAL** **50%**

**5. Nodal Agency -  (1) The ENC (PR) shall be the Nodal Agency, at the State**
level, for the purpose of implementation of reservation in all Works Contracts
given on nomination basis (Nomination Works). Any works to be given on
nomination basis shall be informed to the ENC (PR). The ENC (PR) shall submit
monthly reports to all the Welfare Departments, in this regard. At District level,
the District Collectors are responsible for the implementation of reservation in
all Works Contracts.

(2) The General Administration Department shall be the Nodal Agency for
the implementation of reservation in all Services Contracts given on
nomination basis, at State level. Any department proposing a Services
Contract to be given on nomination basis, shall inform the General
Administration Department and the General Administration Department will
monitor the implementation of reservation policy in those Services Contracts
and will send monthly reports to all the Welfare Departments. At District level,
the District Collectors are responsible for the implementation of reservation in
all Services Contracts.

**6.** **Protection of action taken in good faith - No suit or other legal**
proceedings shall lie in any Court against the Institution, or against any
authority, officer or employee of the Institution or against any person or body
or persons acting under the order or direction of any authority or officer or
employee of the Institution for anything which is in good faith done, or
intended to be done in pursuance of the Act.

**7.  Power to remove difficulties - (1) If any difficulty arises, in giving effect**
to the provisions of the Act, the Government may, by order, make such
provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Act, as appear to them to
be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:

Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of two years
from the commencement of the Act.

(2) Every order made under this section shall as soon as may be after it
is made, be laid before each house of the State Legislature.

**8.** **Act to override the other laws - Unless otherwise expressly provided in**
this Act, the provisions of this Act and of any orders and rules made there
under shall have effect, notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith
contained in any other law for the time being in force or any instrument having
effect by virtue of such law.

**9. Power to make rules - (1) The Government may, by notification, make rules**
for carrying out all or any of the purposes of this Act.

(2) Every rule made under this Act shall, immediately after it is made, be
laid before the Legislature of the State, if it is in session and if it is not in
session, in the session immediately following for a total period of fourteen days

|Sl. No.|Category|Percentage of Reservation|
|---|---|---|
|1.|BCs & Minorities|29%|
|2.|SC|15%|
|3.|ST|6%|
||TOTAL|50%|


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which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions and if,
before the expiration of the session in which it is so laid or the session
immediately following the Legislature agrees in making any modification in the
rule or in the annulment of the rule, the rule shall, from the date on which the
modification or annulment is notified, have effect only in such modified form or
shall stand annulled 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.

**SALADI VENKATESWARA RAO,**
Secretary to Government (FAC),
Legal and Legislative Affairs & Justice,
Law Department.


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