The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (Absorption of Employees into Government Service) Act, 2019.
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**THE ANDHRA PRADESH STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION**

**(ABSORPTION OF EMPLOYEES INTO GOVERNMENT SERVICE) ACT, 2019**

**ACT No.36 OF 2019**

**ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS**

**SECTIONS**

1. Short title and Commencement
2. Definitions
3. Absorption of APSRTC Employees
4. Application of Rules
5. Regulation of Service Conditions
6.Power to remove difficulties
7. Power to override other laws
8. Power to make rules


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**THE ANDHRA PRADESH STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION**

**(ABSORPTION OF EMPLOYEES INTO GOVERNMENT SERVICE) ACT, 2019**

**ACT No.36 OF 2019**

(27[th ]December, 2019)

**AN ACT TO ABSORB THE EMPLOYEES OF THE ANDHRA PRADESH STATE**

**ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION INTO THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE**
**AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH AND**
**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 and Commencement -** (1) This Act may be called the Andhra
Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (Absorption of Employees into
Government Service) Act, 2019.

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by

notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, appoint:

**2.** **Definitions - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-**

(a) “APSRTC” means the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport
Corporation established under section 3 of The Road Transport
Corporations Act, 1950(Act No.64 of 1950);

(b) “Employees of APSRTC” means such regular employees borne on
the rolls of the APSRTC working in the residuary State of Andhra
Pradesh defined as per Section 4 read with Section 82 of the Andhra
Pradesh Re-organization Act, 2014(Central Act No.6 of 2014), as on
the date of the coming into force of this Act;

(c) “Government” means the Government of Andhra Pradesh;

(d) “Government Service” means services in any office or department
of the Government;

(e) “Notification” means, a notification published in the Andhra
Pradesh Gazette.

**3.** **Absorption of APSRTC Employees - Notwithstanding anything to the contrary**
contained in “The Andhra Pradesh Prohibition of Absorption of Employees of State
Government Public Sector Undertakings Into Public Service Act, 1997” (Act.No.14
of 1997), on and from the date of commencement of this Act, all the employees of
the APSRTC shall stand absorbed into Government service into such department,
as may be notified by the Government.

**4. Application of Rules -** Save as otherwise provided for by the government, by
notification specifically applicable to the absorbed employees of APSRTC, all the
rules made by or under any law for the time being in force applicable to the State
Government employees shall be applicable to the employees of the APSRTC
absorbed into government service by virtue of this Act.

**5. Regulation of Service Conditions - It shall be competent for the Government**
to frame such rules to regulate the service conditions of the absorbed employees
of APSRTC, and the same shall bind on the absorbed employees.

**6. Power to remove difficulties - It any difficulty arises in giving effect to the**
provisions of this Act, the Government may make such order, by notification in
the Andhra Pradesh Gazette for removing such difficulty.


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**7. Power to override other laws -** The provisions of this Act shall have effect,
notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for
the time being in force.

**8. Power to make rules -** (1) The Government shall have power to make such
rules generally to  carry out the provisions of this Act.

(2) Every rule made under this Act, shall immediately after it is made, be

laid before the Legislative Assembly 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
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 Legislative Assembly 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.


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