WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the West Bengal Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts) Act, 1976,f or the purpose and in the manner hereinafter appearing:
It is hereby enacted in the Fifty-first Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:-
Short title and commencement:-
1. (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts) (Amendment) Act, 2000.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 3rd day of January, 2000.
Amendment of section 5 of West Ben. Act XXVII of 1976:-
2. It section 5 of the West Bengal Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts) Act, 1976 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, and shall be deemed to have been substituted, with effect from the 1st day of January, 1996:-
“(b) there shall be no reservation in any post in a scale of pay, the maximum of which exceeds Rs.18, 300;”
Repeal and saving:-
3. (1) The West Bengal Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1999, is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal Act as amended by the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been validly done or taken under the principal Act as amended by this Act. |
