#THE CENTRAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (RESERVATION IN TEACHERS’ CADRE) ACT, 2019
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##ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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###SECTIONS 

1.  Short title and commencement.
2.  Definitions.
3.  Reservation of posts in recruitments by Central Educational Institutions.
4.  Act not to apply in certain cases.
5.  Laying of notifications before Parliament.
6.  Repeal and savings.


 
#THE CENTRAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (RESERVATION IN TEACHERS’ CADRE) ACT, 2019

##ACT NO. 10 OF 2019 

[9th July, 2019.] 

An Act to provide for the reservation of posts in appointments by direct recruitment of persons belonging 
to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, the socially and educationally backward classes 
and  the  economically  weaker  sections,  to  teachers’  cadre  in  certain  Central  Educational 
Institutions established, maintained or aided by the Central Government, and for matters connected 
therewith or incidental thereto. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

1. **Short title and commencement.**—(1) This Act may be called the Central Educational Institutions 
(Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Act, 2019.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 7th day of March, 2019.

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

(a)  “appropriate  authority”    means  the  University  Grants  Commission  established  under  the 
University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956), or any other authority or body established by or 
under  a  Central  Act  for  the  determination,  coordination  or  maintenance  of  the  standards  of  higher 
education in any Central Educational Institution; 

(b) “branch of study” means a branch of study leading to three principal levels of qualifications at 
bachelors (under graduate), masters (post graduate) and doctoral levels; 

(c) “Central Educational Institution” means— 

(i) a University established or incorporated by or under a Central Act; 

(ii) an institution of national importance established by an Act of Parliament; 

(iii) an  institution,  declared  as  an  institution  deemed  to  be  University  under section 3 of the 
University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956),, and maintained by or receiving aid from the 
Central Government;

(iv)  an  institution  maintained  by  or  receiving  aid  from  the  Central  Government,  whether 
directly or indirectly, and affiliated to an institution referred to in sub-clause (i) or sub-clause (ii), or 
a constituent unit of an institution referred to in sub-clause (iii); and 

(v)  an  educational  institution  established  by  the  Central  Government  under  the  Societies 
Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860); 

(d) “direct recruitment” means the process of appointing faculty by inviting applications against 
public advertisement from persons eligible to teach in a Central Educational Institution; 

(e) “economically weaker sections” means such weaker sections as are referred to in Explanation 
to clause (6) of article 15 of the Constitution; 

(f) “faculty” means the faculty of a Central Educational Institution; 

(g)  “Minority  Educational  Institution”  means  an  institution  established  and  administered by the 
minorities under clause (1) of article 30 of the Constitution and so declared by an Act of Parliament or by 
the  Central  Government  or  declared  as  a  Minority  Educational  Institution  under  the  National 
Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Act, 2004 (2 of 2005); 

(h) “sanctioned strength” means the number of posts in teachers’ cadre approved by the appropriate 
authority; 

(i) “Scheduled Castes” means the Scheduled Castes notified under article 341 of the Constitution; 

(j) “Scheduled Tribes” means the Scheduled Tribes notified under article 342 of the Constitution; 

(k) “socially and educationally backward classes” means such  backward classes as are so deemed 
under article 342A of the Constitution; 

(l)  “teachers’  cadre”  means  a  class  of  all  the  teachers  of  a  Central  Educational  Institution, 
regardless of the branch of study or faculty, who are remunerated at the same grade of pay, excluding 
any allowance or bonus.

3. **Reservation of posts in  recruitments by Central Educational Institutions.**—(1) 
Notwithstanding anything in any other law for the time being in force, there shall be reservation of posts 
in direct recruitment out of the sanctioned strength in teachers' cadre in a Central Educational Institution 
to  the  extent  and  in  the  manner  as  may  be  specified  by  the  Central  Government  by  notification  in  the 
Official Gazette.

(2) For the purpose of reservation of posts, a Central Educational Institution shall be regarded as one 
unit. 

4. **Act not to apply in certain cases.**—The provisions of section 3 shall not apply to— 

(a)  the  institutions  of  excellence,  research  institutions,  institutions  of  national  and  strategic 
importance specified in the Schedule to this Act; 

(b) a Minority Educational Institution. 

(2) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, amend the Schedule referred 
to in clause (a) of sub-section (1) from time to time. 

5. **Laying of notifications before Parliament.**—Every notification made by the Central Government 
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 notification or both Houses agree 
that the notification should not be made, the notification 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 notification. 

6. **Repeal and savings.**—(1)  The  Central  Educational  Institutions  (Reservation  in  Teachers' 
Cadre) Ordinance, 2019 (Ord. 13 of 2019) is hereby repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the said Ordinance shall be 
deemed to have been done or taken under this Act.