The Haryana Guest Teachers Services Act, 2019 (13 of 2019)

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HARYANA GOVERNMENT 

LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT 

Notificaiton 

The 12th March, 2019 

No. Leg. 13/2019.— The following Act of the Legislature of the State of Haryana received 

the assent of the Governor of Haryana on the 8th March, 2019 and is hereby published for general 

information:– 

HARYANA ACT NO. 13 OF 2019 

THE HARYANA GUEST TEACHERS SERVICE ACT, 2019 

AN 

ACT 

 to provide service of teachers engaged as guest faculty/ad-hoc/contractual basis in the 

School Education Department, Haryana.  

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the Seventieth Year of the 

Republic of India as follows:- 

 

1. This Act may be called the Haryana Guest Teachers Service Act, 2019. Short title. 

2. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- 

(a) “Appropriate Authority” means appointing authority of the corresponding 

regular teacher; 

(b) “Appellate Authority” means the appellate authority of the corresponding 

regular teacher; 

(c) “Department” means School Education Department; 

(d) “Government” means the Government of the State of Haryana in 

administrative department; 

(e) “guest teacher” means a teacher working as a guest teacher in the Education 

department; 

(f) “PRT” means PRT as defined in the Haryana Primary School Education 

(Group C) State Cadre Service Rules, 2012; 

(g) “TGT” means TGT as defined in the Haryana Primary School Education 

(Group C) State Service Rules, 2012; 

(h) “PGT” means PGT as defined in the Haryana State Education School Cadre 

(Group B) Service Rules, 2012; 

(i) “regular teacher” means PRT or TGT or PGT working in Department and 

who has been issued appointment on regular basis; 

(j) “superannuation” means fifty-eight years of age. 

 (2) Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in Haryana Civil 

Services (General) Rules, 2016 have the meanings respectively assigned to them in those Rules. 

Definitions. 

3. A guest teacher already working as such shall continue to work in the Department till the 

age of Superannuation notwithstanding his mode or manner of appointment and length of service 

rendered on the date of commencement of this Act. 

Terms of Service. 

4. Consolidated monthly honorarium of guest teachers shall be increased with effect from 

first day of January and first day of July every year in the same proportion as the Dearness 

Allowance granted by the Government to regular employees so as to completely neutralize 

inflation. However, such consolidated honorarium shall not exceed the minimum of the pay-scale 

(at the lowest grade, in the regular pay scale), extended to corresponding regular teacher of the 

Department. 

Remuneration/ 

Honorarium 



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Duty. 5. (1) A guest teacher shall perform following duties in the order of preference in the 

school where he is posted:- 

(i) classroom teaching due to vacancy of one or more regular teachers against 

sanctioned strength; 

(ii) classroom teaching due to non-availability of one or more regular teachers 

whether caused due to authorized leave, training, retirement, unauthorized 

absence or death; 

(iii) non-classroom academic work like remedial teaching, supervision and 

evaluation of tests, experiments in laboratory etc.; 

(iv) administrative duties like supervision of Mid Day Meal Scheme, enrolment 

drive, awareness drive in community through interaction with parents of 

students or any data collection or survey related works authorized by the 

Department. 

 (2) If a guest teacher has not performed any duty under any of the clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) 

above for one full month and it is likely that he would not be called upon to so perform any duty 

under any of the said clauses for the next month too, Head of the School shall intimate the 

Appropriate Authority who shall relocate the guest teacher to a school where requirement for 

performing of duty under any of the said clauses exists. 

 (3) A guest teacher shall be liable to serve at any place in the State of Haryana. 

Removal 6. (1) A guest teacher may be removed from the service by the Appropriate Authority if he 

is proved guilty of an act of omission or commission which, if had been committed by a regular 

employee of the Government, would have made him liable for initiation of disciplinary 

proceedings for major penalty. 

 (2) A guest teacher so removed may make an appeal against the above decision before 

the Appellate Authority whose decision shall be final. 

Delegation. 7. Appropriate Authority, with the prior approval of the Government, may delegate its power 

under this Act to a subordinate authority not below the rank of District Elementary Education 

Officer or District Education Officer as the case may be. 

Power to remove 

difficulty. 
8. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to any of the provisions of this Act, the 

Government may by an order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions, not 

inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as may appear to it to be necessary for removing the 

difficulty. 

 (2) Every order made under this section, shall be laid, as soon as after it is made, before 

the State Legislature. 

Power to make 

rules. 
9. (1) The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for the 

compensation, leave, transfer, termination of service etc. for carrying out of this Act. 

 (2) Every rule made under this Act, shall be laid, as soon as after it is made, before the 

State Legislature. 

Protection of 

action taken in 

good faith. 

10. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Government or any 

officer or employee of the Government or any other person or authority, authorized by 

Government for anything which is done or intended to be done in good faith under this Act or the 

notification issued thereunder. 

MEENAKSHI I. MEHTA, 

Secretary to Government, Haryana, 

Law and Legislative Department. 

 

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