GOVERNMENT
OF ANDHRA PRADESH
ABSTRACT
PUBLIC SERVICES –
Outsourcing of supporting services in the Government Departments – Guidelines –
Orders – Issued.
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G.O.Rt.No. 4459 Dated: 27.12.2006.
Read
the following:-
1.
G.O.Rt.No.
2501, Finance (SMPC) Department, Dated: 13.7.2006.
oOo
ORDER:
Government have decided for
outsourcing certain services in the Government departments to the agencies and
accordingly Government have outsourcing the responsibility of supplying the
required manpower to the private agencies.
Accordingly Government have permitted several departments to outsource
certain functions and functionaries for support services.
2. Specific guidelines on outsourcing or on method of outsourcing and the
qualifications for the outsourcing agencies have not been prescribed by the
Government resulting in lot of complaints about the manner in which the
outsourcing is presently taking place.
3. In order to have specific guidelines for outsourcing the services in
the Government Departments, Government after careful examination hereby issue
the guidelines as annexed to the G.O. for better implementation of the functions
under outsourcing.
4. It is also ordered that a
Committee with the following officers is constituted for selection of
outsourcing agencies at the district level headed by the District Collector
since most of the outsourcing of the functions and functionaries in the
districts is done locally.
District Collector Chairman.
Dy. Director T&A Member.
District Labour Officer Member
District Employment Officer Member –Convener.
5. The
District Employment Officer at the district level is the officer responsible to
move the proposal for outsourcing of the functions and functionaries and take
the orders of the Collector and other Members concerned.
(Contd…2)
6. It is
also ordered that for outsourcing the functions and functionaries in the
offices located at Hyderabad both at Secretariat and Heads of Departments, the
General Administration (Services) Department shall act as nodal department
since they are dealing with service matters and finalize the outsourcing
agency/ agencies from whom the Departments located at Hyderabad would access
their requirements.
7. All
the departments of the Secretariat, Heads of Departments and all the District
Collectors are requested to follow the guidelines scrupulously and should
ensure that the identification and allotment of the work to the outsourcing
agencies should be done in a transparent manner going to the open tender as
indicated in the reference cited.
(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT (R&E)
All the Departments of the
Secretariat.
All the Heads of
Departments.
The Director of Treasuries
and Accounts, A.P., Hyderabad.
The Pay& Accounts
Officer, Hyderabad.
The Dy. P.A.O. Secretariat
Branch, Hyderabad.
All the District Collectors.
All the Dy. Directors O/o
D.T.O. in the State.
All the District Employment
Officers.
All the District Labour
Officers.
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Forwarded :: By Order//
SECTION OFFICER
The Head of Office or
Department who is principal employer should get permission from the Government
in Finance Department to engage for outsourcing the services.
2. The
principal employer for outsourcing Agencies shall have to register his office
or department as per the provisions of Contract Labour (Regulation and
Adoption) Act, 1970 to engage the outsourcing services.
3. The
principal employer i.e. Heads of Department or Head of Office shall get
registration certificate under section-7 of the said Act, 1970.
4. When
the outsourcing Agency gets the permission from the HOD/Head of Office for
outsourcing the services in the said Department or Office, the details of
registration of principal employer shall be furnished to the Labour Department
under section 13 of the said Labour Act, 1970 and rules made there under for
grant of license.
5. The
outsourcing agency at the time of obtaining contract labour license for
supplying man power to the principal employer shall pay necessary fees and
deposits into the Government Treasury as per the provision of the said Act.
6. The
Outsourcing Agency shall renew its license every year.
7. The individuals sent by the
outsourcing Agency are eligible for 15 days Casual Leave per year or
proportionately to the actual outsourcing period and there shall not be any
reduction from the remuneration due to availing of such Casual Leave.
8. The
outsourcing Agency is responsible for payment of remuneration to each
individual by the Agency before the expiry of such period as prescribed.
9. The outsourcing Agency should pay the remuneration as
ordered by the Government from time to time to the categories of posts
indicated therein. This should be
closely monitored by the department and any violation in this regard should be
brought to the notice of the Collector in the district or Secretary, General
Administration (Services) Department at Hyderabad as the case may be who will
black-list concerned agency against whom such complaints on verification are
found true.
(Contd…)
10. The
women individuals are eligible for 120 days maternity leave without paying
remuneration for the said period.
11. E.S.I.
contribution will be made as per rules.
12. As far
as E.P.F. is concerned employees contribution would be deducted from his
remuneration, as far as employers contribution is concerned agency will pay
it. There will be no reimbursement of
this amount separately to the agency and the agency has to quote its commission
keeping this in mind. However a
certificate should be produced by the agency regarding proper remittance of
EPF/ESI for release of payment for subsequent month.
13. Payment
of service tax is the responsibility of the agent and he will hence to quote
his commission including this as well.
SECTION OFFICER