BOMBAY
PORT TRUST CLASS I AND CLASS II EMPLOYEES
(Hindi Language Examination)
REGULATIONS, 1977.
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1 Short title and commencement
2 Application
3 Definitions
4 Passing of Hindi examination.
5 Failure to pass the examination.
6 Extension of time to pass the Hindi Examination.
7 Holding of the Hindi examination.
8 Application for admission to the examination.
9 Teaching of Hindi.
10 Fees for the Hindi examination
11
Syllabus for the Hindi examination
12
Date of passing the Hindi examination
13 Power to exempt
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BOMBAY PORT TRUST CLASS I
AND CLASS II EMPLOYEES
(Hindi Language Examination)
REGULATIONS, 1977.
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G.S.R. 386. In exercise of the powers conferred by section 126, read with
section 28, of the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 (38 of 1963), the Central Government hereby
makes the following first regulations, namely :-
1.
Short title and commencement
– (1) These regulations
may be called the Bombay Port Trust Class I and Class II Employees (Hindi
Language Examination) Regulations, 1977.1
(2) They shall come into force on the date 2 of their publication in the official Gazette.
2. Application - These regulations shall apply to –
(i) every
employee directly recruited to a Class I or Class II post under the Board after
the
commencement of these regulations; and
(ii) every employee directly recruited to a Class I or Class II post under the Board before the commencement of these regulations and where it was indicated in the terms and conditions of his initial appointment that his confirmation in such post shall be subject to his attaining proficiency in Hindi.
3. Definitions - In these regulations, unless the context other requires, -
(a) ‘Board’, ‘Chairman’, ‘Deputy Chairman’ and ‘Head of a Department’ shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 (38 of 1963) ;
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1
Ministry of Shipping & Transport’s Notification No.F.No.PEB-5/75
dated 22.2.1977 was published in the Gazette of India, Part II, Section 3,
Sub-section (i) dated 19.3.1977 (GSR No.386).
2.
Effective from 19.3.1977.
(b) ‘Class I post’ and ‘Class II post’ shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Bombay Port Trust Employees (Classification, Control and Appeal) Regulations, 1976;
(c) ‘Hindi
Teaching Scheme’ means the Hindi Teaching Scheme, Department of Official
Language,
Government of India.
4.
Passing of Hindi Examinations
- Every
employee to whom these regulations apply shall pass the Pragya examination in
Hindi under the Hindi Teaching Scheme (hereinafter referred to as the said Hindi
examination), within a period of two years from the date he is appointed to a
Class I or Class II post or if he was appointed to such post before the
commencement of these regulations, within two years from the date of such
commencement.
Provided that such an employee shall be exempted from passing the said
Hindi examination, if Hindi is his mother tongue or is the language taken by him
as one of the subjects at the Secondary School Certificate or equivalent or
higher examination or if he has already passed a Hindi examination conducted by
the voluntary Hindi Organisations, the standard of which has been recognised by
the Government of India as equivalent to, or higher than, the standard of Hindi
prescribed for the Secondary School Certificate or equivalent examination with
Hindi as one of the subjects.
5.
Failure to pass the examination
- An employee who fails to
pass the said Hindi examination as required under Regulation 4, or within the
extended period under Regulation 6, shall not, unless the Chairman dispenses
with the requirement of passing the said Hindi examination, under regulation 13,
be confirmed in such post, until he passes the said Hindi examination.
6. Extension of time to pass the Hindi examination - Where on account of illness or other cause over which he has no control, or for any other reason considered adequate by the Chairman, an employee is unable to pass the said Hindi examination as required under Regulation 4, the Chairman may extend the period prescribed for passing the said Hindi examination upto a maximum of one year and if the said employee passes the said Hindi examination within the period so extended, he shall be deemed to have fulfilled the requirement of passing the said Hindi examination by the due date for the purposes of confirmation in such post.
7. Holding of the Hindi examination - (1) The said Hindi examination shall be conducted by the Directorate of Education (Examination Branch), Delhi Administration, under the Hindi Teaching Scheme, in the manner notified by the said Directorate from time to time.
(2)
The dates on which and the places at which the said Hindi examination may
beck held shall be fixed by the said Directorate and shall be notified to the
employees of the Board.
8.
Application for admission to
the examination - (1) An
employee of the Board who desires to appear for the examination shall forward
his application for admission to the examination so as to reach the Directorate
of Education (Examination Branch), Delhi Administration, by such date as may be
fixed by that Directorate.
(2)
An application received by the said Directorate later than the date so
fixed shall be liable to be rejected.
9.
Teaching of Hindi -
An employee of the Board may, at his option, attend the classes for the
Pragya examination held in Bombay under the Hindi Teaching Scheme or undergo the
Pragya correspondence course conducted by the Government of India, Ministry of
Education and Social Welfare, Central Hindi Directorate, and in that case, the
fees, if any, paid by the said employee for the tuition and the cost of the text
books required by the employee for the course shall be reimbursed to him by the
Head of his Department.
10.
Fees for the Hindi examination
- Fees,
if any, charged for the said Hindi examination shall be paid by the Board.
11.
Syllabus for the Hindi
examination -
The papers and syllabus for the said Hindi examination and the minimum
marks to be obtained for passing it shall be such as may be fixed under the
Hindi Teaching Scheme from time to time.
12.
Date of passing the Hindi
examination -
The date of passing the said Hindi examination shall be deemed to be the
date following the date on which the said Hindi examination in which the
employee is declared to have passed ends.
13. Power to exempt - The Chairman may, if he so thinks fit, dispense with the requirement of passing the said Hindi examination in the case of any employee, or class of employees, after taking into consideration the nature of the duties of, or the degree of proficiency in Hindi already acquired by, such employee or class of employees.
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BOMBAY PORT TRUST
S.V.Marg,
Bombay-400 038.
No.CA/A/APT-8166
15th March 1977
To
The Secretary
The Railway Manager
Chief Accountant
Deputy
Conservator
Chief Engineer Controller of Stores
Chief Mechl.Engineer
Chief Medical Officer
Docks Manager
Chief Labour Officer
Estate Manager Legal Adviser
BPT Class I and Class II Employees
(Hindi Language Examination)
Regulations, 1977.
Reference is invited to paragraph 3 of our circular letter
No.CA/A/APT-28456 dated the 31st August 1976 wherein it has been
indicated that Government are taking action to frame the BPT Class I and Class
II Employees (Hindi Language Examination)Regulations as first regulations and to
notify them in the Official Gazette. Government have since framed these first
regulations and sent them for publication in the Gazette of India. The date of
publication, which will be the date on which these first regulations will come
into force, will be intimated later. Copies of the regulations are enclosed.
2. Departments are
requested to take action as follows :
(i)
Every employee who is directly recruited to a Class I or
Class II post before the
commencement of these regulations and whose terms and conditions of initial
appointment provided that his confirmation in such post would inter alia be
subject to his attaining proficiency in Hindi has to pass the Pragya examination
in Hindi under the Hindi Teaching Scheme, Department of Official Language,
Government of India, within two years from the date of commencement of these
regulations, unless he qualifies for exemption in terms of the proviso to
regulation 4 of these regulations. The
requirements of these regulations may therefore be brought to the notice of such
of the directly recruited Class I and Class II employees, as do not qualify for
exemption, so that they can take steps to pass the examination.
(ii)
Under letters Nos.CA/DC-(SR)-1/22717 dated the 13th August
1974 to the Dy. Conservator and CA/BPT-(SR)/28012 dated the 7th
October 1974 to the other Heads of Departments, specimen of the forms of offer
of appointment to be made to candidates directly recruited to Class I and Class
II posts have been forwarded. Items 3 and 4 of these specimen forms provide that
the confirmation in the posts against which the candidates are recruited will inter
alia be contingent on their acquiring proficiency in Marathi and Hindi and
the test of proficiency will be as prescribed by the Port Trust. In terms of para. 4 of circular letter No.CA/A/APT-28456
dated the 31st August 1976, the reference to the attainment of
proficiency in Marathi made in items 3 and 4 of the specimen forms of offers of
appointment was deleted. Now that
the BPT Class I and Class II Employees (Hindi Language Examination) Regulations,
1977, have been promulgated, item 4 of the specimen forms should be modified to
read as under :
“4.
Your confirmation in the post of _____________________ is subject to your
passing a Hindi examination in accordance with the Port Trust regulations in
that regard. However, you will be
exempted from passing the Hindi examination, if Hindi is your mother-tongue or
is the language taken by you as one of the subject at the Secondary School
Certificate or equivalent or higher examination, or if you have already passed a
Hindi examination conducted by the Voluntary Hindi Organisations, the standard
of which has been recognised by the Government of India, as equivalent to, or
higher than, the standard of Hindi prescribed for the Secondary School
Certificate or equivalent examination with Hindi as one of the subjects.”
(iii)
In future, the provisions of the Hindi Language Examination Regulations
should be brought to the notice of every person directly recruited to a Class I
or Class II post immediately on his appointment.
(iv)
The proposals for confirmation of the Class I and Class II employees
subject to these regulations should contain a specific mention that the employee
to be confirmed has –
(a) passed
the Pragya examination in Hindi
or
(b)
if he qualifies for exemption in terms of the proviso to Regulation 4,
has passed S.S.C. or equivalent or higher examination with Hindi as one of the
subjects or has passed _____________ examination of ______________ organisation,
the standard of which has been recognised by Government as equivalent to the
standard of Hindi prescribed for S.S.C. or equivalent examination with Hindi as
one of the subjects.
(v) The Chief Labour Officer is already
co-ordinating matters relating to the Hindi Teaching Scheme in
the Port Trust. He should render
all assistance to Class I and Class II employees who are subject
to these regulations and who wish to attend classes for the Pragya examination
in Hindi held in
Bombay under the Hindi Teaching
Scheme and in connection with their admission to the
examinations which are held from time to time under that Scheme.
The Chief Labour Officer is also
requested to circulate to Departments particulars of the Hindi Teaching Scheme
and the
arrangements made for conducting classes for Port Trust employees.
(vi) Those
Class I and Class II employees who are subject to these regulations and who wish
to
undergo the Pragya correspondence course conducted by the Government of India,
Ministry of
Education and Social Welfare, Centre Hindi Directorate, should correspond
through their Heads of
Departments with the Asstt.Director (CC), Central Hindi Directorate,
Correspondence Courses
Department (Ministry of Education and Social Welfare), West Block No.7,
Ramakrishnapuram,
New Delhi – 110 022. A copy of the Ministry of Home Affairs
O.M.No.18/85/71-H.I dated 16th May
1972 regarding the conduct of Pragya Correspondence Course by the Central Hindi
Directorate is
enclosed. Even though this O.M. is
of May 1972, it gives a fair idea about the details of the
course.
3.
A list of examination held by the Voluntary Hindi Organisations, the
standard of which has been recognised by the Government of India as equivalent
to the stand of Hindi prescribed for S.S.C. examination with Hindi as one of the
subjects is enclosed.
Sd/-
(J.J.Parakh)
MANAGER (SERVICES AND O & M )
Encls: 1) Copy of regulations
2) Copy of Min. of
Home Affairs O.M.
Dated 16.5.1972, and
3) 1 List of Voluntary
Hindi Organisations.
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Copy of the Ministry of Home Affairs O.M. No. 18/85/71-H.I dated 16th May 1972.
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Sub:
Correspondence Courses for
Teaching Hindi to the
Central
Government employees
– Conduct of
Pragya Correspondence
Course by
the Central Hindi
Directorate
(Ministry of Education
and Social
Welfare) from July
1972.
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The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry’s Office
Memorandum No.18/102/71-H.I dated 10th December 1971 regarding
conduct of Prabodh and Praveen Correspondence Course in Hindi by the Central
Hindi Directorate (Ministry of Education and Social Welfare). The Pragya
Correspondence course will be started by the Central Hindi Directorate from the
1st July 1972. A note
giving the detailed information about this course is attached.
2. Application forms
etc. for admission to this course and further information required may be
obtained from the Central Hindi Directorate (Ministry of Education and Social
Welfare), West Block No.VII, Ramakrishnapuram, New Delhi-22.
3. The
Ministries/Departments of Government of India are requested to bring the
contents of this Office Memorandum and it’s enclosure to the note of all their
attached and subordinate offices immediately.
COURSE IN HINDI – A
COURSE UNDER THE HINDI
TEACHING SCHEME OF THE
MINISTRY OF HOME
AFFAIRS.
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The Central Hindi Directorate (Ministry of Education and Social
Welfare) has decided to start the Pragya Correspondence course in Hindi for
Central Government employees and teachers of the Kendriya Vidyalayas (Central
Schools). The course will be
identical to the one being conducted by the Ministry of Home Affairs under its
Hindi Teaching Scheme and will be based on the same syllabus and text books
The course will commence with effect from 1st July 1972.
2. (a)
Admission to this course is open to the following categories of the
Central Government employees:-
(i)
Central Government employees posted at places other than those having
Hindi Teaching centres under the Hindi Teaching Scheme.
(ii)
Operational staff, i.e., members of the staff whose nature of work or
duty hours do not permit them to attend the Hindi classes run by the
Ministry of Home Affairs at
the various places.
(iii)
Class I officers.
N.B.
- Only such members of the above three categories of the employees will
be admitted to the Pragya Correspondence Course who under the Hindi Teaching
Scheme and the instructions issued thereunder are eligible to join the Pragya
classes.
(b) Admission to this course is also open to the following categories of employees whose mother-tongue is not Hindi:-
(i) Teachers
of Kendriya Vidyalayas (Central Schools); and
(ii)
Employees of statutory bodies and public undertakings.
ADMISSION :
3.
The application forms of the Central Government employees should be
accompanied by authority letters from their respective offices/departments,
certifying that the candidates fall under one of the categories mentioned in
para.2 above and are eligible to join the Pragya course.
In the case of the teachers of Kendriya Vidyalayas, application forms
should be forwarded through their Principals.
Applications from the employees of the statutory bodies should also be
sent through proper channel. Application
forms from eligible candidates should be accompanied by the prescribed fee of
Rs.20.00.
4. Photographs and
attested copies of certificates are not necessary.
5. The last date for the
receipt of applications for admission along with the prescribed fees is 15th
July 1972.
EXAMINATION :
6. The duration of the
course is one year. Examination for the course will be held in June, 1973, by
the Examination Branch of the Directorate of Education, Delhi.
Necessary information in this regard will be supplied to the candidates
by this office.
FEES
:
7. The following fees
are payable by the candidates for the course at the time of admission :
(i) Admission fee .. Rs. 5.00
(ii) Tuition fee (Annual) .. Rs.15.00
Fees
should be remitted along with the application form to the Central Hindi
Directorate by Crossed Indian Postal Order (or through British Postal Order,
Bank draft or Cheque in the case of students residing abroad) in favour of the
Central Hindi Directorate, New Delhi.
8. Fees are not
refundable after an applicant is admitted to the course.
9. All the Indian Postal
Orders, Cheques, Bank Drafts, etc. should be sent under registered cover.
This Directorate will not be responsible for the loss of
I.P.Os etc. in the Postal transit.
10. Except for the teachers of
Kendriya Vidyalayas, the fees of Rs.20 are payable by the trainees themselves at
the time of admission. The three
categories of Central Government employees mentioned in para.2 above, if
otherwise eligible will however meet the expenditure from the grant of lumpsum
awards admissible to them on passing their Pragya examination by their own
efforts, except that the Class I officers posted at places having Hindi Teaching
Centres under the Hindi Teaching Scheme, would meet the above expenditure on
their own, vide Ministry of Home Affairs O.M. No.3/28/68-H.1 dated 22nd
September 1969, regarding meeting the expenditure of fees out of the lumpsum
awards.
METHOD OF INSTRUCTIONS :
11. Lessons will be dispatched to the
students every fortnight. Each dispatch will contain (i) regular lessons, (ii)
response-sheets, and if necessary (iii) ancillary literature.
The response sheets, will contain questions, exercises and
practice–material which are required to be attempted by the students and
returned to the Central Hindi Directorate. On receipt, the response-sheets will
be checked and evaluated in the Directorate and returned to the students with
necessary instructions, comments and guide-notes.
12. In order to supplement the
lessons to make up for the absent of oral teaching and direct contact with the
students, “personal contact programmes” are arranged at different places for
about a week every year, depending upon the concentration of students at a
particular place. During these programmes, class-room lectures are arranged
where lessons taught through correspondence are recapitulated and the students
are given training in speech, pronunciation and conversation.
Tape recorded lessons are played to the students and correct
pronunciation and speech are taught with the help of lessons tapes. Besides, the students are provided individual guidance during
the period and their problems and difficulties are attended to.
MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION :
13. The medium of these courses, for
the present will be English.
SUPPLY OF BOOKS :
14. The Central Government
Officers/employees who enroll themselves for Pragya Correspondence Course will
be supplied text-books free of cost by their concerned Ministry/Department of
Government of India. The latter will purchase or authorise its attached and
subordinate offices to purchase the books from the Manager, Government of India
Publication Branch, Old Secretariat, Delhi, or their authorised agents, etc.,
for supply to the trainees vide Ministry of Home Affairs O.M.
No.15/3/71-H.I dated 10th March 1971.
The books on Hindi Vyakaran shown at item (v) in para.15 below will,
however, be purchased by the Ministries/Departments of the Government of India
from the Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Thyagaraja Nagar, Madras-17.
The purchase of books from the Sabha by the Ministries/Departments etc.,
will be subject to trade discount of 25%.
15. In the case of teacher-students
of Kendriya Vidyalayas, books are supposed to be lent to them free of cost by
the school by making purchase from the ‘contingency’ of the schools
concerned vide Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan letter No.F.16/27/70-KVS(CDN) dated
5th August 1970.
The prescribed books for the course are as follows :
(i) Pragya Pathmala
(Price Rs.1.60 P.)
(ii) Pragya Kahani Sangrah By Ministry of Home Affairs,
(Price Rs.0.25 P.)
(iii) Technical Terms for Pragya
(Price Rs. 0.25 P.) New Delhi.
(iv) Manual of Office Procedure
(Price Rs.0.75P. )
(v) Hindi Vyakaran by Apte and By Dakshin Bharat
Shastri (Price Rs.3.30
P.)
Hindi Prachar
Sabha, Thyagaraja
Nagar, Madras-17.
16.
All communications in respect of correspondence course should be
addressed to :
The Assistant Director, (CC),
Central Hindi Directorate,
Correspondence Courses Department,
(Ministry of Education & Social Welfare),
West Block No.VII, Ramakrishnapuram,
NEW DELHI-22 (INDIA)
List of examinations held by Voluntary Hindi Organisations rognised by the Government of India. (para. 3 of the circular)
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|
Name of the Organisation |
Name of the examination recognised |
Standard of Hindi prescribed In the equivalent Examination |
|
1. |
Hindi
Sahitya Sammelan Allahabad. |
Prathma |
S.S.C. |
|
2. |
Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti,
Wardha |
Parichaya |
S.S.C. |
|
3. |
Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar
Sabha, Madras. |
Praveshika |
S.S.C. |
|
4. |
Hindi Vidyapeeth,Deoghar |
Praveshika |
S.S.C. |
|
5. |
Maharashtra
Rashtrabhasha, Poona |
Prabodh |
S.S.C. |
|
6. |
Hindi
Prachar Sabha, Hyderabad. |
Visharad |
S.S.C. |
|
7. |
Bombay Hindi Vidyapeeth, Bombay. |
Uttama |
S.S.C. |
|
8. |
Gujarat Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad. |
Tisri |
S.S.C. |
|
9. |
Assam
Rashtrabhasha Prachar
Samiti, Gauhati |
Prabodh |
S.S.C. |
|
10. |
Hindustani
Prachar Sabha, Bombay. |
Tisri
|
S.S.C. |
|
11. |
Mysore
Hindi Prachar Parishad,
Bangalore. |
Pravesh |
S.S.C. |
|
12 |
Kerala
Hindi Prachar Sabha,
Trivandrum. |
Pravesh |
S.S.C. |
|
13 |
Manipur Hindi Parishad, Imphal. |
Prabodh |
S.S.C. |