GPUA 44 — Membership of State Legislature and Parliament.

Gujarat Public Universities Act, 2023

Statutory text

(1) A teacher or a non-teaching employee shall not be disqualified for continuing as such teacher or a non-teaching employee merely on the ground that he has been selected or nominated as a member of the Legislative Assembly of the State or of the Parliament.

(2) A teacher or a non-teaching employee selected or nominated as a member of the Legislative Assembly of the State, or of the Parliament shall be entitled to treat the period of his membership of the Legislative Assembly or of the Parliament as on leave without salary and allowances.

(3) A teacher or a non-teaching employee referred to in sub-section (2) shall also be entitled to count the period of his membership of the Legislative Assembly or of the Parliament for the purposes of pension, seniority and increments.

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