All the employees of the State Government shall be governed by the provisions of this Act. The State Government may notify the organisations functioning within the State of Assam to be covered under this Act. The employees of such organisation shall be governed by the provisions of this Act and the rules to be prescribed under this Act.
The following are the responsibility of the employees under the PRANAM Act:
- Each employee of the State Government is responsible to take care of the parents/divyang siblings and any deviation in this regard shall be dealt with under the provisions of this Act.
- The employee against whom an application has been made by the aggrieved dependent parents/divyang sibling under Section 6 of the Act, shall be liable to appear before the Designated Authority as and when asked to do so and furnish before the Designated Authority such materials and evidence as may be required for the purpose of disposal of the application.
- During the hearing, the employee concerned shall also be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard under Section 7 of the Act.
- The employee is bound to strictly follow the decisions of the Designated Authority or the Appellate Authority as the case may be, as regards apportionment of his salary and direct deduction and payment of the said amount to the aggrieved parents/divyang siblings under the provisions of this Act and he shall cooperate with the Drawing and Disbursing Officer and the administrative authority in this respect.
