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The UTTAR PRADESH BASIC EDUCATION ACT, 1972

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THE UTTAR PRADESH BASIC EDUCATION ACT, 19721 
 [U. P. Act No. 34 OF 1972] 
Amended by 
U. P. Act No. 21 of 1975 
U. P. Act No. 05 of 1977 
U. P. Act No. 12 of 1978 
U. P. Act No. 18 of 2000 
U. P. Act No. 02 of 2018 
[Passed in Hindi by the Uttar Pradesh Legislati ve Assembly on 
August 1, 1972  and by the Uttar Pradesh Legisla tive Council on August 
4, 1972. 
Received the assent of the Governor on August 17, 1972, under 
Article 200  of the Constitution of India and was published in the Uttar 
Pradesh Gazette Extraordinary, dated August 19, 1972.] 
AN 
ACT 
to provide for the establishment of a  Board of Basic Education and 
for  matters connected therewith    
It is hereby enacted in the twenty -third year of the Republic of 
India as follows :– 
Short title 
and extent 
1. (1) This Act may be called the  Uttar Pradesh Basic Education
Act, 1972. 
(2) It extends to the whole of Uttar Pradesh. 
Definitions 2. 2(1) In this Act unless the context otherwise requiresβ€”
(a) β€œappointed day” means the date on which the Board is 
established ; 
(b) β€œbasic education” means education up to the eight class 
imparted in schools other than High Schools or Intermediate 
Colleges, and the expression β€œbasic schools” shall be construed 
accordingly ; 
(c) β€œBoard” means the Uttar Pradesh Board of Basic 
Education constituted under section 3; 
(d) β€œDirector” and β€œDistrict Basic Education Officers” means 
officers appointed by the State Government as the [Director of 
Education],3 Uttar Pradesh and District Basic Education Officers 
respectively ; 
[(d-1) β€˜β€˜Junior Basic School’’  means a basic school in which 
education is imparted upto class fifth. 
(d-2) β€˜β€˜Junior High School’’ means a basic school in which 
education is imparted to boys or girls or to both from class sixth 
to class eighth.]4  
β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”  
1. For statement of objects and Reasons see Uttar Pradesh Gazette Extraordinary dated July 28, 1972.
2. Renumbered by s. 2 of U.P. Act No. 18 of 2000.
3. Subs. by s. 15 of U. P. Act No. 21 of 1975.
4. Ins. by s. 2 of  U.P. Act No. 2 of 2018.

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(e) β€œLocal body” means the [Zila Panchayat or Municipality]1, 
as the case may be. 
 [(f) β€˜β€˜Municipality’’ means a Nagar Panchayat, Municipal 
Council or Municipal Corporation, as the case maybe.]2 
 [(2) Words and expressions used in this Act but not defined shall 
have the meaning assigned to them in the United Provinces Panchayat 
Raj Act, 1947, the Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916 or the Utt ar 
Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959, as the case may be.] 3 
Constitution 
of the Board. 
3. (1) With effect from such date as the State Government may,
by notification 4  in the Gazette appoint, there shall be established a 
Board to be known as the Uttar Pradesh Board of Basic Education.   
(2) The Board shall be a body corporate having perpetual 
succession and a common seal, with power, subject to the provisions of 
this Act, to acquire and to hold property and may by its name sue and 
be sued. 
(3) The Board shall consist of the following members, namelyβ€” 
(a) the Director, ex officio, who shall be the Chairman ; 
(b) two persons to be nominated by the State Government 
from amongst the Adhyaksha s, if any, of [Zila Panchayats 
established under secti on 17 of the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra 
Panchayats and Zila Panchayats Adhiniyam, 1961]5 ; 
(c) one person to be nominated by the State Government 
from amongst the Nagar Pramukhs, if any, of the [Corporations 
constituted under section 9 of the Uttar Pradesh Mun icipal 
Corporation Act, 1959]6 ; 
(d) one person to be nominated by the State Government 
from amongst the Presidents, if any, of the [Municipal Council 
and Nagar Panchayats established under the Uttar Pradesh 
Municipalities Act, 1916]7 ;  
(e) the Secretar y to the State Government in the Finance 
Department, ex officio ; 
(f) the Principal, State Institute of Education, ex officio ; 
[(f-1) the Secretary, Board of High School and Intermediate 
Education Allahabad, ex officio ; 
(f-2) the President of the Uttar P radesh Prathmik Shiksha k 
Sangh, ex officio ;]8 
(g) two educationist to be nominated by the State 
Government ; 
(h) an officer not below the rank of Deputy Director of 
Education, to be nominated by the State Government, who shall 
be the Member-Secretary.   
β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”  
1. Subs. by s. 2(a) of U.P. Act No. 18 of 2000.
2. Ins. by s. 2(2) of U.P. Act No. 18 of 2000.
3. Ins. by s. 2 (b) of U.P. Act No. 18 of 2000.
4. A board is to be known as the Uttar Pradesh Board of Basic Education s ince July 25, 1972, as a date
appointed by the State Government vide no. 6088/15-(5) 72-150-72 dated July 25, 1972.
5. Subs. by s. 3(a) of U.P. Act No. 18 of 2000.
6. Subs. by s. 3(b) of U.P. Act No. 18 of 2000.
7. Subs. by s. 3 ( c ) of U.P. Act No. 18 of 2000.
8. Ins. by sect 16 of  U.  P. Act No. 21 of  1975.

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(4) An officer referred to in clause (e) of sub -section (3) may 
instead of attending a meeting of the Board himself depute an officer of 
his depa rtment not below the rank of Deputy Secretary to the State 
Government to attend the meeting. The officer so deputed shall have the 
right to speak in and otherwise to take part in the proceedings of the 
meeting and shall also have the right to vote.  
(5) The members of the Board other than ex officio members shall 
ordinarily be entitled to hold office for the period specified in the order of 
appointment, unless the appointment is terminated e arlier by the State 
Government : 
Provided that any member, other  than an ex officio member, may 
at any time by notice in writing addressed to the State Government 
resign his office.  
(6) During any vacancy in the membership of the Board the 
continuing members may act as if no vacancy had occurred.    
(7) No act or  proceeding of the Board shall be deemed to be 
invalid by reason merely of any vacancy in or any defect in the 
constitution of the Board. 
Function of 
the Board 
4. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act it shall be the function
of the Board to organiz e, co-ordinate and control the imparting of basic 
education and teacher’s training therefor e in the State, to raise its 
standards and to correlate it with the system of education as a whole in 
the State. 
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provi sions of sub -
section (1), the Board shall, in particular, have powerβ€” 
(a) to prescribe the courses of instruction and books for 
basic education and teachers’ training there for ; 
(b) to conduct the junior high school and basic training 
certificate examinat ions and such other examinations as the 
State Government may from time to time by general or special 
order assign to it and to grant diplomas or certificates to 
candidates successful at such examinations ; 
[(c) to lay down, by general or special orders i n that behalf, 
norms relating to the establishment of institutions by the 
[the Gaon Shiksha Samitis, or Municipalities and to superintend 
Gaon Shiksha Samitis, Gram Panchayats and Municipalities] 1 in 
respect of the administration of institutions, for impa rting 
instruction and preparing candidates for admission to 
examinations conducted by the Board ;]2 
[(cc) to take over the management of all basic schools, which 
before the appointed day, belonged to any local body :]3 
[Provided that the courses of instruc tion and books 
prescribed and institutions recognized before the commencement 
of this Act shall be deemed to be prescribed or recognized by the  
Board under this Act;] 4 
(d) to exercise supervision and control over basic schools, 
[District Institute or Educ ation and Training] 5  basic training 
certificate units and the State Institute of Education; 
β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”  
1. Subs. by s. 4(a) of U.P. Act No. 18 of 2000.
2. Subs. by s. 17  (1)  of  U. P. Act no. 21 of 1975.
3. Ins. by sect 26 (a-1) of  U. P. Act  no. 5 of 1977.
4. Ins. and be deemed always to have been inserted by sect. 26 (a-ii) ibid.
5. Subs. by s. 4(b) of U.P. Act No. 18 of 2000.

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[(e) to accord approval (with or without modification) to 
the schemes prepared by [Gaon Shiksha Samitis, Zila 
Panchayats or Municipalities ]1 for the development, expansion 
and improvement of and research i n basic education in any 
district or in the State or in any part thereof ; ]2 
(f) to acquire, hold and dispose of any property, whether 
movable, or immovable [* * *]3 ; 
(g) to receive grants, subventions and loans from the State 
Government ; 
 [(g-1) subject to the general control of the State Govern -
ment to issue directions not inconsistent with this  Act, to Gaon 
Shiksha Samitis, Gram Panchayats, Zila Panchayats or 
Municipalities in the performance of their functions under 
this Act ;] 4 
Conduct of 
business of 
the Board 
[ * * * ] 5
(h)  to take all such steps as may be necessary or 
convenient for, or may be incidental to, the exercise of any 
power, or the discharge of any function or duty conferred or 
imposed on it by this Act. 
[(3) for t he purposes of exercising powers of management, 
supervision and control over the basic schools under clause (cc) or 
clause (d) of sub-section (2), which before the appointed day belonged to 
a local body, the powers and functions of a local body in respect of such 
schools shall stand transferred to the Board.]6 
5. (1) The business of the Board and of each [* * *]7 Gaon Shiksha
Samiti referred to in section 11 shall be conducted in accordance with 
such regulation s as the Board may, with the previous approval  of the 
State Government, make in that behalf.   
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the 
foregoing power such regulations m ay provide for all or any of the 
following matters, namely : 
(a) the summoning and holding of meetings of  the Board or 
of [the Samiti] 8 referred to in sub -section (1). The conduct of 
business at such meetings and the number of members necessary 
to form a quorum thereat ; 
(b) the powers and duties of the Chairman and of the 
Secretary and other officers of the Board ; 
(c) [ * * * ] 9 
(d) the procedure for carrying out the function  of the Board 
or of [the Samiti]10 as aforesaid under this Act ; 
(e) the management of the schools and other institutions 
held by or under the control of the Board. 
β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”  
1. Subs. by s. 4(c) of U.P. Act No. 18 of 2000.
2. Subs. by s. 17 (2)  of U.P. Act No. 21 of 1975.
3. Omitted  by s. 4(d) of U.P. Act No. 18 of 2000.
4. Subs.  by s. 4(e) of U.P. Act No. 18 of 2000.
5. Omitted  by s. 4(f) of U.P. Act No. 18 of 2000.
6. Ins. and be deemed always to have been inserted by sect. 26 (b) of U.P. Act No. 5 of 1977.
7. Omitted  by s. 5(a) of U.P. Act No. 18 of 2000.
8. Subs.  by s. 5(b) of U.P. Act No. 18 of 2000.
9. Omitted  by s. 23 of  U. P. Act no. 12 of 1978.
10. Subs.  by s. 5(b) of U.P. Act No. 18 of 2000.

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(3) Until any regulation is made by the Board under sub-section (1), 
any regulation which may be made under that sub -section may be made 
by the State Government, and any regulation so made may be altered or 
rescinded by the Board in exercise of its powers under sub-section (1). 
Officers and 
other 
employees of 
the Board 
6. (1) For the purpose of enabling it efficiently to dis charge its
functions under this Act the Board may appoint such number of 
officers, teachers and other employees as it may, with the previous 
approval of the State Government think fit. 
(2) [ * * *]1 
(3) [ * * * ]2 
Fund of the 
Board 
7. (1) The Board sh all have its own fund, and all receipts of the
Board shall be carried thereto and all payments for the Board shall be 
made therefrom. 
Account and 
Audits 
(2) Subject to any general or special order of the State 
Government, the Board shall have the power, subject to the provisions 
of this act, to spend such sum as it may think fit on objects or for 
purposes authorized by this Act. 
8. (1) The Board shall maintain proper accounts and other
relevant records and prepare an annual statement of accounts i n such 
form as the state Government may by general or special order specify. 
(2) The Board shall prepare an annual financial statement 
(budget) and submit it to the State Government for its approval.  
(3) The accounts of the Board shall be audited by such authority 
as the State Government may by general or special order specify. 
(4) The accounts of the Board as certified by the audit authority 
together with the audit report thereon shall be forwarded annually to the 
State Government. 
Transfer of 
employees 
9. (1) On and from the appointed day every teacher, officer and
other employees serving under  a local body exclusively in connection 
with basic schools (including any supervisory or inspecting staff) 
immediately before the said day shall be transferred  to and become a 
teacher, officer or other employee of the  Board and shall hold office by 
the same  tenure, at the  same remuneration and upon the same other 
terms and conditions of service as he would have held the same if the 
Board had not been constituted and shall continue to do so unless and 
until such tenure, remuneration and other terms and c onditions are 
duly altered by rules made by the  State  Government in that behalf:]3 
Provided that any service rendered under the local body by any 
such teacher, officer or other employee before the appointed day shall be 
deemed to be service rendered under the Board: 
Provided further that the Board may employ any such teacher, 
officer or other employee in the discharge of such functions under this 
Act as it may t hink proper and every such teacher, officer or other 
employee shall discharge those functions accordingly.  
(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall apply to any teacher, officer or 
other employee, who by notice in writing in that behalf to the State 
Government within a period of two months from the appointed day 
intimates his option for not becoming an employee of the Board, and where 
any employee gives, such notice his service under the local body shall 
stand determined with effect from the appointed day and he shall be 
entitled to compensation from the local body, which shall be as follows :  
β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”  
1. Omitted by s. 24 of U.P. Act No. 12 of 1978.
2. Omitted  by s. 18 of U.P. Act No. 21 of 1975.
3. Subs. by sec. 25 (a) of U.P. Act No. 12 of 1978.

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(a) in the case of a permanent employee, a sum equivalent to his 
salary (including all allowances) for a period of three months or for 
the remaining period of his service, whichever is less ; 
(b) in the case of a temporary employee, a sum equivalent to 
his salary (including all allowances) for one month or for the 
remaining period of his service, whichever is less. 
    (3) Notwithsta nding anything in sub -section (1) any person 
referred to therein, who becomes an employee of the Board shall be 
liable to be transferred from the school or from the local area in which 
he was employed immediately before the appointed day to any other 
school or institution belonging to Board or, as the case may be, to any 
other local area [until such tenure, remuneration and other terms and 
conditions are altered by the rules referred to in sub-section (i):1 
Provided that no teachers of a basic school [whi ch before the 
appointed day belonged to a local body] 2 shall be transferred to basic 
school belonging to any other local body except with his consent.  
(4) If any question arises whether the services of any person 
stand transferred to the Board under sub -section (1) or as to the 
remuneration and other terms and conditions of service of such 
employee immediately before the appointed day, it shall be decided by 
the State Government whose decision shall be final. 
(5) Any provident fund maintained by any loca l body for the 
employees referred to in sub -section (1) along with all contributions of 
such employees as well as of the local body which ought to have been 
but have not been deposited therein before the appointed day, shall be 
transferred by the local bod y to the Board, which shall hold it in trust 
for the employees concerned in accordance with the terms and 
conditions governing such fund. 
(6) The transfer of services of any employee to the Board under 
sub-section (1) shall not entitle any such employee to  any compensation 
and no such claim shall be entertained by any court, tribunal or 
authority.  
Control of 
teacher and 
properties of 
basic school 
 [9-A(1) Notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary in 
any other provisions of this Act, on and from t he date of commencement 
of the Uttar Pradesh Basic Education (Amendment) Act, 2000]3,– 
(a) every teacher of the basic school serving under the Board 
immediately before such commencement shall be under the 
administrative control of the Gram Panchayat or t he 
Municipality, as the case may be, within whose territorial limits 
the basic school, is situated; 
(b) all buildings, properties and assets of the Board in 
respect of a basic School shall stand transferred to, and vest in, 
the Gram Panchayat or the Muni cipality, as the case may be, 
within whose territorial limits the basic school is situated;  
(c) where any building or part thereof is occupied as a tenant 
by the Board for the purpose of a basic school immediately before 
such commencement, the tenancy i n respect of such building or 
part thereof shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any 
contract, lease or other instrument, stand transferred in favour 
of the Gram Panchayat, or the Municipality, as the case may be; 
β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”  
1. Ins.  by Sec. 25 of  U. P. Act no. 12 of 1978.
2. Ins. by Sec. 25 of  U. P. Act no. 5 of 1977.
3. Ins. by Sec. 6  of  U. P. Act no. 18 of 2000.

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(d) the Board shall cease to be the licensee in respect of the 
building or part thereof referred to in sub -section (2) of section 
18-A and the Gram Panchayat or the Municipality, as the case 
may be, within whose territorial limits such building is situated, 
shall, if it is not already owner thereof, be deemed to have 
become licensee in respect of such building or part thereof on 
such terms and conditions as may be determined by the State 
Government. 
(2) No Gram Panchayat or Municipality shall have power to 
transfer by sale, gift, exchange, mortgage, lease or otherwise an y 
buildings, property or assets transferred to and vested in such Gram  
Panchayat or Municipality, as the case may be, under sub-section (1). 
Functions of 
Zila 
Panchayats 
[10. Without prejudice to the powers and functions of Zila 
Panchayats under the Uttar  Pradesh Zila Panchayats and Kshettra 
Panchayats Adhiniyam, 1961, every Zila Panchayat shall, subject to 
superintendence and direction s of the Bo ard of the State Government 
perform all or any of the following functions, namely :–  
(a) to prepare schemes for the development, expansion and 
improvement of basic schools in the rural areas of the district; 
(b) to supervise generally in such manner as may be 
prescribed the activities of Gram Panchayats in the district with 
regard to basic education; 
(c) to perform such other functions pertaining to basic 
education as may be entrusted to it by the State Government.]1 
Functions of 
Municipalities 
 [10-A. Without prejudice to the powers and functions of 
Municipalities under the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporati on Act, 
1959 or the Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916, as the case may be, 
every Municipality shall, subject to superintendence and control of the 
Board or the State Government, perform all or any of the following 
functions, namely :– 
(a) to establi sh, administer, control and manage basic 
schools in the Municipal area; 
(b) to take all such necessary steps as may be considered 
necessary to ensure punctuality and attendance of teachers and 
other employees of basic schools; 
(c) to prepare schemes fo r the development, expansion and 
improvement of such basic schools; 
(d) to promote and develop basic education, non -formal 
education and adult education in the Municipal area; 
(e) to make recommendation for minor punishment in such 
manner as may be pre scribed on a teacher or other employee of 
a basic school situate within the limits of the municipal area.]2 
Gaon Shiksha 
Samiti and its 
function 
 [11. (1)  For each village or group of villages for which a Gram 
Panchayat is established under the United Provinces Panchayat Raj Act, 
1947, there shall be established a committee to be known as Gaon 
Shiksha Samiti which shall consist of the following members, namely :– 
(a) the Pradhan of the Gram Panchayat who shall be the 
Chairman; 
β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”  
1. Subs.  by s. 7 of U.P. Act No. 18 of 2000.
2. Subs. by s. 7 ibid.

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(b) three guardians of stude nts of basic schools (of whom 
one guardian must be a woman) to be nominated by the 
Assistant Basic Education Officer; 
(c) the head master of the basic school situated in the 
Gram Panchayat and if there are more than one such schools, 
the senior most of t he head masters thereof, who shall be the 
Member-Secretary; 
(2) except as otherwise provided in any other provisions of this 
Act and subject to the supervision and control of the Gram Panchayat, 
the Gaon Shiksha Samiti shall p erform the following functio ns, 
namely:– 
(a) to establish, administer, control and manage basic 
schools in the panchayat area; 
(b) to prepare schemes for the development, expansion and 
improvement of such basic schools; 
(c) to promote and develop basic education, non -formal 
education and audit education in the panchayat area; 
(d) to make suggestions to the Zila Panchayat for the 
improvement of basic schools, buildings and the equipment 
thereof; 
(e) to take all such necessary steps as may be considered 
necessary to ensure pun ctuality and attendance of teachers and 
other employees of basic schools; 
(f) to make recommendation for minor punishment in such 
manner as may be prescribed on a teacher or other employee of 
a basic school situate within limits of the panchayat area; 
(g) such other functions pertaining to basic education as 
may be entrusted to it by the State Government.]1 
Control over 
Basic Schools 
12. (1) The Director may, from time to time, inspect or cause to
be inspected any basic school [  *   *   *   *   *  ] 2, and also the records 
and proceeding of the local body concerning or connected with the 
discharge of the functions of the local body in respect of basic 
education.  
[(2) The Director may direct the management a basic school to 
remove any defect or deficiency found on inspection or otherwise.  
(3) If the management of basic school fails t o comply with any 
direction made under clause sub -section (2), the Director may, after 
considering the explanation or representation, if any, given or made by 
the managemen t refer the case to the Board for withdrawal of 
recognition of such school.   
(4) On receipt of recommendation under sub-section (3) in respect 
of any basic school, the Board may withdraw the recognition of that 
school.]3 
[ 12-A[* * *]4
β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”  
1. Subs. by s.7 of U.P. Act No. 18 of 2000.
2. Del. by sec. 28  (I)  of  U. P. Act no. 5, 1977.
3. Subs. by sec.  28  (II) Ibid.
4. Omitted by s. 8 of  U.P. Act No. 18 of 2000.

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Control by the 
State 
Government  
13. (1) The Board shall carry out such directions as may be
issued to it from time to time by the State Government for the efficient 
administration of this Act. 
(2) If in, or in connection with, the exercise of any of its powers 
and discharge of any of the functions by the Board under this Act, any 
dispute arises between the Board and the State Government, or 
between the Board and any local body, th e decision of the State 
Government on such dispute shall be final and binding on the Board 
or the local body, as the case may be. 
(3) The Board or any local body shall furnish to the State 
Government such reports, returns and other information, as the Stat e 
Government may from, time to time require for the purposes of this Act.  
Overriding 
effect 
 [13-A. Notwithstanding anything contained in the United 
Provinces Panchayat Raj Act, 1947, the Uttar Pradesh Municipalities 
Act, 1916 and the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959, the 
provisions of this Act shall have effect.]1 
Power to 
delegate 
14. (1) The State Government may delegate any of its [powers,
except the power to make rules] 2 under this Act to the Director or to 
any other officer or authori ty subordinate to it subject to such 
conditions, if any, as may be specified.  
(2) The Board may by general or special order direct that any 
power exercisable by it under this Act, except the power to make 
regulations may also be exercised by its Chairman or by such 
Committee or officer, in such cases and subject to such conditions, if 
any, as may be specified therein.    
Protection of 
acts done in 
good faith 
Bar of 
jurisdiction of 
Court 
15. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie
against the State Government or the Board or any of its Committees or 
any member of the Board or of a Committee or any other person in 
respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done 
in pursuance of this Act or any order or direction made thereunder. 
16. No order or decision made by the Board or any of its
Committees in exercise of the powers conferred by or under this Act 
shall be called in question in any Court. 
Power to 
remove 
difficulties 
17. (1) If any difficulty arises in givi ng effect to the provisions
of this  Act or by reason of anything contained in this Act the state 
Government may, as occasion requires, by notification in the Gazette, 
make such incidental or consequential provisions, including provisions 
for adapting or mo difying any provisions of this Act or of any 
enactment by or under which any local body is constituted but not 
effecting the substance as it may think necessary or expedient for the 
purposes of this Act. 
(2) No order under sub -section (1 ) shall be made [ after the 
expiration of the period of two years from the date of commencement of 
the Uttar Pradesh Basic Education (Amendment) Act, 2000]3 
(3) Every order made under sub -section (1) shall be laid, as 
soon as may be, before both the Houses of the State Legislature.  
[18. Provisions incorporated in the U. P. Kshettra Samitis and 
Zila Parishads Adhiniyam, 1961, and U. P. Municipalities Act, 1916.] 4 
β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”  
1. Ins. by s. 9 of U.P. Act No. 18 of 2000.
2. Subs. by s. 10 of U.P. Act No. 18 of 2000.
3. Subs. by s. 11 of U.P. Act No. 18 of 2000.
4. See vide Not if. No. 24 26/ XVIβ€”V-Iβ€”88-72, dated July 25, 1973.

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Amendment of 
Act relating to 
Local Bodies 
18. (1) With effect from the appointed day the enactments
mentioned in sub -sections (2) and (3) shall stand amended as 
specified in the said sub-sections.  
(2) In the U. P. Kshettra Samitis and Zila Parishads Adhiniyam, 
1961. In section 43, in Sub -section (2), for the words β€œteachers and 
any other” the words β€œsuch other” shall be sub stituted and in sub -
section (3), clause (a) shall be omitted, and in the proviso thereto for 
the words β€œthe Shiksha Chunao Samiti or Chunao Samitis, as the case 
may be” the words β€œthe Chunao Samiti” shall be substituted.  
(3) In the U. P. Municipalities Act: 1916β€” 
(a) in section 68, for sub -section (1) the following sub -
section shall be substituted, namelyβ€” 
β€œ(1) A board may and if so required by the State 
Government shall by special resolution, appoint the principal 
officers of its technical, such as Civi l Engineer, Assistant Civil 
Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Assistant Electrical Engineer, 
Waterworks Engineer, Assistant Waterworks Engineer, 
Electrical and Waterworks Engineer, Assistant Electrical and 
Waterworks Engineer or Overseer and also Secretary wh ere 
there is already an Executive Officer.” 
[(b) section 73 shall cease to apply in relation to Basic 
schools.]1 
(c) in Schedule 1 for the entry in Column (2) relating to 
section 68 the following entry shall be substituted, namely :β€” 
β€œTo ap point Civil Engineer, Assistant Civil Engineer, 
Electrical Engineer, Assistant Electrical Engineer, Waterworks 
Engineer, Assistant Waterworks Engineer, Electrical and 
Waterworks Engineer, Assistant Electrical and Waterworks 
Engineer, qualified Overseer or Sub-overseer or Secretary.” 
Board to 
become tenant 
in respect of 
certain building 
[18-A.  (1) Where any building or part thereof was on the 
appointed day occupied as tenant by any local body for the purpose of 
any basic school, the tenancy in respect of s uch building or part shall, 
with effect from the said day, stand transferred in favour of the Board. 
(2) Where any building or part thereof belonging to a local body 
was on the appointed day occupied by it for the purposes of any basic 
school, the Board shall, with effect from the said day, be deemed to 
have become licensee on behalf of the local body in respect of such 
building or part on such terms and condition as the State Government 
may be by general or special order determine.  
(3) The provisions of  this section shall have effect, 
notwithstanding anything contained in any contract, lease or other 
instrument, or any law for the time being in force.]2 
Power to make 
Rules 
 [19 (1).  The State Government may, by notification, make 
rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.]3 
β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”  
1. Subs. by sec. 30 of U.P. Act No. 5 of 1977.
2. Ins. and be deemed always to have been inserted by Sec. 31 of  U. P. Act no. 5 of 1977.
3. Subs. by s. 26 of U.P. Act No. 12 of 1978.

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(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the 
foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following 
matters, namelyβ€”  
(a) the recruitment, and the conditions of servi ce of 
persons appointed to the posts of officers, teachers and other 
employees under section 6 ; 
(b) the tenure of service, remuneration and other terms 
and conditions of service of officers, teachers and other 
employees transferred to the Board under section 9 ; 
(c) the recruitment, and the conditions of service of the 
persons appointed, to the posts of teachers and other 
employees of basic schools recognized by the Board ; 
(d) any other matter for which insufficient provision exists 
in the Act and provision in the rules, is considered by the State 
Government to be necessary ; 
(e) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed.]1 
Repeal of U. P. 
Ordinance no. 
14 of 1972. 
20. The Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Ordinance, 1972 is
hereby repealed. 
β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”  
1. Subs. by sec. 26 of  U. P. Act no. 12 of 1978.

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