(1) The State Government shall, for the purposes of this Act, Appellate constitute an Appellate Tribunal consisting of the following members, Tribunal.
namely:—
(a) a Chairman who shall be a person who holds or has held the office of a Judge not below the rank of a District Judge, and
(b) two other members, one of whom at least, shall be an educationist, to be nominated by the State Government.
(2) The Governing Body of a college or a teacher, may prefer an appeal against an order passed under section 12, to the Appellate Tribunal within a period of thirty days from the date of the order.
(3) The Appellate Tribunal may, on application made in this behalf, call for the records of an appeal from the University if no final order has been passed therein by the University under sub-section (2) of section 12 within a period of one year from the date of filing an appeal under subsection (1) of the said section.
(4) The Appellate Tribunal shall dispose of an appeal referred to in sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) in such manner as may be prescribed.
15. No legal practitioner as defined in the Advocates Act, 1961, shall be allowed to represent either a teacher or the Governing Body of a college iri any proceedings under section 12 or section 14, as the case may be:
Provided that a teacher or any member of the Governing Body of a college who is also a legal practitioner shall be entitled to represent himself or the college, as the case may be, in such proceedings.
Bar to representation by legal practitioners.
16. The decision of the Appellate Tribunal shall be final and no suit Decision of or proceeding shall lie in any civil court in respect of the matters required to rt nuanl a to be referred to the said Tribunal.
177 The West Bengal College Teachers (Security of Service) Act, 1975.
[West Ben. Act XXXVI of 1975.]
(Sections 17-20.)
Compensanon in case of injury or death of a teacher.
Modification of the existing terms and conditions of service.
Special provisions.
Power to make rules.
17. (I) If any personal injury or death is caused to a teacher in the course of discharge of his duties, the Governing Body of the college in which the teacher is employed shall he liable to pay compensation the amount of which will he assessed by such authority and in such manner as may be prescribed.
(2) In the case of death of a teacher the compensation shall be payable to his legal heirs.
18. The terms and conditions of service of a teacher employed before the commencement of this Act shall, to the extent of any inconsistency with the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder, be deemed to have been modified by the said provisions.
19. The provisions of such Acts or Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations or rules made thereunder as are applicable to a teacher other than that of a Government Sponsored College, and of such rules and orders made by the State Government as are applicable to a teacher of a Government Sponsored College, in respect of selection, appointment, promotion, terms and conditions of service including leave and retirement benefits, shall continue to apply except in so far as they are not repugnant to the provisions of this Act or rules made thereunder.