Officers and employees of Authority
Section 33 of the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, 2007 deals with officers and employees of Authority. The Authority may appoint officers and such other employees as it considers necessary for the efficient discharge of its function under this Act. The Act came into force on 25 Oct 2010.
(1) The Authority may appoint officers and such other employees as it considers necessary for the efficient discharge of its function under this Act.
(2) The terms and conditions of service of officers and other employees of the Authority appointed under sub-section (1) shall be governed by regulations made under this Act.
Section 33, The Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, 2007 (Act 37 of 2007).
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Related judgements & precedents
These are some judgments that construed this section, and hold precedence value. They hold authority on how to read, interpret and use this section.
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H.K. Dabas v. Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
Delhi HC held WDRA, a statutory Authority under the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, 2007, must compute deputationist seniority per its own Conditions of Service Regulations framed under the Act (ss.33/51), including deputation service; impugned seniority fixation excluding deputation tenure quashed and WDRA directed to re-fix seniority and consider promotion eligibility. DATE VERIFIED Judgment/Final Order 20.10.2023 (order-7.pdf).
On this section: s.33 Officers and employees of Authority — WDRA's power to appoint/regulate officers under s.33 (with regulations under s.51) governs seniority and promotion of absorbed/deputation officers.
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Made under this section, and citing it
4 instruments state that it was made under this provision — the power to make it comes from here, so a change to any of them changes what this section requires in practice. Newest first.
- Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (Conditions of service of the Officers and other Employees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 - dt 5.11.2021Regulation 2021
- Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (Conditions of service of the Officers and other Employees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019Regulation 2019
- WDRA (Conditions of service of the Officers and other Employees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018.Regulation 2018
- WDRA Conditions of Service of the Officers and employees regulations, 2016Regulation 2016
Questions about Section 33
What have the courts held on Section 33 of the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act?
H.K. Dabas v. Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (20 Oct 2023) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: s.33 Officers and employees of Authority — WDRA's power to appoint/regulate officers under s.33 (with regulations under s.51) governs seniority and promotion of absorbed/deputation officers.
How do I find court cases under Section 33 of the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act 33, section 33 Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, section 33 of the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome. 1 reported judgment on this section is set out on this page, beginning with H.K. Dabas v. Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (20 Oct 2023).
What should I read with Section 33 of the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, and has it changed?
1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it. The rules and notifications made under it are where it actually bites, and there are 4: most recently Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (Conditions of service of the Officers and other Employees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 - dt 5.11.2021 (2021), then Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (Conditions of service of the Officers and other Employees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 (2019), and 2 more.
When did Section 33 of the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act come into force?
Section 33 of the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, cited as Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act 33, came into force on 25 Oct 2010, having been enacted on 19 Sep 2007. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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