Section 3 in The Assam Technical Education Service Rules, 1981
3. Class and cadre.
(1)The service shall consist of the following classes and cadres :(a)Class I. - It shall include cadres of-(i)Director.(ii)Principal, Engineering Colleges.(iii)Professor, Engineering College ;(iv)Assistant Professor, Engineering College ;(v)Joint Director/Principal, Polytechnic/Controller of Examination.(vi)Workshop Superintendent, Engineering College.(vii)Head of Department, Polytechnic.(viii)Lecturer, Engineering College.(b)Class II. - It shall include the cadres of-(i)Lecturer Polytechnic.(ii)Workshop Superintendent, Polytechnic, Superintendent Junior Technical School.(2)The service may also include-(i)any post equivalent to a post in any of the cadres mentioned in sub-rule (1) ; and(ii)any cadre or post laid down by the Government to be include in a cadre of the service.(3)(a)The cadres of Professor, Assistant Professor, Head of Department Polytechnic and Lecturer of Engineering Colleges as well as of Polytechnic shall have subject-wise branches and each branch shall be deemed to constitute a separate cadre.(b)The posts of Workship Superintendent in Engineering Colleges as also in Polytechnic shall belong to Mechanical Branch while the post of Superintendent, Junior Technical School may belong either to the Mechanical branch or to the Electrical branch.
