North-Eastern Area (Reorganisation) Act,1971
Act No : 81
Section :
Provisions as to continuance of officers in same posts.
67. Provisions as to continuance of officers in same posts. (1) Every person who, immediately before the appointed day is holding or discharging the duties of any post or office in connection with the administration of the Union territory of Manipur or Union territory of Tripura, shall continue to hold the same post or office in the State of Manipur, or, as the case may be, in the State of Tripura and shall be deemed, on and from that day, to have been duly appointed to the post or office by the Government of, or other appropriate authority in the State concerned. (2) Where a person who immediately before the appointed day is holding or discharging the duties of any post or office in connection with the affairs of the existing State of Assam and, as from the appointed day, such duties become duties in connection with the affairs of the State of Meghalaya or administration of the Union territory of Mizoram, then, he shall continue to hold the same post or office in that State or Union territory and shall be deemed, on and from that day, to have been duly appointed to the post or office by the Government or Administrator of, or other appropriate authority in, that State or Union territory, as the case may be. (3) Where a person who immediately before the appointed day is holding or discharging the duties of any post or office in connection with the affairs of the autonomous State of Meghalaya and, as from the appointed day, such duties become duties in connection with the affairs of the 1105 State of Meghalaya, then, he shall continue to hold the same post or office in the State of Meghalaya and shall be deemed, on and from that day, to have been duly appointed to the post or office by the Government of, or other appropriate authority in, the State of Meghalaya. (4) Nothing in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) shall be deemed to prevent a competent authority, on and from the appointed day, from passing in relation to any person referred to in that sub-section any order affecting his continuance in such post or office.
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