The Former Secretary of State Service Officers (Conditions of Service) Act, 1972

(1) This Act may be called the Former Secretary of StateService Officers (Conditions of Service) Act, 1972. (2) It shall come into force on such date1as the Central Government may, by notification in theOfficial Gazette, appoint.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "appointed day" means the date on which this Act comes into force; (b) "former Secretary of State Service officer" means a person referred to in sub-clause (a) orsub-clause (b) of clause (1) of article 312A of the Constitution; (c) "I.C.S. member of the Indian Administrative Service" means a person who was appointed tothe Civil Service of the Crown in India known as the Indian Civil Service and who on the appointedday is a member of the Indian Administrative Service; (d) "I.P. member of the Indian Police Service" means a person who was appointed to the PoliceService of the Crown in India known as the Indian Police and who on the appointed day is a memberof the Indian Police Service; (e) "pension" has the meaning assigned to it in clause (17) of article 366 of the Constitution.

Subject to theother provisions of this Act, on and from the appointed day,-- (a) the conditions of service as respects,-- (i) remuneration, (ii) leave, and (iii) pension; (b) the rights as respects disciplinary matters; and (c) the conditions of service and the rights as respects all other matters, of the I.C.S. members of the Indian Administrative Service shall be the same as those of the othermembers of that Service and accordingly and subject as aforesaid, the provisions of the All-India ServicesAct, 1951 (61 of 1951) and the rules and regulations made or deemed to have been made thereunder, as inforce from time to time, shall apply to and in relation to the I.C.S. members of the Indian AdministrativeService as they apply to and in relation to the other members of that Service.

Subject to the otherprovisions of this Act, on and from the appointed day,-- (a) the conditions of service as respects,-- (i) remuneration, (ii) leave, and (iii) pension; (b) the rights as respects disciplinary matters; and (c) the conditions of service and the rights as respects all other matters, of the I.P. members of the Indian Police Service shall be the same as those of the other members ofthat Service and accordingly and subject as aforesaid, the provisions of the All-India ServicesAct, 1951 (61 of 1951) and the rules and regulations made or deemed to have been made thereunder, as inforce from time to time, shall apply to and in relation to the I.P. members of the Indian Police Service asthey apply to and in relation to the other members of that Service.

Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3 or section 4, an I.C.S. member of the IndianAdministrative Service or an I.P. member of the Indian Police Service, as the case may be, holding a postspecified in the Schedule or a post declared by the Central Government to be equivalent to such postshall, for so long as he holds that post, be entitled to draw pay as indicated against the post in theSchedule.