Transfer of assets and liabilities of State Government to Board -

On and from the appointed day in relation to any Port,-

1. (a) all property, assets and funds and all rights to levy rates vested in the State Government for the purposes of the Port, immediately before such day, shall vest in the Board;
2. (b) all debts, obligations and liabilities incurred, all contracts entered into and all matters and things engaged to be done by, with, or for, the State Government immediately before such day, for or in connection with the purposes of the Port shall be deemed to have been incurred, entered into and engaged to be done by, with, or for, the Board and it is hereby clarified that such contracts shall include those entered in relation with development of the Port, including State Support and Land Lease Agreements, provided for the Port and Port-linked industrial development;
3. (c) all non-recurring expenditure incurred by the State Government for or in connection with the purposes of the Port upto such day and declared to be capital expenditure by the State Government shall be treated as the capital provided by the Government to the Board;
4. (d) all rates, fees, rents and other sums of money due to the Government in relation to the Port, immediately before such day, shall be deemed to be due to the Board;
5. (e) all suits and other legal proceedings instituted by or against the Government immediately before such day for any matter in relation to Port, may be continued by or against the Board;
6. (f) all employees serving under the Government either regular, work- charged or contingent employee immediately before such day shall be transferred to the Board in accordance with under sub- section (1) of section 20;
7. (g) all existing service rules applicable to employees serving under the State Government shall be applicable to the employees transferred from State Government to the Board under sub- section (1) of section 20 including:- (i)the existing pay scales of Andhra Pradesh Government; (ii)all other allowances such as dearness allowance, house rent allowance etc, applicable to Government employees; (iii)all revisions in pay scales by the State Government, as may be provided for from time to time, for Government employees; (iv)Any other benefits like compassionate appointment, medical reimbursements, leave travel concession, surrender leave etc. extended by the State Government to its employees from time to time. (h)(i) all pensionery benefits in respect of employees appointed before 01.09.2004 and covered under Andhra Pradesh Revised Pension Rules, 1980 and transferred from the Government to the Board in accordance with sub-section (1) of section 20, shall be finalised by the Accountant-General, and paid accordingly, as in the case of other State Government employees as per the Andhra Pradesh Revised Pension Rules, 1980 and as amended from time to time.
   • (ii) All pensionery benefits of such employees whose services were rendered earlier in the Government as well as in the Board shall be settled by the Accountant General and paid accordingly through the Andhra Pradesh State Treasury.
   • (iii) In respect of employees appointed on or after 01.09.2004 and uncovered under Andhra Pradesh Revised Pension Rules, 1980, the Board shall pay applicable pension contribution under New Pension Scheme from its funds for the service rendered by the employee along with employee share/contribution by way of challan to the Treasury to upload the data to Center for Record Agency (CRA) for crediting into the individual account and the procedure for uploading the data of Contribution Pensions (C.Ps) as may be specified by Government by way executive orders from time to time.
   • (i) Not withstanding anything contained in rule 35 and rule 36 or any other rule of the Andhra Pradesh Revised Pension Rules, 1980, the employees absorbed in the Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board from the Andhra Pradesh Port Department will get all pensionery benefits including family pension. The interest of the employees absorbed in the Board shall not detrimentally be affected by such absorption in any manner. from the appointed day, all rates, fees and other charges in relation to any Port shall unless and until varied continue to be levied and collected, at the same rate at which they were being levied and collected by the State

²² Existing rates etc to continue until altered by Board -On and