Continuation and completion of disciplinary proceedings

(1)Where on the date of commencement of this Act any disciplinary proceedings were pending against any employee of the erstwhile department who has been transferred to the service of the Authority or Commission under this Act, the proceedings shall be carried on and completed by the Authority or Commission under and in conformity with this Act as far as practicable; but where on that date any matter was in the course of being heard or investigated or had been heard or investigated by the erstwhile department and no order or decision had been rendered thereon, the erstwhile department shall continue to exist, notwithstanding this Act, for the purpose of completing the hearing or investigation and the making of an order or rendering a decision, as the case may be. (2)For the purposes of completing a hearing or investigation before it, or making an order or rendering a decision on a matter heard or investigated before the date of commencement of this Act, the erstwhile department shall complete the hearing or investigation in accordance with the authority vested in it immediately before that date and make such order or direction as the erstwhile department could have made under the authority vested it immediately before that date. (3) Any order, rule or direction made or given by the erstwhile department pursuant to this section shall be treated as an order or direction of the Authority or Commission and have the same force or effect as if it had been made or given by the Authority or Commission pursuant to the authority vested in the Authority or Commission under this Act.