Vesting of certain institutions with the Parishad

(1) With effect from such date as may be notified,- (a) the institutions known as the Gandhi Nature Cure College, Hyderabad, the Nature Cure Hospital Hyderabad and Vemana Yoga Research Institute Secunderabad, shall stand transferred to and vest in the Parishad and shall function under the administrative control of the Parishad; (b) all properties, assets and liabilities, rights and obligations in relation to the said institutions and all obligations of the Government in relation to them shall devolve upon the Parishad; (c) every officer or employee who, immediately before that date was working in said institutions shall be deemed to be the officer or employee of the Parishad; Provided that,- (i) the terms and conditions applicable to such officers or employees consequent on their absorption in the service of the Parishad shall not be less favourable than those applicable to such officers and employees immediately before such absorption as respects pay and allowances, leave, pension, gratuity, provident fund and age of superannuation; (ii) the services rendered by any such officer or employee in the aforesaid institutions prior to his absorption in the parishad shall be deemed to be service under the Parishad and he shall be entitled to count that service for the purposes of increment, leave, pension, provident fund and gratuity: Provided further that if any officer or employee of the institution aforesaid is unwilling to be absorbed into the service of the Parishad he may opt to retire from the service of such institution with effect from the date notified under this section on such terminal benefits as are available to him under the concerned institution. (2) In addition to the staff transferred and absorbed to the Parishad under sub-section (1), the Parishad may with the prior approval of the Government appoint such other officers and employees on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed from time to time.