Absorption of the existing staff under Commissioner of Labour.

(1) Any staff under the control of the Commissioner of Labour, Bombay which was—

(i) taken over by a Labour Welfare Board constituted under this Act and existing on the date of such taking over, and

(ii) allotted to the Gujarat Labour Welfare Board established under the Bombay Welfare Board (Reorganisation Order), 1960,

shall be subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder :

Provided that—

(a) during the period of such employment all matters relating to pay, leave, retirement, allowances, pensions, provident fund and other conditions of service of the said staff shall be regulated by the Bombay Civil Services Rules or such other rules as may from time to time be made by the State Government ;

(b) every such member shall have a right of appeal to the State Government against any order of reduction, dismissal or removed from service, fine or any other punishment :

Provided further that person so taken over may elect within the prescribed period that the desires to be governed by the rules made under this Act in respect of conditions of service of the staff appointed by the Board under this Act and on his electing to do so the provisions of the first proviso shall cease to apply to him.

(2) On the coming into force of this Act in any area to which it is extended by the Bombay Labour Welfare Fund ( Gujarat Extension and Amendment) Act, 1961, the Board shall take over and employ such of the existing staff under the control of the Commissioner of Labour, Ahmedabad as the State Government may direct, and every such person so taken over and employed shall be subject to like terms and conditions and to the same provisions as in sub-section (1).