Recruitment and conditions of service of persons serving Zilla Parishad.

Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, the State Government may make rules regulating—

1. (a) the recruitment (including reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and backward classes), functions, and terms and conditions of service (including payment of dearness allowance and all conduct and disciplinary matters) of persons appointed to the District Technical Service (Class III), District Service (Class III) and District Service (Class IV), and
2. (b) the payment to be made by the Zilla Parishad towards pension, gratuity and other benefits as respects officers and servants who have been serving any existing board and who become servants of the State Government, or the payment to be made to the State Government towards such matters in respect of State Government servants who have become members of the services under Zilla Parishad : 9[Provided that, if the State Government considers it expedient so to do, it may also regulate the conditions of service as respects pay-scales, dearness and other allowances, leave, pension, provident fund or any other matter in relation to conditions of service, by a general or special order.]