Deputation of the Force.

(1) Subject to any general directions of the State Government and the recovery of charges of the Force on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed under clause (g) of sub-section (2) of section 21 of the Act, it shall be lawful for the Inspector-General on a request received in this behalf from the authority- in- charge of the concerned establishment, not belonging to State Government or autonomous bodies, or from the Managing Director concerned of an industrial undertaking in public sector or private sector or strategic and vital installation under their control showing the necessity thereof, to depute such number of members of the Force as the Inspector-General may consider necessary for the protection and security thereof and any installations attached thereto and the members of the Force so deputed shall be at the charge of the authority-in-charge or the Managing Director, as the case may be. (2) Every member of the Force while discharging his functions during the period of deputation shall continue to exercise the same powers and be subject to the same responsibilities, discipline and penalties as would have been applicable to him under this Act, if he had been discharging those duties in relation to an establishment, an industrial undertaking and strategic and vital installations of the State Government. (3) If the Inspector General is of the opinion that circumstances necessitating the deputation of the members of the Force in relation to an establishment, autonomous body, industrial undertaking and strategic and vital installation under sub-section (1) have ceased to exist, or for any other reason it is necessary so to do, he may, after informing the concerned authority-in-charge of that establishment, autonomous body or strategic vital and installation or as the case may be, concerned Managing Director of that industrial undertaking, withdraw the members of the Force so deputed: Provided that the authority-in-charge or Managing Director may, on giving one month’s notice in writing to the Inspector General, require that the members of the Force so deputed shall be withdrawn and the authority-in-charge, or as the case may be, the Managing Director shall be relieved from the charge from the date of expiration of such notice or from any earlier date on which the Force is so withdrawn. (4) For the purpose of augmenting the Force during its deployment in any case, the Inspector General may, in consultation with the appropriate authority in relation to any auxiliary force cause deployment of such auxiliary force in coordination with the Force: Explanation.— For the purpose of this sub-section, the expression “auxiliary force” means,— (a) Home Guards appointed under the Odisha Home Guard Act, 1961; or (b) any person appointed to act as Special Police Officer under the Police Act, 1861; or (c) Private security guard employed by any private security agency under Private Security Agency (Regulation) Act, 2005.