Chapter VII Chapter VII

Transfer of Assets and Liabilities of the Department of Public Health

The assets and liabilities of the Department of Public Health in such proportion as the Government may, by general or special order, specify, taking into consideration the work reduced in the Department of Public Health and made over to the Board, shall pass on to and vest in the Board.

The Government may transfer to the Board any building, land or other property, movable or immovable, for the use of, and management by, the Board, on such conditions and subject to such limitations as may be imposed by the Government.

As soon as may be after the notified date, the Government may, after consulting the Board in the manner prescribed, direct by general order that such of the employees serving immediately before the said date in connection with the affairs of the State as are specified in such order shall stand allotted to serve in connection with th4 affairs of the Board with effect on and from such date as may be specified in such order; Provided that so far as may be possible-

1. (i) no employee shall be transferred to the service of the Board

1. (a) unless such employee gives his option in writing agreeing to such transfer; and b) the Board considers him suitable for such transfer to its service;
   • (ii) the number of employees to be transferred to the service of the Board shall be determined keeping in view the schemes transferred from the Department of Public Health to the Board on the notified date; Provided further that the conditions of service of an employee of the Department of Public Health transferred to the service of the Board shall not be varied by the Board to his disadvantage. Explanation:-IN this section and in sections 30 and 31 “notified date” in regard to persons transferred too the service of the Board under this section means such date as is notified by the Government in this behalf.

1. (1) The moneys standing in the provident fund account to the credit of any officer or employee transferred from the service of the Government to the service of the Board, on the notified date together with any other assets belonging to such fund shall stand transferred to, and vest, in the Board with effect on and from the notified date.
2. (2) The Board shall as soon as may be after the notified date constitute in respect of the moneys and other assets which are transferred to and vested in it under sub-section
3. (1) a similar fund and may invest the accumulations under the fund in such securities and subject to such conditions as may be specified by the Board with th4 approval of the Government.

1. (1) In the case of officers and employees transferred from service of the Government to that of the Board, the Government shall credit the leave salary and pension contribution of such officers and employees to the Board for each year of their service under the Government on the notified date and they shall be entitled to the benefit of leave at their credit on that date. The pension contribution paid by the Government to the Board shall form the nucleus of the contributory provident fund to which they shall be admitted and they shall have no claim on the Government in respect of leave and pension.
2. (2) Each officer and employee transferred from the service of the Government to that of the Board shall, within a period of six months from the date of such transfer or from the date of commencement of the Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board,(Amendment)Act,1978, whichever period expires later, exercise his option whether he wishes to retain pension and gratuity benefits admissible in Government service or wishes to be governed by the contributory provident fund rules of the Board and the option once exercised shall be final. Provided that if any officer or employee fails to exercise his option within the aforesaid period, he shall be deemed to have exercised option for retaining pension and gratuity benefits to which he was entitled immediately before his services were transferred to the Board.)