Declaration of Local Government Service as a State Civil Service, etc.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law for the time being in force- (i) the Local Government Service is hereby declared to be and shall be deemed always to have been a Civil Service of the State; (ii) with effect from the commencement of this Act, the Local Government Service Fund shall form a part of the Consolidated Fund of the State, and all expenditure in respect of the said Local Government Service, which is by this Act declared to be a Civil Service of the State, shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund of the State; (iii) the law for the time being in force regulating the recruitment and conditions of service of persons appointed to the Civil Services of the State shall apply and shall be deemed always to have applied to persons appointed to the said Local Government Service which is by this Act declared to be a Civil Service of the State; (iv) on the commencement of this Act, any provision in any law for the time being in force which is inconsistent with the provisions of this Act shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, stand repealed.