Section 42. Other provisions as to services

42. Other provisions as to services.— (1) Nothing in this section or sections 40 and 41 shall be deemed to affect on or after the appointed day the operations of the provisions of Chapter I of Part XIV of the Constitution in relation to determination of the conditions of service of persons serving in connection with the affairs of the State of Himachal Pradesh: Provided that the conditions of service applicable immediately before the appointed day in the case of any person referred to in section 40 or section 41 shall not be varied to his disadvantage except with the previous approval of the Central Government. (2) All services prior to the appointed day rendered by a person allocated under section 40 or deemed to have been allocated under section 41 in connection with the administration of Union territory of Himachal Pradesh, shall be deemed to have been rendered in connection with the affairs of the State of Himachal Pradesh for the purposes of the rules regulating his conditions of service. — 43. Provisions as to continuance of officers in same posts. Every person who immediately before the appointed day is holding or discharging the duties of any post or office in connection with the administration of the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh, shall continue to hold the same post or office in the State of Himachal Pradesh and shall be deemed, on and from that day, to have been duly appointed to the post or office by the Government of, or other appropriate authority in, the State of Himachal Pradesh: Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent a competent authority on or after the appointed day from passing in relation to such person any order affecting his continuance in such post or office. — 44. Advisory committees. The Central Government may, by order establish one or more advisory committees for the purpose of assisting it in regard to — (a) the discharge of its functions under this Part; and (b) the ensuring of fair and equitable treatment to all persons affected by the provisions of this Part and the proper consideration of any representations made by such persons. — 45. Power of Central Government to give directions. The Central Government may give such directions to the Government of the State of Himachal Pradesh as may appear to it to be necessary for the purpose of giving effect to the foregoing provisions of this Part and also the provisions of Part IX of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966), and the State Government shall comply with such directions.