76. Provisions relating to All-India Services.—(1) In this section, the expression “State cadre”––
(a) in relation to the Indian Administrative Service, has the meaning assigned to it in the Indian
Administrative Service (Cadre) Rules, 1954;
(b) in relation to the Indian Police Service, has the meaning assigned to it in the Indian Police
Service (Cadre) Rules, 1954; and
(c) in relation to the Indian Forest Service, has the meaning assigned to it in the Indian Forest
Service (Cadre) Rules, 1966.
(2) In place of the cadres of the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Serviceand Indian Forest
Service for the existing State of Andhra Pradesh, there shall, on and from the appointed day, be two
separate cadres, one for the State of Andhra Pradesh and the other for the State of Telangana in respect
of each of these services.
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(3) The provisional strength, composition and allocation of officers to the State cadres referred to in
sub-section (2) shall be such as the Central Government may, by order, determine on or after the
appointed day.
(4) The members of each of the said services borne on the Andhra Pradesh cadre immediately before
the appointed day shall be allocated to the successor State cadres of the same service constituted under
sub-section (2) in such manner and with effect from such date or dates as the Central Government may,
by order, specify.
(5) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the operation, on or after the appointed day, of
the All-India Services Act, 1951 (61 of 1951), or the rules made thereunder.
77. Provisions relating to other services.—(1) Every person who immediately before the appointed
day is serving on substantive basis in connection with the affairs of the existing State of Andhra Pradesh
shall, on and from that day provisionally continue to serve in connection with the affairs of the State of
Andhra Pradesh unless he is required, by general or special order of the Central Government to serve
provisionally in connection with the affairs of the State of Telangana:
Provided that every direction under this sub-section issued after the expiry of a period of one year
from the appointed day shall be issued with the consultation of the Governments of the successor States.
(2) As soon as may be after the appointed day, the Central Government shall, by general or special
order, determine the successor State to which every person referred to in sub-section (1) shall be finally
allotted for service, after consideration of option received by seeking option from the employees, and the
date with effect from which such allotment shall take effect or be deemed to have taken effect:
Provided that even after the allocation has been made, the Central Government may, in order to meet
any deficiency in the service, depute officers of other State services from one successor State to the
other:
Provided further that as far as local, district, zonal and multi-zonal cadres are concerned, the
employees shall continue to serve, on or after the appointed day, in that cadre:
Provided also that the employees of local, district, zonal and multi-zonal cadres which fall entirely in
one of the successor States, shall be deemed to be allotted to that successor State:
Provided also that if a particular zone or multi-zone falls in both the successor States, then the
employees of such zonal or multi-zonal cadre shall be finally allotted to one or the other successor States
in terms of the provisions of this sub-section.
(3) Every person who is finally allotted under the provisions of sub-section (2) to asuccessor State
shall, if he is not already serving therein, be made available for serving in the successor State from such
date as may be agreed upon between the Governments of the successor States or, in default of such
agreement, as may be determined by the Central Government:
Provided that the Central Government shall have the power to review any of its orders issued under
this section.
78. Other provisions relating to services.—(1) Nothing in this section or insection 77 shall be
deemed to affect, on or after the appointed day, the operation of theprovisions of Chapter I of Part XIV of
the Constitutionin relation to determination of the conditions of service of persons serving in
connectionwith the affairs of the Union or any State:
Provided that the conditions of service applicable immediately before the appointed day in the case of
any person deemed to have been allocated to the State of Andhra Pradesh or to the State of Telangana
under section 77 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,—
(a) if he is deemed to have been allocated to any State under section 77, shall be deemed to have
been rendered in connection with the affairs of that State;
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(b) if he is deemed to have been allocated to the Union in connection with the administration of
the successor State of Telangana, shall be deemed to have been rendered in connection with the
affairs of the Union, for the purposes of the rules regulating his conditions of service.
(3) The provisions of section 77 shall not apply in relation to members of any All-India Service.
79. Provisions as to continuance of officers in same post.—Every person who, immediately before
the appointed day, is holding or discharging the duties of any post or office in connection with the affairs
of the existing State of Andhra Pradesh in any area which on that day falls within one of the successor
States shall continue to hold the same post or office in that successor State, 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, that successor State:
Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent a competent authority, on and from
the appointed day, from passing in relation to such person any order affecting the continuance in such post
or office.
80. Advisory committees.—(1) The Central Government may, by order, establish one or more
Advisory Committees, within a period of thirty days from the date of enactment of the Andhra Pradesh
Reorganisation Act, 2014, for the purpose of assisting it in regard to––
(a) the discharge of any 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.
(2) The allocation guidelines shall be issued by the Central Government on or after the date of
enactment of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 and the actual allocation of individual
employees shall be made by the Central Government on the recommendations of the Advisory
Committee:
Provided that in case of disagreement or conflict of opinion, the decision of the Central Government
shall be final:
Provided further that necessary guidelines as and when required shall be framed by the Central
Government or as the case may be, by the State Advisory Committee which shall be approved by the
Central Government before such guidelines are issued.
81. Power of Central Government to give directions.—The Central Government may give such
directions to the State Government of Andhra Pradesh and the State Government of Telangana as may
appear to it to be necessary for the purpose of giving effect to the foregoing provisions of this Part and the
State Governments shall comply with such directions.
82. Provision for employees of Public Sector Undertakings, etc.—On and from the appointed day,
the employees of State Public Sector Undertakings, corporations and other autonomous bodies shall
continue to function in such undertaking, corporation or autonomous bodies for a period of one year and
during this period the corporate body concerned shall determine the modalities for distributing the
personnel between the two successor States.
83. Provisions as to State Public Service Commission.—(1) The Public Service Commission for the
existing State of Andhra Pradesh shall, on and from the appointed day, be the Public Service Commission
for the State of Andhra Pradesh.
(2) There shall be constituted a Public Service Commission in accordance with article 315 of the
Constitution by the successor State of Telangana, and until such Commissionis constituted, the Union
Public Service Commission may, with the approval of the President, agree to serve the needs of the State
of Telangana in terms of clause (4) of that article.
(3) The persons holding office immediately before the appointed day as the Chairman or other
member of the Public Service Commission for the existing State of Andhra Pradesh shall, as from the
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appointed day, be the Chairman or, as the case may be, the other memberof the Public Service
Commission for the State of Andhra Pradesh.
(4) Every person who becomes the Chairman or other member of the Public ServiceCommission for
the State of Andhra Pradesh on the appointed day under sub-section (3) shall––
(a) be entitled to receive from the Government of the State of Andhra Pradesh conditions of
service not less favourable than those to which he was entitled under the provisions applicable to him;
(b) subject to the proviso to clause (2) of article 316, hold office orcontinue to hold office until
the expiration of his term of office as determined under the provisions applicable to him immediately
before the appointed day.
(5) The report of the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission as to the work done by the
Commission in respect of any period prior to the appointed day shall be presented under clause (2) of
article 323 to the Governors of the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the Governor of the State
of Andhra Pradesh shall, on receipt of such report, cause a copy thereof together with a memorandum
explaining as far as possible, as respects thecases, if any, where the advice of the Commission was not
accepted, the reasons for such non-acceptance to be laid before the Legislature of the State of Andhra
Pradesh and it shall not be necessary to cause such report or any such memorandum to be laid before the
Legislative Assembly of the State of Telangana.