Section 27A. Centralisation of services

[(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 27 or in any other provision of the Act, the State Government may at any time, by rules, provide for the creation of one or more services of such officers and servants as the State Government may deem fit common to Jal Sansthans or to the Jal Sansthans, Nagar Mahapalikas and Nagarpalikas, in the State and prescribe the method of recruitment and conditions of service of persons appointed to any such service. (2)- Where any such service is created, employees serving on the posts included in the service as well as officers and servants performing duties and functions of those posts may, if found suitable, be absorbed in the service, provisionally or finally, and the service of others shall be determined in the prescribed manner. (3)- On the creation of such service it shall be lawful for the Director or Local Bodies or any other officer authorised by the Government in this behalf to transfer an employee serving on any post in any Jal Sansthan or Waterworks to any other Jal Sansthan or Waterworks. (4)- Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-sections (1) and (2), such rules may also provide for consultation with the State Public Service Commission in respect of any of the matters referred to in the said sub-sections].