Section 11. Officers and Employees

(1) The Board may from time to time appoint and employ such officers and employees as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act on terms and conditions which may be prescribed by regulations made under this Act. (2) All the Government servants working in the Directorate of Tourism at that time shall continue to remain Government servants as such and their services shall be governed by the existing service rules. Their pay etc. shall be disbursed through Government Treasuries under the specified standard heads as applicable to other Government servants under the integrated pay disbursement system. They shall also be entitled to all other allowances and benefits admissible to the State Government servants from time to time and the post retirement benefits i.e. pension, gratuity, group insurance scheme, leave encashment etc, shall continue be borne by the Government.2 (3) The Board may also take services of officers /employees of other Government departments/ Corporations/Institutes or other establishments on deputation basis. (4) All the officers and employees presently serving in the Tourism Department as Government servants shall be given opportunity to exercise their option for absorption in the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board. A separate organizational structure shall be created as per requirement on the basis of existing posts for all those employees, who do not opt for absorption in the Board. The Government servants shall also have the option to join the posts in the Board on deputation, but no deputation allowance will be admissible to them during the period of deputation.3