81Provisions 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, and

(b) in relation to the Indian Police Service, has the meaning assigned to it in the Indian Police Service (Cadre) Rules, 1954.

(2) In place of the cadres of the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service for the existing State of Punjab, there shall, on and from the appointed day, be two separate cadres, one for the State of Punjab and the other for the State of Haryana, in respect of each of these Services.

(3) The initial strength and composition of each of the State cadres for the States of Punjab and Haryana and the strength and composition of the Delhi-Himachal Pradesh State cadres shall be such as the Central Government may, by order, determine before the appointed day.

(4) The members of each of the said Services borne on the State cadres for the existing State of Punjab immediately before the appointed day shall be allocated to the State cadres of the same Service for each of the States of Punjab and Haryana and to the Delhi-Himachal Pradesh State cadres 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 in relation to the State cadres of the said Services referred to in sub-section (3) and in relation to the members of those Services borne on the said cadres.