Where, by virtue of the provisions of Part II, any body corporate constituted under a Central Act, State Act or Provincial Act, any co-operative society registered under any law relating to cooperative societies or any commercial or industrial undertaking is reconstituted or reorganised in any manner whatsoever or is amalgamated with any other body corporate, co-operative society or undertaking, or is dissolved, and in consequence of such reconstitution, reorganisation, amalgamation or dissolution, any workman employed by such body corporate or any such co-operative society or undertaking, is transferred to, or re-employed by any other body corporate, or in any other co-operative society or undertaking, then, notwithstanding anything contained in section 25F, section 25FF or section 25FFF, of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), such transfer or re-employment shall not entitle him to any compensation under that section:
Provided that—
(a) the terms and conditions of service applicable to the workman after such transfer or re-employment are not less favourable to the workman than those applicable to him immediately before the transfer or re-employment; and
(b) the employer in relation to the body corporate, the co-operative society or the undertaking where the workman transferred or re-employed, is by agreement or otherwise, legally liable to pay to the workman, in the event of his retrenchment, compensation under section 25F, section 25FF or section 25FFF of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), on the basis that his service has been continuous and has not been interrupted by the transfer or re-employment.