(1) The Secretary, Officers and other Employees of the Commission shall constitute the staff of the Commission. The numbers/sanctioned strength, nature and categories of the officers and other employees; and pay/salaries and allowances payable to, and other terms and conditions of service of, the Secretary, Officers and other employees shall be such as are specified in Schedule-I by the Commission, with the approval of the Government of Himachal Pradesh, from time to time.
(2) While filling up a post by way of secondment, if a suitable candidate with the requisite qualification, skill and experience is not available to fill such post, the Commission may fill up the same by a person who is in the rank and pay of any other level/post in the Commission, by assigning appropriate designation, within the overall sanctioned strength of the posts in the respective category.
Explanation.- A post of Deputy Director in technical category may be filled by an officer in the pay and designation of the Director, in addition to total sanctioned post of Directors.
(3) The Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd. based pay scales allowed to the existing employees, appointed on permanent absorption basis by the Commission, shall remain protected as a measure personal to such employees till vacation of such posts by the incumbents.
(4) Unless otherwise expressly specified in these regulations, the emoluments, allowances and other conditions of service for appointment on secondment basis (deputation) or on contract basis shall be such as are laid down by the State Government from time to time for its employees.
(5) The officers and the employees on secondment to the Commission from the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd., or its successor utilities, Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd; and any other Central/State Govt. Deptt./Public Sector Undertakings having different pay structures and allowances than that of State Government in general, shall continue to draw such pay and allowances as are paid to them in their respective parent organizations:
Provided that any allowance or pay attached to performance of a specific function in the parent organization shall not be admissible if such person is appointed against a post which does not involve performance of such function in the Commission.
(6) The approval/sanction of the posts accorded by the State Government shall also be deemed as an approval for creating such posts and filling up the same by the Commission, from time to time.