(1) Where on account of conferment of any powers, duties and functions on the Corporation by or under this Act, in the opinion of the State Government, any employees in the field establishment, that is, officers and employees belonging to technical staff as well as ministerial and non-ministerial staff (permanent, regular, temporary, converted regular permanent, temporary and daily wages) in the Irrigation Department, on the date specified by the State Government engaged in the fields of planning, investigation, design, construction, management, land development of the state sector, irrigation projects, lift irrigation schemes and Hydro-Electric Power Projects, have been rendered surplus or are likely to be rendered surplus wholly or partially to the requirements of the State Government, or where the services of such officers and servants are required by the Corporation for efficient exercise of its powers, performance of its duties or discharge of its functions, the State Government, the Head of the Department of the State Government or any officer authorised by the State Government in this behalf may, from time to time, having regard to the necessity therefor, by order, depute such officers or employees to the Corporation, and the Corporation shall take them over and employ them on deputation, subject to the provisions of this section.
(2) The period of deputation of any such employee to the Corporation shall be five years except when any such person is required to be repatriated on the grounds, such as promotion, reversion, termination or superannuation or any other reason as may be directed by the State Government. After the expiry of the period of deputation, he shall stand repatriated to service under the State Government:
Provided that, during the period of such deputation all matters relating to the pay, leave allowances, retirement, pension, provident fund and other conditions of service of the employees on deputation shall be regulated by the Maharashtra Civil Services Rules or such other rules as may, from time to time, be made by the State Government.
(3) All the regular, permanent and regular temporary permanent employees of the said establishment transferred on deputation to the Corporation under sub-section (2) shall have a lien on their posts in the service under the State Government and the period of their service under the Corporation shall, on their repatriation to the service under the State Government, be counted for their increments, pensions and other matters relating to their service.
(4) The Corporation shall have the authority to transfer the officers and staff members within the area of operation of the Corporation.
(5) No employee on deputation to the Corporation shall be entitled to any deputation allowance.
(6) The salaries and allowances of employees on deputation to the Corporation shall be paid from the Corporation fund.
(7) Save as otherwise provided in this section, the terms and conditions of services of employees on deputation to the Corporation, shall not be less advantageous than those applicable to them immediately before deputation and shall not be varied to their disadvantage except with the previous sanction of the State Government.