(1) The personnel of the service who are not on leave or under suspension shall, for all purposes of this Act, be considered to be always on duty and may at any time be deployed in any part of the State.
(2) The State Government shall, however, ensure the grant of at least one day of in a week to all personnel or make provision of appropriate compensatory benefits in lieu of such weekly off, if under extraordinary situations the same cannot be granted to any of them. (3) Personnel of the service shall not abdicate his duties or withdraw himself from his place of posting or deployment, without proper authorization.
Explanation: An officer or personnel who, being absent on authorized leave, fails without reasonable cause to report for duty on the expiry of such leave, shall be deemed within the meaning of this Section to withdraw himself from the duties of his office.
(4) No personnel shall engage in any other employment, or of fice of profit whatsoever, other than his duties under this Act.