(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, the employee or employees belonging to technical staff as well as ministerial and non-ministerial staff, 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 employee to the Corporation, and the Corporation shall take them 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 reasons 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;
Power of State Government to depute certain Government employees to Corporation.
Decision of the State Government on the vesting of property to be final.
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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 such rules governing such matters at the time of the deputation or such other rules as may, from time to time, be made by the State Government.
(3) All 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, 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 service of employees on deputation to the Corporation shall not be less advantageous than those applicable to them immediately before deputation and shall not varied to their disadvantage except with the previous sanction of the State Government.
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CHAPTER – IV FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF CORPORATION
18. The functions of the Corporation shall be,-
(a) to promote and operate irrigation projects and command area development including flood control;
(b) to plan, investigate, design, construct and manage the irrigation projects and command area development;
(c) to plan, investigate, design, construct and manage drinking water supply schemes;
(d) to plan, investigate, design, construct and manage industrial water supply schemes;
(e) to enter into contracts in respect of the works and any other matters transferred to the Corporation along with assets and liabilities under this Act;
(f) to invite tenders, bids, offers and enter into contracts for the purposes of all the activities of the Corporation;
(g) to promote participation of any person or body or association of individuals, whether incorporated or not in planning, investigation, designing, construction and management of irrigation projects and command area development including flood control;
(h) to undertake schemes or works, either jointly with other corporate bodies, or institutions, or with Government or local authorities or on agency basis in furtherance of the purposes for which the Corporation is established and all matters, connected therewith;
Functions of the Corporation.
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(i) to promote irrigation related activities such as fisheries, pisciculture floriculture, horticulture, sericulture, tissueculture etc;
(j) to promote tourism, water sports and other related activities on and around the Irrigation projects;
(k) to develop the land around or nearby lakes and in other suitable, locations with irrigation facilities and other infrastructure facilities and lease part or whole of such developed properties to the interested parties;
(l) to prepare annual plan and five year working development plan;
(m) to prepare annual Budget;
(n) to undertake any other activities entrusted by the State Government in furtherance of the objectives for which the Corporation is established.