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 436 :(c) direct by order technical personnel to present themselves at such place and time as may be specified in the order for Interview or inquiry, and If so required, for submission to a test of their technical skill.

(3) Any order made by the Central Government under sub-section (1) and by a National Service Tribunal under sub-section (2) shall be complied with within such period or on such date as may be specified in this behalf in the order.

(4) The Central Government or, as the case may be, a National Service Tribunal, may, by order in writing, transfer technical personnel from one form or place of employment in the national service to another; and the employer and the personnel concerned shall comply with such order.

(5) No person included in the definition of technical personnel, who has been directed to undertake employment in the national service or transferred from one form or place of employment to another under the foregoing provisions, shall be discharged from or leave his employment in such service unless the employer or person concerned has previously obtained the permission of the Central Government or, as the case may be, of the National Service Tribunal.

(6) Any person included in the definition of technical personnel who is required to undertake employment in the national service or transferred from one form or place of employment to another under the foregoing provisions of this section, may be required by the Central Government, or, as the case may be, the National Service Tribunal concerned, to submit himself to be examined by such medical authority as may be prescribed.

(7) An appeal shall lie to the Central Government against any order passed by a National Service Tribunal under this section and the decision of the Central Government shall be final.

(8) The terms of service of technical personnel taken into employment in the national service shall be such as may be prescribed:

Provided that any rights which such technical personnel may have under the provident or superannuation fund or other scheme relating to gratuity, bonus or other benefit for the advantage of employees maintained by the establishment from which they are released shall be preserved.

24. (1) Every person who was employed in an establishment immediately before his employment in the national service and whose employment in the national service has not been terminated