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 whichever may be higher; and secondly, there would be no guarantee from 1960-61 onwards.

 

197. The Committee's recommendations covered also a range of miscellaneous matters of which the most important are set out below.

"(1) The permanent staff wholly (or substantially) engaged on work connected with "federal" subjects in States on the prescribed date should be taken over by the Centre in appropriate grades and upon terms not less advantageous than in the service of the States. Temporary staff so engaged should also be similarly absorbed so far as possible, having due regard to their suitability. The States attach considerable importance to this point, and would be glad to release all such staff consistent, of course, with their own requirements in those departments (such as Excise)