Section 77:
Provisions relating to other services.
(1) Every person who immediately before the appointed
day is serving on substantive basis in connection with the affairs of the existing State of Andhra Pradesh
shall, on and from that day provisionally continue to serve in connection with the affairs of the State of
Andhra Pradesh unless he is required, by general or special order of the Central Government to serve
provisionally in connection with the affairs of the State of Telangana:
Provided that every direction under this sub-section issued after the expiry of a period of one year
from the appointed day shall be issued with the consultation of the Governments of the successor States.
(2) As soon as may be after the appointed day, the Central Government shall, by general or special
order, determine the successor State to which every person referred to in sub-section (1) shall be finally
allotted for service, after consideration of option received by seeking option from the employees, and the
date with effect from which such allotment shall take effect or be deemed to have taken effect:
Provided that even after the allocation has been made, the Central Government may, in order to meet
any deficiency in the service, depute officers of other State services from one successor State to the
other:
Provided further that as far as local, district, zonal and multi-zonal cadres are concerned, the
employees shall continue to serve, on or after the appointed day, in that cadre:
Provided also that the employees of local, district, zonal and multi-zonal cadres which fall entirely in
one of the successor States, shall be deemed to be allotted to that successor State:
Provided also that if a particular zone or multi-zone falls in both the successor States, then the
employees of such zonal or multi-zonal cadre shall be finally allotted to one or the other successor States
in terms of the provisions of this sub-section.
(3) Every person who is finally allotted under the provisions of sub-section (2) to a successor State
shall, if he is not already serving therein, be made available for serving in the successor State from such
date as may be agreed upon between the Governments of the successor States or, in default of such
agreement, as may be determined by the Central Government:
Provided that the Central Government shall have the power to review any of its orders issued under
this section.