Every person who immediately
before the appointed day is holding or discharging the duties of any post or office in connection with the
affairs of the existing State of Punjab in any area which on that day falls within any of the successor
States shall continue to hold the same post or office in that successor State and shall be deemed, on and
from that day, to have been duly appointed to the post or office by the Government of, or other
appropriate authority in, that successor State:
Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent a competent authority on or after the appointed day from passing in relation to such person any order affecting his continuance in such post or office.
Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent a competent authority on or after the appointed day from passing in relation to such person any order affecting his continuance in such post or office.