Section 2
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(d) if any officer or servant as aforesaid declines to accept the post to which he is appointed on the ground that the pay or the timescale of the pay attached to the post is less than his present time-scale of pay, then his service shall be terminated after such notice and on such terms as he would have been entitled to on the abolition of the post held by him if this Act bad not been passed ;
(e) in making appointments under clauses (a) and (b) due regard will be made for the length of service and experience of the officers and servants ; and
(f) an officer or servant appointed to a post of which the pay or time -scale of pay is less than his present pay or time-scale of pay, may, within thirty days of the order by which he has been appointed to that post make a representation to the State Government and in that case the decision of the State Government shall be final and binding.
(3) The service rendered by any such officer or servant under an aforesaid District Board or Antarim 1[Zila Panchayat] shall for the