States Reorganisation Act, 1956 · Chapter VII: Apportionment of Assets and Liabilities of Certain Part A and Part B States
Section 85: Provident funds
The liability of an existing State in respect of the provident fund account of a Government servant in service on the appointed day shall, as from that day, be the liability of the successor State to which that Government servant is permanently allotted.
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