12. Transfer of assets, liabilities and employees of Energy Management Centre.—(1) On and
from the date of establishment of the Bureau—
(a) any reference to the Energy Management Centre in any law other than this Act or in any
contract or other instrument shall be deemed as a reference to the Bureau;
(b) all properties and assets, movable and immovable of, or belonging to, the Energy
Management Centre shall vest in the Bureau;
(c) all the rights and liabilities of the Energy Management Centre shall be transferred to, and be
the rights and liabilities of, the Bureau;
(d) without prejudice to the provisions of clause (c), all debts, obligations and liabilities incurred,
all contracts entered into and all matters and things engaged to be done by, with or for the Energy
Management Centre immediately before that date, for or in connection with the purposes of the said
Centre shall be deemed to have been incurred, entered into, or engaged to be done by, with or for, the
Bureau;
1. Subs. by Act 28 of 2010 s. 3, for “three years” (w.e.f. 24-8-2010).
2. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for “The Central Government” (w.e.f. 24-8-2010).
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(e) all sums of money due to the Energy Management Centre immediately before that date shall
be deemed to be due to the Bureau;
(f) all suits and other legal proceedings instituted or which could have been instituted by or
against the Energy Management Centre immediately before that date may be continued or may be
instituted by or against the Bureau; and
(g) every employee holding any office under the Energy Management Centre immediately before
that date shall hold his office in the Bureau by the same tenure and upon the same terms and
conditions of service as respects remuneration, leave, provident fund, retirement or other terminal
benefits as he would have held such office if the Bureau had not been established and shall continue
to do so as an employee of the Bureau or until the expiry of six months from that date if such
employee opts not to be the employee of the Bureau within such period.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947) or in any
other law for the time being in force, the absorption of any employee by the Bureau in its regular service
under this section shall not entitle such employee to any compensation under that Act or other law and no
such claim shall be entertained by any court, tribunal or other authority.