law: The Andhra Pradesh reorganization Act, 2014
  79.  Provisions as to continuance of officers in
  
  same post.
  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 Andhra Pradesh in any area which on that day
  
  falls within one 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 and from the appointed day, from passing in relation
  
  to such person any order affecting the continuance in such post or office.