Punishment dismissal etc of the public Health Officer and Engineers.

(1) A Municipality may, by special resolution and not otherwise, punish, dismiss or remove its Public Health Officer or Water Works or Electrical Engineer: Provided that no such resolution as aforesaid shall be purposed until the officer concerned except when he is to be punished, dismissed or removed on the ground of his conviction on a criminal charged has been given a reasonable opportunity for showing cause against the action proposed to be taken in regard to him: Provided further that where the officer concerned is in the service of Government and his services have been wholly or partly lent to the Municipality, no such resolution as aforesaid in respect of him shall be proposed, except with the previous sanction of the Administrator or of the head of his parent department as the case may be.

(2) A resolution punishing dismissing or removing any of the aforesaid officers shall be communicated to the officer concerned and shall not take effect until the expiration of fifteen days from the date when the communication was served on him, or, in the event, of an appeal being filed by him under sub section (3), until the appeal is decided.

(3) Any of the aforesaid officers may, within fifteen days of the receipt of notice of a resolution of punishment, dismissal or removal, appeal to the Administrator through the Chief Secretary and the Administrator shall there-upon either allow, disallow, or vary the punishment, dismissal or removal.

(4) On receiving an appeal under sub-section (3) the Administrator if he thinks fit suspend the officer concerned pending the decision of the appeal.

(5) The Administrator shall have authority to require in accordance with the procedure laid down in the section the dismissal or removal of any of the aforesaid officers in the case of proved incompetence.