Section 2

"(2) Any rcsic'ent cf a Io:a! crea cr tax piiyer fi!' a-Municipalily, as the case may be, in respect cf which any siich r,otificacicln has besn pubiirl~tr! may, -, if he desires 10 objrc! to a yihiiig :herein conhained, submit his objeclion in wri~ing tn :he Cic?v,:r;ln~:nt

wit hi11 six wecks from the publication of he ; oiifica-

tion and the Govilrninent shal! take a!l such r i!:j~:ctir~~~s inlo cunsidc~~al ion. 13) Whe!~ six \t;eeks I'rc~m the pub1 calion uf 'he iii 1 pi an (h: C;ov~'rnn~~'nt II~IYC considered the obj:ctjcns, jf any, which halrt: been s:tbmillcd, [hey may, r>s (he ca:e may be, by naiifica- riun irl the AJI~~IT:~ Pradesll tiazctte, dccIa~-? to be ;I Mu~iicipality, or include in or exclitdc f1.0111 n Evlunici- palily, Llle local area or any porlioi~ rbcrei!i.".

1. Short title and commencement

1. (1) This Act may be called the Short title Andhra Pradesh Municipalities (Amendment) and Act, 1988. Commencement.
2. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 23rd May, 1988. 2. Amendment of section 62b Amendment of section 62b.- In the Andhra Pradesh Munici- palities Act, 1965, in section 62b, in sub-section (1), in the proviso for the words "in the aggregate exceed two years", the words "in the aggregate exceed three years" shall be substituted. 3. Repeal of Ordinance No. 5 of 1994 Repeal of 3. The Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Ordinance (Amendment) Ordinance, 1994 is hereby NO. 5 of repealed. 1994. 1. Short title and commencement
   • (I) This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1996. (2 ) It shall be . deemed - to have come into fort* with effect from the 1.2th Februaryf 1996. 2. Amendment of section 74 Amendment of section 74. Provided that an appointment to the post of a headmaster or a headmistress of a high school maintained by the Council shall be made from a panel prepared by a committee consisting of the Chair-person, the Commissioner, the District Educational Officer having jurisdiction and not less than three but not more than seven members chosen in this behalf by the Council: Appointment to posts of officers and employees sanctioned under section 73, including the rule for the representation of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the socially and educationally backward classes of citizens which the Government may make in this behalf, and notwithstanding anything in the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Public Health Act, 1939 or any other law similar thereto for the time being in force, appointment to posts of officers and employees sanctioned under section 73, shall be made by the Chair-person: Provided further that appointment to all the other posts the pay or maximum pay of which exceeds rupees one hundred shall be made from a panel prepared by a committee consisting of the Chair-person, the Commissioner and not less than three but not more than seven members chosen in this behalf by the Council," 3. Amendment of section 77 For section 77 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:- 77.
3. (1) Subject to the provisions of sections 79 and 80 and to such control as may be prescribed the Commissioner may censure, fine, withhold increment in the time-scale of pay of, withhold promotion from, suspend or reduce in rank any officer or other employees in the service of the municipality except an officer appointed under section 29 or section 71, or an officer, or other employee belonging to a municipal service for the State constituted under section 80 for any breach of departmental rule or discipline, or for carelessness, unfitness, neglect of duty or other misconduct after giving an opportunity of showing cause against the penalty proposed: Provided that a fine shall not be imposed on any officer or other employee unless he is a Bill-Collector or is the holder of such post as may be prescribed.
4. (2) Subject to such control as may be prescribed, the chair-person shall have the power to impose penalty of removal or dismissal on such officer or other employee after giving him reasonable opportunity of showing cause against the action proposed to be taken in regard to him: Provided that he may, in public interest, suspend any such officer or other employee pending action proposed to be taken in regard to him under this sub-section.".

² For section 74 of the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965 (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act), the following sections shall be substituted, namely:-