Amendment of section 94

In the principal Act, in section 94, after sub-section (9), the following sub-sections shall be inserted; - "(10) For the purpose of the section 94, the State Government may constitute cadres of common municipal services for the State in respect of such officers of the Municipalities as may be determined by the Government from time to time. The Director of Urban Local Bodies shall be the appointing authority of all officers borne in the cadres of common municipal services and shall be the authority to transfer such officers from one Municipality to another. (11) Subject to the above provisions of section 94, and having regard to the need for ensuring maximum possible economy in Municipal administration, the State Government may, besides appointing a commissioner, appoint such other officers to deal with all or any of the functions relating to finance, engineering, planner, health, secretariat, law and internal audit, as may be determined from time to time". Note : In order to ensure minimum financial involvement in recruiting Municipal Officer initially, the under mentioned officer/officials shall be entrusted/deputed with the functions as under, namely:- (i) The relevant technical manpower such as Architects, Civil Engineers and Town Planners and non-technical manpower from the Department of Urban Development and Housing, and Town Planning shall be posted to the Municipalities on deputation basis, till the Corporation generates enough resources to create and sustain its own establishment and manpower. (ii) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Act, the State Government may appoint officers from Department of Urban Development and Housing, Department of Health Services and Directorate of Accounts, Government of Arunachal Pradesh, possessing such qualifications as may be determined by it for Municipal Corporation as Municipal Finance Officer, Municipal Architect/Engineer/ Town Planner or Municipal Health Officer as such designation as the State Government may consider necessary and in such manner, and on such terms and conditions of service, as may be determined by the State Government in this behalf. The expenditure on account of salaries and allowances of any such officer shall be borne by the State Government: Provided that the officer so appointed shall be under the administrative control of the Commissioner of Municipal Corporation.