Review of Municipal Administrator's work by Director and if necessary dissolution of Council

(1) Every Municipal Administrator appointed under section 298 shall submit to the Director for each quarter a report about his administration in such form and by such date as the Director may prescribe. (2) In cases where a Municipal Administrator has been appointed for reasons set forth in clause (d) or (e) of sub-section (1) of section 298, the Government, on the report of the Director, shall review the position at the end of every six months or earlier, if deemed necessary, and determine whether the reasons leading to the appointment of the Municipal Administrator have since ceased to exist and pass suitable orders. If the Government comes to the conclusion that it is in the interest of municipal administration to extend the term of office of the Municipal Administrator, the Government may do so from time to time, provided that in no case shall the term be so extended as to exceed three years. (3) If, in the opinion of the Government, even after the period of three years of administration by the Municipal Administrator the grounds on which the Municipal Administrator was appointed still exist, the Government may by an order published in the Official Gazette dissolve the Council. Provided that the Council shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard before its dissolution. (4) In cases where the Municipal Administrator was appointed for reasons set forth in clause (a), (b) or (c) of sub-section (1) of section 298 and if his term or extended term of office is to expire after the term of the existing Council is due to expire or expires, the Government shall curtail the term the Municipal Administrator in such manner as to, make his term coterminous with the existing Council. In other cases, the Municipal Administrator shall hand over the administration to the existing Council for the unexpired portion of its term after his term expires. (5) Whenever an existing Council takes over administration from a Municipal Administrator in accordance with sub-section (4), the procedure for the election of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and committees shall be followed as if it were a newly constituted Council after a general election.