Appointment and control of employees.

113. Appointment and control of employees. - (1) Subject to the provisions of sections 111 and 112 the Grama Panchayat may, with the prior approval of the Chief Executive Officer appoint other employees of the Grama Pan chayat and pay their salaries from the Grama Panchayat Fund: 93 Provided that in making appointments the appointing authority shall reserve posts for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and other socially and educationally backward classes of citizens in the same manner and to the same extent as is applicable for the recruitment to posts in the State Civil Services. (2) The 2[Panchayat Development Officer ] 2 may, by order, fine 1[x x x]1or withhold, the increment of any employee appointed by the Grama Panchayat. (3) The Grama Panchayat may reduce in rank, remove or dismiss any employee appointed by it. (4) An appeal shall lie against an order passed by t he 2[Panchayat Development Officer ]2under sub -section (2) to the Executive Officer and against an order passed by the Grama Panchayat under sub -section (3) to the Chief Executive Officer 1[xxx]1 2. Substitute d by Act 24 of 2010 w.e.f.23.07.2010. (5) Any appeal under sub -section (4) pending before the Mandal Panchayat or the Zilla Parishad on the date of commencement of the Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993, shall stand transferred respectively to the Executi ve Officer and the Chief Executive Officer and such appeal shall be decided by them as if it had been filed before them.