Appointment of Chief Officer.

[Content provided in document header: Appointment of Chief Officer.] (1) Every municipal council shall have a Chief Officer who shall be appointed by the Director of Municipal Administration from among the persons in the cadre of Chief Officers of the Karnataka Municipal Administrative Service. (2) A Chief Officer of a municipal area shall be transferable from that office by a resolution of the municipal council at a general meeting, passed by a majority of not less than three-fourths of the total number of councillors. (3) The municipal council may recommend disciplinary action being taken against a Chief Officer for abuse of powers, misconduct or neglect of duty. (4) When a Chief Officer shall have been appointed, all other officers and servants employed by the municipal council shall, save such as are excepted by order of the Government from time to time, be subordinate to him.