Powers of Municipal Commissioner or Chief Officer to appoint, grant leave, punish and dismiss

(1) A Municipal Commissioner or Chief Officer shall have, independently of such powers as may be delegated to him by the municipal council in this behalf, power without the sanction of the municipal council,— (a) to appoint, subject to the rules for the time being in force, a competent person to any post under the municipal council, the monthly salary of which does not exceed such amount as may be prescribed; (b) to grant, subject to the rules for the time being in force, leave, of absence to the holder of any post to which the Municipal Commissioner or Chief Officer has power to appoint, and to appoint a competent person to act for such holder during such absence; (c) to fine, reduce, suspend or dismiss, or to impose any other punishment on the holder of any post to which the Municipal Commissioner or Chief Officer has power to appoint. (2) When a Municipal Commissioner has been appointed under the provisions of this Act, all other officers and servants employed by the municipal council shall be subordinate to him.