Functions in respect of services of local authorities

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law relating to the appointment and conditions of service of employees of local authorities,- (a) the Commission shall be the authority competent to conduct examinations for appointments to the services of local authorities and it shall be the duty of the Commission to conduct such examinations; (b) the Commission shall be consulted,- (i) on all matters relating to methods of recruitment to services and posts under a local authority; (ii) on the principles to be followed in making appointments to services and posts under a local authority and in making promotions from one service to another and on the suitability of candidates for such appointments or promotions; (iii) on all disciplinary matters affecting a person serving under a local authority including memorials and petitions relating to such matters; (iv) on any claim by or in respect of a person who is serving or has served under a local authority that any cost incurred by him in defending legal proceedings instituted against him in respect of acts done or purporting to be done in the execution of his duty should be paid out of the funds of the local authority concerned; (v) on any claim for the award of a pension in respect of injuries sustained by a person while serving under a local authority and any question as to the amount of such award; and it shall be the duty of the Commission to advise on any matter so referred to them and on any other matter relating to employees of local authorities which the Government may refer to them: Provided that the Government may make orders specifying the matters in which either generally or in any particular class of cases or in any particular circumstances, it shall not be necessary for the Commission to be consulted. (2) In the case of any difference of opinion between the Commission and a local authority on any matter, the local authority concerned shall refer the matter to the Government and the decision of the Government thereon shall be final. (3) For purposes of this section, ‘local authority’ means a municipal council, municipal committee, municipal corporation, town committee, notified area committee, town board, sanitary board, taluk board, village panchayat or other authority by whatever name called, constituted under any law for the time being in force for the purpose of local self-government or village administration and includes the Board constituted under the City of Mysore Improvement Act, 1903 (Mysore Act III of 1903), and the City of Bangalore Improvement Act, 1945 (Mysore Act V of 1945).