Punishment for corporation officers and other employees

(1) Every corporation officer or other corporation employee shall be liable to have his increments or promotion with-held or to be censured, reduced in rank, compulsorily retired, removed or dismissed for any breach of any departmental rules or regulations or of discipline or for carelessness, unfitness, neglect of duty or other misconduct by such authority as may be prescribed: Provided that no such officer or other employee as aforesaid shall be reduced in rank, compulsorily retired, removed or dismissed by any authority subordinate to that by which he was appointed: Provided further that the corporation employees belonging to such classes or categories as may be prescribed by the rules shall be liable also to be fined by such authority as may be specified therein. (2) No such officer or other employee shall be punished under sub-section (1) unless he has been given a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against the action proposed to be taken in regard to him: Provided that this sub-section shall not apply,- (a) where an officer or other employee is removed or dismissed on the ground of conduct which has led to his conviction on a criminal charge; or (b) where the authority empowered to remove or dismiss such officer or other employee is satisfied that for reasons to be recorded by that authority it is not reasonably practicable to give that person an opportunity for showing cause. (3) If any question arises whether it is reasonably practicable to give to any officer or other employee an opportunity of showing cause under sub-section (2) the decision thereon of the authority empowered to remove or dismiss such officer or other employee shall be final. (4) Any officer or other employee upon whom a punishment has been imposed under this section may appeal to such officer or authority as may be prescribed.