Appointment of estate officers

The Government may, by notification in the Gazette,— (a) appoint such persons, being Gazetted Officers of Government below the rank of District Collector, as they think fit, to be estate officers for the purposes of this Act : Provided that in the case of local bodies, executive authorities of the concerned local authorities shall be appointed as estate officers; and (b) define the local limits within which, or the categories of public buildings in respect of which, the estate officers shall exercise the powers conferred, and perform the duties imposed, on estate officers by or under this Act.