Appointment, Promotion, Grant or leave and Punishment of officers and servants of the Board

(1) Appointments and promotions: The power of appointing or promoting any person on a Post under the Board: (a) Which carries the maximum scale of pay admissible for the post of Additional Housing Commissioner shall vest in the Board, (b) Which carries the maximum scale of pay admissible to the post of Deputy Housing Commissioner and below shall vest in the Housing Commissioner. Proviso: provided that all such appointment and promotions shall he made after observing the procedure as applicable to the corresponding grade or post in the - State Government, as modified by the Board from time to time. Provided further that the Housing Commissioner shall have the power to constitute Junior DPCs/Selection Boards. Explanation: All appointments and promotions made prior to the coming into force of these Regulations shall be deemed to have been made under these Regulations. (2) Grant of leave: All Heads of Offices shall be empowered to sanction leave (other than leave not due, extraordinary leave and study leave) to all Class II, III and IV officials/employees working under them. 'I be leave not due and extraordinary leave shall be sanctioned by the authority next higher to the Head of Office, and where there is no such authority, the Housing Commissioner. All kinds of leave (other than leave not due, extraordinary leave and study leave) to Executive Engineers l Estate Officers not posted in the Head Office shall be sanctioned by the Additional Housing Commissioner of the Zone concerned. The power to sanction leave not due and extraordinary leave to all Class I officers shall be exercised by the Housing Commissioner. In the Head Office, the powers to sanction all Kinds of leave other than study leave to Additional Housing Commissioners, Deputy Housing Commissioners and equivalent shall be exercised by Housing Commissioner and in other cases by the Chief Administrative Officer. Study leave to employees of all categories excepting the Housing Commissioner shall be sanctioned by the Board only. All kinds of leave to the Housing Commissioner shall be sanctioned by the state Government. The rules applicable to the State Government employees for regulating the grant of leave of absence leave allowances and acting allowances shall apply mutatis mutandi to the officers and servants of the Board, unless otherwise provided for by resolution of the Board. (3) Disciplinary authorities and Appellate authorities:- The disciplinary authority shall be the authority empowered to make appointment to the post as specified in Section 4 ( 1) above. Appeals shall be preferred with the Board against the orders of the Housing Commissioner or Chairman, and to the state Government against the orders of the Board. All officials shall exercise supervision and control over the staff-working under them, and depict a true picture of their work and conduct in the Annual Confidential Reports.