Power to declare essential service in municipalities

Power to declare essential service in municipalities: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law for the time being in force, the Board of Councillors may, with the sanction of the State Government, declare any cadre or class of municipal employees to be in essential service and upon such declaration, no employee of such cadre or class shall withdraw from his duties without the permission of the Chairman and, in no case, without giving prior notice of clear thirty days to the Chairman of his intention so to do.