Power to punish municipal officers or servants :— Subject to the provisions

of this Act, or any rules thereunder and to such control as may be prescribed, the Chairperson of a municipalilty may censure, fine with hold promotion, reduce, suspend, remove or dismiss any officer or servant of the municipality in its service, except the Engineer, the Health Officer and the Executive Officer for any breach of departmental rules or discipline or for carelessness, unfitness, neglect of duty or other misconduct:

"Provided that -

1. (1) a mere order of suspension shall not be declared or construed as a punishment;
2. (2) during the period of suspension the person suspended shall be entitle to such subsistence allowance as is admissible to an employee of the State Government of similar rank;
3. (3) the Executive Officer, the Engineer and the Health Officer shall have power to suspend, fine or otherwise punish or dismiss or discharge any employee appointed by them and all actions taken in exercise of the said power shall be intimated to the Chairperson. ]