Prior sanction of State Government to such scales, etc

Prior sanction of State Government to such scales, etc.

1. (1) Every scale and every statement of conditions framed by the Board under section 44, section 45 or section 46 shall be submitted to the [State Government] for sanction ; and, when so sanctioned and published in the [Official Gazette], shall have the force of law; and subject to the like sanction and publication may from time to time be amended or added to by the Board.
2. (2) The Board may, in special cases, with the previous sanction of the [State Government], remit the whole or any portion of the rates or of any charge leviable according to any scale in force under this section. It may also on its own initiative correct mistakes, remit overcharges made in its bills, and write off irrecoverable sums up to a limit of two hundred rupees in each case.
3. (3) In respect of any item of any scale of rates framed under the powers conferred by section 44, section 45 or section 46, the Board, with the previous sanction of the [State Government], may fix maximum and minimum rates, and may levy any charges not exceeding the maximum and not below the minimum thus fixed.