Appointment of technical and inspecting officers for whole of the State.

(1) The Government may appoint, for the purposes of this Act or of any other law for the time being in force regulating the duties and powers of other local bodies, duly qualified persons to be Divisional Engineers, Superintending Engineers, Town Planning Officers, Architects, or Inspecting or other officers for the whole or any part of the State and may sanction such establishment for the said officers as may be deemed necessary. (2) The Officers and establishment appointed under sub-section (1) shall belong to the Local Government Service and their expenses shall be defrayed from the funds pertaining to the Local Government Service established for this purpose under section 166.