Section 53
The punishment of officers and other servants employed with the 1[Zila Panchayat] or with any 1 [Kshettra Panchayat] including appeals from orders or punishment, the power of revision, if any, of appellate orders and suspension pending enquiry shall be regulated by rules :
53. The punishment of officers and other servants employed with the 1[Zila Panchayat] or with any 1 [Kshettra Panchayat] including appeals from orders or punishment, the power of revision, if any, of appellate orders and suspension pending enquiry shall be regulated by rules :
Provided that the authority which is given the power to dismiss, remove from service or reduce in rank any officer or servant shall not be lower in rank than the appointing authority for the post held by such officer or servant :
Provided secondly, that in the case of employees whose appointment is required to be made in consolation with the State Public to consult the Commission in the manner prescribed before passing an order for the dismissal, removal or reduction in rank of any such employee .
(1) Where an authority specified in section 43 fails within a reasonable time to make an appointment to a post specified in section 39 or created thereunder, whether in the manner provided in section 43 or in pursuance of an order made under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 41, the State Government may, after giving such authority a reasonable opportunity to make the appointment and consulting the Commission, if necessary make appointment thereto and such appointment shall be deemed to have been made in accordance with this Act.
Where 1 [Zila Panchayat] fails to provide to any 1 [Kshettra Panchayat] any staff under sub-section (3) of section 48, the State Government may provide such staff out of the staff of the 1 [Zila Panchayat] and such staff shall be deemed to have been placed on deputation with the 1 [Kshettra Panchayat] under the said sub-section.