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CHAPTER – II CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF MUNICIPALITIES · The Executive Officer and Medical Officer of Health

Section 65: Power of State Government to appoint Executive Officer

The Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916

How current this text is

Text as published by India Code for the Government of Uttar Pradesh, with amendments up to U.P. Act 16 of 2026.

1[If a Municipality, being bound to make an appointment under the provisions of section 57 or section 59, fails to make an appointment and 2[ * * * * ] within such time as the 3[State Government] considers reasonable, the 3[State Government] may itself make the appointment and may fix the salary, contributions to provident fund or pension and other conditions appertaining to such appointment :

Provided that if the 3[State Government] has made an appointment in exercise of the powers conferred by this section, the Municipality shall not be bound to pay a sum exceeding a monthly average of Rs. 1,000 in the case of Municipalities with an income of three lakhs or over or of Rs. 500 in the case of other Municipalities on account of the salary, leave allowances and contributions of the person so appointed. ]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by sec. 20 of U. P. Act no. V of 1932.
  2. 2.Omit. by sec. 30 of U. P. Act no. 27 of 1964.
  3. 3.Subs. by A. O. 1950 for (Provl. Govt.), which had been Subs. by the A. O. 1937 for (L.G.).

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