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On any local area other than 1[the City of Ahmedabad] being constituted to be a city 2 [* * * *] the 3[State] Government may, notwithstanding anything in this Act, by notification in the Official Gazette provide for such City— (a) for the constitution of the following interim authorities and the exercise of powers and performance of functions and duties by the said authorities 4[for such period not exceeding 5[One year] ] as it thinks fit :— (i) the Corporation, (ii) the Standing Committee, (iii) the Transport Committee, (iv) the Mayor and Deputy Mayor, (v) the Commissioner, (iv) the Transport Manager ; (b) the appointment of municipal officers and servants ; and (c) such other matters as may be necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the municipal administration of the City. 6[22A. (a) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act the State Government may by order in writting issue to any of the interim authorities constituted under paragraph 22 such direction as may be considered necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the municipal adiministration of the city. (b) Any direction issued by the State Government to any interim authority under sub-paragraph (a), shall be complied with by the interim authority within such period as may be specified in the order under the said sub-paragraph (a). (c) Where an interim authority fails to comply with a direction issued by the State Government, the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 448 shall, so far as may be, apply as if for the word “duty” wherever it occurs in the said sub-section (2), the word “direction” had been substituted.