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(1) A competent authority may subject to the provisions of this Act impose any of the penalties specified in sub-section (2) on a municipal officer or servant if such authority is satisfied that such officer or servant is guilty of a breach of departmental rules or discipline or of carelessness, neglect of duty or other misconduct or is incompetent: Provided that— (a) no municipal officer or servant whose monthly salary, exclusive of allowances, 1[exceeds such amount as may be fixed in this behalf, by a general or special order, by the State Government in the case of each Corporation] shall be dismissed by the Commisioner without the previous approval of the Standing Committee; (b) any officer appointed by the Corporation excepting the Transport Manager may be suspended by the Standing Committee pending an order of the Corporation, such suspension and the reason therefore being forthwith reported to the Corpora tion; (c) the Commissioner may impose any of the penalties specified in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of sub-section (2) on any officer appointed by the Corporation other than the Transport Manager or any officer appointed under section 45; (d) the Municipal Chief Auditor and the Municipal Secretary may impose any of the penalties specified in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of sub-section (2) on any officer or servant immediately subordinate to them and drawing a monthly slalry 2[not exceeding such amount as may be fixed by the State Government, by a genleral or special order, from time to time in case of each Corportation] subject to a right of appeal to the Standing Comittee and the Standing Committee may impose any other penalty on any such officer or servant and may also impose any penalty on any other officer or servant immediately subordinate to the Municipal Chief Auditor or the Municipal Secretary. (2) The penalties which may be imposed under this section are the following, namely: — (a) censure; (b) with-holding of increments or promotion including stoppage at an efficiency bar; (c) reduction to a lower post or time-scale, or to a lower stage in a time-scale; (d) fine; (e) recovery from salary of the whole or part of any pecuniary loss caused to the Corporation;