Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In the principal Act, after section 406, the following section shall be Insertion of inserted, namely:- "406-A. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act,- General powers of State Government over officers. State Government shall have the power of reversing or modifying any order of any officer of the State Government or Corporation passed or purporting to have been passed under this Act, if it considers it to be not in accordance with the said Act or the rules or to be for any reason inexpedient, and generally for carrying out the purposes of this Act, the State Government shall exercise over its officers all powers of superintendence direction and control; and (ii) if a Corporation delays in taking decision on a matter of public interest or is unable to take such a decision in the absence of elected house, in those circumstances, the State Government shall be competent to take appropriate decision in public interest and the Commissioner shall be bound to implement such decision of the State Government.".