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Substituted by Act No.2 of 1981 (also Act No.3 of 1994). Conditions of service and manner of making appointments. Application of the Hyderabad Civil Service Rules Manual and certain other rules. Power of suspension, punishment and dismissal in whom to vest. [Act No. II of 1956] 143 (b) any municipal officer or servant may be placed under suspension pending taking of proceedings under this section, by such authority subordinate to the appointing authority as may be prescribed.] (2) Penalties which may be imposed under this section are the following viz,- (a) Censure, (b) withholding of increments or promotion including stoppage at an efficiency bar, (c) reduction to a lower rank in the seniority list or to a lower post, (d) fine, (e) recovery from salary of the whole or part of any pecuniary loss caused to the Corporation, (f) suspension, (g) removal of Municipal Officer or servant which does not disqualify from future employment, (h) dismissal of Municipal Officer and servant which ordinarily disqualifies from future employment. (3) No penalty specified in sub-section (2) shall be imposed on any Municipal Officer or servant by any authority unless proceedings are taken in accordance with the provisions of 214the Hyderabad Civil Service (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules. (4) Subject to the 215[proviso to sub-section (1)] any Municipal Officer or servant, on whom any penalty specified in sub-section (2) is imposed by any authority other than the Corporation, may within three months of the communication to him of the order of imposition of the penalty, appeal to the authority immediately superior to the authority imposing the penalty and the appellate authority may, after obtaining the remarks of the authority which imposes the penalty, either confirm the orders passed or substitute for it such order as it considers just including an order for the imposition of some