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(1) The prescribed authority may, notwitlstand- mg anythmg cotamed m sub-section (2) of sect1on 12, seetio I4 and sub-section (2) of section 27, by order in wrtmg, remove mwth efleet from a date to be specified m the order any Adhyaksha or Upadhyaksha or any Pradhan or _Upa-/ 1 -rrl(lha-n. from his office if, in'its opinion, he wilfully om1ts or refuses to carry out the provisions of this Act or of any rules or orders made thereuu<le1· or abuses the powers vested in him under this .Act. (2) The prescribed authority shall when it proposes to take actiou under sub-section (1), give to the person concerned an opportumty of showing cause aoainst the act1on proposed to be taken against him; and the o~·der shall contain a state- ment of the reasons for the action taken. (3) Any person against whom action has been taken under sub-section (.l), may, within thirty days from the date of the order, appeal to the Commissioner of the Division within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the Gram Panchagyat or the Anchal Panchayat, as the case may be, is situate, and thereupon the Con1111js,sioner of the Division may stay the operation of the order till the disposal of the appeal and he may, after giving notice of the appeal to the prescrbed authority, and after giving the appellant an opportunity of being heard, modify, set aside or confirm the order. The order passed by the Commissioner of the Division on such appeal shall be final. Power to remove Adhyaksha, Upadhya- biha, etc. and appeal, (b) ..-Si