Section 8: In the principal Act, for section 53, the following shall be substituted, namely “53. Appointment of Executive Officer

(1) The State Government shall appoint an Executive Officer for each and every Municipal Board and Town Committee and shall bear the expenditure in respect of pay and allowances of such Executive Officers. In the Municipalities having a population of one Lakh or more, an Officer of the level of Additional Deputy Commissioner shall be posted as Executive Officer and in all other cases, an Officer not below the rank of a Revenue Circle Officer shall be posted as an Executive Officer. The Government may put one Executive Officer in the charge of more than one Municipal Board or a Town Insertion of section 53A (z; me txecuuve Mincer snail iuncuon unaer me overall control of the Board and under the direct supervision of the Chairman. He shall be further subject to the directions issued to him by the Director or the State Government. All financial matters, particularly those relating to the implementation of schemes by the Municipality funded by the Government of India or the State Government, shall invariably be routed through him after due scrutiny and he shall remain responsible for any act of omission or commission. So far as the functions under the provisions of the Act are concerned, the Executive Officer shall render all assistance to the Chairman and the Board.”