(1) Action shall be initiated on the jurisdictional officer for failure to inspect, as required under the Act or these rules to prevent unauthorized occupation or construction, either on complaint or otherwise.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the disciplinary rules applicable, the competent authority shall issue a show cause notice to the concerned jurisdictional officer, specified in the Table below and seek explanation in writing, within fifteen days for his failure to prevent unauthorized occupation or construction in contravention of provisions of the Act and the Competent Authority after giving an opportunity of being heard pass appropriate order either to drop the proceedings or impose upon him the punishment to pay penalty specified below within six months.
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Jurisdictional officer Competent Authority to impose punishment 1 Assistant Engineer Commissioner Commissioner 2 Assistant Executive Engineer 3 Executive Engineer
(3) The competent authority shall impose penalty on each of the officers, if it is satisfied that the officers have failed to prevent unauthorized occupation or construction, in contravention of provisions of the Act and such penalty shall be levied as follows, namely:-
(i) for the first time, a penalty of not less than rupees ten thousand but not more than twenty thousand rupees shall be imposed;
(ii) for the second instance he/she shall be levied with penalty of not less than twenty five thousand rupees but not more than fifty thousand rupees; and
(iii) for every subsequent instance the competent authority shall impose a penalty of rupees twenty thousand and report it to the State Government.
(4) The amount collected under these rules shall be remitted to a separate head of account of the Authority.