Section 42: Power to prevent extravagance in establishments
The Punjab Municipal Act,1911State Act of Punjab · Act 3 of 1911
If, in the opinion of the3[Deputy Commissioner], the number of person employed by a Committee as officers or servants, or whom the Committee may propose to employ as such 4[other than those officers or servants, in respect whereof a Municipal Service has been constituted] or the remuneration assigned by the committee to those persons or any of them is excessive, the committee shall, on the requirement of the 5[Deputy Commissioner], reduce the number of those persons or the remuneration, as the case may be:
Provided that the committee may appeal against any such requirement to the6[State] Government, and the decision of the State Government, on any such appeal shall be final.