(1) The Government may appoint for the purposes of this Act and of the laws for the time being in force regulating the duties and powers of the Municipal Corporations, District Boards and Municipal and Town Committees duly qualified persons to be Superintending Engineers, Divisional Engineers, Town Planning Officers, Architects or Inspecting or other officers for the whole or any part of 4[the area to which this Act extends] and may sanction such establishment for the said officers as may be deemed necessary.
(2) The officers and establishment appointed under sub-section (1) shall belong to the Local Government
4. Substituted for the words “the State” by the A.P.A.O., 1957.
Appointment of Technical and Inspecting officers.
10 [Act No. XLIV of 1956] Service and their expenses shall be defrayed from the Local Government Service Fund constituted under section 15.
(3) The powers and duties of the officers mentioned in sub-section (1) and their conditions of service shall be such as may be prescribed.
17. The power of dismissing any officer or servant maintained by a Board, save those borne on the 5[Hyderabad area] Local Government Service Cadre shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, vest in the Board.
18. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Chapter, the Government shall have power to transfer any officer or servant of one Board to the service of another Board or any District Board constituted under 6[the Telangana District Boards Act, 1955], or any Municipality constituted under 7[the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) District Municipalities Act, 1956] or any Corporation constituted under the 8[Greater] Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955 or any other local body:
Provided that such power shall be exercised after consulting the local bodies concerned.