(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder for the time being in force, the Municipal Commissioner shall specify the duties of the officers and employees of the municipality and shall exercise supervision, control and shall initiate disciplinary actions over them in the manner prescribed.
Government employees on Lien I Deputation to Municipality.
Code of Conduct of the elected representatives and the employees of the Municipality.
Control of District Collector and Municipal Commissioner over Officers and other employees and their liability.
48 [Act No. 11 of 2019]
(2) Every employee of the Municipality shall be personally liable for the loss, waste, misapplication of rules or orders or misappropriation of money or any other property. If such loss or waste or misapplication or misappropriation is a direct consequence of the neglect or misconduct in his/her capacity as employee of the Municipality, appropriate action for the same may be instituted against him or her including recovery of loss sustained by the Municipality.
(3) The District Collector, may suspend Municipal Commissioner or any other employees if in his/her opinion the said officer has failed to carry out the duties as entrusted under sections 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58 and 61 of this Act or for any other form of impropriety or dereliction of duties. In addition, the District Collector can also initiate disciplinary action against the said officer/s.
Essential Municipal Services.
49. The Government may prescribe rules for essential municipal services under this Act and no officer or employee temporary employee including outsourced contract personnel of the municipality shall,-
(a) absent himself from duty otherwise than on leave or permission duly granted and not subsequently cancelled;
or
(b) willfully neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties assigned to him.
Salary and allowances of officers and employees.
50. Necessary provisions to this effect shall be carried out while preparing annual budget as part of obligatory expenditure under section 107.
[Act No. 11 of 2019] 49 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF MUNICIPALITY
51. Subject to the provisions of this Act, the administration of the Municipality shall vest in the Municipal Council for this purpose and the Municipal Council shall exercise such powers and perform such functions, other than those specifically conferred on the Chairperson or the Commissioner, as conferred under this Act and the rules made thereunder.
52. The Municipal Commissioner, on behalf of the Municipality, shall perform the following functions:-
(1) Any developmental activities or Urban planning, including town planningfa) preparation and implementation of master plan;
(b) planned development of new areas for human settlement;
(c) regulation of land use and construction of buildings;
(d) integration of the development plans and schemes of the municipal area with the district or urban development plan or metropolitan development plan, if any;
(e) measures for beautification of the municipal area such as setting up parks, green spaces, providing recreational areas, improving river banks and landscaping and other such measures;
(f) regulation of markets;
(g) survey of lands and buildings;
Vesting of municipal administration.
Duties and Responsibilities of the Municipality.
50 [Act No. 11 of 2019]
(h) preparation and maintaining up-to-date data of appropriate maps and records of lands on Geographical Information System platform.
(2) regulation of land use and construction of buildings-
(a) ensuring construction and development in accordance with the plan and land use pattern;
(b) regulation of unauthorized buildings.
(3) Construction and maintenance of roads, drains and bridges-
(a) improve or repair the same ensuring public safety or convenience;
(b) divert or close public roads;
(c) widen or expand roads ensuring traffic flow pattern.
(4) Water supply for domestic, industrial and commercial purposes:
Provided that individual tap connections, reduce non revenue water, undertake water audit, and maintain GIS- based water network and asset data base.
All staff working in the municipality in the engineering wing whether borne in the cadre of municipality or on deputation from other departments shall directly report to the Commissioner and work under his or her direct superintendence.
(5) Public health, sanitation, conservancy and solid waste management- [Act No. 11 of 2019] 51
(a) construction of individual household toilets, public toilets, community toilets and SHE toilets to make municipalities open defecation-free;
(b) sewerage and sewage treatment;
(c) faecal sludge and septage management;
(d) waste water treatment and recycling;
(e) prevention and control of infectious and communicable diseases;
(f) public vaccination;
(g) construction, maintenance and regulation of municipal markets and slaughterhouses;
(h) reclamation of unhealthy localities, removal of noxious vegetation and abatement of all nuisances;
(i) maintenance of all public tanks and regulating the excavation, repair and up-keep of all private tanks, wells and other sources of water-supply on such terms and conditions, as the municipality may deem proper;
(j) door-to-door garbage collection, promote segregation of waste at source, regular sweeping and cleaning of the streets and removal of sweepings therefrom, safe transportation of waste, scientific treatment and disposal with emphasis on recycling and upcycling, as per the rules prescribed from time to time;
(k) minimising usage of plastic and safe and scientific management of plastic waste and its disposal;
52 [Act No. 11 of 2019]
(l) safe management of construction and demolition waste;
(m) regulate management of bio-medical waste and e-waste, as per the rules prescribed by the Government of India or State Government;
(n) promotion of measures for abatement of all forms of pollution, including air pollution;
(o) removal and disposal of excrement and other filthy matter, and of all ashes, refuse and rubbish;
(p) controlling unauthorized and illegal hoardings and other advertisements and take action against the concerned.
(6) Urban forestry and urban lung spaces, protection of environment and promotion of ecological aspects-
(a) construction and maintenance of parks, open spaces, gardens, and playgrounds;
(b) protection of environment including planting of trees in wards, open spaces, on road sides;
(c) reclamation of waste lands, promotion of social forestry and maintenance of open spaces;
(d) lake and water body protection and development;
(e) establishment and maintenance of nurseries and promotion of greenery.
(7) Slum improvement and up-gradation-
(a) improvement of notified and identified slums; and [Act No. 11 of 2019] 53
(b) de-notification of developed slums.
(8) Night shelter for urban homeless.
(9) Provision of urban amenities and facilities such as community halls, sports complexes and bus shelters.
(10) Promotion of cultural, educational and aesthetic aspects Promotion of cultural activities, including music, physical education, sports and theatres, and infrastructure therefor.
(11) Development of burial grounds, Vaikunta Dhamams and electric crematoriums and to arrange “vaikuntaratham” or a vehicle for transportation of the deceased to perform the final rites.
(12) Vital statistics including registration of births and deaths.
(13) Public amenities, including street lighting, parking spaces, bus stops and public conveniences-
(a) conversion of conventional street lights into energy-efficient lighting mode;
(b) development of road junctions, medians and parking spaces;
(c) establishment and maintenance of destitute homes, night shelters and shelters for exigencies;
(d) community welfare activities, campaigns for dissemination of information vital for public welfare;
54 [Act No. 11 of 2019] Duties and Responsibilities of the Municipal Commissioner.
(e) perform functions relating to public transport including encouraging environment friendly vehicles.
(14) Regulation and scientific management of slaughter houses and tanneries.
(15) Use of Information Technology in service delivery and citizen centric services.
(16) Census-related functions.
(17) Perform any other function or responsibility as entrusted by the State Government from time to time.