(1) There shall be a Chief Executive Officer in the District Council.
(2) A Chief Executive Officer referred to in sub-section (1) shall be appointed by the State Government and shall be paid out of the District Fund such salaries and allowances as may from time to time be fixed by the State Government.
. (3) The Chief Executive Officer shall be the principal Executive Officer of the Di~trict Council and all other officers and servants of the District Council shall be subordinate to him. He shall have the same right of being present at a meeting of the members of the District Council or of Executive Committee of the District Council or of any Committee established by the District Council, and of taking part in the discussions thereat as if he were a member of the District 13 Council or a member of Executive Committee or a ember of any Committee and with the consent of e Chairman or the President of the meeting, as the c se may be, he may at any time make a statement or xplanation of facts, but he shall not, be entitled to vote or make any proposition at such meeting.
(4) The Chief Executive Officer shall act in respect of all other matters under the direction of the Chairman through whom he shall be responsible to the members of the District Council.
(5) Except as in provided in the rules framed by the State Government the Chief Executive Officer shall not be removed from office by the members of the District Council except on resolution carried at a special meeting called for the purpose and supported by the votes of the majority of the total number of the members holding office for the time being.
(6) The State Government may at any time suspend, remove, dismiss or otherwise punish the Chief Executive Officer appointed under this section.
CHAPTER III POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL.
31. Subject to the provisions of the Constitution of India or any laws made in that behalf the following matters within the area of the autonomous district shall be under the exclusive control and administration of the District Council, namely:-
(a) the allotment, occupation or use or the setapart of land, other than any land which is a reserved forest, or used for the purpose of agriculture or grazing, or for residential or other non-agricultural purposes, or for any other purpose likely to promote the interest of the inhabitants. of any village, locality or town;
(b) the management of any forest not being a reserved forest:
Explanation.e+The expression 'reserved forest' shall mean reserved forest within the meaning of the Indian Forest Act, 1927;
(c) the use of any canal or water course for the purpose of agriculture;
• • Power to make bye-Jaws. .
• t>owers of the District Counoil to establish primary schools.
etc.
Functions with which the District Council may be entrusted by the Govt.
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(d) the regulation of the practice of Jhum or other forms of shifting cultivation;
(e) the village or town committees or council;
(f) any other matter relating to village or town administration including village or town police and public health and sanitation.