57. (1) With the exception of a power, duty or function -
(a) specified in the second column and against which no entry is shown in the third column of Schedule IV or the entry shown in the third column requires the power, duty or function to be exercised or performed by any particular officer or authority ;
(b) reserved or assigned to the Adhyaksha by clauses (a) and (b) of sub-section (2) of section 56 or by section 58 ; and
(c) reserved to the Mukhya Adhikari of a [Zila Panchayat] under section 78 ;
a [Zila Panchayat] may delegate by regulation all or any of the powers duties or functions conferred or imposed on or assigned to it under this Act ;
Provided that if any power, duty or function specified in the second column of Schedule IV, is by the entry against it in the third column, made delegable only to a specified officer or authority, the delegation in respect of such powers, duty or function may be made to that officer or authority only.
(2) Except as provided in sub-section (3), a [Zila Panchayat] shall not itself exercise or perform or interfere in the exercise or performance of any power, duty or function which it has delegated under sub-section (1).
(3) The delegation by the [Zila Panchayat] under sub-section (1) of any power, duty or function may be made subject to the condition that all or any orders made in pursuance of such delegation shall be subject to the right of appeal to, or revision by, the [Zila Panchayat] within a specified period.
(4) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this section shall be deemed to prevent a resolution of a committee of a [Zila Panchayat] being carried into execution by any agency duly authorized in this behalf by or under this Act, or to preclude any servant of the [Zila Panchayat] from acting within the scope of his employment.