- (1) If, in the opinion of any such officer as may be
appointed or authorized by the State Government in this behalf,
the execution of any order or resolution of a Municipality or the
doing of anything which is about to be done or is being done by or
on behalf of a Municipality, is causing or is likely to cause injury
or annoyance to the public or a breach of the peace or is unlawful
or detrimental to the interest of the Municipality, he may, by order
in writing under his signature, suspend the execution or prohibit
the doing thereof.
(2) When any such officer makes any order under this
section, he shall forthwith forward to the State Government and to
the Municipality affected thereby a copy of the order, with a
statement of the reasons for making it, and it shall be in the
discretion of the State Government to rescind the order or to direct
that it shall continue in force with or without modification,
permanently or for such period as it thinks fit:
Provided that no order of such officer passed under this
section shall be confirmed, revised or modified by the State
Government without giving the Municipality reasonable
opportunity of showing cause against the said order.
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