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Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 · Chapter VI: Municipal Officers and Other Municipal Employees

Section 98: Power of Corporation to make regulations

(1) [[The Corporation]] may make regulations to provide for any one or more of the following matters, namely:—

(a) the tenure of office, salaries and allowances, provident funds, pensions, gratuities, leave of absence and other conditions of service of officers and other employees appointed under this Chapter;

(b) the powers, duties and functions of the Municipal Secretary;

(c) the qualifications of candidates for appointment to posts specified in sub-section (1) of section 89 and to posts dealt with in the first schedule of post referred to in sub-section (2) of section 90 and the manner of selection for appointments to posts dealt with in the second schedule of posts referred to in that sub-section;

(d) the procedure to be followed in imposing any penalty under sub-section (1) of section 95, suspension pending departmental inquiries before the imposition of such penalty and the authority by whom such suspension may be ordered; the officer or authority to whom an appeal shall lie under sub-section (4) of that section;

(e) any matter which is incidental to, or necessary for, the purpose of regulating the appointment and conditions of service of persons appointed to services and posts under [[the Corporation]] and any other matter for which in the opinion of [[the Corporation]] provisions should be made by regulations.

(2) No regulation under clause (c) of sub-section (1) shall be made except after consultation with the Commission.

Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.

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