State Act
Section 127. Appointment of Corporation Administrator.
THE BRUHAT BENGALURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE ACT, 2020
This Act was repealed on 15 May 2025 by the Greater Bengaluru Governance Act, 2024 (Karnataka Act 36 of 2025), s.361(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.
127. Appointment of Corporation Administrator.- (1)An election to constitute the Corporation shall be completed before the expiration of a period of six months from the date of its dissolution. (2) When the Corporation is dissolved, the Government shall, by notification, appoint an administrator, for such period as may be specified in the notification and may, by the said notification, either curtail or extend the period of such appointment, as may be necessary. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, on the appointment of an Administrator under this section, during the period of such appointment, the corporation and all authorities working under the Corporation charged with carrying out the provisions of this Act or any other law, shall cease to exercise any powers and perform and discharge any duties or functions conferred or imposed on them by or under this Act or any other law, and all such powers shall be exercised and all such duties and functions shall be performed and discharged by the Administrator or by other officers Authorised by the Administrator. (4) The Administrator appointed under this Act shall be paid out of the corporation funds such monthly salary and allowances as Government may from time to time, by order, determine and the corporation shall make such contribution towards the leave allowances, pension and provident fund of the officer as may be required by the conditions of service under the Government, to be paid by him or for him, as the case may be. (5) From the date of dissolution of the corporation, the Administrator shall in the discharge of his functions be guided by such directions in matters of policy involving public interest as the Government may by order specify; and if any question arises whether a direction relates to a matter of policy involving public interest, the decision of the Government shall be final.